CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY. NORTHR.II::X;E
EDUCATIONALFOUCffiSCOMNITnmE
MINUTES OF MEETING:
Apri14, 1990
Submitted to Exec. Comm.
Submitted to Acad. Senate
April9, 1990
Approved by Committee
Apri 1 18, 1990
Approved by Exec. Comm.
Approved by Acad. Sen.
Policy Items: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MEMBERS PRESENT:
J. Dole, J. Furman, T. Hoffman, R. Madison (Chair), P. Mercurio,
H. Rich, K. Sato, D. Schwartz, E. Spielmann, A. Stasch,
B. Swerkes, E. Berry (Executive Secretary); E. O'Brien
GUESTS PRESENT:
M. Avalos, L. Caretto, S. Charnofsky, A. Clark, C. Craft, S. Dayal,
M. Eckford-Prossor, J. Fish, E. Hekkers, A. Hirota, G. Jackson,
P. Klinedinst, G. Krishnamurty, L. Krzywkowski, G. Larson,
B. Lucero-Wagoner, C. Navarro, D. Philibosian, E. Robinson,
C. Rothstein-Fisch, W. Toutant, R. Winslow, L. Woo (Sundial)
I.
Approval of the Minutes of the Meetings of March 7 and 21, 1990
The minutes of the meeting of March 7, 1990 were approved by unanimous
consent. The minutes of the meeting of March 21, distributed at the current
meeting, will be considered by the Committee at its meeting of April 18.
II.
Announcements
A.
Chair Madison thanked EPC member Kyoko Sato for serving as
Committee Chair during the latter half of the meeting of March 21.
B.
It was announced that the Faculty Senate, at its meeting of March 22, had
approved EPC' s proposed termination of the Air Force ROTC program on
campus.
C.
The following changes to the proposed Fall1990 Experimental courses
were announced:
1.
MUS 496D, Keyboard Sightreading, was changed to MUS 396G
(changed by the Committee to 296G during the current meeting: see
item ITI.3. under the School of the Arts).
2.
CAPS 196, First-Year Foundations, was changed to CHHS 196.
3.
LSRC 496T, Recreational Tourism, was changed to LSRC 496X.
4.
The request to change E E 396WEC, Women in Engineering and
Computer Science, to ENGR 396WEC was withdrawn by the School
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of Engineering and Computer Science.
D.
5.
ENGR 196INT Introduction to Engineering~ was changed toME
196INT.
6.
Associate Dean Navarro announced that JAPN 296A/ AC1 Third
Semester Japanese~ circulated at 2 units at C-4 and 3 units at C-131 was
instead being proposed for 2 units at C-4 and 3 units at C-4.
7.
PSY 387 Psychology and the Law~ was changed to PSY 396PL.
8.
SBS 197ABC Social Sciences Perspectives on a Multicultural Society,
was changed to SBS 196ABC.
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Memoranda concerning Fall1990 Experimental course proposals
distributed after the current agenda was sent were announced: two
memoranda from EPC member Harvey Rich to Associate Dean
Philibosian and Associate Dean Navarro~ respectively; responses to
Committee questions and concerns regarding H EC 496C, CDEV 296A1
CHHS 196 and LSRC 496T distributed by Associate Dean Philibosian;
and the responses of Goteti Krishnamurty to questions and concerns
regarding HSCI 296A.
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Memoranda from Mary Shamrock to Associate Vice President Berry
concerning MUS 396F /FL1 and from Akiko Hirota to Committee members
Harvey Rich and Kyoko Sato concerning JAPN 296A/ AC were distributed
at the current meeting.
E.
It was announced that items V.A. and V.B. of the current agenda had been
postponed.
III.
Fall1990 Experimental Course Proposals
School of the Arts (the vote for approval of the previously approved Experimental courses is recorded at the end of the School's curriculum):
1.
ART2 396VC View Camera Techniques (3 units): offered twice previously.
2.
