Month: February 2016

WI Courses 2016-2017

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This list contains all courses approved as writing intensive courses for the 2016-2017 academic year.

ACC/ECN 675AW Tp: Financial Crime, Julie Dawson, Catherine Lau
ACC/MKT/MGT 4900: Senior Seminar, David Schlichting, Cathy Duffy, Mark Miller, Mary Krome, Rich Fields, Jan Owens,
ARH 3470: Rupture, Shatter, Break: Modern Art, Carolyn Hudson
ART 1700: Intro to Art History, Carolyn Hudson
ART 2700: Ancient Art, Carolyn Hudson
ART 2600: Sophomore Seminar in Studio Art, Ryan Miller
ART 2705: Modern Art, Carolyn Hudson
ART 2710: Arts of the Americas, Anne Cassidy
ART 3720: Arts of Africa, Anne Cassidy
ART 3730: Masterpieces in Asian Art and Architecture, Anne Cassidy
ART 4000: Senior Seminar in Studio Art, Diane Levesque, Kim Greene, Ryan Miller
ART 4700: Senior Seminar in Art History, Anne Cassidy, Ryan Miller
ASN 4000: Senior Seminar, Jim Lochtefeld
ATH 4080: Administration in Athletic Training, Laurie Jensen
BIO 2300: Cell and Molecular Biology; Elaine Radwanski, Deborah Tobiason, Temple Burling, Amareshwar Singh, Andrea Henle
BIO 400T: Biology and Geography of Nicaragua, Julio Rivera/Pat Pfaffle
BIO 4120: Senior Thesis, Dan Choffnes, Patrick Pfaffle, Elaine Radwanski, Scott Hegrenes, Kristopher Koudelka, Temple Burling, Tracy Gartner, Dan Choffnes, Thomas Carr, Deanna Byrnes, Dana Garrigan, Deborah Tobiason, Paul Martino, Amareshwar Singh
BUS 2340: Applied Statistics for Economics and Management, Tom Groleau
BUS 3300: Operations Management / Lean Manufacturing, Donald Gillespie
BUS/MLA 675J Global Business and Culture: J-Term Argentina, Mimi Yang/David Schlichting
CDM 200T: Journalism in Europe: Football and Fashion, Jon Bruning
CDM 3150: History of Graphic Design, Laura Rodman Huaracha
CDM 3300: Writing For Media, Ilyse Bombicino, Paul Chilsen, Colleen Kappeler, Kimberly Kulovitz, Helene DeGross
CDM 3350: Public Relations Writing, Colleen Kappeler
CDM 3450: Mass Communication, Jon Bruning, Colleen Kappeler
CDM 4010: Senior Seminar for Communications Majors, Jon Bruning
CDM 4030: Senior Seminar in Public Relations, Ilyse Bombicino, Kimberly Kulovitz
CDM 675: Tp: Sports Journalism, Jon Bruning
CHM 4000: Senior Seminar, Janice Pellino, Kristopher Koudelka, Tim Eckert, Joshua Neukom, Chris Blaine
CHN/JPN 3070: Chinese/Japanese Culture and Language, Yan Wang
CRJ 2260: Criminology, Rick Matthews
CLS 2450: Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Ancient World, Christine Renaud
CLS 2750: Research Methods, Chris Renaud, Chris Von Dehsen, Yamina Mermer
CLS 3100: Age of Augustus, Chris Renaud
CLS 3210: Seminar in Greek Studies: Herodotus and Greek Historiography, Ben DeSmidt
CLS 3250: Field Archaeology, Chris Renaud
CLS/PHL 200T: Homer’s Iliad & Odyssey, Richard Heitman
CLS/REL 3310: Greek Religions, Chris Renaud
CLS/REL 3320: Roman Religions, Chris Renaud
CLS 4100: Senior Seminar, Ben DeSmidt
CRJ 1000: Criminal Justice System, Rick Matthews
CRJ 2260: Criminology, Kathryn Johnson, Rick Matthews
CRJ 3010: Police and Society, Bill Miller
CRJ 3020: American Courts, Rick Matthews, Tom Powers
CRJ 4990: Senior Seminar, Barrington Ottmann, Bill Miller, Rick Matthews, Steve Lyng, Wayne Thompson
CSC 4350: Software Design and Development, Mark Mahoney
ECN 3270: International Trade, Robert Schlack
ECN/FIN 3290: International Finance, Catherine Lau
