Minutes Undergraduate Council Meeting

January 25, 2005

Members Present:

Joe Anderson, George Bratton, Lynn Burley, Lorien Foote, Richard Gaughan, Mary Harlan, Joe Horton, Jennifer Johnson, Kevin Kendrick, Bill Kordsmeier, Mike Scoles, Elizabeth Smith, Conrad Stanitski, Ann Witcher, Jeff Whittingham, Valerie Williams, and Steve Zeltmann.

Members Absent:

Michelle Bridges, Charles Harvey and Tony Sitz

The items of the agenda included:

1.    Meeting was called to order by Dr. Sally A. Roden, Chair.

2.    Minutes of the November 16, 2004 meeting were approved as circulated.

3.    Report of Subcommittee III – Elizabeth Smith, Chair.

Ms. Smith moved to recommend approval of a new course PSCI 4390 – Internship in Political Science. Dr. Horton seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.

Ms. Smith moved to recommend approval of a new course HIST 4338 – American History Through Film. Dr. Horton seconded the motion. Discussion followed. Dr. Anderson moved to table the proposal requesting the History Department and the Department of Mass Communication and Theatre get together for further discussion. Dr. Zeltmann seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.

Ms. Smith moved to recommend approval to add WRTG 2350/WLAN 2350 – World Languages as an elective to the Linguistics minor. Dr. Witcher seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.

Ms. Smith moved to recommend approval of a new course PSYC 3455 – Comparative Primatology with editorial changes. Dr. Horton seconded the motion. Discussion followed. Motion passed unanimously.

Ms. Smith moved to recommend approval of a new course PSYC 3345 – Evolutionary Psychology. Dr. Horton seconded the motion. Discussion followed. Course will serve as an elective for psychology majors. Dr. Island was invited in to answer council questions. Dr. Horton offered a friendly amendment to include both PSYC 1300 and BIOL 1400 as a prerequisite to the course along with editorial changes. Motion passed unanimously.

4.    Report of Subcommittee I – Ann Witcher, Chair

Dr. Witcher moved to recommend approval of a new program option along with four new courses in the Department of Early Childhood and Special Education with editorial changes:

Instructional Specialist 0-8 Licensure Option with Existing BSE, P-4 Licensure Program.
ECSE 4321 – Working with Young Children with Disabilities and Their Families
ECSE 4322 – Assessment and Intervention Ages 0-8 with Disabilities
ECSE 4323 – Medical Aspects and Educational Programming for Young Children with Disabilities
ECSE 4324 – Practicum in Special Education

Dr. Zeltmann seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.

The information items included:

1.    Bulletin description revisions:

MCOM 4323 - Seminar in Mass Communication
MCOM 3122/3222/3322 - Directed Study in Communication

2.    Deletion of the following courses in the Physical Therapy Program:

PTHY 3130     PTHY 4330     PTHY 4215
PTHY 4190     PTHY 4363     PTHY 4290
PTHY 4200     PTHY 4370     PTHY 4403
PTHY 4205     PTHY 4401     PTHY 4913

3. Deletion of the following courses in the PTA Program:

PTHY 2205     PTHY 2210     PTHY 2330
PTHY 2215     PTHY 2220     PTHY 2340
PTHY 2225     PTHY 2235     PTHY 2410
PTHY 2230     PTHY 2240     PTHY 2335
PTHY 2275     PTHY 2280     PTHY 2350
PTHY 2295     PTHY 2325     PTHY 2610

Meeting adjourned at 2:20 p.m.

Submitted on behalf of the Undergraduate Council,

Mary Harlan, Secretary