USF Undergraduate Council - Minutes of February 12, 2001

Present: Ram Pendyala (Chairperson), Sandy Reynolds, Jennifer Salk, Edward Silbert, Mark Wilson

Absent: Eva Christensen, Grace Erickson, Frank Mason, Nancy Ratcliff

Guests: Sara Mandell, William Murray, Curtis Wienker

The meeting was called to order at 3:12 p.m.

1. The minutes of January 22, 2001 were approved.

2. Announcements

3. Discussion and action on proposals

   • Reactivate Major and Minor in Interdisciplinary Classical Civilizations
     The ICC Major/Minor is intended for students who wish to become familiar with aspects of the Classical heritage of Western Civilization. Following discussion, the reactivation of the ICC Major (33-38 hours), the ICC Major with Honors (39 hours), and the ICC Minor (15 hrs. min.) was approved.

   • GEY 2000 Introduction to Gerontology
     This course was previously qualified as a General Education-Social Sciences under its previous GEY 3000 designation. As with all "introductory" courses, the course was reclassified as GEY 2000, at which time the course was dropped from the Gen Ed list. Following discusion, this course was re-instated as a General Education-Social Sciences course.

   • GEY 4641 Death and Dying
     This course is being submitted to add its qualification under the General Education requirements of the Social Sciences. Following discussion, and the suggestion that a non-substantive change to the 3000 level may benefit the course, this course was approved as meeting General Education-Social Studies.

   • GEY 4647 Ethical and Legal Issues in Aging
     This course is being submitted to add its qualification under both the General Education requirements of the Social Sciences, and also as an Exit Course under Major Works and Major Issues. Following discussion and the submittal of a revised syllabus with a revised set of student objectives, this course was approved as meeting General Education-Social Sciences and as an Exit Course under Major Works and Major Issues.

   • REL 4215 Ancient Israel and the Development of the Hebrew Bible
     This course involves an exploration of the formation and composition of the Hebrew Bible in light of the religious, social, political, and historical developments in antiquity. Following discussion, this course was approved as a new course meeting Gordon Rule, Literature and Writing, and Major Works and Major Issues certifications.

4. Assignment of Course Proposals
   • FIN 4461 Financial Statement Analysis - New Course - Mark Wilson
   • GEY 4608 Alzheimer's Disease Management - New course - Sandra Reynolds
   • GEY 4612 Psychology of Aging - Social Science certification - Sandra Reynolds
   • GEY 4628 Minority Aging - New course - Sandra Reynolds
   • MAC 1140 Precalculus Algebra - New Course - Ram Pendyala
   • WST 4560 Contemporary Feminist Theory - New course - Jennifer Salk
   • Italian Studies - Certificate - Edward Silbert
   • Modifications to Undergraduate Major/Minor in Criminology - Edward Silbert
   • Public Administration - Minor - Frank Mason
   • EVR 2001 Introduction to Environmental Science - Natural Science certification - Grace Erickson
   • XXX xxxx Multidisciplinary Behavioral Healthcare Services - New Course - Mark Wilson

The meeting was adjourned at 5:03 p.m.

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