ECN 3310: History of Economic Thought, Robert Schlack, Brent McClintock
ECN 4400: Seminar and History of Economic Thought, Robert Schlack, Brent McClintock
ECN 4410: Senior Seminar in Economics, Brent McClintock
ECN/POL 4050: IPE Senior Seminar, Art Cyr
ECN 675J: Financial Crime in Fact and Fiction, Catherine Lau
EDU 2010: Educational Psychology and Assessment, Roger Bass, Tom Wolff, Dennis Munk, Karen Sconzert, Ronald Bailey
EDU 3110: Assessment of Exceptional Learners, Denise Rattigan
EDU 3220: Reading and Language Arts in Elementary School I, Jacqueline Easley, Patricia Rieman, Sharon Tilton
EDU 3250: Teaching Mathematics Effectively in Elementary and Middle School, Barb Short, Prisca Moore
EDU 3520: Developmental and Content Area Reading, Jacqueline Easley, Patricia Rieman
ENG 1060: Interpreting Literature, Amy Bruning, Annette Duncan, Dexter Westrum, Donald Michie, Mark De Cicco
ENG 1160: Introduction to Literature, Pam Smiley, Alyson Kiesel, Maria Carrig
ENG 200T: Bible as Literature, Annette Duncan
ENG/SOC 200CW: Tp: Film and Literature: Urban Social Problems, Rick Matthews, Pam Smiley
ENG 2010: American Literature, Annette Duncan, Dexter Westrum, Pam Smiley, Shannon Brennan
ENG 2050: Creative Writing, Alan Wallace, Annette Duncan, Caryl Pagel, Jean Preston, Richard Meier, Amy Lipman
ENG 2060: Expository Composition, Valerie Laken, Annette Duncan
ENG 3010: Literature in its Time I: Shakespeare’s Comic Contemporaries, Maria Carrig
ENG 3040: Advanced Writing: Poetry, Richard Meier, Dexter Westrum
ENG 3040: Advanced Writing: Fiction, Dexter Westrum
ENG 3750: History and Structure of the English Language, Alan Wallace, Leonard Schulze
ENG 4100: Senior Seminar, Maria Carrig, Pam Smiley, Alyson Kiesel, Shannon Brennan
ENV 1600: Introduction to Environmental Science, Tracy Gartner, Sarah A. Rubinfeld
ENV 4000: Senior Seminar in Environmental Science, Tracy Gartner, Sarah A. Rubinfeld
ESN 2000: Classic to Contemporary Leadership Theory, Gary Williams
ESN 3200: Development and Operation of Technology-Based Business, Alexander Tiahnybok, Doug Arion
EXS 2350: Sport and Exercise Psychology, Gary Williams
EXS 2700: Elementary Physical Education/Principles of Movement, Susanna Swenson
EXS 3010: Tests and Measurements in Exercise and Sport Science, Cynthia Allen, Michelle Bonn
EXS 4050: Physiology of Exercise, Cynthia Allen, Andrew Pustina
EXS 4200: Methods and Materials, Cynthia Allen
FIN/ECN 3290: International Finance, Catherine Lau
GEO 2100: Human Landscape, Patricia Murphy
GEO 3450: Urban Geography, Julio Rivera
GEO 3900: Methods of Field Research, Joy Mast
GEO 4000: Senior Seminar, Joy Mast, Kurt Piepenburg
GEO 400T: Biology and Geography of Nicaragua, Julio Rivera/Pat Pfaffle
GEO 400T: Senior Seminar in Geography, Matt Zorn
GFW 2410: Foundations of the Natural Sciences, Brian Schwartz
GFW 4000: Capstone Seminar, Joseph McAlhany
GNR 675J: International Financial and Cultural Analysis of the United Kingdom, Joe Wall
GNR 675J: The Fiction of Science Fiction, Julie Dahlstrom
GNR 675J: The Worlds of Risk: Bell Curves and Black Swans, Jim Peterson, Dave Brunn
GNR 6920: International Financial and Cultural Analysis of Ireland, Joe Wall
GRM 3090: The German-Speaking World: Cultural and Intellectual Life, Richard Sperber
GRM 3110: Interpreting Written Texts in German, Richard Sperber
GRM 4010: Senior Seminar in German, Greg Baer, Richard Sperber
