The Undergraduate Council will meet on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 during X-Period, 2^nd floor library conference room. The following items will be considered.

Action Items:

Subcommittee I to review and make a recommendation:

1.    Department of Biology

        a. Change prerequisite for BIOL 2407 – Structure and Function of the Human Body from BIOL 2405 or BIOL 2406 to
            BIOL 2406 – Human Body I with a "C" grade or better before enrolling in BIOL 2407.
        b. BIOL 4418 – Biology of the Reptilia (new course)
        c. BIOL 4428 – Animal Physiological Ecology (new course)

2.    GEOG 3318 – Biogeography (new course)

3.    PHIL 3330 – Philosophy of Human Nature (new course)

4.    PSCI 4328 – Dynamics of Democratization (new course)

Subcommittee II to review and make a recommendation:

1.    Reconfigure existing emphasis areas of Journalism and Television and create three new emphasis: Broadcast Journalism, Online Journalism and
       Print Journalism to include:

        b.    MCOM 3325 – Principles of Online Journalism (new course)

        e.    MCOM 3346 – Online Publishing II (new course)

To include several information items as part of the package.

Curriculum changes to the Digital Filmmaking emphasis to include:

                a. Create a new prefix FILM

                b. FILM 2310 – Script Analysis (new course)

                c. Change MCOM 3350 and MCOM 3351 from elective to required courses

                d. Change WRTG 3320 from a requirement to an elective course

Subcommittee III to review and make a recommendation:

1.    Proposed Speech Communication curricular revisions

                a.    Change in Speech Communication major from 39 to 34 hours

                b.    Change in Speech Communication minor from 26 to 21 hours

                c.    SPCH 2308 – Perspectives in Communication (new course)

                d.    SPCH 3308 – Argumentation and Advocacy (new course)

                e.    SPCH 3330 – Event Planning (new course)

                f.    SPCH 3370 – Intercultural Communication (new course)

                g.    SPCH 4325 – Health Communication (new course)

                h.    SPCH 4330 – Family Communication (new course)

                i.    SPCH 4334 – Political Communication (new course)

                j.    SPCH 4336 – Advanced Communication Theory (new course)

                k.    SPCH 4130 – Communication Practicum (new course)

                l.    Change SPCH 1310, SPCH 2310, SPCH 2311, SPCH 2341, SPCH 3301, SPCH 3303, SPCH 3307, SPCH 4311, SPCH 4315, SPCH 1310,                       SPCH 31D3 from a requirement to an elective

                m.    Change SPCH 2313 and SPCH 3312 from an elective to a requirement

                n.    Delete SPCH 2315 – Communication Theory

Information Items:

1.    Department of Psychology and Counseling:

                a.    PSY 3332 – Experimental Psychology title change to Research Methods

2.    Department prefix change from MSL to MILS for Military Science