College of Arts & Humanities Curriculum Committee Minutes

Wednesday February 9, 2011, James K. Johnson Conference Room

Members present:

Olaf Hoerschelmann, CMN, Stephen Swords, ENG, Irene Coromina, FLG, Joy Kammerling, HIS, Eunseong Kim, JOU, Anna Cromwell, MUS, Grant Sterling (Chair), PHI, David Wolski, THA, Samantha Sauer, Student Representative for Humanities, Jessica Parmenter, Student Representative for Fine Arts

Guests: 

Jonathan Coit, Lee Patterson, Dana Ringuette, Terri Fredrick, Ruth Hoberman  

Chair Sterling called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.

I.  Minutes

On the motion of Hoerschelmann and second of Wolski, the minutes of 01/26/11 were approved unanimously.

II.  Agenda Items acted upon  

• 10.17 Proposed Revision to catalog copy for Departmental Honors in History

Dr. Coit presented the proposal and addressed questions from the committee.  Motion made (Swords) and seconded (Kammerling) to approve.  Item approved unanimously with minor revision (8-0)

• 10.18 New course proposal HIS 3120, Ancient Egypt

Dr. Patterson presented the proposal and addressed questions from the committee.  Motion made (Hoerschelmann) and seconded (Swords) to approve.  Item approved unanimously with minor revisions (8-0)

• 10.19 New course proposal HIS 3130, Iraq and the Ancient Near East

Dr. Patterson presented the proposal and addressed questions from the committee.  Motion made (Swords) and seconded (Kim) to approve.  Item approved unanimously with minor revisions (8-0)

• 10.23 Proposed Revision to English Graduate Studies Curriculum

Dr. Hoberman presented the proposal.  Motion made (Wolski) and seconded (Swords) to approve.  Item approved unanimously (8-0)

III.  Items added to the agenda

On the motion of Kammerling and second of Swords, the following items were unanimously added to the agenda:

• 10.26 New course proposal HIS 3380, The Golden Age of Piracy

• 10.27 New course proposal MUS 1300, Instrumental Methods Lab

• 10.28 Proposed Catalog Copy Revision to Music T.C. Instrumental concentration  

The meeting adjourned at 3:24 p.m.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Betsy Miller
Recorder  

The next meeting is scheduled for February 16, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. in the James K. Johnson Conference room.

Agenda:

• Approval of minutes

• 10.20 Revised course proposal CMN 3260, Class in U.S. Culture

• 10.21 Revised course proposal CMN 3903, Comm Gender/Body

• 10.22 Proposed Revision to CMN Rhetoric and Public Advocacy Option

• 10.24 New course proposal MUS 2071 Audio and Recording Techniques

• 10.25 Proposed Revision to MUS Performance Option and Concentrations

• 10.26 New course proposal HIS 3380, The Golden Age of Piracy

• 10.27 New course proposal MUS 1300, Instrumental Methods Lab

• 10.28 Proposed Revision to Music T.C. Instrumental concentration

Pending items:

• 10.15 New course proposal HIC 2000G, Introduction to the Humanities

• 10.16 Revised course proposal EIU 4100G, Culture Matters