Minutes

Present: desJardins, Eggleton, Hagerty, Kars, Lynn, Martens, Marrow, Salko and Stapleton

IS 413 GUI Systems Using Java (Change: Title, Prerequsite & Description) - The UGC table IS 413 and requested that the department submit a syllabus.
DANC 325/crosslisted with VPA 325 (New Course) - The UGC tabled DANC 325 and requested that the department submit a syllabus.
VPA 325 Contemporary Art in Process (Change: Title & Prerequiste)Support Letter
IS 320 Advanced Business Applications (New) Sample Syllabi - The UGC is requesting a course outline that list assignments and readings. The one submitted only lists things like "casestudy" which does not help the committee understand what it is the students will be doing.
CMPE 471 Engineering Mathematics and Computation (New) - The UGC is requesting a course outline that contains information on assessment of student learning, as well as a more complete list of readings and assignments. The UGC is also tabling the course because the Math Department is interested in discussing this course further.
MCS 100L Multimedia Literacy Lab (New) - The UGC tabled MCS 100L pending a number of questions:
1. Why should the course be repeatable? 2. The UGC was unclear how many hours the students would spend in the lab. 3. The UGC is also requesting, as our new guidelines on our website indicate, a more complete list of assignments with readings.
ART 368 Digital Alternatives (Change: Prerequisite) - The UGC is requesting a rationale for the change.
ART 369 Topics in Photography (Change: Prerequisite & Max Credits) - The UGC is requesting that the department resubmit the form because it is unclear what the is being requested.

The UGC discussed the program review for the Department of Political Science and approved the program review with minor changes.