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Office of the Registrar Dept 3964; 1000 East University Ave. • Laramie, WY 82071- (307) 766-5272 • fax (307) 766-3960 • e-mail: registrar@uwyo.edu • www.uwyo.edu University Course Review Committee Minutes Meeting # January 28, 2008 Tobin Conference Room 10:00 AM Knight Hall Rm 238 Part I – Consent Agenda College of Arts & Sciences CHEM 4515/5515 APPLIED MATHEMATICS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (3): Current Course Description and Prerequisites: Designed to introduce the necessary mathematical tools for students of physical, theoretical, and materials/polymer chemistry. This includes an introduction to complex algebra, linear algebra, differential and partial differential equations, vector analysis, and the calculus of complex variables. Prerequisites: MATH2200, 2205, 2210, CHEM1020/1030 OR 1050/1060. Requested Change of Course Description, Prerequisites and Title: Designed to introduce the necessary mathematical background and essential computer programming tools for students of physical and theoretical chemistry. This includes an introduction into linear algebra, multivariate calculus, differential equations, analysis and modeling of experimental data, use of Matlab software and mathematical analysis of physical chemistry problems. Prerequisites: MATH2200 and 2205, CHEM1020/1030 or 1050/1060. Title: Applied Mathematics in Physical Chemistry I. Action Taken: Approved. ZOO/KIN 3115 HUMAN SYSTEMS PHYSIOLOGY (4): Current Course Description and Prerequisites: Covers the fundamental function(s) of the human body systems, from cells and tissues through organs and systems, focusing also on biological communication and homeostasis. Students learn how to interpret physiological data. Includes laboratory and tutorial sessions. Fulfills degree requirement in physiology subsection for zoology major. Cross listed with KIN3115. Prerequisites: BIOL1010 (or equivalent) and one semester of Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics.
Meeting # Requested Change of Prerequisites: BIOL1010 (C grade); CHEM (preferred) or CHEM1000; Sophomore Standing. Action Taken: Approved. ZOO 3120 INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY (4): Current Course Description and Prerequisites: Examines how functional organ systems are coordinated and integrated to establish and maintain health. Develops the physiological principles established in ZOO 3115, and considers, amongst others, the functions of the immune, endocrine, and central nervous systems. Fulfills degree requirements in physiology subsection for zoology major. Prerequisites: ZOO 3115. Requested Change of Course Description, Prerequisites and Course Number: Examines how functional organ systems are coordinated and integrated to establish and maintain health. It considers, among others, the functions of the endocrine and central nervous systems. Dual Listed with ZOO 5120. Grade of “C” or higher in ZOO 3115; and/or a Pharmacy 1 standing; Graduate students must have permission from Dr. Flanigan Skinner. Course Number: ZOO 4125/5125. (Submitted to change to ZOO 4120/5120 but these numbers had already been used.) Action Taken: Tabled for additional graduate level requirement confirmation. College of Business ACCT 4100 FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS (3): Current Course Description and Prerequisites: Advanced study of financial statements and how to analyze those statements from both an internal and external perspective. Prerequisites: FIN 3250 (or equivalent) with a grade of C or better; advanced business standing. Requested Change of Prerequisites and Number: FIN 3250 (or equivalent) with a grade of C or better; advanced business standing; non-accounting majors. ACCT Action Taken: Approved. College of Engineering ATSC 4410 INTRODUCTION TO MICROMETEOROLOGY (3): Current Course Description and Prerequisites: Quantitative and descriptive study of processes effecting exchanges of energy, momentum, gasses, and particles between the atmosphere and the bio/geosphere, including the effects of plant cover, land use changes, diurnal and seasonal cycles, turbulence, boundary
Meeting # focus is on drug distribution systems within the institution; including technical dispensing skills, unit dose system, floor stocks, prospective drug utilization review, appropriateness of therapeutic regimen, and order transmittal. Prerequisites: Grade of C or higher in PHCY6352 and 6354. Requested Change of Course Description, Title and Prerequisites: Four-week rotation in hospital pharmacy practice completed under the guidance of a licensed pharmacist. Patient-care activities will include basic drug therapy and patient assessment, prospective drug utilization reviews, participating in the hospital’s medication distribution process, performing calculations, compounding preparations and understanding pharmacy’s role within the health-system through interdisciplinary interactions. Title: Introduction to Hospital Pharmacy Practice; Prerequisites: Grade of C or higher in PHCY6352 and 6354 and satisfactory completion of all courses within the P1 curriculum (i.e. has attained P2 standing). Action Taken: Approved. SOWK 3650 SOCIAL WORK METHODS III (3): Current Course Description and Prerequisites: Applies the problem solving method to interventions with organizations, communities and institutions within the generalist social work perspective. Prerequisites: SOWK3640; advanced major status. Requested Change of Prerequisites: Completion of SOWK3540 and 3640 with a C or better; admitted major status. Action Taken: Approved. SOWK 4560 SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH (3): Current Course Description and Prerequisites: Introduces social work research and its methods. Stresses critical thinking. Prepares students to use research in practice. Prerequisites: STAT2050 or 2070; advanced major status. Requested Change of Prerequisites: Completion of STAT2050 and 2070 and SOWK3540 and 3640 with a grade of C or better; admitted major status. Action Taken: Approved. SPPA 5380 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE (1-2 Max 4): Current Course Description and Prerequisites: Discuss issues related to the professional practice of speech pathology or audiology, including ethics, professional standards, public law, and universal precautions. Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Communication Disorders and consent of instructor. Requested Change of Grading System: A-F. Action Taken: Approved.
