USF Undergraduate Council - Minutes of September 12, 2005

Present: William Armitage, Sharon Geiger, Celina Jozsi, J. Brian Moorhead, Carla Nye, Chris Ponticelli (chair), Nancy Tyson

Absent: Pam Fleege, Dewey Rundus

Guests: Janet Moore

The meeting was called to order at 3:15 p.m.

1. The minutes of April 25, 2005 were approved with one correction.

2. Announcements/Discussions

   • The Undergraduate Council briefly discussed the Academic Learning Compacts, USF cheating and plagiarism policies, and grade inflation.

3. New course/curriculum proposals

4. Assignment of Course Proposals

   Armitage

   • CIS 4253 IT Ethics - New course/Gordon/MWMI
   • ECH 3702 Instrument Systems - substantive change
   • ECH 4323C Automatic Control I - substantive change
   • ECH 4605 Strategies of Process Engineering - substantive change
   • ECH 4615 Plant Design - substantive change
   • ECH 4845 Quantitative Methods in Chemical Engineering - substantive change

     Geiger

   • SPA 3664 Language and Cognitive Skills in English - New course
   • SPA 3665 Cognitive Processing and Language Development in ASL - New course
   • SPA 3666 Translation from English and from ASL - New course
   • SPA 4655 ASL to English Consecutive Interpretation - New course
   • SPA 4656 English to ASL Consecutive Interpretation - New course
   • SPA 4657 Simultaneous Interpretation Monologic - New course
   • SPA 4658 Simultaneous Interpretation Dialogic - New course
   • SPA 4659 Senior Seminar - New course
   • SPA 4962 Undergraduate Comprehensive Examination - New course
   • Interpreter Training - curriculum change

     Jozsi

   • Latin American and Caribbean Studies - New Bachelor's Degree

     Moorhead

   • GET 3290 Fantastic Films of Early German Cinema - New course/MWMI/HP
   • SYA 3201 Social Problems Through Film - New course
   • Art History - New minor
   • Criminology - change in minor requirements

     Nye

   • AS to BS - Public Health - New concentration
   • General Public Health - New minor
   • Naval Science and Leadership - New minor
   • Psychology - establish pre-admission GPA of 2.5

     Ponticelli

   • EVR 2002 Environmental Science: Regional and Global Issues - New course
   • EVR 4210 Karst Environments - New course
   • EVR 4212 Climate Change - New course
   • GEO 4287 Water Resources Management - New course

     Tyson

   • HAT 3400 Haitian Cultural Outlook - New course/Gordon/EC/ALAMEA/HP/LW
   • REL 3150 In Search of the Goddess - New course/ALAMEA/HP/SS
   • Women's Spirituality - Undergraduate Certificate

The next meeting will be Monday, September 26, 2005. The meeting was adjourned at 4:03 p.m.

Please send any suggestions or comments to:
Mia Fluitt - webcat@ugs.usf.edu