PRELIMINARY WINTER 2007 CURRICULUM REPORT

PLEASE BRING THIS REPORT OF THE UO COMMITTEE ON COURSES TO THE UNIVERSITY SENATE MEETING ON MARCH 14, 2007.

 

 

The body of this report consists of two major sections: Course Proposals reviewed winter 2007 and Other Curricular Matters. Policies and definitions governing group and multicultural general-education requirements are under Other Curricular Matters.

 

Course proposals approved by both the University of Oregon Committee on Courses (UOCC) and the University Senate are effective fall term 2007, unless a specific term is requested by an academic department and stated otherwise in this report.

 

The UOCC will consider new proposals during spring term and will submit a spring quarterly report to the University Senate in May 2007.

 

Routing of Minor Changes: The UOCC has confirmed that the following minor course changes may be made without review by the full committee: minor edits of course description, pre- or corequisites, grading option, and conditions of repeatability. Changes may be submitted in writing directly to the Office of the Registrar and Creative Publishing, in care of Mike Jefferis (jefferis@uoregon.edu) and Scott Skelton (sskelton@uoregon.edu). The memorandum should indicate the effective term for the change(s). Note: extensive changes may be referred to the UOCC for review.

 

Courses Not Taught Report: The UOCC has changed the policy of dropping courses not taught within the past three years from the fall curriculum report to the spring curriculum report. This allows the correct listing of courses in the catalog for the following curricular year. The intention for this change is to allow departments a chance to reply earlier and provide a more thoughtful response while still involved in curricular planning and staffing for the next academic year and can best determine which courses they are able to offer.

 

Multicultural Courses Policy: As part of general-education, offerings of multicultural courses at the 100, 200, and 300 levels need to be available to a wide spectrum of students from all across the University. Departments wishing to offer courses to satisfy the multicultural requirement should make such these courses available at the more general 100, 200, or 300 levels whenever possible, rather than at the more specialized 400 level.

 

Extended Course Descriptions for Group Satisfying Courses: All proposals for courses that would satisfy a group requirement for general-education must include a suitable extended course description, for use with the course, as specified in senate legislation:

 

“For all group-satisfying courses to be offered during a particular term, faculty or departments are asked to post electronically, in the Schedule of Classes, course descriptions that are substantially expanded over those provided in the catalog. The posted course information should be understandable to someone unfamiliar with the field and should emphasize the questions or issues that reveal, by their breadth and significance, why the course has earned Group status.” (US03/04-8, May 12, 2004)

 

 

March 21, 2007:         Curricular proposals for consideration in the spring round must be submitted to the provost’s office.

May 6, 2007:              University Senate considers spring 2007 preliminary report of the University of Oregon Committee on Courses.

July 2007:                  Publication of 2007–8 University of Oregon Catalog. The changes in the fall report will first appear in this catalog.

September 12, 2007:  Curricular proposals for consideration in the fall round must be submitted to the provost’s office.

November 29, 2007:   University Senate considers fall 2007 preliminary report of the University of Oregon Committee on Courses.

December 19, 2007:   Curricular proposals for consideration in the winter round must be submitted to the provost’s office.

March 12, 2008:         University Senate considers winter 2007 preliminary report of the University of Oregon Committee on Courses.

 

 

Members, University of Oregon Committee on Courses

 

Voting:       Paul Engelking, Chair                      Ex officio:          Jack Bennett

                  Jack Boss                                                               Herb Chereck

                  Emma Martin                                                         John Crosiar

                  Paul Peppis                                                           Marian Friestad

                  Arkady Vaintrob                                                    Scott Skelton     

                        Frances White

                                                                                              

Student:       None                                                             Staff:               Linda Adkins

                                                                                               Mike Jefferis

 

 

The University of Oregon Committee on Courses moves that the following course proposals and Other Curricular Matters be approved.

 

Unless indicated otherwise, courses may be taken either pass/no pass or for letter grades. “P/N only” or “graded only” indicates that all students must take the course as specified in the bold print. Separate grading options for majors are bracketed in this report and appear in UO class schedule notes; they are not printed in the UO Catalog. R after course credits means that the course number may be repeated for credit. “Sequence” after the description means the courses must be taken in numerical order.

