Undergraduate Curriculum Council

April 13, 2007

Minutes

Members Present:

Dionne Fortenberry, Chair                         Barbara Hunt
Golda Vandiver                                            Donna Burlingame
Rochelle Hughes                                          Bobby Fugitt
Dee Larson                                                   Patricia Dennis
Rex Bruington

Ex-Officio Members Present:

Pat Donat                                                      Tom Richardson
Cay Lollar                                                     

Guests:

Mark Bean 
Eric Daffron 

The Undergraduate Curriculum Council met on April 13, 2007, at 2:00 p.m. in the Welty Boardroom.  The minutes with an addendum by Cay Lollar from the January 26, 2007 meeting were approved by a unanimous vote.

University Administration Actions

 Dr. Limbert approved the Council Actions from the January meeting concerning the following:

             -          Proposal to Modify an Existing Course
        o       From ART 312 Twentieth Century Art History II
                    o       To ART 313 Twentieth Century Art History

-          Proposal to Delete an Existing Course – ART 311 – 20^th Century Art I

-          Proposal to Offer a New Course – ART 310 – 19^th Century European Art

-          Proposal to Modify An Existing Course

o       From ART 410 – American Art and Architecture

o       To ART 316 – American Art

-          Proposal to Offer a New Course – ART 399 Special Topics in Art and Design

-          Proposal to Modify an Existing Curriculum – Art Major and Art History Minor

-          Proposal to Modify an Existing Curriculum – Communications Major and Communications Minor

-          Proposal to Offer a New Curriculum – Religious Studies Minor

-          Proposal to Offer a New Course – REL 299 Special Topics in Religion

-          Proposal to Modify an Existing Course

o       From REL 203 – Current Trends in Religion

o       To REL 403 – Current Trends in Religion

-          Proposal to Modify an Existing Course – TH 200 Stage Makeup

-          College of Business Information Item – Clarification of Program Requirements – Tabled for further information on prerequisites.

-          Proposal to Modify an Existing Course – CA 199 Special Topics

Council Actions 

College of Education and Human Sciences

-          Proposal to Offer a New Course – HKC 180  Fitness and Wellness I

-          Proposal to Offer a New Course – HKC 181  Fitness and Wellness II

Mark Bean presented a proposal to offer two one-hour online activity courses targeted for Tupelo Nursing but available to all students to meet core requirements.  They can be taken concurrently although they are limited to online students and for those who have no other means to meet the core requirement.  This would also help with wheelchair- bound students to complete the requirement rather than have a waiver.

Pat Donat made the motion to accept the proposals with the following changes:  deletion of the first sentence in both proposals concerning it being online and for distance learning, addition of learning objectives that specify active engagement, and effective Fall 2008.  If approved, the courses will be submitted to the Core Curriculum Council. 

College of Business

             -          Information Item – Clarification of Program Requirements  - tabled until the September meeting.

 Honors

             -          Proposal to Offer a New Course – HO 150  Great Books I:  The Ancient World

-          Proposal to Offer a New Course – HO 152  Great Books II:  The Judeo, Christian, and Islamic Traditions

As we have more students come with AP or dual enrollment credit, there is a need to modify the curriculum in order to meet the requirements.  Eric Daffron presented two proposals to begin the ‘Great Books/Ideas’ series that will serve as the General Education requirement. Although these courses are primarily for Honors students, others students may take these courses with the director’s permission.

Cay Lollar made a motion with a second from Barbara Hunt, to accept both proposals with the following changes to both:  the prerequisite should be changed to “prerequisite or concurrent enrollment in EN 101.  The student should also be in the Honors program or have the permission of the Director of the Honors College.” Information concerning future inclusion in the University Core and possible substitutions for Core courses will be removed from the UCC proposal.  The revised proposal will be sent to the Provost’s Office to be included in the UCC files.  The course will be submitted to the CCC for inclusion in the University Core.  The proposal passed unanimously.

 Old Business

 Adjournment

 Dr. Dionne Fortenberry adjourned the meeting.

 The next meeting will be Friday, September 7, 2007, at 2:00 p.m.