This report officially records the actions of the University of Washington Curriculum Review Committee. The Committee meets September through June to consider applications for curriculum changes submitted by the schools and colleges of the University of Washington.
This report also announces the actions of the Faculty Council of Academic Standards and the Board of Regents regarding program and degree changes.
Course Change Applications received after the deadline for the specified quarter will be considered for the next quarter for which the deadline has not passed. New courses can be added to the curriculum after the deadline.
Applications must be received in the University Curriculum Office, 248 Schmitz, Box 355850, by 5 pm on the deadline date. For courses offered jointly by more than one school or college, an application from each school or college must be received by the University Curriculum Office by the deadline date.
Please address any questions regarding the curriculum process at the University of Washington to the university curriculum office at uwcr@u.washington.edu.
| COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (0-C) | ||
| Physics (0239) | ||
| PHYS 104 | Facilitated Group Inquiry (2) GROUP INQUIRY. | Temporary. Effective AUT/2006 - SPR/2007. |
| PHYS 105 | Facilitated Group Inquiry (2) GROUP INQUIRY. | Temporary. Effective AUT/2006 - SPR/2007. |
| PHYS 106 | Facilitated Group Inquiry (2) GROUP INQUIRY. | Temporary. Effective AUT/2006 - SPR/2007 |
| BUSINESS SCHOOL (0-E) | ||
| Business Administration (0300) | ||
| MGMT 504 | Ethical Leadership (4) ETHICAL LEADERSHIP. | Effective WIN/2007. |
| COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (0-J) | ||
| Aeronautics and Astronautics (0400) | ||
| A A 545 | Computational Methods for Plasmas (3) COMP MTHDS PLASMAS. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| A A 560 | Plasma Diagnostics (3) PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS. | Effective WIN/2007 |
| Computer Science and Engineering (0406) | ||
| CSE P 531 | Computability and Complexity Theory (4) COMP & COMPLEX THRY. | Effective WIN/2007. |
| CSE P 552 | Distributed Systems (4) DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS. | Effective WIN/2007. |
| Electrical Engineering (0410) | ||
| E E 503 | Modeling of MEMS (4) MODELING OF MEMS. | Effective WIN/2007. |
| INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM (0-R) | ||
| Nutritional Science (0689) | ||
| NUTR 511 | Survey of Advanced Nutrition (2-3) SURVEY ADV NUTR. | Effective WIN/2007. |
| SCHOOL OF LAW (0-X) | ||
| Law (0852) | ||
| LAW H 525 | Criminal Law and Procedure (3) CRIM LAW & PROCED. | Convert to Permanent. Effective WIN/2007. |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (0-Y) | ||
| Family Medicine (0949) | ||
| FAMED 662 | Clinical Clerkship in Family Medicine - Buffalo (12) P-CLCLK FAMED BUF. | Effective SUM/2007. |
| FAMED 663 | Clinical Clerkship in Family Medicine - Wrangell (12) P-CLCLK FAMED BUF. | Effective SUM/2007. |
| Pathology (0924) | ||
| PATH 504 | Topics of Molecular Medicine (1.5) MOL MED TOPICS. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| PATH 517 | The Biology and Pathologies of Aging (4) AGING BIOL & PATH. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| SCHOOL OF NURSING (0-N) | ||
| Nursing (0552) | ||
| NMETH 533 | Appraising Evidence for Clinical Practice (4) APRRAISING EVIDENCE. | Effective WIN/2007. |
| NMETH 534 | Translating Evidence to Clinical Practice: Conceptual, Methodological and Clinical Issues (4) TRANSLATING EVIDENCE. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| NMETH 799 | Capstone Clinical Investigative Project ([1-12]-, max. 28) CAPSTONE PROJECT. | Effective WIN/2007. |
| NSG 515 | Issues in Men's Health (2) ISSUES MENS HEALTH. | Effective SUM/2007. |
| COLLEGE OF OCEAN AND FISHERY SCIENCES (0-K) | ||
| Oceanography (0456) | ||
| OCEAN 592 | Communicating Ocean Sciences (4) COM OCEAN SCIENCES. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE (0-M) | ||
| Health Services (0706) | ||
| HSERV 577 | Health Behavior and Preventative Medicine ([2/4]-, max. 4) HLTH BEH & PREV MED. | Effective WIN/2007. |
| HSERV 599 | Community Oriented Public Health Practice Capstone Masters Project ([1-9]-, max. 9) CULTUR COMPETENCY. | Effective WIN/2007. |
| BOTHELL CAMPUS (1-V) | ||
| Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (0863) | ||
| BIS 202 | Critical Reasoning (5) CRITICAL REASONING. | Effective AUT/2007. |
