College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Curriculum Committee
December 12, 2005 (10:00AM)
Dean's Conference Room - Compton 237
MINUTES
Members
present: Skott Brill, Scott Fritz (chair), Joseph Hoffman (Dean), Nicole
Mattis, Terry Russell (secretary), Gerald Snelson, Daniel Welsch.
The meeting
was called to order and the minutes from the November 16, 2005 meeting
were approved.
Old Business:
African American Studies - Dr. Robert Moore
- 10:15AM
New
Course :
1. AAST 490 Topics in African American Studies
Change
in Existing Program's Requirements:
1. African American Studies Minor
It was moved and seconded to accept the proposal without contingency,
but with the following editorial changes.
Replace
the language on FSU-Q.02 III.B. and C. with "No,
there is no effect or change."
On
the statement of rationale, replace PYSC 450 with PSYC
450.
On
the sample cross listed course syllabus, add "and
AAST 490" to the MUSC 490 title.
It
was noted that the Ethnobotany proposal is expected to be brought
forward at a later time.
Proposals
for consideration:
Department
of History - Dr. Sally Boniece - 10:45AM
Change
in Existing Program's Requirements:
1. International Studies: Globalization and Culture Concentration
It was moved and seconded to accept the proposal without contingency.
Departments
of History and Geography - Drs. George White and Sally Boniece - 11:00AM
Change
in Existing Program Requirements:
1. International Studies
It was moved and seconded to accept the proposal without contingency.
Department
of Geography - Dr. George White - 11:15AM
Change
in Catalog Description/Prerequisites:
1. GEOG 301 Geography of North America
2. GEOG 302 Geography of Maryland
3. GEOG 320 Geography of Latin America
4. GEOG 402 Geography of Russia and the Former Republics
5. GEOG 403 The Geography of Sub-Sahara Africa
6. GEOG 300 Economic Geography
7. GEOG 324 Urban Geography: Internal City Patterns
8. GEOG 325 Urban Geography: Metropolitan Systems
9. GEOG 407 Political Geography
10. GEOG 410 Locational Analysis
11. GEOG 425 Geography of Transportation
12. GEOG 427 Geography of Languages and Religions
13. GEOG 432 Ground Water Hydrology
14. GEOG 473 Environmental Law
15. GEOG 275 Introduction to Spatial Analysis
16. GEOG 310 Fundamentals in Mapping Sciences
17. GEOG 317 Geographic Information Systems
18. GEOG 417 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
19. GEOG 471 Engineering for Land Development
20. GEOG 472 Environmental Planning
It
was moved and seconded to accept the proposal without contingency,
but with the following changes.
Prerequisite
changes: Add the word "or" between "GEOG
103 (or 113)" and "GEOG 104," add the word
"or" between "GEOG 104 (114) and GEOG 110,"
change references to "or 21 credits" to "sophomore
standing," and change references to "or 36 credits"
to "junior standing."
Frequency
of offerings: For GEOG 300 replace "Every Fall semester
beginning 2007" with "Fall," for GEOG 410
remove "beginning Spring 2008," and for GEOG 425
remove "beginning 2007."
Course
descriptions: Standardize all references to "Two hrs.
lecture, 2 hrs. lab."
Motion
carried.
Department
of Foreign Languages and Literature - Dr. Maria-Luisa Sanchez - 11:45AM
Change
of Number/Title/Credits and Catalog Description/Prerequisite:
1. SPAN 331 Spanish for Practical Communication II
2. SPAN 332 Spanish for Practical Communication III
It
was moved and seconded to accept the proposal without contingency,
but with the following editorial changes.
On
the new description for SPAN 331, change "through a
review of very specific grammatical topics and the analysis
of..." to read "through review of specific grammatical
topics and analysis of..." and change "for former
SPAN 311" to just "for SPAN 312."
For
the new description of SPAN 332 change the title from "Spanish
for Business" to "Spanish for the Professions."
