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.
NEW COURSES
| Number, Prefix | Title, Credits, Short Title | Action |
| COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (0-C) | ||
| Classics (0118) | ||
| CLAS 525 | Proseminar (5) PROSEMINAR. | Effective AUT/2005. |
| Mathematics (0206) | ||
| MATH 480 | Special Topics in Undergraduate Mathematics (3, max. 12) TOPICS FOR UNDERGRADS. | Effective SPR/2006-SPR/2006. |
| Music (0217) | ||
| MUSEN 509 | Concert Band (1, max. 10) CONCERT BAND. | Effective AUT/2005. |
| Romance Languages and Literature (0264) | ||
| The Faculty Council on Academic Standards and the Bothell and Tacoma faculty have approved a new minor in French Studies. | Effective AUT/2005. | |
| SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY (0-U) | ||
| Periodontics (0826) | ||
| PERIO 639 | Advanced Clinical Periodontics (1-) ADV PERIO CLINIC. | Correction to Curriculum Report 357. Add hyphenation. Effective SUM/2005. |
| COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (0-J) | ||
| Civil and Environmental Engineering (0403) | ||
| CEE 392 | Basic Civil Engineering Computing (1) BASIC CEE COMPUTING. | Effective WIN/2006. |
| COLLEGE OF FOREST RESOURCES (0-L) | ||
| Forest Resources (0523) | ||
| CFR 509 | Natural Resource Issues: Unspoken Basics (3) NATURAL RES ISSUES. | Effective AUT/2005. |
| ESRM 415 | Biology, Ecology, and Management of Plant Invasions (5) PLANT INVASIONS. | Effective AUT/2005. |
| INTERSCHOOL OR INTERCOLLEGE PROGRAMS (0-O) | ||
| University Conjoint (0757) | ||
| UCONJ 515 | Promoting Health Behavior for Individuals and Families (2/4, max. 4) PROMOTE HLTH BEHAV. | DL approval. Effective SPR/2006. |
| SCHOOL OF NURSING (0-N) | ||
| Nursing (0552) | ||
| NCLIN 542 | Advanced Practice Specialist Clinical Practicum II (1-10, max. 10) AP SPEC CLIN II. Credit/no credit only. | Effective SUM/2006. |
| NCLIN 543 | Advanced Practice Specialist Clinical Practicum III (1-10, max. 10) AP SPEC CLIN III. Credit/no credit only. | Effective AUT/2005. |
| NSG 510 | Assessment and Management of Neonatal Problems (5) ASSESS MGM NEONATAL. | DL approval. Effective WIN/2006. |
| NURS 574 | Family Interpretation and Management of Disordered Behavior across Cultures (3) FAMILY MANAGE DB. | DL approval. Effective WIN/2006. |
| SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE (0-M) | ||
| Epidemiology (0704) | ||
| EPI 548 | Social Determinants of Health Research Methods (3) SOCIAL DETERMINANTS. Offered jointly with HSERV 548. | Effective WIN/2006. |
| Health Services (0706) | ||
| HSERV 548 | Social Determinants of Health Research Methods (3) SOCIAL DETERMINANTS. Offered jointly with EPI 548. | Effective WIN/2006. |
| TACOMA CAMPUS (2-Z) | ||
| Computing and Software Systems (1023) | ||
| The Faculty Senate and the Faculty Council on Tri-Campus policy has approved a new minor in Applied Computing. | Effective AUT/2005. | |
| Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (0963) | ||
| TCXG 464 | Teaching Writing (5) TEACHING WRITING. | Effective WIN/2006. |
| TPSYCH 414 | Psychology of Contemporary African-American Culture (5) PSYCH AF-AMER CULT. | Effective WIN/2006. |
| TPSYCH 415 | Issues in Social Psychology (5, max. 10) ISSUES SOCIAL PSYCH. | Effective WIN/2006. |
| Urban Studies (1031) | ||
| T URB 420 | Cities and the Constitution (5) CITIES CONSTITUTION. | Effective AUT/2005-SUM/2006. |
| Number, Prefix | Title, Credits, Short Title | Action |
| UNDERGRADUATE INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS (0-A) | ||
| Program on Environmental Studies (1014) | ||
| ENVIR 360 | Environmental Norms in International Politics (5) ENVIR NORM INTL POL. Offered jointly with SIS 350/SCAND 350. | Change joint status. Effective WIN/2006. |
| COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (0-C) | ||
| American Indian Studies (1015) | ||
| AIS 341 | Native Women in the Americas (5) NATV WOMEN AMERICAS. Offered jointly with WOMEN 341. | Change prerequisite. Effective AUT/2005. |
| AIS 440 | Reading Native American Women's Lives (5) RD NAT/AMER WM LVS. Offered jointly with WOMEN 440. | Change prerequisite. Effective AUT/2005. |
| AIS 442 | Images of Natives in the Cinema and Popular Cultures (5) CINEMA IMAGE NATIVS. Offered jointly with WOMEN 442. | Change prerequisite. Effective AUT/2005. |
