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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
CURRICULUM REPORT

April 15, 2014

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 12 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.


The next Curriculum Meeting is scheduled to be held on June 3, 2014. The deadline for the this meeting is noon on May 16, 2014.

NEW BUSINESS

Prefixes and courses

TYPETITLES & CREDITSEquivalency/Lists/DL/Changes EFFECTIVE STATUS
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (0-C)
Art History (0106)
ART H 494 Change Paris Architecture and Urbanism (3/5) PARIS ARCH/URBANISM. Add joint status with ARCH 458; joint with JSIS A 433. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Jackson School of International Studies (0190)
JSIS 599 Change Field Seminar in Law, Rights, and Governance (3-5) LAW/RIGHTS/GOVERNCE. Change to variable credit; joint with LAW B 568. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
JSIS A 433 Change Paris Architecture and Urbanism (3/5) PARIS ARCH/URBANISM. Add joint status with ARCH 458; joint with ART H 494. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
COLLEGE OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS (0-B)
Architecture (0051)
ARCH 425 New Life Cycle Assessment and Architecture (3) LCA AND ARCH. 400-500. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
ARCH 439 New Architectural Lighting Design (3) LIGHTING DESIGN. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
ARCH 458 New Paris Architecture and Urbanism (3/5) PARIS ARCH/URBANISM. Add joint status with ART H 494/JSIS A 433. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
ARCH 525 New Life Cycle Assessment and Architecture (3) LCA AND ARCH. 400-500 Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
ARCH 527 New Introduction to Digital Design and Fabrication (3) INTRO DIG DES & FAB. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
ARCH 528 New Digital Design for Fabrication and Construction (3) DIG DES FAB & CONST. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
ARCH 529 Change Advanced Digital Projects (3) ADV DIGITAL PROJECT. Was ARCH 485; change titles, prerequisite. Effective AUT/2014. Pending.
ARCH 536 New Designing with Living Systems (3) DES LIVING SYSTEMS. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
ARCH 567 New Qualitative Research Methods (3) QUAL RESEARCH MTHDS. Joint with existing URBDP 519. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Urban Design and Planning (0050)
URBDP 519 Change Qualitative Research Methods (3) QUAL RESEARCH MTHDS. Add joint status with ARCH 567; change titles. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (0-H)
Education (0351)
EDPSY 537 New Teaching and Learning Science with Indigenous Students (3) TEACH SCI INDIG STU. -. Effective SUM/2014. Approved.
EDPSY 544 Change Counseling Practicum (4) COUNSELING PRACTICUM. Change credits. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
EDPSY 577 New Neuropsychology of Learning and Behavior Problems (5) NEURO-PSY: LRN & BH. CR/NC. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (0-J)
Chemical Engineering (0402)
CHEM E 491 Change Controlled-Release Systems (3) CONTROLLED REL SYS. Change titles; joint with BIOEN 491. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
Electrical Engineering (0410)
E E 568 Change Image Processing Computer Systems (4) IMAGE PROC COMP SYS. Drop joint status with BIOEN 568. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT (0-D)
C ENV 410 New MESA Introductory Tutor Training Workshop (1) MESA TUTOR WKSHP. CR/NC. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
C ENV 420 New MESA Introductory Tutor Training Seminar (1-2) MESA TUTOR SEMNR. CR/NC. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
C ENV 425 New MESA Tutoring Practicum (1-3, max. 15) MESA TUTORING. CR/NC. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
C ENV 430 New MESA Advanced Tutor Training Seminar (1-2) MESA ADV TUTOR SEM. CR/NC. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
FHL 305 New Biology of Fishes (5) BIOLOGY OF FISHES. Equivalency option B with BIOL/FISH 311. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
FHL 450 New Nearshore Ecology Research Experience (6) SHORE ECOL RES EXP. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
FHL 460 New Aquatic Animals Research Experience (6) AQUA ANIMAL RES EXP. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
FHL 470 New Research in Marine Biology (1-15, max. 15) RES IN MARINE BIOL. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
FHL 490 New Marine Sciences Seminar (1, max. 3) MARINE SCI SEMINAR. CR/NC. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (0452)
FISH 493 Change Capstone Preparation (1) CAPSTONE PREP. Change description, drop CR/NC. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
Program on Environmental Studies (1070)
ENVIR 460 New Power, Privilege, and Preservation (5) PWR PRIV & PRSERV. Add to approved lists; DIV course. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
THE INFORMATION SCHOOL (0-S)
The Information School (0671)
IMT 535 New Introduction to Information Architecture (5) INFO ARCHITECTURE. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
IMT 550 Change Policy and Ethics in Information Management (4) INFO POLICY ETHICS. Change titles, credits, description, hours. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
IMT 576 New Business Intelligence (4) BUSINESS INTELL. Temporary. Effective AUT/2014-SPR/2015. Approved.
