COUNCIL ON CURRICULAR PROGRAMS AND INSTRUCTION
Thursday, 21
September 2006
3:30 p.m.
Algonquin Room
- University
A G E N D A
I. Consideration
of Minutes – 7 September 2006
II. Announcements
III. Old
Business
IV. New
Business
A. Requests for New Courses
1. BIOL 350, General Ecology, 4 s.h.
2. BIOL 451, Ecological Techniques, 3 s.h.
3. BIOL 452, Biological Applications of GIS, 3
s.h.
4. BIOL 458, Plant-Animal Interactions, 3 s.h.
5. BIOL 459, Biogeography, 3 s.h.
6. BIOL 479, Tropical Ecology, 3 s.h.
7. BOT 455, Fire/Disturbance Ecology, 3 s.h.
8. ZOOL 408, Field Ornithology, 3 s.h.
B. Request for Change in Credit Hours
1. MICR 200, Introductory Microbiology, 3 s.h.
Current: 3
s.h.
Proposed: 4 s.h.
C. Requests for Changes in Course Prefixes,
Titles and Descriptions
1. BIOL 102, Biological Diversity, 4 s.h.
Current: BIOL 102, Biological Diversity
A survey for science majors and minors of the features
of all major groups of microbes, plants, and animals, with detailed study of
the anatomy, physiology, and development of flowering plants and vertebrate
animals.
Proposed: BOT 200, Introduction to Plant Biology
Lecture and lab emphasize basic principles in plant
biology, including scientific inquiry, cell biology, genetics, ecology,
evolution, and diversity in plant anatomy and physiology.
2. BIOL 103, Biological Principles, 4 s.h.
Current: BIOL 103, Biological Principles
An introduction to biology for science majors and
minors covering ecology, cells, cell metabolism, genetics, evolution, and
behavior.
Proposed: ZOOL 200, Introduction to Animal Biology
Lecture and lab emphasize basic principles in animal
biology, including scientific inquiry, cell biology, genetics, ecology,
evolution, and diversity in animal anatomy and physiology.
D. Request for Change in Course Description,
Division, and Prerequisite
1. ZOOL 220, Invertebrate Zoology, 3 s.h.
Current: ZOOL 220
Structure,
evolution, behavior, and economic importance of invertebrate forms.
Prereq:
BIOL 102 and 103
Proposed: ZOOL 415
A study of invertebrate form and function as it
relates to taxonomy, evolution, ecology, behavior, and physiology. Laboratory will involve comparative
experimental and observational approaches.
Prereq: ZOOL 200
E. Request for Change in Course Title,
Description, Credit Hours, and Prerequisites
1. BIOL 330, Cell Biology, 3 s.h.
Current: Cell Biology, 3 s.h.
Morphological and functional aspects of the cell. Course will emphasize current understanding
of cell structure and how this relates to physiological and biochemical
processes.
Prereq: BIOL 102, 103, one year of chemistry, ENG 280
Proposed: Cell and Molecular Biology, 4 s.h.
Morphological and functional aspects of the cell. Lecture and lab will emphasize cell structure
and how this relates to physiological, biochemical, and molecular processes.
Prereq: Two of the following: BOT 200, MICR 200, ZOOL
200
2. BIOL 340, Genetics, 3 s.h.
Current: Genetics, 3 s.h.
Mendelian
laws, genetic interaction, linkage and mapping, recombination, chromosomal
aberrations, gene structure and function, extranuclear inheritance, population
genetics.
Prereq: BIOL 102, 103, 330; ENG 280
Proposed: Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, 4 s.h.
Lecture and lab will emphasize transmission genetics,
genetic mapping, and the genetic processes underlying evolutionary processes.
Prereq: BIOL 330; ENG 280
F. Requests for Changes in Minors
1. Botany
2. Microbiology
3. Zoology
G. Requests for Changes in Options
1. Botany
2. Microbiology
2. Science/Biology – Teacher Certification
3. Zoology
V. Reports
A.
CCPI Subcommittee on Academic Terms – Update
B.
Provost’s Report
NEXT MEETING – 5 OCTOBER 2006
ALGONQUIN ROOM