USF Undergraduate Council - Minutes of January 13, 1997

Present: Glen Besterfield, Lois Gonzalez, Mary Hardy, Margaret Hewitt, John Noonan, Joseph Simon (Chairperson), Richard Wunderlin

Absent: Janet Moore, John Richmond, Ruth Short

Guests: Ruth Bahr (Communication Sciences & Disorders), Bill Carpenter (Civil & Environmental Engineering), Joyce Carpenter (Social Work), Paul Dosal (History), Elizabeth Hirsh (English), John Rowe (Economics), Chris Thomas (Economics), Ruth Tilden (Social Work)

The meeting was called to order at 3:06pm.

1. The minutes of November 25, 1996 were approved as submitted.

2. Program Reviews - The Graduate and Undergraduate Councils may be involved in BOR or accreditation reviews. Dr. Simon distributed a list of upcoming reviews.

3. Discussion and action on proposals

   • ISC 4004 Scientific Concepts of Time
     Withdrawn from consideration

   • LIT 4386 British and American Literature by Women
     Following discussion, the course was approved.

   • Proposed Undergraduate Honors Program in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
     The proposal was tabled because graduate courses may not be required of undergraduate students.

   • CEG 4850 Capstone Geotechnical/Transportation Design
     Following discussion, the course was approved. The spelling of "geotechnical" must be corrected on the SUS form, the discontinue date (4b) on the course proposal form must be changed from 01/2010 to blank, and 6b must be changed to "May not be repeated."

   • CES 4604 Capstone Structural Design, CES 4606 Concepts of Structural Design, CES 4650 Capstone Materials Design, CWR 4812 Capstone Water Resources Design and ENV 4450 Capstone Water and Wastewater Design
     Following discussion, each course was approved. The discontinue date (4b) on the course proposal forms must be changed from 01/2010 to blank, and 6b must be changed to "May not be repeated."

   • EML 4174 Visual Basic for Engineers and Scientists
     Following discussion, the course was approved.

   • LAH 2020 Latin American Civilization
     This new course is designed as an introductory course in Latin American history. It will be proposed to the General Education Council. The syllabus will be corrected to read "Participation: 20%." Following further discussion, the course was approved.

   • SOW 4510 Integrative Seminar
     SOW 4510 is the final practice course, along with SOW 4510L Field Placement, required of all social work majors and must be taken with SOW 4522. Instructor qualifications on the course proposal form (7f) will be corrected to "M.S.W. or Ph.D. in an equivalent field." Following further discussion, the course was approved.

   • Revision of Undergraduate Economics Programs and ECO 3100 Managerial Economics
     Following discussion, both proposals were approved. 4a of the new course proposal will be changed to "No."

4. Distribution and assignment of new course proposals
   • ARH 4--- Art History: Selected Topic - J. Simon
   • ART 2400 Beginning Printmaking - J. Simon
   • ART 4402 Advanced Printmaking - J. Simon
   • ART 4--- Senior Projects - J. Simon
   • CCJ 4109 Critical Issues in Policing - R. Wunderlin
   • MAA 4402 Complex Variables - G. Besterfield
   • MAD 4504 Theory of Computation - G. Besterfield
   • MAT 2936 Technology Seminar - G. Besterfield
   • MGF 2130 Chaos and Fractals - G. Besterfield
   • MGF 3301 Bridge to Abstract Mathematics - G. Besterfield
   • MTG 4302 Introduction to Topology - G. Besterfield
   • PET 4088 Health, Safety, Nutrition and Motor Skills for the Young Child - L. Gonzalez
   • SOW 4910 Directed Research - M. Hewitt
   • Curriculum Changes - Mathematics Major and Minor - G. Besterfield
   • Revision of Major and Minor in Sociology - M. Hewitt

The next meeting will be Monday, January 27, 1997. The meeting was adjourned at 4:25pm.

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Office of Undergraduate Studies