COUNCIL
ON CURRICULAR PROGRAMS AND INSTRUCTION
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Algonquin Room - University
A C T I O N M
I N U T E S
MEMBERS PRESENT: J. Engel, P. Kornoski, C. Kovacs, E. Mannion, A.
Melkumian, K. Myers, K. Neumann, N. Parsons, C. Piletic, T. Waldrop
Ex-officio: B. Baily, D.
Williams
MEMBERS ABSENT: W. Bailey
GUESTS: Sam Edsall, Diane
Hamilton-Hancock, Fred May, Moises Molina, Michael Murray, Abdul-Rasheed
Na’Allah, Vicki Nicholson, Polly Radosh,
Miriam Satern
I. Consideration of Minutes
A. 3
April 2008
APPROVED
AS DISTRIBUTED
II. Approvals
from the Provost
1. Requests for New Courses
a. AAS
320, Black Male and Female Relationships, 3 s.h.
b. CHEM
263, Introduction to Pharmacology, 3 s.h.
c. CHEM
463, Advanced Pharmacology, 3 s.h.
d. KIN
138, Road Cycling, 1 s.h.
e. KIN 459, Individual/Team Sport
Coaching, 2 s.h. (repeatable for different topics to a maximum of 4 s.h.)
2. Request for Change in Option
a. Physical
Education – Teacher Education Option
3. Requests for Changes in Minors
a. Coaching
b. Finance
4. Request for WID Inclusion
a. KIN
477, Physical Education Curriculum, 3 s.h.
III. Announcements
– None
IV. Old Business – None
V. New
Business
Nancy asked if any of the members would consider
making a motion to add the Women’s Studies curricula to the agenda.
Motion: To add three Women’s Studies course requests as New
Business A.9, A.10, and B.1. (Engel/Kovacs)
MOTION
APPROVED 9 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB
A. Requests for New Courses
1. AAS 455, Rural Roots of Urban African
Americans, 3 s.h.
Consideration
of this request was postponed until a representative of the department could be
present.
2. ARTS 246, Digital Art Photography I, 3 s.h.
Motion: To approve ARTS 246 (Engel/Melkumian)
In response to questions, Dr. Myers stated that ARTS
246 is a studio class that meets five days a week for five contact hours, and
students do not need to bring their own camera to class.
Change: Rewrite course objectives to
reflect what students will be able to achieve upon completion of the course.
MOTION
APPROVED WITH CHANGE 8 YES – 0 NO – 2 AB
1. AAS 455,
Rural Roots of Urban African Americans, 3 s.h. (Reordered)
Motion: To approve AAS 455
(Melkumian/Pilietic)
Dr. Engel noted that while the title of the course
seems more global, the course description seems to focus on the motivation for
migrations. He added the course
objectives indicate that the continuing impact of migrations will be discussed
as well. African American Studies Chair
Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah responded the impact of migrations is implied rather
than explicit in the course description.
MOTION
APPROVED 10 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB
3. ARTS 340, Intermediate Drawing, 3 s.h.
Motion: To approve ARTS 340 (Kovacs/Engel)
MOTION
APPROVED 8 YES – 0 NO – 2 AB
4. BC 210,
Media Technology and Design, 3 s.h.
Motion: To approve BC 210
(Melkumian/Engel)
Broadcasting professor Michael Murray reported the
department worked out issues of overlap with Instructional Design and
Technology Chair Hoyet Hemphill and agreed to change the title of the course to
add the word “Broadcast” at his request.
Broadcasting professor Sam Edsall explained to CCPI that students in the
major can choose the Production sequence or the News and Performance sequence
of classes. BC 210 would only be
available to those students in the News and Performance sequence. CCPI discussed the best way to reflect this
in the course description since restricting student enrollment based upon the
sequence of courses they choose is problematic from the perspective of the
Registrar’s office. Chairperson Parsons
stated that although the students seem to come from two different populations
and Production students will not be directed by advisors to take this course,
it would be beneficial to indicate this in the description. The decision was made to indicate that the
course cannot be used toward a major in Broadcasting.
