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The Undergraduate Assembly Minutes The Undergraduate Assembly met in regular session on Tuesday, April 25, 2006, at 2:15 p.m. in the UC Rio Grande B. Provost Dana Dunn presided. Attendance.
Approval of Minutes. The minutes of the regular meeting on March 7, 2006, were approved as published. Report of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. Kimberly van Noort presented the following recommendations approved by the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee reviewed and verified all course prerequisites in preparation for MyMav checking of prerequisites. Agenda Items
Approved by the Committee on Spring, 2006 (2nd & 3rd Meetings) April 25, 2006
Course Change ARCH 1241
Design Communication I - prerequisite added & course content change – approved ARCH 2303
History of Architecture Design I - prerequisite added & course content
change – approved ARCH 2551
Basic Design & Drawing - prerequisite added & course content change – approved ARCH 3323 Construction Materials & Structural Concepts -
prerequisite added & clarified – approved ARCH 3331
Sustainability - prerequisite added & clarified – approved ARCH 3337
Site Design - prerequisite added & clarified – approved ARCH 3343
Design Communication III - prerequisite added & clarified – approved ARCH 3553
Design Studio: Architecture I - prerequisite added & clarified – approved ARCH 4306
Urban Design Theory - prerequisite added & clarified – approved ARCH 4307
Theory of City Planning - prerequisite change & clarified – approved ARCH 4311
Architectural Theory - prerequisite change & clarified – approved ARCH 4314
Historic Preservation & Restoration - prerequisite change & clarified– approved ARCH 4315
Topics in the History of Architecture & Design - prerequisite change &
clarified– approved ARCH 4316
Modern Architecture I - prerequisite change & clarified – approved ARCH 4317
Modern Architecture II - prerequisite change & clarified– approved ARCH 4318
Renaissance Architecture - prerequisite change & clarified – approved ARCH 4320
Baroque Architecture - prerequisite change & clarified – approved ARCH 4321
Structural Systems in Buildings - prerequisite change & clarified – approved ARCH 4325
Environmental Control Systems - prerequisite change & clarified– approved ARCH 4329
Computers & Design - prerequisite change & clarified – approved ARCH 4330
Energy Use & Conservation in Architecture - prerequisite change &
clarified – approved ARCH 4343
Problems In Design, Materials, & Fabrication - prerequisite change &
clarified – approved ARCH 4346
Construction Drawings - prerequisite change & clarified – approved ARCH 4347 Construction
Drawings II - prerequisite change & clarified – approved ARCH 4348
Architectural Photography I - prerequisite clarified – approved ARCH 4353
History of Landscape Architecture - prerequisite clarified – approved ARCH 4556
Design Studio: Architecture III -
prerequisite clarified – approved Add Course ARCH 4191
Conference Course – approved ARCH 4391
Conference Course – approved ARCH 4591
Conference Course – approved ARCH 4195
Selected Topics In Architecture – approved ARCH 4395
Selected Topics In Architecture – approved ARCH 4595
Selected Topics In Architecture – approved Delete Course ARCH 4327
Structures II – approved ARCH 4328
Structures III – approved ARCH
4191,4391, 4591 Conference Courses – approved ARCH
4195,4395, 4595 Selected Topics in Architecture – approved Course Change INTD 3305 History of Interior Design – to add prerequisite –
approved INTD 3321 Interior Materials I – prerequisite clarified – approved INTD 3322 Interior Materials II – prerequisite clarified – approved INTD 3323 Interior Materials II – prerequisite added – approved INTD 3329 Computer-Aided Drawing in Interior Design -
prerequisite clarified – approved INTD 3343 Interior Design Communication III – prerequisite
added and description changed – approved INTD 3345 Interior Design Communication IV – prerequisite
added – approved INTD 3553 Design Studio: Interior Design I – prerequisite
change – approved INTD 3555 Design Studio:
Interior Design II - prerequisite change– approved INTD 4332 Professional Practice: Interior Design –
prerequisite change – approved INTD 4345 Architectural Graphics – prerequisite change – approved INTD 4368 Interior Design and Detailing – prerequisite
change – approved INTD 4369 Furniture Design and Construction – prerequisite
change – approved INTD 4393 Interior Design Internship – prerequisite change
and lecture/lab hours – approved INTD 4395 Special Topics – prerequisite change – approved INTD 4562 Design Studio: Intd III – prerequisite change – approved INTD 4563 Design Studio: Intd IV - prerequisite change – approved Add Course INTD 4191
Conference Course – approved INTD 4391
Conference Course – approved INTD 4195
Selected Topics In Interior Design – approved INTD 4591
Conference Course – approved INTD 4595
Selected Topics In Interior Design Delete Course INTD 4191,
4391, 4591- Conference Courses – approved INTD 4195,
4395, 4595 Selected Topics in Interior Design – approved
Course Change KINE 2130
Clinical Practicum I - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 2230
Introduction to Musculoskeletal Injuries - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 2301
Teaching Games for Understanding - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 3130
Clinical Practicum II - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 3300
Applied Kinesiology - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 3301
Biomechanics of Human Movement - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 3304
