The Undergraduate Council will meet on Tuesday, January 29, 2002, during X-Period, 2^nd floor library conference room. The following item will be considered:

1. Adding prerequisites affecting other departments for the following courses:

BIOL 3420 – Integrated Science I for Middle School

(add BIOL 1400 and PHYS 1400)

BIOL 4410 – Concepts of Science

(add BIOL 1400 and PHYS 1400)

2. New course: BIOL 4250 – Scanning Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis

3. Students must earn a C or higher grade in a Biology core course before enrolling in a subsequent core course or Biology elective that lists the core as a prerequisite. Students would have to earn a C or higher in BIOL 1440, BIOL 1441 and BIOL 2490. They would not need a C or higher in BIOL 3402 and BIOL 3403 unless they enrolled in a biology elective courses that lists Cell Biology or Ecology as a prerequisite.

Prerequisite change to a grade of C or better in the following courses:

  CHEM 2401 – Organic Chemistry I

            CHEM 3300 – Principles of Biochemistry

            CHEM 3520 – Quantitative Analysis

New course: HIST 4318 – Archaeology and History of Southwest Native American Civilizations

Course number changes for the following:

MGMT 4342 – International Business to 3342

MGMT 4345 – Personnel/Human Resource Management to 3346

MGMT 4349 – Small Business Management to 3349

MGMT 4350 – Compensation Administration to 3350

MGMT 4351 – Contemporary issues in Human Resource Management to 3351

MGMT 4352 – Purchasing and Materials Management to 3352

MKTG 4352 – Retail Management to 3351

MKTG 4356 – Fashion Merchandising and E-Commerce to 3356

MKTG 4371 – Advertising to 3371

MKTG 4372 – Sales Management to 3372

MKTG 4373 – Public Relations to 3373

New course: PHIL 3340 – African American Philosophy

New course: PHYS 4250 – Scanning Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis

New course: FREN 3315 – Issues of Cultural Identity in the Francophone World

1. Department of Physics and Astronomy

Deletion of Physics Education Track under BS Degree in Physics (there is already a separately approved BSE in Secondary Science Education with two tracks: life science/earth science and physical science/earth science

2. Department of Mathematics

Prerequisite change: MATH 3320 – Linear Algebra

Change from MATH 1591 – Calculus I to MATH

2561 – Calculus II or MATH 2330 – Discrete Structures

Course Title change: MATH 1360 – Mathematics for General Education

to Mathematics in Society

3. Department of Geography and Political Science

Course title change from: PSCI 4395 – War: the Politics of Violence to: PSCI 4395 – International Conflict and Conflict Management

4. Department of History

Prerequisite change:

Concurrent enrollment or completion of HIST 2320 – Introduction to

Historical Research will be a prerequisite for any history major to enroll

in any 4000 level class that counts toward a major.

5. Department of Biology

Prerequisite from BIOL1441 to BIOL 2490 for the following courses:

BIOL 3360 – Introduction to Marine Biology

BIOL 3380 – Biology of HIV/AIDS

BIOL 3390 – Economic Botany

BIOL 4401 – Invertebrate Zoology

BIOL 4402 – Vertebrate Zoology

BIOL 4404 – Plant Taxonomy

BIOL 4410 –Biology of Lower Plants and Fungi

BIOL 4425 – Experimental Neurobiology

BIOL 4430 – Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

BIOL 4440 – Entomology

BIOL 4461 – Parasitology

BIOL 4470 – Biology of Seed Plants

6. Department of Philosophy and Religion

 title change: from Introduction to Religious Studies to Theories of Religion

7. Departments of Economics, Finance, and Insurance & Risk Management

        1. FINA 4331 – Bank Management (course description change for bulletin

2. ECON 1310 – Modern Political Economy (delete from BA 

Economics Major, International Trade Emphasis)

3. ECON 4380 – Seminar in Economics (add to the BA Economics Major, International Trade Emphasis)

4. ECON 1310 – Modern Political Economy (delete from BS

Economics Major, International Trade Emphasis)

5. ECON 4380 – Seminar in Economics (add to the BS Economics Major, International Trade Emphasis)

6. ECON 2310 – Global Environment (course description change 

for bulletin

8. World Languages, Literature, and Cultures

Bulletin revisions pertaining to French major.

 

Subcommittee I is asked to convene and review the action proposals for the Department of History, Departments of Marketing, Management & Information Systems, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Department of World Languages, Literature and Cultures, and give a recommendation.

Subcommittee II is asked to convene and review the action proposals for the Department of Biology, Department of Chemistry and the Department of Philosophy and Religion, and give a recommendation.