 

 

REINSTATED COURSE

 

(UOCC Administrative Action)

BI 486/586 Population Genetics (4)

 

NEW COURSES

 

(Course previously taught as BI 410/510)

BI 422/522 Protein Toxins in Cell Biology (4) Mechanisms used by protein toxins to kill other organisms and how they have been used as molecular scalpels to dissect pathways in cell and neurobiology. Prereq: BI 322 or BI 360.

 

(Course previously taught as BI 410/510)

BI 433/533 Bacterial-Host Interactions (4) Examines spectrum of interactions between bacteria and animals, from pathogenesis to symbiosis, focusing on the molecular and cellular bases of these interactions. Prereq: BI 320 or 322 or 330.

 

(Course previously taught as BI 410/510)

BI 496/596 Conservation Genetics (4) Causes and consequences of changes in genetic diversity in natural populations using tools and techniques from population, quantitative, and molecular genetics, and systematics and phylogenetics. Prereq for BI 496: BI 320 or BI 380. Offered alternate years. Effective summer session 2007.

 

 

REINSTATED COURSE

 

(UOCC Administrative Action)

CIS 423 Software Methodology II (4) Effective spring term 2007.

 

 

NEW COURSES

 

(Course previously taught as LING 199)

ARB 101 First-Year Arabic (5) Introduction to Arabic with emphasis on speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension. Sequence with ARB 102, 103. Effective summer session 2007.

 

(Course previously taught as LING 199)

ARB 102 First-Year Arabic (5) Introduction to Arabic with emphasis on speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension. Sequence with ARB 101, 103. Prereq: ARB 101. Effective summer session 2007.

 

(Course previously taught as LING 199)

ARB 103 First-Year Arabic (5) Introduction to Arabic with emphasis on speaking, reading, writing, and comprehension. Sequence with ARB 101, 102. Prereq: ARB 102. Effective summer session 2007.

 

 

REINSTATED COURSE

 

(UOCC Administrative Action)

EC 451/551 Issues in Labor Economics (4)

 

NEW COURSES

 

(Course previously taught as EC 399)

EC 327 Introduction to Game Theory (4) [Graded only for majors] Introductory course in game theory. Develops game-theoretic methods of rational decision making and equilibriums, using many in-class active games. Prereq: EC 101 or 201. Approved to satisfy Group II: Social Science general-education group requirement.

 

 

COURSES DROPPED

 

ENG 495/595 English Grammar (4)

 

EXISTING COURSE CHANGES

 

ENG 429/529 Old English II (4R)

(Changed Course Description, Course Title, Repeatability)

ENG 429/529 Old English II: [Topic] (4R) Study of Old English prose or poetry in the original language. R twice when topic changes. Pre- or coreq: ENG 428/528.

 

ENG 430/530 Old English III (4R)

(Changed Course Description, Course Title, Repeatability)

ENG 430/530 Old English III: [Topic] (4R) Study of Beowulf or works by other major Old English authors in the original language. R twice when topic changes. Pre- or coreq: ENG 429/529.

 

 

EXISTING COURSE CHANGES

 

GEOG 471/571 North American Cultural Landscapes (4)

(Changed Course Title)

GEOG 471/571 North American Historical Landscapes

 

NEW COURSES

 

(Course previously taught as 410/510)

GEOG 412/512 Review of Geospatial Concepts (2) An online, self-guided introduction to the basic concepts behind modern cartography and geographic information systems.

 

 

EXISTING COURSE CHANGES

 

GEOL 473/573 Isotope Geochemistry (3)

(Changed Course Description, Credits/Workload)

GEOL 473/573 Isotope Geochemistry (4) Introduction to nuclear physics and isotope systematics; techniques of isotope analysis; applications of stable and radioactive isotopes in geochronology and as tracers of geological processes.

 

NEW COURSES

 

(Course previously taught as GEOL 410/510)

GEOL 420/520 Geocommunication (3) [Graded only for majors] Scientific writing and presentations for the geological sciences. Focus on writing scientific papers and proposals, preparing oral and visual presentations.

