Curriculum Committee: Meeting 6

• Thursday, January 31, 2002; 2:00 - 3:30 PM
• Auditorium

Proposed curriculum

The proposed curriculum was amended and approved by the curriculum committee:

• Marked version showing additions & deletions;
• Clean version; all deletions removed.

Individual courses

• ASTR 110: Survey of Astronomy
  • Informal survey shows most instructors teach full syllabus.
  • New course description adopted.
  • JEB to prepare UHM-1 form.

• ASTR 110 Lab: Survey of Astronomy Lab
  • Can justify support from UH for additional TA position.
  • GWW to prepare questionnaire for current ASTR 110 class.
  • JEB to prepare proposal and UHM-1 form.
  • To be offered as core course.

• ASTR 120: Astronomical Origins
  • Credit not offered for 110 and 120.
  • AMB to prepare proposal and UHM-1 form.
  • To be offered as core course.

• ASTR 130: Archaeoastronomy
  • Number changed to 130 to separate from 120.
  • EMH, KJM to prepare proposal and UHM-1 form.
  • To be offered as writing-intensive course.

• ASTR 150: Voyage through the Solar System (also offered as GG105)
  • JEB contacting GG for permission to cross-list.
  • JEB to prepare UHM-1 form.

• ASTR 240: Foundations of Astronomy
  • Disappointing enrollment indicates failing course.
  • Remove from rotation; will disappear in 2 yrs. unless revived.

• ASTR 281: Astrobiology (was Space Exploration)
  • KJM, TCO to prepare new description and UHM-1 form.

• ASTR 399: Directed Study
  • Add observation & experimentation to description.
  • Remove all prerequisites except consent.
  • JEB to prepare UHM-1 form.
  • Advanced lab will be offered as a section of ASTR 399.

• ASTR 427: Cosmology
  • Proposal with UHM-1 form must explain how students are evaluated.
  • JEB, GWW to meet with 627 instructors to discuss workload and grading policies.

• ASTR 430: The Solar System
  • Proposal with UHM-1 form must explain how students are evaluated.
  • JEB, GWW to meet with 630 instructors to discuss workload and grading policies.

• ASTR 626: Galaxies
  • Remove ``Active galactic nuclei.'' from description.
  • JEB to prepare UHM-1 form.

• ASTR 633: Astrophysical Techniques
  • Remove numeral ``I'' from course title.
  • JEB to prepare UHM-1 form.

• ASTR 635: Fundamentals of Astrophysics
  • Remove ``(Alt. years)'' from description.
  • JEB to prepare UHM-1 form.

• ASTR 640: General Relativity
  • JRK to prepare proposal and UHM-1 form.

Cross-listings

We should ask Geology & Geophysics to cross-list ASTR 120 and ASTR 430, ask Physics to cross-list ASTR 640, and ask Anthropology to cross-list ASTR 130. It may not be necessary to wait until these courses are actually in the catalog. Note: in catalog, cross-listings are symmetrical; thus a cross-listing is as likely to direct a student toward the astronomy program as it is to direct a student away.

Other information

• UHM-1 form and instructions
• Guidelines for Curriculum Proposals 2001-2002 (see me for copy)
• Message from Agnes Fok, chair of Nat. Sci. Curriculum Committee
• General Education Committee

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