Academic Affairs and
Curriculum Committee
Meeting Minutes of
Members
Present: Susan Ballard, Larry Bergin,
Barbara Boseker, Pauline Christensen, Deb Cumberland,
Dan Kauffman, James Kobolt, Fred Lee, Vernon
Leighton, Win Lewis, Rich MacDonald, Charla Miertschin, Pat Paulson, Dan Rand,
Melanie Reap, James Reidy, Paul Schumacher, Richard
Shields, Cathy Summa, Ed Thompson, Kerry Williams
I. The meeting was called to order at
3:36 pm by Chair Charla Miertschin
II. Adoption of agenda, adopted by
consensus.
III. Approval of minutes of March 19, 2003. (available at http://www.winona.edu/ifo/a2c2minutes/)
m/s Summa/Boseker to approve minutes.
Motion passed.
IV. Chair’s report
A. No
meeting on
B. MnSCU program notification (added)- proposals are being submitted to a listserv, posted for
30 days. If no objection they are
approved. These may be appropriate for
forwarding to WSU department chairs.
Chair Miertschin will look into the process for signing up for this
listserv.
V. General Education Substitution Requests
A. Jacob Calvert - ENG 224 Bible as
Literature (3 SH) from WSU for Humanities. m/s Thompson/Summa,
to approve. Motion passed.
B. Andrew
Eichten - VENZ 3040 Anthropology: Cross-cultural
Communication (3 SH) from VENUSA for Social Science. This course was taken through U of M, so this
may need to be added to the request. m/s Shields/Summa. Motion
passed
C. Aaron
N. Ratz - HHP 204 Personal & Community Health (3
SH) from WSU for Basic Skills - Physical Education activities. m/s Kaufmann/Lewis, to approve. Motion passed.
D. Ryan
Todd - GEOG 362 Geography of
VI. Course and Program Proposal Subcommittee
(CPPS) report from March 26, 2003.
Report by Win Lewis. ACEED
courses were dropped from the agenda except for PROF 490. Mr. Lewis wanted to thank subcommittee for
all of their help as this is his last meeting.
(Thank you, Win!)
A. New
Course Proposals
1. DIS 472 Business Management of Local
and Wide Area Networks (3 SH), approved with amendments.
2. GEOS 425 Quaternary Environments (3 SH)
3. GS 202 Cultural Diversity Lab (1-2 SH)
4. PROF 490/590 Seminars and Workshops
(0.5-3 SH)
All course proposals available for
review at the A2C2 web site.
A2C2 approved the courses above.
VII. University Studies Subcommittee (USS)
report from March 26, 2003. Kerry
Williams reported.
A. Course
Requirements
1. Arts & Sciences Core - Humanities
JPN 101
Beginning Japanese I (4 SH)
2. Arts & Sciences Core - Natural
Science
CHEM 208
General, Organic, and Biochemistry I (4 SH)
3. Unity & Diversity - Science &
Social Policy
ECON 315
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (3 SH)
4. Unity & Diversity - Contemporary
Citizenship
MUS 298
Foundations and Principles of Music Education (3 SH)
B. Flag
Courses
1. Writing Flag
CMST 485
Senior Seminar in Communication (3 SH)
MTED 320
Teaching Mathematics in the Secondary School (3 SH)
SOC 418
Criminal Law & Procedure (3 SH)
2. Oral Flag
FIN 421
Institutional Investment and Financial Markets (3 SH)
ECON 499
Seminar in Economics (3 SH)
HIST 398
Topics in History with Oral Communication Emphasis (3 SH)
STAT 415
Multivariate Analysis (3 SH)
STAT 425
Modern Methods of Data Analysis (3 SH)
SOC 491 Community
Policing and Administration (3 SH)
3. Critical Analysis Flag
CMST 480
Communication Research Methods (3 SH)
A2C2 approved the courses above.
The following course approvals are
pending due to receipt of revisions and/or web posting:
A. Flag
Courses
1. Writing Flag
POLS 450
VIII. Notifications
A. Business Education - All AIS courses
will be redesignated with a BUED prefix. Effective Fall 2003.
B. Women’s
Studies
WS 420 Field Experience
(3 SH) - change the grading option from P/NC only to grade only
IX. Old Business - none
X. New Business - none
XI. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 4:10 pm by Chair
Charla Miertschin