HIS 200T: Religious Rebellion in China, Steve Udry
HIS 2200: Historical Methods, Eric Pullin, John Leazer, Stephanie Mitchell, Steve Udry
HIS 2450: A Social History of Japan Through Film, Steve Udry
HIS 4000: Senior Seminar, Stephanie Mitchell, Steve Udry, Eric Pullin
JPN/CHN 3070: Chinese/Japanese Culture and Language, Yan Wang
JPN 4010: Japanese Senior Thesis/ Project, Yan Wang
MGT 3120: Principles of Management, William Matelski
MGT 3710: International Management, Colleen OBrien
MGT 4050: Security Portfolio Analysis, Joe Wall
MGT/MKT/ACC 4900: See ACC/MGT/MKT
MKT/MGT/ACC 4900: See ACC/MGT/MKT
MLA 200T: Heroes, Dreamers and Scoundrels of Spain, Sarah Cyganiak
MLA 3110: Interprétation de textes écrits en Français, Pascal Rollet, Isabel Rivero-Vila
MLA 400T: Modern Francophone Cultures through Film and Multimedia, Isabel Rivero-Vila
MLA 400A: English Language Education in China, Edward Montanaro
MLA 4010: Senior Seminar in Chinese, Mimi Yang
MLA 4010: Senior Seminar in French, Pascal Rollet, Isabel Rivero-Vila
MLA 4010: Spanish Senior Seminar, Lynn Loewen, Matt Borden, Edward Montanero, Mimi Yang
MLA/BUS 675J: Global Business and Culture: J-Term Argentina, Mimi Yang/David Schlichting
MTH 1030: Applied Mathematics, Charlotte Chell
MTH 1120: Calculus I, Charlotte Chell
MTH 2040: Linear Algebra, Aaron Trautwein, Mike Nicholas
MTH 3040: Abstract Algebra, Aaron Trautwein, Sara Jensen, Justin Albert
MTH 3120: Real Analysis, Mark Snavely
MUS 1160: Musicianship Skills in Context, Dimitri Shapovalav
MUS 1170: Music Technology & Industry, Mark Petering
MUS 1180: Introduction to Music Education, Etsushi Kawakami
MUS 2200: Popular Music in America, David Ness, Amy Haines
MUS 3700: Music History: Rachel Tollet
MUS 400T-02: Topics in Music: Music History/Literature Depth – History of the Wind Band, James Ripley
MUS 400T-04: Topics in Music History: Modernism, Dimitri Shapovalav
MUS 400T: Topics in Music History: Romanticism, Dimitri Shapovalov
MUS 400T: Topics in Music History: Jazz History
MUS 400T: Music Theatre History and Criticism: Rock Musicals, Magdalene Spanuello
MUS/SOC 200T: Cultural Expressions of American Music Theatre, Amy Haines and Mathew Somlai
NEU 2500: Research Methods in Neuroscience, Dan Miller
NEU 4000: Senior Thesis in Neuroscience, Denise Cook-Snyder
NSG 1050: Contemporary Professional Nursing, Franklin Hicks, **Lisa Antle once workshop completed
PHL/CLS 2710: Homer’s Iliad & Odyssey, Richard Heitman
PHY 200T: Planet Quest, Julie Dalhstrom
PHY 2300: Modern Physics, Brian Schwartz, Jean Quashnock
PHY 400T: Microgravity Environments, Kevin Crosby
PHY 4110: Observational Astrophysics, Doug Arion
PHY 4120: Experimental Physics, Brian Schwartz, Brant Carlson
POL 2050: Philosophical Foundations of Political Economy, Art Cyr
POL 2900: Constitutional Law I: Separation of Powers, Jonathan Marshall
POL 2910: Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Jonathan Marshall, Thomas Powers
POL 3030: Women of Africa, Ellen Hauser
POL 3100: Logic of Political Inquiry, Jerald Mast, Paul Kirkland
POL 3250: Classics of Political Thought, Paul Ulrich
POL 3400: Chinese Politics, Jonathan Marshall
POL 3440/SOC 200T: African Transitions, Ellen Hauser
POL 4000: Senior Seminar, Jeff Roberg
POL/ECN 4050: IPE Senior Seminar, Art Cyr
POL/SOC/WMG 200T: Women in Developing Countries: Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, Ellen Hauser