 

(Course previously taught as GEOL 410/510)

GEOL 455/555 Mechanical Earth (4) [Graded only for majors] Introduction to continuum mechanics. Includes stress and strain, friction, elasticity, viscous fluids, constitutive laws, equations of motion, and deformation of the earth. Prereq: GEOL 315, PHYS 202, or equivalent; MATH 256.

 

GEOL 463/563 Computational Earth Science (4) [Graded only for majors] Practical techniques for scientific computing using the interactive environment Matlab. Topics include root finding, curve fitting, interpolation, integration and differentiation, optimization, ordinary differential equations. Prereq: MATH 253.

 

(Course previously taught as Geol 410/510)

GEOL 470/570 General and Environmental Geochemistry (4) [Graded only for majors] Lecture- and project-based introduction to geochemical classification of elements, element cycling, trace element geochemistry, geochemistry of surface environments, basics of radiogenic, and stable isotope geochemistry. Prereq: CHEM 221 and 222 and 223 and GEOL 311 or 332.

 

 

EXISTING COURSE CHANGES

 

HIST 310 Perceptions and Roles of Women from the Greeks through the 17th century (4)

(Changed Course Title)

HIST 310 Early Modern Women

 

HIST 329 The Mediterranean World: [Topic] (4)

(Changed Course Description, Course Title, General Education Requirements, Repeatability)

HIST 329 Mediterranean World, Antiquity to 1453 (4) Late antiquity, Byzantium, rise of Islam, Abbasid caliphate, conquests of Spain and Sicily, religious tolerance, the roles of women, trade, and intellectual exchange. Approved to satisfy Group II: Social Science general-education group requirement and Category B: Identity, Pluralism, and Tolerance multicultural requirement.

 

NEW COURSES

 

HIST 330 Mediterranean World, 1453–1700 (4) The rise of the Ottomans, Venetian trade, Jewish diaspora from Spain, the roles of women, piracy, slavery, and the decline of the Mediterranean. Approved to satisfy Group II: Social Science general-education group requirement and Category B: Identity, Pluralism, and Tolerance multicultural requirement.

 

HIST 438/538 Golden Age Spain (4) [Graded only for majors] Spanish history during one of the most important eras of its past, when it was a cultural leader in Europe and a major world power. DENIED the request to satisfy Category B: Identity, Pluralism, and Tolerance multicultural requirement.

 

 

EXISTING COURSE CHANGES

 

(Correction from fall term 2006)

INTL 260 Culture, Capitalism, and Globalization (4)  Effective summer session 2007.

 

 

EXISTING COURSE CHANGES

 

LING 451/551 Syntax and Semantics I (4)

(Changed Course Title)

LING 451/551 Functional Syntax I

 

LING 452/552 Syntax and Semantics II (4)

(Changed Course Title)

LING 452/552 Functional Syntax II

 

NEW COURSES

 

LING 331 African Languages: Identity, Ethnicity, History (4) [Graded only for majors] Introduction to the role of languages in understanding African identities, cultures, and migrations. Major language families, linguistic diversity, multilingualism, and historical change in African languages. Approved to satisfy Category C: International Cultures multicultural requirement.

 

(Course previously taught as ENG 495/595)

LING 494/594 English Grammar (4) [Graded only for majors] Survey of grammatical, syntactic, and morphological structures of English in terms of semantic and functional criteria.

 

(Course previously taught as LING 199)

LT 199 Special Studies: [Topic] (1–5R) Various self-study languages offered through the Yamada Language Center. R when topic changes.

 

 

NEW COURSES

 

MDVL 199 Special Studies: [Topic] (1–5R)

MDVL 399 Special Studies: [Topic] (1–5R)

MDVL 403 Thesis

MDVL 405 Reading and Conference: [Topic]

MDVL 406 Field Studies: [Topic]

MDVL 408/508 Workshop: [Topic]

MDVL 410/510 Experimental Course: [Topic] (1–5R)

MDVL 503 Thesis

 

 

REINSTATED COURSE

 

PHYS 686 Quantum Optics and Laser Physics (4) Effective spring term 2007.

 

 

 

EXISTING COURSE CHANGES

 

(Changed Course Description, General Education Requirements)

PSY 459/559 Cultural Psychology (4) Examines interdependence between mind and culture in substantive domains such as social cognition, motivation, emotion, and psychopathology. Cultural pluralism, collective identities, tolerance, and diversity considered. Pre- or coreq: WR 121 and 122 or 123; PSY 303. DENIED the request to satisfy Category B: Identity, Pluralism and Tolerance multicultural requirement.

