Administrative Actions

REPORT

OCTOBER 2, 2007

I.		SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE					Req. by Douglas Noble

Terminate course											Eff. 	Spring 2008

ARCH-209 Modern Housing (3)
Review of 20th century, international housing by country and building type; the evolution of building forms; American housing problems.

II.		COLLEGE OF LETTERS ARTS AND SCIENCES: American Studies and 
Ethnicity										Req. by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Revise course:											Eff. 	Fall 2008

AMST-202m Interethnic Diversity in the West (4)
Introduction to community, culture, and ethnicity within the Western United States with emphasis on 
African American, Asian American, and Chicano/Latino cultures and social patterns. 

		NEW RECOMMENDED PREPARATION:	none
OLD Recommended preparation:	AMST 310. 

III.		COLLEGE OF LETTERS ARTS AND SCIENCES	Comparative Literature
															Req. by Peggy Kamuf

Terminate course											Eff.	Spring 2008

COLT-450 The Middle Ages in Text and Film (4)
Comparative study of a broad range of medieval texts and film representations of the Middle Ages focusing on their social functions.

IV.		COLLEGE OF LETTERS ARTS AND SCIENCES: East Asian Languages and 
		Cultures										Req. by Audrey Li

A.	Revise course										Eff. 	Fall 2008

EALC-422 (4)
Students develop advanced levels of Japanese linguistic knowledge and communication skills through speaking, listening, reading and writing activities using authentic Japanese texts and discourse.  Prerequisite: EALC 322.

New Ttile:	Advanced Japanese III
Current Title:	Advanced Readings in Japanese I

B.	Revise course											Eff. 	Fall 2008

EALC-424 (4)
Continuation of EALC 422. Students continue to improve their Japanese language competence in the course of acquiring Japanese pragmatic skills and cultural knowledge.  

New Title:		Advanced Japanese IV
Current Title:	Advanced Readings in Japanese II

V.		COLLEGE OF LETTERS ARTS AND SCIENCES: Kinesiology
															Req. by Lorraine Turcotte

A.	Revise program										Eff. 	Fall 2008

B.S. Kinesiology [74 unit program]
			Add BISC 307L to list of upper division electives.

B.	Revise courses:										Eff. Fall 2008
			Specify instruction mode in catalogue descriptions:

1.	EXSC-200L Nutrition: Macronutrients and Energy Metabolism (4)
Gastrointestinal physiology and energy metabolism as it relates to macronutrient intake.  Theories and principles of regulation of energy status and acute and chronic effects of exercise.  Prerequisite: BISC 120 or BISC 121; BISC 220 or BISC 221.

.				NEW INSTRUCTION MODE		Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours.  
CURRENT INSTRUCTION MODE:	none listed

2.	EXSC-202L Principles of Nutrition and Exercise (2)
Fundamental knowledge of proper nutrition for optimal health performance. Concepts of weight loss, gain; understanding of cardiorespiratory functioning. Laboratory experiments; body composition evaluation, energy metabolism.

NEW INSTRUCTION MODE:	Lecture, 2 hours; laboratory, 2 hours.
				OLD INSTRUCTION MODE:		Laboratory, 2 hours.

3.	EXSC-203L Individualized Exercise Prescription (2)
Principles and theories related to exercise prescription; programs of weight-training, circuit-training, aerobics, flexibility, high and low-intensity training guidelines; safeguards and effectiveness.

				NEW INSTRUCTION MODE:	Lecture, 2 hours; laboratory, 2 hours.
				OLD INSTRUCTION MODE:		none listed

4.	EXSC-350	Nutrition: Micronutrients and Homeostasis (4)
Theories and principles of regulation of vitamin/mineral metabolism as it relates to homeostasis of organ systems. Effects of acute and chronic exercise.  Prerequisite: EXSC-200.

				NEW INSTRUCTION MODE:	Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour.
				OLD INSTRUCTION MODE:		none listed

VI.		COLLEGE OF LETTERS ARTS AND SCIENCES: Mathematics
																	Req. by Gary Rosen

Revise course													Eff. Fall 2008

MATH-116 Mathematics for the Social Sciences (4)
Finite mathematics with application to the social sciences; elementary set theory and logic; counting techniques; probability; statistics; matrices, and systems of linear equations. Selected topics.

		NEW PREREQUISITE:	none
CURRENT PREREQUISITE:		MATH 040x or math placement exam.