Adapted Exercise & Sport Activities - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 3306
Motor Integration - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 3315
Physiology of Exercise - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 3325
Data Acquisition & Management - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 3330
Pathology & Pharmacology - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 3333
Therapeutic Modalities - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 3388
Theory & Application in Motor Development - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 4130
Clinical Practicum IV - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 4131
Clinical Practicum V - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 4293
Seminar in Athletic Training - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 4320
Teaching Secondary Physical Education - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 4321
Teaching Elementary Physical Education - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 4333
Athletic Training Organization & Administration - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 4336
Therapeutic Exercise - prerequisite clarified – approved KINE 4647
All-Level Teacher Preparation Residency for Physical Education - prerequisite
clarified – approved Add Course BEEP 4366 -
prepare students for testing – rejected
ACCT 2302
Principles of Accounting II - prerequisite changed & course clarified – approved ACCT 3303
Introduction to Accounting Information Systems - prerequisite changed & course
clarified – approved ACCT 3304
Software Tools - prerequisite changed & course clarified – approved ACCT 3309
Accounting for Managers - prerequisite changed & course clarified – approved ACCT 3311
Financial Accounting I - prerequisite changed & course clarified – approved ACCT 3312
Financial Accounting II - prerequisite changed & course clarified – approved ACCT 3315
Principles of Federal Income Tax - prerequisite changed & course clarified – approved ACCT 4301
Study of Income Tax for Entities Other Than Individuals - prerequisite changed
& course clarified – approved ACCT 4302
Accounting in Managerial Planning and Control - prerequisite changed &
course clarified – approved ACCT 4304
Cost Accounting - prerequisite changed & course clarified – approved ACCT 4311
Advanced Financial Topics - prerequisite changed & course clarified – approved ACCT 4318
Auditing - prerequisite changed & course clarified – approved ACCT 4325
Governmental Accounting - prerequisite changed & course clarified – approved ACCT 4332
Internal Audit I - prerequisite changed & course clarified – approved ACCT 4380
Ethical Behavior in Accounting - course clarified – approved Add Course 4333
Internal Auditing II – approved Course Change ECON 3302
The Economics of Crime - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 3304
Public Sector Economics - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 3305
Law and Economics - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 3310
Microeconomics - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 3312
Microeconomics - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 3328
Principles of Transportation - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 3335
Economics of Public Policies - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 3388
European Economics History, 1750 to Present - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 4191,
4291, 4391 Studies in Economics - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 4306
Comparative Economic Systems - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 4311
Economics for Managers - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 4319
Economic Growth & the Multinational Corporation - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 4321
International Trade - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 4322
International Finance - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 4323
Introduction to Mathematical Economics - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 4324
Monetary & Fiscal Policy - prerequisite clarified – approved ECON 4325
Economic Fluctuations & Forecasting - prerequisite clarified – approved INSY 3300
Object Oriented Programming - prerequisite change – approved INSY 3303
Computer Networks & Distributed Computing - title change – approved INSY 3330
Introduction to E-Commerce - prerequisite change – approved INSY 4191
Studies in Information Systems - prerequisite change – approved INSY 4291
Studies in Information Systems - prerequisite change – approved INSY 4331
Seminar in Information Systems - prerequisite change – approved INSY 4391
Studies in Information Systems - prerequisite change – approved INSY 4393
Information Systems Internship - prerequisite change – approved BUSA 2302
Communication in Organization - course clarified – approved MANA 4320
Management of Industrial Relations - course clarified & prerequisites added
– approved MANA 4322
Organizational Strategy - course clarified & prerequisites added – approved MANA 4325
Leadership in Organizations - course clarified & prerequisites added – approved MANA 4326
Diversity in Organizations - course clarified & prerequisites added – approved MANA 4328
Human Resource Staffing & Performance Management - course clarified &
prerequisites added – approved MANA 4330
Team Management - course clarified & prerequisites added – approved MANA 4338
Small Business Analysis - course clarified & prerequisites added – approved MANA 4342
Compensation & Benefits Management - course clarified & prerequisites
added – approved MANA 4343