| BIS 205 | Technologies of Expression (5) TECHN OF EXPRESSION. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| BIS 219 | The Politics of Sex Education (5) POLITICS OF SEX ED. | Effective SUM/2007. |
| BIS 223 | Introduction to Narrative Ethnography (5) NARRATVE ETHNOGRPHY. | Effective AUT/2007. |
| BIS 260 | Introduction to World Religions (5) WORLD RELIGIONS. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| BIS 261 | World History I (5) WORLD HISTORY I. | Effective AUT/2007. |
| BIS 262 | World History II (5) WORLD HISTORY II. | Effective AUT/2007. |
| BIS 263 | World History III (5) WORLD HISTORY III. | Effective AUT/2007. |
| BIS 407 | Children's Literature and Reader Response Criticism (5) CHILDREN"S LIT. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| BIS 459 | Conservation and Sustainable Development (5) CONSERV&SUSTAIN DEV. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| BPOLST 584 | Issues in Labor and Human Resources (5, max. 10) LABOR & HUMAN RES. | Convert to Perm. Effective WIN/2007 |
| TACOMA CAMPUS (2-Z) | ||
| Business (0981) | ||
| T MGMT 420 | Managing Corporate Responsibility (5) MANGAGE CORP RES. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| T MGMT 520 | Managing Corporate Responsibility (5) MANGAGE CORP RES. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| Education (0975) | ||
| T EDUC 524 | Secondary Students with Disabilities (3) SEC STUDNTS DISBLTY. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| Urban Studies (1031) | ||
| T URB 101 | Exploring Cities: An Introduction to Urban Studies (5) EXPLORING CITIES. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| T URB 440 | The City and Nature (5) CITY AND NATURE. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| T URB 475 | Community and Economy (5) COMMUNITY ECONOMY. | Effective SPR/2007. |
| COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING (0-B) | |
| Architecture (0051) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Architectural Studies (ARCH-20060404). | Effective AUT/2006. |
| COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (0-C) | |
| Asian Languages and Literature (0144) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese (CHIN-20060703). | Effective AUT/2006. |
| Jackson School of International Studies (0190) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for a minor Latin American Studies (SISLA-20060730). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| Jackson School of International Studies (0190) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for a minor Comparative Religion (RELIG-20060730). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| Jackson School of International Studies (0190) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the name change and revised requirements for a minor Africa and the African Diaspora (SISAF-20060925). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| Jackson School of International Studies (0190) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for a minor Canadian Studies (SISCA-20060730). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| Jackson School of International Studies (0190) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for a minor Comparative Islamic Studies (SISME-20060730). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| Jackson School of International Studies (0190) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for a minor Korea Studies (SISEA-20060730A). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| Jackson School of International Studies (0190) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for a minor China Studies (SISEA-20060730B). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| Jackson School of International Studies (0190) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for a minor Japan Studies (SISEA-20060730C). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| Jackson School of International Studies (0190) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for a minor SOutheast Asian Studies (SISEA-20060730D). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| Jackson School of International Studies (0190) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for a minor South Asian Studies (SISSA-20060730). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| Jackson School of International Studies (0190) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for a minor Jewish Studies (SISJE-20060730). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| Mathematics (0206) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised admission requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree in ACMS (MATH-20060712). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (0-J) | |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering (0403) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree (CEE-20061116). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| Electrical Engineering (0410) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrial Engineering degree (EE-20061016). | Effective WIN/2007. |
| SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE (0-M) | |
| Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (0702) | |
| The Faculty Council of Academic Standards has recommended approval of the revised admission requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Health (ENVH20060621). | Effective AUT/2006. |
| TACOMA CAMPUS (2-Z) | |
| Nursing (0970) | |
| The Faculty Council on Tri-Campus Policy has recommended approval of the a minor in Health and Society (TNURS-20060412). | Effective AUT/2006. |
| COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (0-C) | ||
| Applied Mathematics (0208) | ||
| AMATH 301 | Beginning Scientific Computing (4) BEG SCI COMPUTING. | Change credits. Effective SPR/2007. |
| AMATH 352 | Applied Linear Algebra and Numerical Analysis (3) LINR ALG & NUM ANLY. | Change description. Effective AUT/2007. |
| AMATH 402 | Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Chaos (4) DYNAMCL SYSTS&CHAOS. | Change titles, description. Effective AUT/2007. |
| AMATH 585 | Numerical Analysis of Boundary Value Problems (5) BOUNDARY VALUE PROBS. | Change prerequisite. Effective AUT/2007. |
| Linguistics (0203) | ||
| LING 580 | Problems in Linguistics (2-4) PROBS IN LINGUISTICS. | Change max credits. Effective WIN/2007. |
| COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (0-J) | ||
| Industrial Engineering (0418) | ||
| IND E 411 | Stochastic Models and Decision Making (4) STCH MODL & DEC ANL. | Change level. Effective SPR/2007. |
| IND E 412 | Integer and Dynamic Programming (4) INTEGER & DYNAMIC PR. | Change level. Effective SPR/2007. |
| SCHOOL OF LAW (0-X) | ||
| Law (0852) | ||
| LAW E 526 | Law Reform in Transition Economics Seminar (2-4, max. 6) LAW REF TRANS ECON. | Change to variable credit. Effective WIN/2007. |
| LAW T 530 | Corporate Reorganizations and Acquisitions (2-3, max. 3) CORP REORG & ACQUI. | Change to variable credits. Effective WIN/2007. |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (0-Y) | ||
| MEDEX Northwest (0951) | ||
| MEDEX 450 | Basic Science in Clinical Medicine (6) BASIC SCI CLIN MED. | Change titles, description. Effective WIN/2007. |
| MEDEX 453 | Basic Clinical Skills (5) BASIC CLIN SKILLS. | titles, description. Effective SPR/2007. |
| MEDEX 457 | Behavioral Medicine (2) BEHAVIORAL MED. | Change titles, description. Effective AUT/2007. |
| MEDEX 458 | Behavioral Medicine (2) BEHAVIORAL MED. | Change titles, description. Effective WIN/2007. |
| MEDEX 459 | Behavioral Medicine (2) BEHAVIORAL MED. | Change titles, description. Effective WIN/2007. |
| MEDEX 460 | Principles of Patient Management (3) PRIN PT MGT. | Change titles, description. Effective WIN/2007. |
| MEDEX 461 | Principles of Patient Management (3) PRIN PT MGT. | Change titles, description. Effective SPR/2007. |
| MEDEX 463 | Clinical Clerkships I (19) CLIN CLERKSHIPS I. | Change titles, description. Effective WIN/2007. |
| MEDEX 465 | Clinical Clerkships II (19) CLIN CLERKSHIPS II. | Change titles, description. Effective WIN/2007. |
| MEDEX 470 | Professional Role Development (1) PROF ROLE DEVEL. | Change titles, description. Effective. AUT/2007. |
| MEDEX 471 | Professional Role Development (1) PROF ROLE DEVEL. | Change titles, description. Effective. WIN/2007. |
| MEDEX 472 | Professional Role Development (1) PROF ROLE DEVEL. | Change titles, description. Effective. SPR/2007. |
| MEDEX 473 | Technical Skills (1) TECH SKILLS. | Change titles, description. Effective AUT/2007. |
| MEDEX 474 | Technical Skills (1) TECH SKILLS. | Change titles, description. Effective WIN/2007. |
| MEDEX 475 | Technical Skills (1) TECH SKILLS. | Change titles, description. Effective SPR/2007. |
| MEDEX 499 | Special Field Projects or Independent Study (1-19, max. 19) SPEC PROJ/IND STUDY. | Change credit range and max credits, description. Effective WIN/2007. |