Changes:
· Change title to Broadcast Media Technology and Design.
· Change abbreviated course title to BC MDIA TEC DES.
· Add to catalog description, “Cannot be used toward a
major in Broadcasting.”
· Change course objectives to reflect what students will
be able to do upon completion of the course.
· Include letter of support from Instructional Design
and Technology
MOTION
APPROVED WITH CHANGES 10 YES – 0 NO – 0
AB
5. EM 323,
Emergency Preparedness and Response, 3 s.h.
Motion: To approve EM 323 (Kovacs/Melkumian)
When
asked about the motivation behind the changes and new courses, Health Sciences
professor Fred May explained that Emergency Management is a new program and it
has been found that some of the original curricula do not match with the
current body of critical knowledge for the discipline while other areas need to
be addressed in order for students to receive the full complement of
coursework. Dr. May has studied what
other institutions are offering in Emergency Management and feels Western is
now on a par with its academic peers.
MOTION
APPROVED 9 YES – 0 NO – 1 AB
6. EM 324,
Legal Aspects of Emergency Management, 3 s.h.
Motion: To approve EM 324
(Kornoski/Kovacs)
Change: Add the words “emergency management” to the first
course objective so that it reads, “Explain historical aspects of emergency
management legislation.”
MOTION APPROVED WITH CHANGE 9 YES – 0 NO – 1 AB
7. EM 401, Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Recovery, 3 s.h.
Motion: To approve EM 401 (Engel/Piletic)
MOTION
APPROVED 9 YES – 0 NO – 1 AB
8. EM 420,
Research Applications in Emergency Management, 3 s.h.
Motion: To approve EM 420
(Kornoski/Kovacs)
MOTION
APPROVED 9 YES – 0 NO – 1 AB
9. WS 401, African American Women and Dance, 3 s.h.
Motion: To approve WS 401 (Kovacs/Melkumian)
Change: Change course objectives to
indicate what students will achieve at the end of the course.
MOTION
APPROVED WITH CHANGE 10 YES – 0 NO – 0
AB
10. WS 495, Third Wave Cinema, 3 s.h.
Motion: To approve WS 495
(Melkumian/Myers)
Changes:
· Indicate semester hours in title of course.
· Change course objectives to indicate what students will achieve at the end of the course.
MOTION
APPROVED WITH CHANGES 10 YES – 0 NO – 0
AB
B. Request for
Cross-Listing
1. WS/AAS 401, African American Women and
Dance, 3 s.h.
Motion: To approve WS/AAS 401
(Melkumian/Piletic)
Changes:
· Change as needed to address the fact that only two
departments will be cross-listed instead of three.
· Obtain letter of support from Theatre and Dance since
they will no longer be cross-listed on this course.
MOTION APPROVED
WITH CHANGES 10 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB
C. Requests for Changes in
Prerequisites
1. CS 351, Data Structures II, 3 s.h.
Current: CS 350 with a grade of C or better
Proposed: CS 350 with a grade of C or better, and
MATH 255
Motion: To approve CS 351
(Kovacs/Melkumian)
Computer
Science Chair Kathy Neumann explained that adding a discrete math course to the
computer science classes will bring the major in line with the Accreditation
Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requirements for Computer
Science. In response to a question, Dr.
Neumann stated that seeking ABET accreditation is not in the immediate plans
for the major, but the department wishes to remain in line with its standards. She added that a discrete math course is also
required by the Illinois Articulation Initiative panel and the department
believes it will help their students.
MOTION
APPROVED 9 YES – 0 NO – 1 AB
2. CS 355, Automata and Computability Theory,
3 s.h.
Current: Junior standing
Proposed: Junior standing and MATH 255
Motion: To approve CS 355 (Melkumian/Kornoski)
MOTION
APPROVED 9 YES – 0 NO – 1 AB
3. KIN 392, Biomechanics, 3 s.h.
Current: KIN 290 and MATH 101 or higher
Proposed: KIN 290 and MATH 123 or higher
Motion: To approve KIN 392
(Melkumian/Kovacs)
MOTION
APPROVED 10 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB
4. TM 322,
Wide Area Network Management, 3 s.h.
