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University Curriculum Committee

Annual Report 2001-2002

 

I.  Summary of the year’s activities         

            The Committee continued to review, change, and approve new undergraduate programs, and to coordinate the work of its subcommittees. 

a.  Approved the change in the Common Core of the Anthropology and Sociology Concentrations.

b.  Approved the name change of the Interdisciplinary Studies program from “African-American Studies” to “African and African American Studies.”

c.  Approved a change in the Interdisciplinary Studies program for the Individually Designed Thematic Option.

d.  Approved a change in the Criminal Justice program.

e.  Approved the Blended Elementary Education-Special Education Major.

f.  Approved a change in the Theatre major.

g.  Approved a change in the Actuarial Science and Risk Management Concentration.

h.  Approved a change in the Political Science program.

i.  Approved a change in the Marketing Certificate for Mass Communications.

j.  Approved a change in the Mathematics Concentration.

k. Approved a change in the Dance program.

l.  Approved a new track to the International Studies major in International Development.

m.  Approved changes in the Radio Track and the Television Track of Electronic Media and Film.

n.  Approved changes in the Computer Information Systems program.

o.  Approved changes in the Computer Science and the double major in Computer Science and Mathematics.

p.  Approved changes in the Accounting core.

q.  Approved changes in the E-business major.

r.  Approved and forwarded to the University Senate a report on E-education at Towson.

s.  Approved the Computer Security Track in the Computer Science major.

t.  Approved a minor in Family Studies.

u.  Approved a proposed Bachelor of Science in Forensic Chemistry.

v.  Approved changes in the Chemistry major.

w. Approved changes in the Environmental Science and Studies program.

x.  Approved a new curriculum process flow chart to be inserted into the “Curriculum Process at Towson University” document.

 

II.  Policy Changes

            The Committee did send a document on E education to the University Senate and it prepared a report on course syllabi for use with new faculty and departments. 

III.  Pending Work

            To help college curriculum committees and faculty preparing new programs a meeting will be held on September 30th for all administrators and faculty.  This meeting will deal with the procedures and processes of program and course approvals.  

IV.  Problems needing the attention of the Committee or the University Senate

            None