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Following are the curriculum proposals received by the Undergraduate Council along with their current status.  Agendas, showing which proposals are being considered at the next meeting are available by clicking on "Calendar & Agenda" in the top menu bar.  Previous determinations are available by clicking on "Minutes" in the top menu bar.
 
 

Undergraduate Council Postings

UMBC UGC Instructions for New Course Request Form (revised Oct. 18, 2007)

Postings, 4/7/08; for comment by 4/30/08
AGING
AGNG 100 - So You Say You Want a Revolution: How Boomers are Revolutionizing Aging (New Course)
AGNG 200 - Experience of Aging (Change: Title & Description)
CMSC
CMSC 331 Principles of Programming Languages (Change: Prerequisite)
ECON
ECON 466 -Global Aging and the Future of Social Insurance (New Course) Additional Information
ECON 479 - Venture Capital and Capital Market Imperfections (New Course)
MLL
MLL Proposed Name Change
VISUAL ARTS
ART 331 - Graphic Design I (Change: Title, Prerequisite & Description)
ART 332 - Graphic Design II: Computers for Designers (Change: Title, Prerequisite& Description)
ART 333: Graphic Design III: Introductory Typography (Change: Title, Prerequisite)
ART 334: Graphic Design IV Word & Image (Change: Title, Prerequisite& Description)
ART 335 Graphic Design V: Origins and Issues in Design (Change: Title, Prerequisite& Description)
ART 336 Design & Technology II: Screen (New)
ART 337: Typography II (New)
ART 430: Graphic Design VI: Advanced Typography (Change: Title, Prerequisite, Credits & Description)
ART 431: Graphic Design VII-Advanced Explorations (Change: Title, Prerequisite, Credits, Max Credits & Description)
Graphic Design Emphasis, Dept of Visual Arts (Program Change)

 

Postings, 3/31/08; for comment by 4/16/08
BIOLOGY
HON215 eBIOLOGY - Phage Hunters I (New course)
Chemistry Education
Proposal for BA in Chemistry Education
Computer Science
CMSC 436: Data Visualization (New)
EHS
Emergency Health Services (Program Change: Deleting Course)
Emergency Health Services Paramedic Track (Program Change) Catalog Information
GES
Certificate in GIS (Program Change)
GES 286 Introduction to Spatial Tools (Change: Title)
IS
IS 413 GUI Systems Using Java (Change: Prerequisite)
Honors College
HONR 215: eBiology—Phage Hunters I (New course)
Math
MATH 151 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (MS) - (Change: Description)
MATH 152 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II (MS) - (Change: Description)
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering (Program Change)
Physics
PHYS 331L Modern Physics Laboratory (Change: Course Number)
B.S. Physics (Program Change)
 

 

Postings, 2/18/08; for comment by 3/5/08
Chemical and Biochemistry
CHEM 405L - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (New)
Education
EDUC 310 Inquiry into Education (Credits)
EDUC 313 Inquiry into Education - Field (New)
Information Systems
IS 468 Senior Project in Health Care Informatics (Delete Course from Catalog)

Postings, 2/4/08; for comment by 2/20/08
Economics
Preprofessional Studies in Accounting Certificate (Program Change)
GES
GES 386 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (Prerequisite)
GES 481 - Digital Image Processing for Environmental Applications (Prerequisite, Credits, Description)
GES 482 - Cartographic Internship (Credits)
GES 483 - GIs Internship (Credits)
GES 484 - Remote Sensing of Environment (New Course)
GES 488 Geocomputation (New Course)
Information Systems
Upper Division Certificate in Project Management for Information Technology

Postings, 1/18/08; for comment by 2/7/08
Visual Arts
Art 347 - Writing For Film (Change: Title, Prerequisite and Description)
Political Science
Political Science (Program Change)

Postings, 11/26/07; for comment by 12/12/07
Computer Science
CMSC 427 Wearable Computing (New) Outline
CMSC - Computer Science (Program Change)
Honors College
Honors College (Program Change)
Information Systems
IS 369 Research Seminar: Writings in Information System (New)
Philosophy
PHIL 251 Ethical Issues in Science, Engineering and Information Technology (Change: Title and Description)
PHIL 252 Ethical Responsibility in Computer and Information Technology (Change: Notes)

