University Curriculum Committee Report

Fall Semester 2008

November 2008

New Academic Program Request

Graduate Certificate in Biology for Teachers

Graduate Certificate in Chemistry for Teachers

Graduate Certificate in Mathematics for Middle School Teachers

Graduate Certificate in Middle School Science and Engineering for Teachers

Graduate Certificate in Physics for Teachers

UG Minor in Canadian Area Studies

UG Minor in Linguistics

New Courses

Engr 301 Technology & Innovation Case Studies 3 crs

Engr 410 Technology Ventures 3 crs

Geog 459 Population Geography 3 crs

Geog 476 Selected Topics in Geographic Information Systems 3 crs

ME 206 Sensors and Instrumentation 1 cr

Norw 350 Norwegian Culture 3 crs

OT 462 Physical Dysfunction Seminar and Practicum Integration 3 crs

OT 463 Psychosocial Dysfunction Seminar and Practicum Integration 3 crs

T&L 416 Adolescent Literacy Development 3 crs

Course Deletions

CIEN 201 Introduction to AutoCAD for Civil Engineers 1 cr

Fren 304 French Phonetics 2 crs

N&D 397 Cooperative Education 1-2 crs, repeatable

OT 455 Practicum: Physical Dysfunction 2 crs

OT 455S Seminar: Practicum Integration II 1 cr

OT 457 Practicum: Psychosocial Dysfunction 2 crs

OT 457S Seminar: Practicum Integration I 1 cr

T&L 421 Transition to Adult Life 3 crs

Senate approval is not required for the following report items

Course Change Requests

Avit 595 Aviation Capstone – change prerequisite from Avit 514 to 504

Coun 529 Dynamics of Addition – change in credits from 2 to 3; change in course description

Fin 321 Real Estate Finance and Investment – change frequency from S to F

Fin 340 Intermediate Financial Management – change in course description

Fin 360 Capital Market Financing and Investment Strategies – change frequency from F,S to S

Fin 440 Valuing Real Assets and Financial Strategy – change frequency from S to F,S

Fren 101 First Year French I – change in course description

Fren 102 First Year French II – change in course description; add French placement exam or consent of instructor to prerequisites

Fren 201 Second Year French I – change in course description; with a grade of C or better, French placement exam or consent of instructor to prerequisites and delete or equivalent

Fren 202 Second Year French II – change in course description; change equivalency to Fren 201 with a grade of C or better, French placement exam or consent of instructor

Fren 301 Third Year French – change title to Third Year French I; change in course description; change prerequisites to Fren 202 with a grade of C or better, French placement exam or consent of instructor

Fren 307 A Social and Cultural History of Quebec – change in course description; change prerequisite to French 202 with a grade of C or better, French placement exam or consent of instructor

Fren 340 Business French – change prerequisites to French 202 with a grade of C or better, French placement exam or consent of instructor

Geog 262 Geography of the North America I – change frequency from S to F

Geog 271 Map Use and Interpretation – change title to The Power of Maps; change in course description; change frequency from S to S/2

Geog 352 Economic Geography – change in course description

Geog 374 Environmental Remote Sensing and Air Photo Interpretation – change title to Environmental Remote Sensing

Geog 374L Environmental Remote Sensing and Air Photo Interpretation Laboratory – change title to Environmental Remote Sensing Laboratory

Geog 378 GPS: Applications and Theory – change frequency from S to S/2

Geog 457 Urban Geography and Planning – change in course description

Geog 471 Cartography and Computer-Assisted Mapping – change title to Cartography and Visualization; change in course description

Geog 471L Computer Mapping Laboratory – change title to Cartography and Visualization Laboratory; change in course description

ME 290 Special Laboratory Problems – change title to Laboratory Problems

ME 483 Mechanical Measurements Laboratory – change prerequisites from EE 206 to and either ME 206 or EE 306

Norw 403 Ibsen – change title to Great Literary Works of Norway; change in course description

OT 451 Multicultural Competency in OT – change in credits from 3 to 2; change in course description

RTS 201 Recreation & Society – delete prerequisites; change in course description

T&L 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 510, 514, 552, 560, 561, 562, 563, 564, 565 - change prefix to SPED for all listed courses

T&L 511, 512, 551, 554, 555, 556, 557, 578 – change prefix to SPED for listed courses and add pre-requisite: admission to one of the master’s programs in special education

Program Requirements Change Requests

Addiction Emphasis in Counseling – increase in credits required reflecting course credit change

M.S. in Computer Science – add non-thesis option to degree

B.A. with major in English Teacher Licensure – change T&L 390 to T&L 416

Entrepreneurship major – reduction in number of required courses for major, allowing for elective choices

Geography – Update program to reflect course changes above

Minor in Literacy Education – change T&L 390 to T&L 416

B.S. Mechanical Engineering – adding ME 206 to degree options; adding ME 523 and 525 to aerospace concentration technical electives

Minor in Middle Level Education – change T&L 390 to T&L 339

Norwegian – add Norw 350 as an option to major and minor requirements

Occupational Therapy – program change to reflect new courses, course deletions and course change