DATE: April 25, 2000

TO: The University Senate

FROM: Doan Modianos

The C&R Subcommittee on Curriculum reviewed and approved the requests noted below. These were forwarded to the Curriculum and Regulations committee for appropriate action. The following summary is provided for your action/information.

Course description: Prepares students for internship positions and employment after graduation; research career opportunities in business; and develop a systematic approach to employment planning. Pass/Fail. Credit will not be given for both BUS 220 and ELH 301.

Semester Hours: no change

Prerequisities: Business Major

Rationale: A change in numbering from 300 level to 200 level allows sophomores to take this career development course. This is desirable because many business students participate in internships or practica before the junior year, and having the course before that time would facilitate their ability to compete successfully for the opportunity to have such experiences.

Course description: In-depth, strategic perspective on advertising management. Students will learn how to manage, facilitate and direct the advertising function. A special emphasis will be placed on developing advertising strategies. The case method will be used with real world situations.

Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

Prerequisites: MTG 315

Rationale: This course would be the first in the Marketing Department to deal exclusively with the management of advertising and the use of advertising for strategic advantage.

Course description: Independent study in studio arts. Repeatable for a total of 6 hours of credit.

Semester Hours: no change

Prerequisities: no change

Rationale: The independent study course sequence (ART 316, 416) is being modified to create a separate sequence in Art History (ART 317, 417). Creation of the new sequence in Art History thus modified the major, and the Department requests the change accordingly.

Course description: Independent study in studio arts. May be repeatable in more than one area of art, for a total of 6 hours of credit.

Semester Hours: no change

Prerequisities: no change

Rationale: The independent study course sequence (ART 316, 416) is being modified to create a separate sequence in Art History (ART 317, 417). Creation of the new sequence in Art History thus modified the major, and the Department requests the change accordingly.

Music course and program proposals provide numbers for music ensembles and applied music instruction that will be consistent with the university course numbering system and recognizable by computer audits.

Currently, music ensembles are each offered in two courses at the freshman or sophomore level, and applied music instruction is offered through unnumbered courses. These proposals simplify ensemble numbering and differentiate between freshman/sophomore and junior/senior course numbers so that the computer system (DARS) will recognize the level of courses. Approval for the junior/senior courses requires junior standing and a successful performance examination.

Numbering courses requires program modification to reflect changes.

Rationale: The addition of course numbers to the applied music courses and the changes in course numbering for the ensemble courses will be consistent with university course numbering and will be recognizable by our computer audits. The proposal also creates junior level courses in the music ensemble sequence.

Bachelor of Arts Degree with a Major in Art History (elective portion only)

Electives in art history are to be chosen from the following: Art 240, 250, 260, 270, 350, 360, 380, 390, 317, 417, 470.

Rationale: The independent study course sequence (ART 316, 416) is being modified to create a separate sequence in Art History (ART 317, 417). Creation of the new sequence in Art History thus modifies the major, and the Department requests the change accordingly.

COM 203 Introduction to Radio/Television 3 hours

COM 204 Audio Production 3 hours

COM 314 Television Production and Directing 3 hours

COM 335 Introduction to Video Communication 3 hours

Plus 6 hours from the following courses:

COM 414 Advanced TV Production and Directing 3 hours

COM 420 Media Sales 3 hours

COM 430 Media Administration 3 hours

COM 435 Advanced Video Field Prod. and Editing 3 hours

COM 440 Media Research 3 hours

COM 445 Nonlinear Postproduction I 3 hours

COM 450 Broadcast Programming and Promotion 3 hours

COM 490 Independent Study max. 3 hours

COM 491 Topics in Communication max. 3 hours

COM 495 Communication Internship max. 6 hours

Total Hours Required for Concentration 18 hours

Total Hours Required for Major 36 hours

Rationale: Changes in the concentration add media research, media administration, and media sales to the list of courses from which students may select in order to meet part of the requirements for the major. The new MM 113 course in Multimedia is also added to the requirements for the concentration, as is the new COM 445 Nonlinear Postproduction.

Course description: Study in Art History. Repeatable for a total of 6 credit hours.

Semester Hours: 1-3 s.h.

Prerequisites: art major; junior standing; consent of instructor, advisor, and chair.

Rationale: The independent study course sequence (ART 316, 416) is being modified to create a separate sequence in Art History (ART 317, 417). Creation of the new sequence in Art History thus modified the major, and the Department requests the change accordingly.

Course description: Independent Study in Art History. May be repeatable for more than one area of art history, for a total of 6 hours of credit.

Semester Hours: 1-6 s.h.

Prerequisites: art major; senior standing; consent of instructor, advisor, and chair.

Rationale: The independent study course sequence (ART 316, 416) is being modified to create a separate sequence in Art History (ART 317, 417). Creation of the new sequence in Art History thus modified the major, and the Department requests the change accordingly.

Course description: Theory of media administration. Administrative practices include cost and revenue analysis, budgeting, and personnel management.

Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

Prerequisites: senior standing or consent of instructor.

Rationale: This course expands the course offerings available to Radio/TV concentration students. This course enhances the coverage of the sales and administration component of the concentration.

Course description: Logistics terms and definitions; logistics as a design process; supply chain concepts; analyzing, designing and implementing logistics system.

Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

Prerequisites: IME 306, IME 311, IME 318, co-requisite IME 312

Rationale: This will be the foundation course in the proposed logistics engineering minor. The course will also be of interest to engineering majors in its own right.

During the course of this academic year, we passed a number of changes to courses in physics. These changes were made in anticipation of changes in the major and minor in physics, but the program changes awaited a clear explanation of the current and the proposed programs. That explanation is now before us. The table included with this memo outlines a comparison of the current and the proposed majors and minor in physics. In general, the major and minor have become more flexible in the courses from which students may select in order to fulfill the requirements of the major. The subcommittee commends the Physics Department for its efforts in clarifying the requirements of the major and minor.

Course description: Social research methods: research design and models of observation, including single subject and program evaluation, quantitative and qualitative methods, sampling techniques, questionnaire construction, types of surveys, measurement problems, and data analysis.

Semester Hours: no change

Prerequisities: no change

Rationale: The social work research methods course is currently numbered as SW 240, a number that is lower than that for the "entry level" course in social work (SW 250). This conceptual anomaly would be eliminated by renumbering the research methods course to SW 260, a change suggested in the accreditation review of the social work program.

Course description: Emphasis on conceptual approach to intellectual, cultural, political, economic, social, and technological issues that have formed the spirit of the various ages from classical Greece to 1600.

Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

Rationale: This course will expand the range of courses from which students may satisfy the general education requirement in western civilization. The course will allow for more depth of content coverage than is possible in CIV 100, while still meeting the requirement in this category.

Course description: Emphasis on conceptual approach to intellectual, cultural, political, economic, social, and technological issues that have formed the spirit of the various ages from 1600 to present.

Semester Hours: 3 s.h.

Rationale: This course will expand the range of courses from which students may satisfy the general education requirement in western civilization. The course will allow for more depth of content coverage than is possible in CIV 100, while still meeting the requirement in this category.