Postings, 11/12/07; for comment by 11/28/07
Africana Studies
AFST 206 Introduction to Afro-American History: A Survey (Change: Title & Description)
AFST 240 - Topics in African and Afro-American Studies (Change: Title)
AFST 264 - Introductory Writing in Africana Studies (New)
AFST 364 - Advanced Writing in Africana Studies (New)
AFST 440 - Topics in African and Afro-American Studies (Change: Title)
AFST 442 - Afro-Caribbean Music (Change: Title & Description)
AFST 465 - Seminar in African and Afro-American (Change: Title & Description
American Studies
AMST 290 - Approaches in American Studies (Change: Description)
AMST 303 - Ethnography in America (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 310 – Gender and Inequality in America (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 320 – Television in American Culture (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 321 – Radio in American Culture (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 322 – American Society and Culture in Film (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 325 – Studies in Popular Culture (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 344 – Made in America: Material Culture in the United (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 350 – Critical Decades (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 352 – American Culture in Global Perspective (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 355 – Special Topics in Culture and Policy (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 356 – Special Topics in Community and Diversity (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 357 – Special Topics in Communications and Media and Arts (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 358 – Special Topics in Education, Policy and Culture (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 359 – Issues in American Studies (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 372 – American Food (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 374 – Things to Come: Perspectives on the Future (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 380 – Community in America (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 382 – Perspectives on the Family (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 384 – Perspectives on Childhood and Adolescence (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 386 – Studies in Baltimore Society and Culture (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 388 – American Environments: Landscape and Culture (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 391- Studies in American Culture (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 392 - Studies in American Society (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 400 - Independent Projects in American Studies (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 404 - Internship (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 406 Internship with Seminar (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 410 Seminar in Community and Diversity (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
AMST 420 Seminar in Communications and Media and the Arts (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
AMST 430 Seminar in Cultural Policy (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
AMST 452 Seminar in Education, Policy and Culture (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
AMST 459 Themes in American Studies (Change: Prerequisite)
AMST 480 Community in America (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
AMST 495 Honors Seminar in American Studies (Change: Prerequisite)
Economics
ECON 414 Public Policy Toward Business (Change: Title & Transcript Title)
ECON 415 Property Rights, Organizations, and Management (Change: Title, Transcript Title & Description)
GES
GES 286 Introduction to Spatial Techniques (New)
GES 330 Geography of Economic Development (Change: Prerequisite)
GES 332 Natural Resources: Problems and Policies (Change: Course Number, Title, Prerequisite& Description)
GES 341: Urban Geography (Change: Description)
GES 451: Global Change in Urban Places (Change: Course Number, Title, Transcript Title, Prerequisite, & Description)
GES 462: Spatial Analysis of Coupled Human-Environmental (Change: Title, Transcript Title & Description)
BA in Geography (Program Change)
BS in Geography (Program Change)
GWST
GWST 100: Introduction to Women's Studies (Change: Title)
GWST 356: Psychology of Sex Differences (Change: Title, Formal Title, Prerequisite & Description)
GWST 378 Gender, Science, and Technology (Change: Title & Description)
GWST 495 Research and activism Seminar in Women's Studies (Change: Title & Description)
Concentration Options in Gender and Women's Studies (Program Change)
Undergraduate Certificate in Gender and Women's Studies (Program Change)
Undergraduate Minor in Gender and Women's Studies (Program Change)
Health Administration and Policy Program
HAPP 411 Health Planning and Regulation (Change: Title & Description)
HAPP 497 Health Planning and Administration (Change: Description)
Modern Language & Linguistics
Certificate in Intercultural Communication (Program Change)
Music
MUSC 110 Musicianship 1 (Change: Prerequisite)
MUSC 125 Theory 1—Basics of Music (Change: Prerequisite)
MUSC 178 Beginning Keyboard Skills (Change: Prerequisite)
MUSC 221: Jazz Theory and Aural Skills (New)
MUSC 222: Jazz Arranging (New)
MUSC 223: Jazz Composition (New)
BA in Music: jazz emphasis (Program Change)
Music Minor (Program Change)
BA in Music: Recording Emphasis (Program Change)
BA in Music: Recording Emphasis (Program Change)
Psychology
PSYC 304 Adolescent Psychology (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
PSYC 307 Psychology of Aging (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
PSYC 317 Cognitive Psychology (Change: Prerequisite & Description)

PSYC 333 Laughter and Humor (Change: Prerequisite & Description)

PSYC 335 Physiological Psychology (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
PSYC 340 Social Psychology (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
PSYC 342 Psychology of Aggression and Antisocial (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
PSYC 345 Introduction to Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
PSYC 355 Comparative Psychology and Ethology (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
PSYC 356 Psychology of Sex Differences (Change: Title, Transcript Title, Prerequisite & Description)
PSYC 357 Psychology of Women (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
PSYC 360 Psychology of Motivation (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
PSYC 370 Sensation and Perception (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
PSYC 380 Personality (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
PSYC 385 Health Psychology (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
PSYC 387 Community Psychology (Change: Prerequisite & Description)
Sociology
SOCY 354 Social Bases of Public and Community Health (Change: Course Number & Prerequisite)
Visual Arts
ART 324 History of Film: Origins to 1965 (Change: Prerequisite)
ART 325 History of Film and Video: 1965 to the Present (Change: Prerequisite)