| Medical History and Ethics (0929) | ||
| MHE 525 | Public Commentary on Ethical Issues in Public Health Genetics (3) PUB COM ETHICS PHG. | Change responsible department. Effective WIN/2007. |
| SCHOOL OF NURSING (0-N) | ||
| Nursing (0552) | ||
| NMETH 590 | Special Topics in Nursing Research (2-5,max. 9) SP TOPICS NSG RES. | Change variable credits. Effective SPR/2007. |
| SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE (0-M) | ||
| Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (0702) | ||
| ENV H 405 | Toxicology (3) TOXICOLOGY. | Allow DL. Effective WIN/2007. |
| Epidemiology (0704) | ||
| EPI 517 | Genetic Epidemiology (3) GENETIC EPIDEMIOL. | Change responsible department. Effective WIN/2007. |
| EPI 521 | The Epidemiology of Maternal and Child Health Problems (3) MAT CHILD EPI PROB. | Allow DL. Effective WIN/2007. |
| PHG 511 | Genetic Epidemiology (3) GENETIC EPIDEMIOL. | Change responsible department. Effective WIN/2007. |
| PHG 525 | Public Commentary on Ethical Issues in Public Health Genetics (3) PUB COM ETHICS PGH. | Change responsible department. Effective WIN/2007. |
| Health Services (0706) | ||
| HSERV 541 | Topics in Maternal and Child Health (3) MATER CHILD HLTH I. | Allow DL. Effective WIN/2007. |
| HSERV 542 | The Epidemiology of Maternal and Child Health Problems (3) MAT CHILD EPI PROB. | Allow DL. Effective WIN/2007. |
| HSERV 560 | Adult Learning - Theory and Practice (3) LEARNING THEORY. | Allow DL. Effective AUT/2007. |
| SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK (0-T) | ||
| Social Work (0779) | ||
| SOC WF 442 | Building Competencies For Intergroup Dialogue Facilitation (3) FAC INTGRP DIALOG. | Change to graded. Effective WIN/2007. |
| SOC WF 443 | Facilitating Intergroup Dialog (5) FAC INTGP DIALOG II. | Change to graded. Effective SPR/2007. |
| BOTHELL CAMPUS (1-V) | ||
| Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (0863) | ||
| BIS 355 | History of Science and Technology (5) HIST OF SCI & TECH. | Change titles, description, max credits. Effective AUT/2007. |
| Nursing (0870) | ||
| BNURS 350 | Critical Thinking in Nursing (4) CRITICAL THINKING. | Change credits. Effective SUM/2007. |
| TACOMA CAMPUS (2-Z) | ||
| Urban Studies (1031) | ||
| T URB 210 | Urban Society and Culture (5) URBAN SOC & CULTURE. | Change level. Effective SPR/2007. |
| T URB 220 | Introduction to Urban Planning (5) URBAN PLANNING. | Change level. Effective SPR/2007. |
| COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING (0-B) | ||
| Architecture (0051) | ||
| ARCH 200 | Introduction to Environmental Design and Planning (3) INTRO DESIGN & PLNG. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |
| ARCH 205 | American Architecture and Urban Environments (2) AMER ARCH & URB ENV. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |
| ARCH 330 | Construction Materials and Techniques I (3) CONST MAT & TECH I. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |
| ARCH 340 | People-Environment Interactions (3) PEOPLE ENVIR INTER. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |
| ARCH 404 | Design/Build Studio (6) DESIGN/BUILD STUDIO. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |
| ARCH 437 | Passive Thermal Controls (3) PASSIVE THERMAL CON. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |
| ARCH 449 | Designing Supportive Environments for the Elderly (3) DESIGN SUPP ENVIRON. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |
| ARCH 522 | Skin-Resistant Structures (3) SKIN RESISTNT STRCT. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |
| ARCH 540 | Evolution and Aesthetics (3) EVOL & AESTH. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |
| ARCH 552 | Seminar in Islamic Architecture (3) SEMINR ISLAMIC ARCH. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |
| ARCH 571 | Project Feasibility (3) PROJECT FEASIBILITY. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |
| ARCH 575 | Graduate Seminar-Research/Study Methods (3) RSRCH STUDY METHODS. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |
| COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (0-C) | ||
| Philosophy (0221) | ||
| PHIL 415 | Chinese Philosophy (5) CHINESE PHILOSOPHY. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |
| SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE (0-M) | ||
| Epidemiology (0704) | ||
| EPI 101 | Public Health Issues in the Media (5) EPIDEMIOLOGY MEDIA. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2007. |