Training & Development - course clarified & prerequisites added – approved OPMA 3306
Operations Management - prerequisite change – approved OPMA 3310
Project Management - prerequisite change – approved OPMA 4191
Studies in Operations Management - prerequisite change – approved OPMA 4291
Studies in Operations Management - prerequisite change – approved OPMA 4331
Seminar in Operations Management - prerequisite change – approved OPMA 4391
Studies in Operations Management - prerequisite change – approved OPMA 4393
Operations Management Internship - prerequisite change – approved STAT 3321
Statistics I - prerequisite change -– approved
Course Change MAE 1105
Introduction to Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering - verbiage correction – approved CSE 1325
Advanced Object-Oriented Programming Using C++ – approved MAE 2201
Introduction to Aeronautics & Astronautics - restructuring of course/add
hour – approved MAE 3181
Material & Structures Lab - restructuring of course – approved MAE 3182
Aerodynamics & Fluids Lab - restructuring of course – approved MAE 3302
Aerodynamics of Incompressible Flows - restructuring of course – approved MAE 3305
Flight Dynamics - restructuring of course – approved MAE 3316
Aerospace Structural Dynamics - restructuring of course – approved MAE 3319
Dynamic Systems Modeling & Simulation - restructuring of course – approved MAE 3360
Engineering Analysis - restructuring of course – approved MAE 4310
Introduction to Automatic Control - restructuring of course – approved MAE 4344
Computer-Aided Engineering - restructuring of course – approved MAE 4350
Aerospace Vehicle Design I - restructuring of course – approved MAE 4351
Aerospace Vehicle Design II - restructuring of course – approved CE 3305
Basic Fluid Mechanics - prerequisite changed & course clarified – approved EE 1347
Computer Solution of electrical Engineering Problems - prerequisite changed
& course clarified – approved MAE 3181
Materials & Structures Lab - prerequisite changed & course clarified – approved
Course Change HONR 1100 Honors Enrichment Series - repeat course when
topics are changed – approved HONR 2300 Honors Freshman Seminar - repeat course when
topics are changed – approved HONR 3203 Honors Independent Study - repeat course when
topics are changed – approved HONR 3303 Honors Independent Study - repeat course when
topics are – approved HONR 4144 Honors Service Learning Opportunities - repeat
course when topics are changed – approved HONR 4244 Honors Service Learning Opportunities - repeat
course when topics are changed – approved HONR 4300 Honors Advanced Seminar - repeat course when
topics are changed– approved HONR 4310 Honors Study Abroad - repeat course when topics
are changed – approved HONR 4320 Honors Internship - repeat course when topics are
changed – approved HONR 4344 Honors Service Learning Opportunities - repeat
course when topics are changed – approved Course Delete: HONR 2311 Honors American Studies I: Politics – approved HONR 2312 Honors American Studies II: Themes in American
Literature – approved HONR 2611 Honors American Studies I: Themes in American
History and Literature – approved HONR 2612 Honors American Studies I: Themes in American
History and Politics – approved HONR 3374 Honors web design – approved HONR 3390 Honors Research Colloquium – approved
Department of Art & Art History Course Change ART 4348 -
Digital Alternative Photographic Techniques - prerequisite & course
clarified – approved ART 4349 -
Video Art & New Genres - prerequisite change – approved ART 4362 -
Advanced Film/Video - prerequisite change – approved ART 4371 -
Advanced Painting - course clarified – approved Add Course ART 4320 -
Intermedia: Forms & Method – approved Course Delete ART 4368 -
Digital Alternative Photographic Techniques – approved CMAS Course Change MAS 3312 -
Spanish-American Culture & Civilization - course changes – approved MAS 4313 -
Hispanic Culture - course changes – approved MAS 4315 -
topics in Contemporary Spanish-American Literature & culture, Modernism to
the Present - course changes – approved MAS 4317 -
Chicano Literature - course changes – approved MAS 4318 -
Mexican Literature - course changes – approved Add Course MAS 3317 The
Latina Experience – approved Delete Course MAS 3317 -
Mexican Politics & U. S.-Mexican Relations - course changes – approved Department of Linguistics & TESOL Course Change LING 4318 -
Language & Gender - prerequisite change – approved LING 4353 -
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language - prerequisite change – approved LING 4354 -
Methods & Materials to Teach English as a Second or Foreign Language -
prerequisite change – approved LING 4389 -
Topics in Linguistics - prerequisite change – approved Department of Modern Languages Course Change SPAN 4334
Culture of Business - prerequisite & course clarified – approved SPAN 4341
Specialized Translation - title change – approved SP 4393
Spanish Internship - description change & repeatable course – approved Add Course SPAN 4342
Specialized Translation II – approved Department of Music Course Change MUSI 2201 -
Jazz Improvisation II - course change number to 3226 – approved MUSI 3112
Perspectives in Music - course & content change – approved MUSI 3225 -
Jazz Improvisation I - course change – approved MUSI 3312
Early Childhood Music - prerequisite & hours change – approved MUSI 3313
Instrumental Ensemble Lit I - prerequisite & hours change – approved MUSI 3314
Choral Ensemble Literature & Performance I - prerequisite & hours
change – approved MUSI 4209 -
Choral Conducting II - course change – approved MUSI 4312
Elementary Music - prerequisite & hours change – approved MUSI 4313