PYC 2300: Cognition, Leslie Cameron
PYC 2900: Experimental Psychology, David J. Rademacher
PYC 3010: Research Methods and Statistics II, Robert Maleske
PYC 3650: Child Psychopathology, Ingrid Tiegel
PYC 3700: Thesis Development, Robert Maleske, Leskinin
PYC 4000: Senior Seminar, Robert Maleske, Butler, Leskinin
PYC 4700: Fieldwork, Cornelia Zerban
PYC 4800: Thesis in Psychological Science, Leslie Cameron, Anthony Barnhart, Emily Leskinen
REL 1000: Understandings of Religion, Chris Von Dehsen, Jim Lochtefeld, Sandra Bisciglia
REL 2010: Hebrew Bible, Sandra Bisciglia
REL 2750: Research Methods, Chris Renaud, Christian Von Dehsen, Yamina Mermer
REL 3020: Women and the Bible, Sandra Bisciglia
REL 3350: Religion and Society, Tom Simpson
REL/CLS 3310: Greek Religions, Chris Renaud
REL/CLS 3320: Roman Religions, Christine Renaud
SOC 1000: Principles of Sociology, Bill Miller, Michele Stander, Rick Matthews
SOC 1010: Sociology of Social Problems, Rick Matthews
SOC 1020: Cultural Anthropology, Mathew Somlai
SOC 200T: Alaskan Settlers, Marianne Unger
SOC 200T: American Indian Ethno-history: Investigating Protest and Place, Mathew Somlai
SOC 200T: Elite Deviance, Rick Matthews
SOC 200T: Sophomore Honors Seminar in the Social Sciences – The Problem of Progress, Rick Matthews
SOC 200T/POL 3440: African Transitions, Ellen Hauser
SOC/ENG 200CW: Tp: Film and Literature: Urban Social Problems, Rick Matthews, Pam Smiley
SOC 2040: Sociology of Religion, Marianne Unger
SOC 2270: Juvenile Delinquency, Rick Matthews
SOC 3240: Logic of Sociological Inquiry, Rick Matthews, Bill Miller
SOC 3520: America at War, Christopher Lynch
SOC 4990: Senior Seminar, Bill Miller, Rick Matthews, Steve Lyng, Wayne Thompson
SOC/MUS 200T: Cultural Expressions of American Music Theatre, Amy Haines and Mathew Somlai
SOC/WMG/POL 200T: Women in Developing Countries: Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, Ellen Hauser
SPN 3080: The Spanish Speaking World: Cultural and Intellectual Life, Isabel Rivero-Vila, Matt Borden, Erik Kulke, Ruth Solarte, Yin (Mimi) Yang
SPN 3110: Interpreting Written Texts in Spanish, Ed Montanaro, Erik Kulke, Lynn Loewen, Sarah Cyganiac, Isabel Rivero-Vila, Yin Yang
SPN 400T: Contemporary Latin American Detective Fiction, Edward Montanaro
SWK 2200: Child Welfare Policy and Practice, Danielle Geary, Ruth Fangmeier, Jen Winkler
SWK 2210: Family Violence: An Overview, Danielle Geary, Jennifer Winkler
SWK 2400: Human Behavior and Social Environment, Danielle Geary, Linda Noer, Rebecca Hornung
SWK 3000: Social Welfare Research, Danielle Geary, Tian Tian
SWK 3100: Social Welfare Policy Analysis, Danielle Geary
SWK 400T: Family Violence, Ruth Fangmeier
THR 2900: Play Reading and Analysis, Neil Scharnick
THR 3050: Dance History, Stacy Pottinger
THR 4550: Directing, Herschel Kruger
WMG 200T: Growing Old in America, Ruth Fangmeier & Jean Preston
WMG 200T: I Shop Therefore I Am, Brad Zopf
WMG 200T/CLS 2450: Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Ancient World, Christine Renaud
WMG 2910: Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Jonathan Marshall, Thomas Powers
WMG 3110: Women’s and Gender Studies Theory, Ellen Hauser (was 310)
WMG 400T: Family Violence, Ruth Fangmeier
WMG/SOC/POL 200T: Women in Developing Countries: Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, Ellen Hauser