 

 

COURSES DROPPED

 

(UOCC Administrative Action)

REL 316 Beginnings of Christianity (4)

 

EXISTING COURSE CHANGES

 

REL 222 Introduction to the Bible (4)

(Changed Course Description, Course Title)

REL 222 Introduction to the Bible I (4) Content and organization of the Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament); examination of scholarly methods and research tools used in biblical studies.

 

NEW COURSES

 

(Course previously taught as REL 316)

REL 223 Introduction to the Bible II (4) Examination of the written traditions of early Christianity with an emphasis on the New Testament.

 

REL 450/550 Readings in Daoism: [Topic] (4R) [Graded only for majors] Close reading of one or more Daoist texts in English. Emphasis on religious, philosophical, historical contexts; history of interpretation; critical scholarship. R when topic changes.

 

REL 454/554 Readings in Confucianism: [Topic] (4R) [Graded only for majors] Close reading of one or more Confucian texts in English translation with attention to religious, philosophical, historical contexts, history of interpretation, critical scholarship. R when topic changes.

 

 

REINSTATED COURSES

 

(UOCC Administrative Action)

FR 362 French Film (4)

 

(UOCC Administrative Action)

FR 597 Francophone Women’s Writing (4)

 

NEW COURSES

 

(Course previously taught as RL 199)

PORT 101 First-Year Portuguese (5) Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese language and culture, with emphasis on speaking, reading, writing, and listening comprehension skills. Sequence with PORT 102, 103. Effective summer session 2007.

 

(Course previously taught as RL 199)

PORT 102 First-Year Portuguese (5) Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese language and culture, with emphasis on speaking, reading, writing, and listening comprehension skills. Sequence with PORT 101, 103. Prereq: PORT 101 or equivalent. Effective summer session 2007.

 

(Course previously taught as RL 199)

PORT 103 First-Year Portuguese (5) Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese language and culture, with emphasis on speaking, reading, writing, and listening comprehension skills. Sequence with PORT 101, 102. Prereq: PORT 102 or equivalent. Effective summer session 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

REINSTATED COURSE

 

(UOCC Administrative Action)

ARH 341 Italian Renaissance Art (4)

 

 

NEW COURSES

 

(Course previously taught as 199)

DSC 240 Managing Business Information (4) [Graded only for majors] Data-oriented approaches for structuring and analyzing information, with applications in the traditional functional areas of business, emphasizing modern techniques for developing fact-based decision models.

 

 

DROPPED COURSE

 

(UOCC Administrative Action)

MGMT 602 Supervised College Teaching (1–5R)

 

 

REINSTATED COURSE

 

(UOCC Administrative Action)

J 419/519 Editing Theory and Production (4) Effective winter term 2007.

 

 

 

DROPPED COURSE

 

(UOCC Administrative Action)

CRES 609 Practicum (1–8R) Effective spring term 2007.

 

NEW COURSE

 

(UOCC Administrative Action)

CRES 604 Internship (1–8R) Effective spring term 2007.

 

 

NEW COURSES

 

(Course previously taught as 399 in fall 2006)

PEF 291 Speed and Agility (1R) P/NP only. Topics include techniques for acquiring speed, agility, and conditioning; learning movement skills and applying energy systems. Minimal lectures complement practical application of drills. R once for credit.

 

 

 

The following information is not provided for approval by the University Senate. It is to inform academic and administrative departments about the status of proposals received but not approved by the UO Committee on Courses during winter term 2006.

 

College of Arts and Sciences

 

A bachelor of science degree, in addition to the bachelor of arts degree, is now an option for the international studies major program.

 

A new minor in African studies has successfully completed the university review and approval process. Effective spring term 2007.

 

A new subject code for medieval studies (MDVL) and a series of generic courses have successfully completed the university review and approval process. Effective spring term 2007.

 

School of Music and Dance

 

The Oregon University System has approved a degree title change from M.A. or Ph.D. in music history to M.A. or Ph.D. in musicology. Effective fall term 2007.

 

 

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