College of Arts & Humanities Curriculum Committee Minutes

Wednesday September 8, 2010 James K. Johnson Conference room

Members present:
Caroline Simpson (Vice-Chair), ART, Olaf Hoerschelmann, CMN, Stephen Swords, ENG, Vanesa Landrus, alternate for Irene Coromina, FLG, Joy Kammerling, HIS, Eunseong Kim, JOU, Anna Cromwell, MUS, Grant Sterling (Chair), PHI, David Wolski, THA, Patricia Poulter, ex officio.

Guests:  Dana Ringuette, Daiva Markelis and Tim Taylor

Chair Sterling called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. with a welcome to the committee and a summary of the role of the committee in the curricular process.  Member introduces themselves.

I.  Minutes

The minutes of 04/07/10 and 04/21/10 were approved as published.

II. Proposals

Motion made (Hoerschelmann) and seconded (Simpson) to suspend the bylaws and place the following items on the agenda.  Unanimously approved.

  • 10.01 Revised Course Proposal ENG 1000 Fundamentals of College Comp

Drs. Ringuette, Markelis and Taylor presented the proposal and addressed questions from the committee.  Motion made (Swords) and seconded (Simpson) to approve with minor editing in the rationale.  Item approved with minor revisions (9-0)

Dr. Hoerschelmann left the meeting at this point.

  • 10.02 New Course Proposal ENG 5025 Creative Writing Prof. Dev.

Dr. Ringuette presented the proposal and addressed questions from the committee.  Motion made (Sterling) and seconded (Landrus) to approve.  Item approved (8-0)

  • 10.03 Proposed revisions to English Graduate Studies Curriculum

Dr. Ringuette presented the proposal and addressed questions from the committee.  Motion made (Sterling) and seconded (Simpson) to approve.  Item approved (8-0)

Dr. Cromwell, as well as guests, left the meeting at this point.

A brief discussion regarding pending items (AFR, ART, possible new course proposals) was held.

The meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m.

Respectfully submitted:
Patricia S. Poulter

The next meeting is September 15, 2010 and will be held electronically.