Meeting # Part II – Regular Agenda Courses for Addition College of Agriculture REWM 4750/5750 WILDLIFE HABITAT RESTORATION ECOLOGY (3): Course Description and Prerequisites: Emphasis on fundamental and applied aspects of restoration ecology for terrestrial wildlife habitats following anthropogenic and natural disturbances. Although the course overviews theoretical concepts applicable to many systems, there is a focus on applications for wildlife habitats in western North America. Dual listed with REWM5750. Prerequisites: REWM4330 and 4850. Justification: I am creating this new course to assist in developing my research, teaching, and service programs in wildlife habitat restoration ecology. I intend for Wildlife Habitat Restoration Ecology to be offered: (1) on the list of natural resource elective courses REWM students may take to earn their undergraduate and graduate degrees, (2) for those earning reclamation and restoration ecology undergraduate and graduate certificates, and (3) hopefully one day as part of a minor in ‘wildlife habitat’ within the REWM degree. Action Taken: Approved. RNEW 4400/5400 INVASIVE PLANT ECOLOGY (3): Course Description and Prerequisites: Ecological impacts of invasive, non- indigenous plant species, the ecological, genetic and evolutionary hypotheses for invasiveness, as well as management strategies for invasive plant species. Prerequisites: BIOL3400. Justification: Invasive plants are a crucial problem in range-and wild-lands across western North America. UW currently does not have a lecture course specifically addressing these issues. This course expends and replaces the seminar course I have taught on Invasive Species Ecology. Action Taken: Approved. College of Arts & Sciences CHEM 4516/5516 APPLIED MATHEMATICS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II (3): Course Description and Prerequisites: Covers the advanced mathematical techniques in physical and theoretical chemistry. This includes introduction into probability and stochastic processes, infinite series, vector and tensor calculus, Fourier transforms and partial differential equations. Includes practical numerical
Meeting # great deal about China’s future role in the international community of nations. Prerequisites: POLS1200 or HIST2041 or SOC 3100. Justification: This new course will have a focus on the current economic reforms in China and its social, political, cultural and global impact. No course equivalent to this one is being offered on campus at this point. Action Taken: Approved. THEA 2990 PERIOD STYLES IN DESIGN FOR THEATRE (3): Course Description and Prerequisites: Developed to provide an overview of social cultural, art, architecture, music, fashion, literature, and period styles and décor from antiquity to the modern age of western civilization applicable to theatrical stage design. Prerequisites: None. Justification: Currently our BFA in Theatre and Design Technology does not provide our students with an adequate visual history of design and historical aesthetics specifically applicable to theatrical design. We currently offer theatre history in a more generalized sense, in THEA2930 Theatre History and THEA2010 Dramatic Literature (both required of all theatre students). Both of these classes are an important component of their education but, do not provide (nor should they provide) the extensive study in the impact and visual history of art, the functions of architecture, the trends in social economic cultures, the power of political events, the evolution of fashion styles, the history of music styles and composition, etc. Understanding the ambience and cultural characteristics of selected periods will provide the students with an historical foundation to enhance their own creative process and their ability to conceptualize and communicate a design idea. Action Taken: Approved. WMST 3650 CONTEMPORARY US IMMIGRANT WOMEN WRITERS (3) [CH, D]: Course Description and Prerequisites: A study of contemporary American literature (fiction, autobiography, and poetry) by Mexican, Caribbean (Haitian and Dominican) and Arab immigrant women and daughters of immigrant parents. Film, other visual arts, and a range of essays enrich students’ analysis of the literary texts. Prerequisites: WMST1080, or WA, or junior standing. Justification: US Immigration Women Writers was successfully offered through Outreach in spring 2007 as a special topics (4500) course. We seek approval for giving it a recognized course number at the 3000 level and USP designations of CH and D. Outreach students do not have as many courses to choose from to fulfill USP requirements as on campus students. Giving the course its own number and USP designations CH and D (especially D) will help meet the need of Outreach Students. To better describe the content of the course for prospective students we would add Contemporary to the Title: Contemporary US Immigrant Women Writers. Action Taken: Approved.