INFO 102 New Women in Technology (5) WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY. Temporary; DIV. Effective AUT/2014-WIN/2015. Approved.
INFO 386 New Professionalism in Informatics (4) PROFESSIONALISM. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
INFO 466 New Immersive Information Environments (5) IMMERSIVE ENVIRMNTS. Initial DL through WIN/2018; add to approved list.. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
INFX 574 New Core Methods in Data Science and Analytics (4) CORE MTHDS DATA SCI. Initial DL through WIN/2018. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
INFX 575 New Advanced Methods in Data Science and Analytics (4) ADV MTHDS DATA SCI. Initial DL through WIN/2018. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
LIS 568 Change Information Literacy in a Digital Age (3) INFO LIT IN DIG AGE. Change titles, description, prerequisite; DL renewal. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
INTERSCHOOL OR INTERCOLLEGE PROGRAMS (0-O)
Bioengineering (0745)
BIOEN 486 New Tissue Engineering (3) TISSUE ENGINEERING. 400-500. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
BIOEN 491 Change Controlled-Release Systems (3) CONTROLLED REL SYS. Change titles; joint with CHEM E 491. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
BIOEN 494 New Advanced Drug Delivery (3) ADV DRUG DELIVERY. 400-500. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
BIOEN 568 Drop Image Processing Computer Systems (4) IMAGE PROC COMP SYS. Drop course. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
BIOEN 586 Change Tissue Engineering (3) Tissue Engineering. Change description; 400-500. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
BIOEN 591 New Controlled Release Systems (3) CONTROLLED REL SYS. 400-500. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
BIOEN 594 New Advanced Drug Delivery (3) ADV DRUG DELIVERY. 400-500. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
PHARBE 502 Change Pharmaceutics I (4) PHARMACEUTICS I. DL Renewal. Effective SUM/2014. Approved.
PHARBE 510 Change Preclinical Development (4) APPL PHARMACOKINET. DL Renewal. Effective SUM/2014. Approved.
SCHOOL OF LAW (0-X)
Law (0852)
LAW B 568 Change Field Seminar in Law, Rights, and Governance (3-5) LAW/RIGHTS/GOVERNCE. Change to variable credit. Effective SPR/2015. Approved.
LAW E 578 New LLM Early Bar Prep (4, max. 8) LLM EARLY BAR PREP. CR/NC. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (0-Y)
Comparative Medicine (0904)
C MED 407 Drop Principles of Animal Experimentation: The Mouse (3) PRNC ANML EPT MOUSE. Drop course. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Family Medicine (0949)
FAMED 631 New P-LIC Family Medicine Clinical Clerkship - Olympia, WA (12) P-LIC FAMED OLY. Same as FAMED 649. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Laboratory Medicine (0948)
LAB M 428 Change Clinical Biochemistry for Medical Laboratory Science (4) CLINICAL BIOCHEM MLS. Change credits. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
LAB M 435 New Molecular Diagnostics for Medical Laboratory Science (2) MOLECULAR DIAG. -. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education (0918)
BIME 530 Change Introduction to Biomedical and Health Informatics (3) INTRODUCTION TO BHI. Change titles. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Bioethics and Humanities (0929)
B H 201 New Topics in Bioethics and Humanities (2) BIOETHICS TOPICS. CR/NC; Add to BH minor approved list. Effective SPR/2015. Approved.
Medicine (0915)
CONJ 656 New P-Chronic Care/Palliative Care - Cheyenne, WY (8) P-CHC CHEYENNE. Same as CONJ 682. Effective SUM/2014. Approved.
CONJ 657 New P-Chronic Care/Pain - VAPSHCS - Seattle, WA (8) P-CHC VAMC SEA. Same as CONJ 695. Effective SUM/2014. Approved.
MEDRCK 610 New P-Clinical Clerkship Seattle-Shelton, WA (24) P-CLK SEA-SHELTON. Same as MEDRCK 601. Effective SUM/2014. Approved.
MEDRCK 618 New P-LIC Medicine Clinical Clerkship (24) P-LIC MED. Same as MEDRCK 616. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Pediatrics (0925)
PEDS 631 New P-LIC Pediatrics Clinical Clerkship (12) P-LIC PEDS. Same as PEDS 649. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (0936)
PBSCI 631 New P-Basic Psychiatry Clerkship - Juneau, AK (12) P-PSYCH JUNEAU. Same as PBSCI 665. Effective SUM/2014. Approved.