Instrumental Ensemble Literature & Performance II - prerequisite &
hours change – approved MUSI 4314
Choral Ensemble Literature & Performance II - prerequisite & hours
change – approved Add Course MUSI 1304 -
History of Rock Music – approved MUSI 3180 -
Functional Jazz Piano – approved MUSI 4215
Administration I Choral & Instrumental Music – approved MUSI 4216
Strategies & Assessment in Music Pedagogy – approved Department of Philosophy & Humanities Proposed Catalog Text Change Minor in
Philosophy – approved Department of Political Science Add Course POLS 3336 State Courts – approved Department of Sociology & Anthropology Course Change ANTH 4393
Internship in Anthropology - prerequisite change – approved Department of Theatre Arts Course Change THEA 1303
Performance fundamentals: Voice and
Movement - better course description – approved THEA 1342 Drama
Appreciation - reactivate course for non-majors – approved THEA 2309 -
Script Analysis - better prerequisite change/change to 3309 – approved THEA 3300 -
Directing I - prerequisite change – approved THEA 3301 -
Scene Design I - prerequisite change – approved THEA 3304 -
Stage Craft II - better course description – approved THEA 3305 -
Lighting Design I - prerequisite change – approved THEA 3320 -
Playwriting - prerequisite change – approved THEA 3340
Performance Fundamentals II: Vocal and Movement Techniques - better course
description – approved THEA 3341 -
Acting IV: Advanced Acting &
Portfolio - prerequisite change – approved THEA 4343 -
Costume Design - prerequisite change – approved THEA 4344 -
Advanced Design & Portfolio - prerequisite change – approved Course Add THEA 3303
Sound Design and Technology – approved
Course Change NURS 2240 -
Concepts of Professional Nursing - prerequisite change – approved/needs revision NURS 3322 -
Gerontological Nursing - course & prerequisite change – approved NURS 3421 -
Health Promotion & Illness Prevention Across the Life Span - prerequisite
change – approved NURS 3425 -
Holistic Health - course & prerequisite change – approved NURS 3435 -
Health Promotion Across the Life Span - course & prerequisite change – approved NURS 3442 -
Conceptual Foundations for Professional Nursing - course & prerequisite
change – approved NURS 4223 -
Professional Nursing Trends - course & prerequisite change – approved NURS 4321 Nursing Research - course content and
prerequisites clarified – approved NURS 4324 -
Professional Nursing Trends - course & prerequisite change – approved NURS 4350 -
Capstone - course & prerequisite change – approved NURS 4351 -
Nursing Leadership & Management - course & prerequisite change – approved NURS 4351 -
Nursing Leadership & Management - course & prerequisite change – approved NURS 4382 -
Capstone Seminar - course & prerequisite change – approved NURS 4463 -
Community Health Nursing - course & prerequisite change – approved Add Course NURS 4307 US
Army ROTC Nurse Summer Training Program – approved
Earth & Environmental Science Add Course GEOL 4308
Environmental Geochemistry– approved Department of Psychology Add Course PSYC 3312
Social & Personality Development – approved sChool
of urban & public affairs
Add Course INTS 2188
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies - cross list with HONR classes– approved INTS 2288
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies - cross list with HONR classes– approved INTS 2388
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies - cross list with HONR classes– approved INTS 4188
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies - cross list with HONR classes– approved INTS 4288
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies - cross list with HONR classes– approved INTS 4301
Interdisciplinary Process - course changes– approved INTS 4388
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies - cross list with HONR classes– approved INTS 4391
Interdisciplinary Capstone - course changes– approved Agenda Items Approved by the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee For Consideration by the Undergraduate Assembly April 25, 2006 Catalog Text Change: Major Entrance Requirements - complete Basic Studies &
Core Curriculum; laptop requirement
Catalog Text Change: B.S in Mechanical Engineering - changing
from single GPA calculation to three B.S in Aerospace Engineering - course
changes for the ABET, INC test B.S in Mechanical Engineering - courses
change for the ABET, INC test BS degree in Aerospace Engineering - changes
in course numbers & credit for ABET, INC
Department of Communication Catalog Text Change: B.A. Degree in Communications – Institute screening test in grammar Department of English Catalog Text Change: B.A. Degree in English - add grade requirement of C
or better in all major classes Department of Modern
Languages Catalog Text Change: Certificate in Translation Studies Department of Music Catalog Text Change: Bachelor
of Music Degree - add courses B.M. Degree ensemble required Proposed Catalog Text: B. of Music Degree – incorporation of education hours
in degree Department of Philosophy
& Humanities Catalog Text Change B.A in Philosophy - change in required courses Department
of Political Science B.A. Degree in Political Science - simplify
degree plan Department
of Theatre Arts BFA Degree Plan - clarification of GPA requirements
& verbiage change BFA Design Focus - addition of portfolio and
resume review BA Degree Program - clarification
of GPA requirements BA Degree Program - change in requirements
Catalog Text Change BSN Program - HESI exam changes Catalog Text Change Bachelor of Social Work Degree – add math 1301 as option UT This is a
new initiative that we’re starting next year.