Meeting # College of Engineering CE 5575 INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (3): Course Description and Prerequisites: The use of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to improve the safety, efficiency, reliability, and/or security of transportation systems. Covers ITS applications, technologies, deployment issues, and system performance in both urban and rural environments. Prerequisites: CE 3500. Justification: The Intelligent Transportation System field is a relatively new field within transportation engineering that needs to be addressed in our graduate transportation program to meet the interests of the students and fulfill the needs of employers. This is also an active area of research in our department and it would be beneficial for graduate students to have a stronger background in this area. Action Taken: Approved. College of Health Sciences WIND 4500 PRACTICUM (3): Course Description and Prerequisites: Provides students practical experience in the field of Disability. Typically taken during a student’s final semester in the Disability Studies Minor. Prerequisites: Completion of WIND2100, and WIND elective, WIND4020 (or concurrent enrollment). Justification: The addition of WIND4500, Practicum completes the required courses needed for the Disability Studies Minor program. Action Taken: Approved. Part III – Consent Agenda Courses for Discontinue College of Agriculture REWM 4650/5650 WILDLIFE HABITAT EVALUATION TECHNIQUES (3): Course Description and Prerequisites: Identify concepts and components of wildlife habitat, employ quantitative measures to evaluate habitat from a vegetation perspective, design field techniques to collect information, and conduct subsequent habitat data analyses and interpretation. Dual listed with REWM5650. Prerequisites: ZOO 4300; REWM4330 and 4850. Justification: I am proposing a new course (REWM4750/5750) Wildlife Habitat Restoration Ecology) to replace this course. Action Taken: Approved.
Meeting # Justification: This is a 4 credit hour version of Western Civilization that the Department has not taught since the retirement of Dr. Quentin Cook in 2002. We currently offer the 3 credit hour version on a regular basis. Action Taken: Approved. HIST 2200 THE ENGLISH PEOPLE TO 1688 (3): Current Course Description and Prerequisites: A history of England from prehistory to the Glorious Revolution of 1688, with an emphasis on the lives and cultures of ordinary men and women and their contributions to the English past. (Normally offered fall semester). Justification: The History Department faculty have thoroughly reviewed our course offerings to determine which catalog listings can be discontinued. This course has not been offered over the past several years, and there are no plans to offer it in the future. There will be no further curricular implications brought by this change. Action Taken: Approved. HIST 2210 THE ENGLISH PEOPLE FROM 1603 (3): Current Course Description and Prerequisites: Surveys general English history from accession of the Stuarts (1603) to present. Justification: The History Department faculty have thoroughly reviewed our course offerings to determine which catalog listings can be discontinued. This course has not been offered over the past several years, and there are no plans to offer it in the future. There will be no further curricular implications brought by this change. Action Taken: Approved. College of Business DSCI 4220 WORLD CLASS SYSTEMS (3): Current Course Description and Prerequisites: A detailed introduction to Total Quality Management with an emphasis on teamwork, supply chain management and customer focus. The political, social and economic differences between Japan and the U.S. will be examined in relation to economic performance. Cross listed with ME 4220. Prerequisites: DSCI 3210, STAT2010 and advanced business student. Justification: This course was cross-listed with ME 4220 and taught by engineering faculty. ME 4220 was discontinued in Meeting #213 September 15,
Action Taken: Approved.
Meeting # Tabled Courses College of Arts & Sciences THEA 3830 COSTUME DRAPING I (3): Course Description and Prerequisites: To obtain a basic knowledge of pattern drafting on draping to the dress form. Includes making a sloper and fitting it to a body; learning to drape collar and sleeve variations; and using the basic sloper, flat-patterning techniques and research to build a post-1920’s dress fit to an individual. Prerequisites: THEA2145. Justification: THEA3830 is a necessary course to teach theatre and dance students the basic pattern and variations thereof. It will greatly help prepare specifically design and technology students prepare for professional employment. This is an essential course to expand the offerings in the field of costumes. Action Taken: Tabled for FCSC approval of no overlapping. 10/17/07: Continue Table 1/28/08: Continue Table THEA 3840 COSTUME DRAPING II (3): Course Description and Prerequisites: Learning how to replicate period gowns prior to the 1920’s by draping and flat-patterning techniques. Will include the research and construction of one complete set of period undergarments and gown either as an individual or in a team to be determined by the complexity of the garment. Prerequisites: THEA3830. Justification: THEA3830 is a continuation of THEA3830. It is a necessary course to help theatre and dance students expand their skills in Costume Technology. This helps prepare design and technology students for professional employment and expands the course offering in the field of costumes. Action Taken: Tabled for FCSC approval of no overlapping. 10/17/07: Continue Table. 1/28/08: Continue Table. THEA 3990 PERIOD STYLES IN DESIGN (3): Course Description and Prerequisites: Developed to provide an overview of social cultural, art, architecture, music, fashion, and period styles and décor from antiquity to the modern age of western civilization applicable to theatrical design. Prerequisites: None. Justification: Currently our BFA in Theatre and Design Technology does not provide our students with an adequate visual history of design and historical aesthetics specifically applicable to theatrical design. We currently offer theatre