PBSCI 632 New P-LIC Psychiatry Clinical Clerkship (12) P-LIC PSYCH. Same as PEDS 639. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
PBSCI 637 New P-Basic Psychiatry Clerkship - Fairfax - Kirkland, WA (12) P-PSYCH FAIRFAX. Same as PBSCI 665. Effective SUM/2014. Approved.
Radiology (0938)
RADGY 686 New P-Introduction to Diagnostic Radiology - Idaho Falls, ID (4) P-RADGY ID FALLS. Same as RADGY 687. Effective SUM/2014. Approved.
Surgery (0941)
SURG 606 New P-Clinical Clerkship - Anchorage, AK (12) P-CLK ANCHORAGE. Same as SURG 665. Effective SUM/2014. Approved.
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (0-M)
SPH 494 New Honors Seminar in Public Health (1) PH HONORS SEMINAR. CR/NC. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Epidemiology (0704)
EPI 201 New Outbreak Detection, Investigation, and Response (3) OUTBREAK. -. Effective SPR/2015. Approved.
EPI 405 Drop Physical Activity in Health and Disease (3) PHYS ACTIV IN H & D. Drop course. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
EP1 497 Drop Epidemiology Special Electives (*) EPI SPEC ELECTVS. Drop course. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK (0-T)
Social Work (0779)
BOTHELL CAMPUS (1-V)
Center for University Studies and Programs (0864)
B WRITP Prefix Bothell Writing. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
B WRIT 134 Change Interdisciplinary Writing (5) INTERDISC WRITING. Was B CUSP 134. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
B WRIT 135 Change Research Writing (5) RESEARCH WRITING. Was B CUSP 135. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
B CUSP 103 New Intercultural Literacy for Multilingual Students (3) INTRCULTRL LITERACY. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
B CUSP 141 New Natural History and Environmental Science (5) NAT HIST & ENV SCI. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Education (0875)
B EDUC 465 New Fostering Algebraic Reasoning (5) FOSTERING ALGEBRA. Joint with STMATH 465; Add to approved lists. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
B EDUC 466 New Fostering Geometric Thinking (5) FOSTERING GEOMETRY. Joint with STMATH 466; add to approved lists. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
B EDUC 467 New Fostering Statistical Thinking, Data, and Graphical Analysis (5) FOSTERING STAT&DATA. Joint with STMATH 467; add to approved lists. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
B EDUC 542 New Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment for Teaching English Language Learners (5) TEACH ENGL LNG LRNR. Add to approved list. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
LEDE 530 Change Leading Schools as Responsive Public Institutions ([2-6]-, max. 8) LEAD SCH PUB INST. Change credits. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
LEDE 540 Change Leading Schools as Continuously Renewing Organizations ([2-6]-, max. 8) LEAD SCH RENEW ORGS. Change credits. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
LEDE 550 Change Leading Inclusive School Communities ([2-6]-, max. 8) LEAD INCL SCHO COMM. Change credits. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
LEDE 560 New Leadership for Student Services ([2-6]-, max. 8) LEAD STUDENT SVCS. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (0863)
BES 341 New Natural Hazards and Human Disasters (5) NATURAL HAZARDS. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
BES 430 Drop Air Pollution and Health (5) AIR POLLUTION & HEAL. Drop course. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
BES 440 New Remote Sensing of the Environment (5) REMOTE SENSING. -. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
BES 459 Drop Compost and Organic Soil Amendments (5) COMPOST & ORG SOIL. Drop course. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
BIS 375 New Mexican Art and Culture (5) MEXICAN ART & CLTR. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
BIS 471 New Women in Art (5) WOMEN IN ART. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
BISAMS 305 New Power, Dissent, and American Culture (5) PWR DISSENT AM CLTR. Diversity Course. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Nursing (0870)
B NURS 501 Change Contemporary Issues in Advanced Nursing Practice (3) ISSUES NURS PRACT. Change titles, description. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
B NURS 525 Change Healthcare Systems Leadership for Advanced Roles (3) HEALTHCR SYS LDRSHP. Change titles, description. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
SCHOOL OF STEM
Chemistry, Climate, Physics (1093)
B CHEM 401 New Physical Chemistry I (4) PHYSICAL CHEM I. Need equivalency review with CHEM 455; enforce prerequisite cancellation. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
B CHEM 402 New Physical Chemistry II (4) PHYSICAL CHEM II. Need equivalency review with CHEM 456; enforce prerequisite cancellation. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
B CHEM 403 New Physical Chemistry III (4) PHYSICAL CHEM III. Need equivalency review with CHEM 457; enforce prerequisite cancellation. Effective SPR/2015. Approved.