It began when the President and Provost came to me and my counterpoint
on the staff, Dawn Remmers who is director of the Let me tell you about the common reading experience, One Book. The book we chose this year is called The Kite Runner. We called together a committee with faculty, staff and students represented plus all the disciplines. We did a lot of reading and came up with this one book. Next year we will be soliciting proposals from the faculty for both a common book and a common theme. The idea behind the common reading experience is that it is a way for students, especially freshmen, to have an immediate identification with the university. The book will be given to them at freshman orientation. They will be studying it in the English composition classes, ENGL 1301, which most, if not all, of our freshmen take. It will also be taught in the college adjustment course which we are calling Freshman Seminar. We are hoping that other faculty might opt to add it to their syllabus, if not a required text, as an optional text because we’re hoping that the freshmen will be experiencing this in multiple venues. The idea is that these conversations will be ongoing in the dormitory, late at night, over lunch, as well as in the classroom. The studies have indicated that on universities where this program has been implemented, there a higher sense of identification with the university and a higher retention rate. It helps in a variety of ways so that is one objective. Secondly, we want to use it to teach critical thinking skills. There will be reading and tests. They will be discussing it in class and they will be writing on it. As a second piece of it, we will have three writing prompts. They can choose one of the three prompts and write an essay on the book which will be entered in a competition. The winners will be recognized at our convocation, be given prizes and be invited to meet the author. We hope to have the author here on the campus in the spring semester. That will be the culmination of this program. Finally, we want to use it to introduce freshman to the notion of universal discourse. It’s a different level of discourse. You’re entering a community of scholars when people are engaged in sharing ideas and debating them. This is a part of what they are now about to experience. For all these reasons, we’re excited about the OneBook program. We’ve gone one step further and extracted from that book a theme. This year it will be the theme of power. We’re hoping that all the units of the university can tap into that theme in a variety of ways, thinking of power relations, for instance, or the power from a political point of view, local power, global power, issues of power in relation to gender or class or race. There are a variety of ways different groups can plug into it. This is an important part of where all of you come in. First of all, take this information back to your departments and colleges. Explain the program and encourage your colleagues, as well as yourselves, to find ways to tap into this topic. There are a variety ways you can do that. All the way from having a whole unit on it to just referencing it in your class discussion and talking about it in terms of UT Arlington conversations so people will be very conscious that this is going on. We will have a website which will be linked directly to the university homepage. This is one way that information will be distributed but it is also a way that we can support individual events going on in your departments. If your department has a lecture series or a guest speaker coming in, either one that is already planned or a new one, then keep this idea of power in mind and see if there’s a way to make some connection to that theme. If so, let us know and we will put a link to that on our website. On the website there will be a running list of all the events. We are coordinating, promoting and encouraging as many of these events as we can. We want to have something going on every couple of weeks, several events every month -- anything from guest speakers to panels to films related to the book . Let me give you some examples of things already in the works. The Library is going to have a special session on the power of the press during Banned Books Week during the last week of September. The theatre department’s whole season has to do with issues of power so they’re going to put power in the title of their season. The art department is going to do some type of photography exhibit. There are all kinds of ways that we can promote these ongoing conversations. If something is going on in your department, if you will let us know, then we will publicize that on our website as well as all the other publicity venues we are hoping to tap. If you have any questions or ideas, please get in touch with us. I’d be happy to come talk to your department if you like. Other Business. Provost Dunn encouraged everyone to stop by the University Club to see the beautiful facility. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 2:43 p.m. Michael K. Moore Secretary MKM:jw |