MUS 396F /FL Basic Conducting (1 unit at C-4; 1 unit at C-10): new course.
MSP to approve MUS 396F /FL as new Experimental courses~ effective Fall
1990.
(VOTE: 10 YES)
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3.
MUS 396G Keyboard Sightreading (1 unit at C-10): new course. It was
agreed that the course, as proposed, would be taught more appropriately at
the 200-level. Following discussion, it was
MSP to approve the proposed Experimental course, "Keyboard Sightreading," as MUS 296G, effective Fall1990.
(VOTE: 10 YES)
4.
TH 196B Tutorial in Performance Skills (1 unit): offered once previously.
5.
TH 396B Tutorial in Performance Skills (1 unit): offered once previously.
6.
TH 396W Collaborative Processes of Theatre (3 units): offered six times
previously. Note: The department is requesting a fourth exemption to the
limit of four offerings for Experimental courses.
7.
TH 396Y Ensemble Performance (3 units): offered six times previously.
Note: The department is requesting a fourth exemption to the limit of four
offerings for Experimental courses.
8.
TH 396Z Production Workshop (3 units): offered six times previously.
Note: The department is requesting a fourth exemption to the limit of four
offerings for Experimental courses.
9.
TH 496A Advanced Stage Voice and Speech (3 units): offered once
previously.
10. TH 496W Collaborative Processes of Theatre (3 units): offered six times
previously. Note: The department is requesting a fourth exemption to the
limit of four offerings for Experimental courses.
MSP to allow the following previously approved Experimental courses
for Fall1990 offering: ART2 396VC, TH 196B, TH 396B, TH 396W,
TH396Y, TH396Z, TH496Aand TH496W.
School of Communication, Health and Human Services (the vote for approval
of the previously approved Experimental courses is recorded at the end of the
School's curriculum):
1.
CHHS 196 First Year Foundations (3 units at C-4): new course. Alyce
Blackmon, department of Home Economics, discussed the proposed course
with the Committee. The experimental nature of the course was stressed,
as was the need to improve the student retention rate of educational equity
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students in the School. Further discussion dealt with the need to ascertain
whether the course, as proposed, would improve students' retention and
grade point averages. It was then
MSP to approve CHHS 196 as a new Experimental course, effective Fall
1990, for two offerings, with the understanding that the School of
Communication, Health and Human Services will submit an
evaluation component for the course when CHHS 196 is proposed
for subsequent offerings.
(VOTE: 10 YES)
2.
CDEV 296A Interdisciplinary Themes in Child Development (3 units at
C-2): new course. It was agreed that the department would adopt a
modified course description as proposed in Committee member Penelope
Mercurio's March 22 memorandum to Dianne Philibosian. It was then
MSP to approve CDEV 296A, as modified at the current meeting, as a new
Experimental course, effective Fall1990.
(VOTE: 10 YES)
3.
H EC 496C Family Economics II (3 units at C-5): new course. Audrey Clark,
Chair of the department of Home Economics, distributed a memorandum
dated April4 from Gail Fonosch to Committee members in response to
questions and concerns raised regarding H EC 496C, and H EC 323, Family
Economics. After discussion, it was
MSP to approve H EC 496C as a new Experimental course, effective Fall
1990.
(VOTE: 10 YES)
4.
HSCI 296A Men's Health (3 units at C-4): new course. Discussion dealt
with the course outline, viewed by Committee members as lacking specificity. After further discussion, it was
MSF to approve HSCI 296A as a new Experimental course, effective Fall
1990.
(VOTE: 3 YES; 6 NO; 1 ABSTENTION)
It was the consensus of those who voted against the course that their vote
was not a vote against the study of mens' health per se, but against the lack
of clarification in the course outline provided for HSCI 296A.
5.
HSCI 496BL Pediatric Physical Therapy (1 unit): offered once previously.
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6.
JOUR 496A Documentary Photojournalism (3 units): offered three times
previously.
7.
JOUR 496B Images of Journalists in Film and Television (3 units): offered
once previously.