B PHYS 321 New Electricity and Magnetism I (5) ELECTROMAGNETISM I. Confirm equivalency status. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
B PHYS 324 New Quantum Mechanics I (5) QUANT MECH I. Confirm equivalency status. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Science and Technology (1073)
STMATH 465 New Fostering Algebraic Reasoning (5) FOSTERING ALGEBRA. Joint with B EDUC 465; Add to approved lists. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
STMATH 466 New Fostering Geometric Thinking (5) FOSTERING GEOMETRY. Joint with B EDUC 466; add to approved lists. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
STMATH 467 New Fostering Statistical Thinking, Data, and Graphical Analysis (5) FOSTERING STAT&DATA. Joint with B EDUC 467; add to approved lists. Effective SPR/2014. Approved.
TACOMA CAMPUS (2-Z)
Business (0981)
T CSL Prefix Tacoma Cybersecurity and Leadership. -. Effective AUT/2014. Pending program approval.
T CSL 510 Change Principles of Cybersecurity (5) PRIN OF CYBERSEC. Was T INFO 501; change credits, description. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
T CSL 520 New Business Essentials (5) BUSINESS ESSENTIALS. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
T CSL 530 Change Designing and Executing Information Assurance and Cybersecurity Strategies (5) CYBERSEC STATEGIES. Was T INFO 503; change transcript title, credits. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
T CSL 540 New Leadership and Team Dynamics (5) LEADERSHIP TEAM DYN. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
T CSL 550 Change Network and Internet Security (5) INTERNET SECURITY. Was T INFO 504; change credits. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
T CSL 560 New Organizational Change and Strategy (5) STRATEGIC ORG CHANGE. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
T CSL 570 Change Cybersecurity Management (5) CYBERSECURITY MGMT. Was T INFO 505; change credits, titles. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
T CSL 580 New Project Management (5) PROJECT MANAGEMENT. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
Institute of Technology (1023)
TCES 372 Change Machine Organization and Architecture for Computer Engineers (4) MACHINE ORG & ARCH. Change credits. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
TCES 420 New Principles of Operating Systems (4) PRINCIPLES OF OS. -. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
TCES 460 New Embedded Systems Design (4) EMBEDDED SYS DESIGN. -. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
TCES 480 New Senior Project I (2) SENIOR PROJECT I. -. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
TCES 481 Change Senior Project II (4) SENIOR PROJECT II. Change titles, prerequisite, description. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
TCES 482 Change Senior Project III (5) SENIOR PROJECT III. Change titles. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
Education (0975)
T EDLD 588 New Challenges in Practice II: Supervision and Evaluation (3) CHLG PRACT II. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
T EDUC 519 Change Linguistics for Teachers (3) LINGUISTICS TEACH. Initial DL through AUT/2017. Effective SUM/2014. Approved.
Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (0963)
TEGL Prefix Tacoma Ethnic, Gender, and Labor Studies. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
T HIST 212 Change American Military History I (5) AMER MIL HIST I. Change titles, description. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
T HIST 213 New American Military History II (1939-present) (5) AMER MIL HIST II. -. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
TIAS 501 Change Models and Critical Inquiry (5) MODELS & CRIT INQRY. Change credits. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
TIAS 502 Change Culture and Public Problems (5) CULTR & PUBLIC PRBLM. Change credits. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
TIAS 503 Change Evidence and Action (5) EVIDENCE AND ACTION. Change credits. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
TIAS 504 Change Values and Action (5) VALUES AND ACTION. Change credits. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
TPSYCH 351 New Psychology of Perception (5) PERCEPTION. Enforce prerequisite; add to approved TPSYCH lists. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
Nursing (0970)
T HLTH 355 New HIV/AIDS: Global and National Issues (5) HIV/AIDS ISSUES. -. Effective WIN/2015. Approved.
Urban Studies (1031)
T GIS 501 New GIS Customization and Automation (5) GIS CUSTOMIZATION. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
T GIS 502 New Introduction to Geospatial Technology (5) INTRO TO GEOSPATIAL. -. Effective AUT/2014. Approved.
T URB 490 New Special Topics in Urban Studies (5, max. 15) URB STDYS SPEC TPCS. Add to approved Urban Studies lists. Effective SUM/2014. Approved.