Minutes of the November 4, 2015, WAC Meeting

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Wednesday, November 4th 3:00 in LH 331.

Present: Matthews, Snavely, Steege, Feinstein, Presten, Ryan, Pellino

We welcomed two new members to the committee: Rachel Feinstein and Janice Pellino.

Purpose of the meeting today was to discuss the recommendations from our external reviewers for possible revisions to WAC. The Provost’s Office has asked the CC-Oversight and Planning Committee to review the general education curriculum and make recommendations for changes. The tentative timeline for this is to have one or more models ready for the faculty to consider by Fall, 2016.

Matthews suggested that WAC make specific recommendations to the CC-Oversight and Planning Committee for them to consider as part of any larger general education curricular reforms.

In terms of the external review, we agreed to propose the following changes to WAC as part of a more comprehensive general education reform.

1. Any recommendations for curricular change from CC-Oversight and Planning Committee should emphasize the importance of teaching writing during the first year. Currently, students are required to take two WI courses in the form of Western Heritage. Whatever general education requirements the CC-Oversight and Planning Committee proposes should include two WI courses for students during their first year.

We would also like to see the teaching of writing emphasized more during the first year. Our reviewers raised concerns that the teaching (and assignment) of writing in WH is uneven. More effort needs to be made to ensure students are receiving a common experience in terms of writing during their first year.

While we do not believe the first year experience need be a first year composition course, we strongly believe that the students should be taught the expectations of college-level writing during their first year. Currently, WH accounts for half of the writing courses students are required to take. WH is also their first exposure to the expectations of college-level writing. While content of course is important, students need to have a common experience in terms of expectations and types of writing assignments. This is particularly true since the WH courses share a common set of course expectations (and a common course approval in terms of meeting the WI requirement).

2. Our current WI requirement includes two sections of WH, one course in the major, and one other “wildcard” course that may or may not be in the major. Too often departments offer a single WI course for their majors in the form of the senior seminar. This is not sound practice for several reasons. First, students in these majors take one WI course in the major at the end of their career, but it’s better practice to have students take a WI course before the senior seminar. Second, the senior seminar is a high-stakes end of career writing project. It is pedagogically questionable whether such a course is the best place for a department to offer its only required WI course. Third, this practice shifts the responsibility of writing to other departments. Some departments seem to be fine doing this, but for students in those majors the practice raises the question of how effectively they are learning to write in the discourse community of their major.

3. We should be more flexible on enrollment and the percentage of the grade for students. In the past, some departments have noted the problems of enrollment and grade percentage in getting courses approved as WI (Chemistry in particular).

Janice will talk with Chemistry department about finding other WI courses, letting them know the committee is willing to be more flexible on grade percentage.

4. Framework for a “Writing Enriched” major. The WAC Committee willing to work with departments who would like to create writing enriched majors. WAC should work with departments to develop SLOs for student writing, courses identified, and assessment. Students would be acknowledged for having a “writing enriched” major on their diploma. Departments left to create proposals within this framework. Need to create space to do this in the catalog.

Matthews will draft a proposal for CC-Oversight and Planning Committee, and bring it to our first meeting in spring term.

Meeting adjourned at 4:00

Minutes: September 18, 2015

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Friday, September 18th, 2015

1:00 p.m. DSC 196

Present: Matthews, Snavely, Steege, Heinrichs, Pullin, Greene, Cronovich.

Pullin and Cronovich agreed to meet with the committee this month even though their terms are expired. The Academic Senate will find replacements for them soon.

We approved the minutes from our meeting in May.

We approved the following course proposals:

NUR 1050 Contemporary Professional Nursing: by Frank Hicks

CDM 3150 History of Graphic Design: by Laura Huaracha

SOC 200T Sophomore Honors Seminar in the Social Sciences – The Problem of     Progress: by Rick Matthews

We tabled the following course: MUS 1180 Introduction to Music Education by Etsushi Kawakami. The committee felt uncomfortable approving a two credit course because there is not another 2 credit course in the curriculum to pair with it (WI requirement is four courses of four credits each). Eric Pullin agreed to explain this to Etsushi.

Kim Greene agreed to continue as the CCOP representative from WAC.

We thanked Eric and Ron for their service on the committee.

Meeting adjourned at 1:40