Current: TM 321
Proposed: TM 321, CS 350, STAT 171 and pre- or
co-requisite of MATH 255
Motion: To approve TM 322 (Kornoski/Melkumian)
MOTION
APPROVED 9 YES – 0 NO – 1 AB
5. TM 432, Network Performance Analysis, 3
s.h.
Current: TM 322
Proposed: TM 322, MATH 137, and MATH 255
Motion: To approve TM 432
(Melkumian/Kovacs)
MOTION
APPROVED 9 YES – 0 NO – 1 AB
C. Requests for Changes in Course
Descriptions
1. All Music Courses Except MUS 157 and MUS
457 in the Music Therapy Core
Current: Varies for each course affected
Proposed: Add the following line to each course
description in affected Music Therapy courses:
Course must be completed with a C or better in order to be eligible for
internship (MUS 457)
Motion: To approve changes in Music course descriptions
(Kornoski/Melkumian)
The proposal requests that the sentence, “Course must
be completed with a C or better in order to be eligible for internship (MUS
457)” be added to: MUS 151, 254, 255, 258, 355, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, and
458. School of Music professor Moises
Molina explained that the International Music Therapy Association specifies
that students cannot be accepted into the internship until they have a C or
better in these courses. CCPI members
questioned why MUS 157 was excluded from the list of courses. They also indicated the need to change MUS
457 in conjunction with this request so that it specifies that students must
have a C or better before enrolling in it.
CCPI asked Dr. Molina to investigate whether MUS 157 needs the same
designation and decided to table the requests pending submission of a change
for the course description for 457 as well.
Motion: To table the requests for changes in Music course
descriptions (Engel/Melkumian)
MOTION TO
TABLE APPROVED 10 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB
D. Request for Change in Course Title and
Description
1. EM 276, Introduction to Hazards, 3 s.h.
Current: Introduction to Hazards
Overview of the mitigation, preparation, response, and
recovery dynamics of natural and technological hazards. Provides an introduction to disaster planning
and management.
Proposed: Hazards and Disasters in Emergency Management
Overview of the dynamic relationships between natural
and technological hazards and disasters and associated requirements for
mitigation, preparation, response and recovery.
Motion: To approve EM 276
(Melkumian/Kovacs)
MOTION APPROVED 9 YES – 0 NO – 1 AB
E. Request for Change in Course Description
and Prerequisites
1. EOS 377, Environmental and Occupational
Safety, 3 s.h.
Current: A study of industrial safety programs, organization, codes,
and standards. Other content areas
include color coding, fire prevention, overview of OSHA, and environmental
accident types.
Prereq: Junior standing
Proposed: A study of the fundamentals of industrial hygiene, hazardous
waste regulations, accident causation theories, and workplace violence. OSHA General Industry 30-hour certification
available to students.
Prereq: EOS 270
Motion: To approve EOS 377
(Melkumian/Kovacs)
MOTION
APPROVED 9 YES – 0 NO – 1 AB
F. Request for Change in Credit Hours,
Prerequisites, and Repeatability
1. KIN 400, Internship, 6-12 s.h. (repeatable
for different topics to maximum of 12 s.h.)
Current: 6-12 s.h. (repeatable for different topics to maximum of 12
s.h.)
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Proposed: 12 s.h.
Prereq: 2.5 GPA in the major and permission of
instructor
Motion: To approve KIN 400
(Kornoski/Engel)
CAGAS
approval is also being sought since that council approves any requests above a
2.0.
MOTION
APPROVED 10 YES – 0 NO – 0 AB
G. Request for Change in Course Number,
Course Title, Description, and Prerequisites
1. HS 301, Human Diseases I, 3 s.h.
Current: HS 301, Human Diseases I
Introduction
to human disease including general principles and concepts. Emphasis on organic, systemic, disseminated,
and multisystem diseases. Genetic,
behavioral, and environmental approaches will be applied.
Prereq:
HE 120; MICR 200 or its equivalent; or permission of instructor