Curriculum Committee Minutes for the meeting held on September 25, 2018

Minutes

The Academic Senate Committee on CURRICULUM COMMITTEE met on September 25, 2018 at 2:10 pm in H-230


Committee Members in Attendance:

T. Bayer, T. Holden (Chair), I. Lizzul, J. Murley, J. Nichols, J. Petersen, M. Pullin (Academic Affairs), P. Wallach (Secretary), E. Volchok, R. Yuster


Liaisons in Attendance:

R. Mako (Library Liaison)

Also in Attendance:

S. Palmer (VP, Academic Affairs)


Business:

The meeting was called to order at 2:10 PM

  1. The minutes of the September 4, 2018 meeting were approved by the committee. 
  1. The committee discussed the planned proposal of the Physics Department to fix a course numbering problem (changing PH-401 and PH-402 to PH-421 and PH-422) by a vote at the next Academic Senate meeting on September 25 at 3:10 pm. The committee prepared the following statement for the meeting:

    “Whereas we, the Curriculum Committee of the Academic Senate, passed PH-401 and PH-402 as new courses in Fall 2017,
    And whereas it was later discovered that there is a conflict with the number PH-402 with an existing course,
    And whereas we understand that this conflict, if not resolved, would mean that PH-402 would not be allowed to run in the Spring 2019 semester,
    And whereas a renumbering within the 400s would indicate that the level of the course is the same,
    And whereas such a renumbering would not affect the courses content,

    Therefore the Curriculum Committee of the Academic Senate does not oppose the renumbering of these new courses PH-401 and PH-402  to PH-421 and PH-422, respectively.”

    After discussing the proposal, the committee voted and the statement was approved unanimously by those present. 
  1. The committee discussed the modification of Form 4 to remove Box 14 (concerning the attendance policy) from the form. After discussing the change, the committee voted and the statement was approved. 
  1. The committee considered the proposed course revisions from the Engineering Technology There was a question about ET-580 that will be examined before the next meeting. 

The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 PM.

 


Respectfully submitted,

Patrick Wallach
Committee on CURRICULUM COMMITTEE , Secretary

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