8.
JOUR 496D Advanced Television News (3 units): offered twice previously.
9.
JOUR 496JL Journalism as Literature (3 units): offered twice previously.
10. LSRC 496X Recreational Tourism: Issues and Trends (3 units at C-4): new
course.
MSP to approve LSRC 496X as a new Experimental course, effective Fall
1990.
(VOTE: 6 YES; 4 ABSTENTIONS)
It was then
MSP to allow the following previously approved Experimental courses for
Fall1990 offering: HSCI 496BL, JOUR 496A, JOUR 496B, JOUR 496D
and JOUR 496JL.
(VOTE: 10 YES)
School of Education:
EPC 196A Educational and Career Development: previously approved course
for one academic year (see EPC AprilS, 1989 minutes). Discussion dealt with
the need for an ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of the course, and it
was
MSP
to approve EPC 196A for two additional offerings, effective Fall1990.
(VOTE: 8 YES; 2 ABSTENTIONS)
School of Engineering and Computer Science (the vote for approval of the
previously approved Experimental courses is recorded at the end of the
School's curriculum):
1.
COMP 196C Computer Programming inC (1 unit): offered once
previously.
2.
COMP 396AD /L Algorithms and Data Structures (3 + 1 units): offered
twice previously.
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3.
COMP 49600P Object-Oriented Programming (3 units): offered
twice previously.
4.
COMP 496WIN /L Programming Window-Based Software (2 + 1 units):
offered once previously.
5.
E E 396WEC Women in Engineering and Computer Science (1 unit):
offered twice previously.
6.
E E 496MM Mathematical Models in Electrical Engineering (3 units):
offered once previously.
7.
ME 196INT Introduction to Engineering (1 unit at C-4): new course.
196INT was cited by Committee members as being an exemplary Experimental course proposal, and its creator, Associate Dean Caretto, was
praised. It was then
MSP to approve ME 196INT as a new Experimental course, effective Fall
1990.
(VOTE: 10 YES)
8.
ME 496AUT Automotive Engineering (3 units at C-4): new course.
MSP to approve ME 496AUT as a new Experimental course, effective Fall
1990.
(VOTE: 10 YES)
9.
ME 496FP Fluid Power Systems (3 units at C-4): new course. It was
suggested that the course description contained in the course outline be
used in lieu of the course description provided on the cover sheet of the
proposal for ME 496FP.
MSP to approve ME 496FP as a new Experimental course, effective Fall
1990.
(VOTE: 10 YES)
It was then
MSP to allow the following previously approved Experimental courses
for Fall1990 offering: COMP 196C, COMP 396AD /L, COMP 49600P,
COMP 496WIN /L, E E 396WEC and E E 496MM.
(VOTE: 10 YES)
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School of Humanities (the vote for approval of the previously approved
Experimental courses is recorded at the end of the School's curriculum):
1.
CH S 296A Workshop in Creative Writing for Minority Students (3 units):
offered four times previously. Note: The department is requesting an
exemption to the limit of four offerings for Experimental courses.
2.
ENGL 296A Workshop in Creative Writing for Minority Students
(3 units): offered four times previously. Note: The department is
requesting an exemption to the limit of four offerings for Experimental
courses.
3.
ENGL 396N Major Women Novelists of the 19th Century (3 units):
offered three times previously.
4.
ENGL 396WIW Women-Identified Writers (3 units at C-4): new course.
The Committee praised Eloise Klein Healy, citing 396WIW as a model
Experimental course proposal. It was then
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MSP to approve ENGL 396WIW as a new Exdperimental course, effective
Fall 1990, with the understanding that completion of the lower
division writing requirement will be added as the course prerequisite.
(VOTE: 10 YES)
5.
ENGL 396WW Women and Writing (3 units): offered three times
previously.
6.
ENGL 496JL Journalism as Literature (3 units): offered once previously.
7.