Postings, 10/29/07; for comment by 11/15/07
English Language Center
ELC 061/071 - ESL Special Topics: Advanced Academic Discourse (Change: Formal Title, Transcript Title, Credits, Grading Methods & Description)
GES
GES 220 - Laboratory and Field Techniques for Environmental (Change: Prerequisite)
GES 312 - Biogeochemical Cycles and the Global Environment (Change: Course Number, Prerequisite, Description)
GES 381 - Remote Sensing (Change: Description)
GES 389 - Geographic Information System Database Design (Change: Course Number)
GES 435 - Global Patterns of Production and Trade (Change: Description)
GES 482 - Cartographic Internship (Change: Grading Method)
GES 483 - GIs Internship (Change: Grading Method)
GES 491 - Independent Study in Geography & Environmental Systems (Change: Credits & Grading Methods)
GES 491H - Independent Study in Geography & Environmental Systems (Change: Credits & Grading Methods)
GES 497 - Research Internship (Change: Credits & Grading Methods)
GES 498- Geography & Environmental Systems Internship (Change: Credits & Grading Methods)
Modern Language & Linguistics
Arabic 202 - Intermediate Arabic II (New Course)
RUSS 415 - Political Russian (New Course)
Philosophy
PHIL 405 - Honors Independent Study in Philosophy (Change: Prerequisite, Max Repeat Credits, Grading Methods & Description)
PHIL 406 - Honors Independent Studies in Philosophy (New Course)
Psychology
Psychology Program Change
Theater
THTR 229 - Movement for the Actor (Change: Max. Repeat Credits)
Visual Arts
ART 389 -Topics in Computer Art (Change: Formal Title, Transcript Title & Description)
ART 390 - IRC Fellows Topics in Art and Technology (New)
ART 392 - Topics in Art or Media I (Change: Description)
ART 492 - Topics in Art or Media II (New)
Policy Review Committee
Proposed Revision of the Upper-Level Credit Requirement Policy
Proposed Revision of the Thirty Credit Residency Policy

Postings, 10/15/07; for comment by 11/1/07
CSEE
CMPE 450, CMPE 451: Capstone I and II (Prerequisite)

Postings, 10/1/07; for comment by 10/17/07
History
HIST 399 Special Projects in History (Change: Course Number)
HIST 494 Colloquium in World History (Change: Title)
HIST 495 Colloquium in American History (Change: Title)
History (Program Change)
Information Systems
IS 269 Research Seminar I: Topics in Information Systems (New Course)
IS 320 Database Administration (New Course) - withdrew by the department.
IS 369 Research Seminar II: Writings in Information System (New Course)
IS 437 Applied Systems Design (New Course)
IS 439 Advanced Project Management (New Course)
IS 467 Research Seminar III: Research Methodology (New Course)
Psychology
PSYC 399 Cooperative Education in Psychology (Change: Grading Method & Description)
PSYC 490 Independent Research Project of Independent Reading in Psychology (Change: Description)
PSYC 498H Honors Thesis Research (Change: Description)
PSYC 499H Honors Thesis Research (Change: Prerequisite& Description)
Sociology
SOCY 202: Drugs and Alcohol in Society (Change: Course Number & Description)

Postings, 9/17/07; for comment by 10/3/07
Aging
AGNG 460 Internship in Management of Aging Services (Change: Prerequisite)
Information Systems
Information Systems (Program Change)

Postings, 9/3/07; for comment by 9/20/07
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
ENCH 486: A survey of sensors and instrumentation (New Course)
Computer Science
CMSC (Program Change)
Judaic Studies
JDST 463 - Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Middle Ages (New Course)
JDST (Program Change)
Media and Communication Studies
MCS 370 Special Topics in Media and Communication Studies (New)
Modern Languages and Linguistics
Minor in Chinese Language and Culture (Program Change)
Music
MUSC 301 Chamber Players (Change: Description)
MUSC 303 UMBC Camerata--Chamber Choir (Change: Description)
MUSC 304 UMBC Jubilee Singers (Change: Description)
MUSC 305 UMBC Symphony Orchestra (Change: Description)
MUSC 307 Ensembles: African Drumming, Chinese/Korean,
Collegium Musicum, Flute, Guitar, Jazz, Percussion, Sax, Vocal Arts, Collaborative Piano
(Change: Description)
MUSC 308 UMBC Wind Ensemble (Change: Description)
MUSC 309 UMBC New Music Ensemble (Change: Description)
MUSC 313 Advanced Gamelan (Change: Description)
Physical Education
PHED 175 ROTC Training (New Course)
PHED 190 CPR, AED & FIRST AID (New Course)
Philosophy
PHIL 420 Continental Philosophy (Change: Max Repeat Credit & Description)
Physics
Phys 106: Introduction to Astrobiology (New Course)
Visual and Performing Arts
VPA 245 Service in the Arts I (New Course)
VPA 345 Service in the Arts II (New Course)