Approved Minutes of January 10, 2002.

Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Committee Report

Joe Law reported that the WAC Committee has met twice since the January 2002 meeting of the University Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee and submitted the following

WAC Committee Report.

CECS

Approved Inventories: CS 471*
The course is cross listed with BIO 471 which was before the UCAPC on January 10 and returned to the COSM so the two proposals could be coordinated. Thus, the committee also decided to approve BIO 471 upon its resubmission to the UCAPC chair.

COSM

Approved Inventories: BIO 471 upon resubmission of the Inventory Request (see above * regarding CS 471)

CEHS

Approved Modifications: ED 464

COBA

Approved Modifications: EC 290, FIN 205*, FIN 305, IB 486
* FIN 205 modifications were approved with the exception of listing it as a College Component Course. The College of Business must submit a proposal to the General Education Implementation Committee to be approved as a College Component Course.
Approved Inventories: ECO 391, FIN 306, IB 496, MGT 277, MGT 280, MGT 301

CONH

Approved Modifications: NUR 307
Inventories: The committee could not approve HLT 201, HLT 202, HLT 203. It was noted that the documentation indicates that the courses are proposals to be offered as general education courses under the New General Education Program, Area IV Human Expression, Area 2 Cultural-Social Foundations, and Area I Communication and Mathematical Skills, respectively.  Therefore, the course proposals were returned to the CONH with instructions that such proposals must be submitted first to the General Education Implementation Committee. However, the committee also noted that the courses could be considered by the UCAPC upon resubmission if the CONH intended to offer them as non-GE courses, i.e., to offer them even in the absence of approval for inclusion in the new GE Program.

COSM: The committee approved the COSM's proposal to offer SM 205 (an existing 4 hour course titled Great Ideas in Science) as a science course in the current General Education Program under Area IV Natural Sciences for non-COSM majors.  The course would therefore serve as a science substitution for non-COSM majors where there are not existing Required Substitutions for such majors.  The COSM has also submitted the course to the General Education and Implementation Committee for approval in the New General Education Program, but feels that it is appropriate for students subject to and who will continue in the Existing General Education Program.  In addition, the college feels that it is important to begin implementation and coordination of the course lectures and demonstrations prior to implementation of the New GE Program.

CEHS: The committee approved the Organizational Leadership, B.S.program changes. The changes and justifications were well documented (in fact, the committee commends the CEHS in this respect) and provided in the following:

Organizational Leadership Program Changes

WAC Program: The WAC Committee's recommendation to change as follows the policy for returning students was approved: 

Returning students must complete the two-course writing requirement in the major. In the event a returning student has completed earlier, non-WI versions of courses now offered as the department’s WI courses and no further WI courses in the major are available, the student will complete the independent writing project to cover one of the courses; the requirement for the second course can be waived with the approval of the department.

Justifications and changes to specific sections of the WAC document are provided in the following:

WAC Program Change

The committee scheduled it Spring Quarter meetings for April 11 and May 17. Colleges submitting curriculum and policy proposals for review by the committee need to submit the original and 18 copies NO LATER THAN 5:00 p.m., April 2 for consideration at the April 11 meeting and NO LATER THAN 5:00 p.m., May 8 for consideration at the May 17 meeting.

Curriculum and policy proposals received after May 8 will be forwarded to next year's committee for consideration in October 2002.

NOTE: any curriculum or policy proposals that must go before the Faculty Senate for approval this academic year must be submitted to the UCAPC by the April 2 deadline because IF approved by the UCAPC at its April 11 meeting,  the Faculty Senate will consider it as New Business at its May 6 meeting and Old Business to be voted upon at its June 3 meeting (unless there is a suspension of the rules). Thus, submissions to the UCAPC after April 2 will be carrried over for approval by the Faculty Senate next October 2002. 

NOTE: Curriculum or policy proposals approved by the Faculty Senate at the May 6 meeting (or under a suspension of the rules at the June 3 meeting) that must go before the General Faculty Meeting will not be considered until the General Faculty Meeting of November 2002.