ENGL 496NW Novel Workshop (3 units at C-4): new course. Discussion
dealt with the need for an adequate course outline and bibliography for the
course, and it was
MSP to approve ENGL 396NW as a new Experimental course, effective
Fall 1990, for one offering, with the understanding that the department of English will provide a course outline and bibliography for
396NW before proposing the course for subsequent offerings.
(VOTE: 10 YES)
8.
ENGL 496SN Strange Narratives: Dislocation in Theory and Fiction
(3 units at C-4). New course.
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MSP to approve ENGL 496SN as a new Experimental course, effective
Fall1990.
(VOTE: 10 YES)
9.
JAPN 296A/ AC Third Semester Japanese (2 units at C-4; 3 units at
C-4): new course. (During discussion, Committee member Edda
Spielmann served as Committee Chair after the announced departure
of Chair Madison.) Discussion dealt with the lack of explanation in the
course outline of the cultural components included in the course, e.g.,
gender differences, and it was
MSP to approve JAPN 296A/ AC as new Experimental courses, effective
Fall1990, for one offering, with the understanding that the department of Foreign Languages and Literatures will provide the sociocultural component of the course in the revised course outline
before proposing the course for subsequent offerings.
(VOTE: 8 YES)
It was then
MSP to allow the following previously approved Experimental courses
for Fall1990 offering: CH S 296A, ENGL 296A, ENGL 396N, ENGL
396WW and ENGL 496JL.
(VOTE: 8 YES)
School of Science and Mathematics:
1.
BIOL 496P /PL Electron Microscopy /Lab (2 + 1 units): offered three times
previously.
2.
GEOL 496K Hydrogeology Laboratory (1 unit): offered once previously.
3.
SCI 196 The Study of Science (3 units): offered three times previously.
MSP to allow the previously approved Experimental courses BIOL 496P
and PL, GEOL 496K and SCI 196 for Fall1990 offering.
(VOTE: 7 YES)
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (the vote for approval of the
previously approved Experimental courses is recorded at the end of the
School's curriculum):
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1.
HIST 496LL U.S. and Latin American Relations, 1898 to the Present
(3 units): offered three times previously.
2.
POLS 496C The Human hnpact of Political Ideologies in Contemporary
Society (3 units): offered once previously.
3.
PSY 396PL Psychology and the Law (3 units at C-4): new course. Lack of
consultation with the department of Business Law was noted, and it was
MSP to send the proposal for 396PL back to the department of Psychology
to allow for consultation with the department of Business Law.
(VOTE: 6 YES; 1ABSTENTION; 1 PRESENT)
4.
SBS 196ABC Social Sciences Perspectives on a Multicultural Society (1 unit
at C-2; 1 unit at C-4; 1 unit at S-36): new course. Note: The School is
requesting General Education credit (Section D, Social Sciences) for the
course. The word "on" in the course title was changed to "in." The
interdisciplinary nature of the course, given as the rationale for inclusion
in General Education Section D, is explained in the course justification as
follows: "Students will analyze and critique works by scholars and
researchers who have contributed to the understanding of the contemporary social, psychological and political issues facing a multicultural
society within historical, geographical and anthropological frameworks."
Following discussion, it was
MSP to approve SBS 196ABC as a new Experimental course, effective Fall
1990; to approve SBS 196ABC for inclusion in General Education
Section D, Social Sciences.
(VOTE: 8 YES)
5.
SOC 396G Sociology of the Vietnam War (3 units): offered twice
previously.
MSP to allow the previously approved Experimental courses for Fall1990
offering: HIST 496LL, POLS 496C and SOC 396G.
(VOTE: 8 YES)
IV.
Old Business
There was no old business.
V.
New Business
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A. Report of the E.PC Subcommittee on the Dean's List: Postponed. To be
considered at the Committee's April 18 meeting.
B. Program Review: Its Relationship to Long-Range Planning in
Anthropology: Postponed.
Adjournment: 4:55p.m.
Next Meeting: Wednesday, April18, 1990 at 1:30 p.m. in Administration 314.