| Chemistry (0117) | ||
| CHEM 510 | Current Problems in Inorganic Chemistry (3, max. 9) CRNT PRBS INOR CHEM. | Change credits. Effective WIN/2006. |
| CHEM 520 | Current Problems in Analytical Chemistry (3, max. 9) CRNT PRB ANLYT CHEM. | Change credits. Effective WIN/2006. |
| CHEM 581 | Preparation for Second-Year Exam (3-, max. 9) PREP 2ND YR EXAM. | Change titles, credits, course description. Effective AUT/2006. |
| Earth and Space Sciences (1034) | ||
| ESS 459 | Environmental Isotope Geochemistry (4) ENV ISOTOPE GEOCHEM. | Change titles, contact hours, course description. Effective WIN/2006. |
| History (0193) | ||
| HIST 250 | Introduction to Jewish Cultural History (5) JEWISH CULTURAL HIST. Offered jointly with SISJE 250. | Change titles, course description. Effective WIN/2006. |
| HSTEU 412 | Europe in the Age of the Masses, 1870-1914 (5) EUROPE: 1870-1914. | Change titles. Effective WIN/2006. |
| HSTEU 451 | East-Central Europe Since 1342 (5) E C E SINCE 1342. | Change description. Effective WIN/2006. |
| Jackson School of International Studies (0190) | ||
| The Faculty Council on Academic Standards has approved revised requirements for the major in Jewish Studies. | Effective AUT/2005. | |
| The Faculty Senate on Academic Standards has approved revised requirements for the major in Latin American Studies. | Effective AUT/2005. | |
| SIS 350 | Environmental Norms in International Politics (5) ENVIR NORM INTL POL. Offered jointly with ENVIR 360/SCAND 350. | Change joint status. Effective WIN/2006. |
| SISJE 250 | Introduction to Jewish Cultural History (5) JEWISH CULTURAL HIST. Offered jointly with HIST250. | Change titles, course description. Effective WIN/2006. |
| Linguistics (0203) | ||
| LING 567 | Knowledge Engineering for Deep Natural Language Processing (3) KNOW ENG FOR NLP. | Change titles, course description. Effective WIN/2006. |
| Mathematics (0206) | ||
| Scandinavian Languages and Literature (0281) | ||
| SCAND 350 | Environmental Norms in International Politics (5) ENVIR NORM INTL POL. Offered jointly with ENVIR 360/SIS 350. | Change joint status. Effective WIN/2006. |
| SCAND 595 | Teaching Assistant Workshop (1) TA WORKSHOP. | Change prerequisite, course description. Effective AUT/2006. |
| Slavic Languages and Literature (0163) | ||
| RUSS 321 | Russian Literature and Culture 1700-1840 (5) LIT/CLTR 1700-1840. | Change titles, course description. Effective AUT/2005. |
| Women Studies (0298) | ||
| WOMEN 341 | Native Women in the Americas (5) NATV WOMEN AMERICAS. Offered jointly with AIS 341. | Change prerequisite. Effective AUT/2005. |
| WOMEN 440 | Reading Native American Women's Lives (5) RD NAT/AMER WM LVS. Offered jointly with AIS 440. | Change prerequisite. Effective AUT/2005. |
| WOMEN 442 | Images of Natives in the Cinema and Popular Cultures (5) CINEMA IMAGE NATIVS. Offered jointly with AIS 442. | Change prerequisite. Effective AUT/2005. |
| WOMEN 544 | Criminality and "Deviance" in Native Communities (5) DEVIANCE-NATV COMM. | Change prerequisite. Effective AUT/2005. |
| COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (0-J) | ||
| Material Science and Engineering (0423) | ||
| The Faculty Council on Academic Standards has approved revised requirements for the minor in materials science and engineering. | Effective AUT/2005. | |
| Technical Communication (0438) | ||
| The Faculty Council on Academic Standards has approved revised requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Technical Communication degree. | Effective AUT/2005. | |
| INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM (0-R) | ||
| Molecular and Cellular Biology (0669) | ||
| MCB 542 | Nucleic Acids and Enzymes (3) DNA AND ENZYMES. | Change titles, course description. Effective SPR/2006. |
| INTERSCHOOL OR INTERCOLLEGE PROGRAMS (0-O) | ||
| Bioengineering (0745) | ||
| Faculty Council on Academic Standards has approved revised requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in Bioengineering. | Effective AUT/2005. | |
| SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (0-Y) | ||
| Biological Structure (0909) | ||
| B STR 501 | Gross Anatomy and Embryology (8/13, max. 13) GROSS ANATOMY&EMBRYO. | Change credits. Effective AUT/2005. |
| B STR 530 | P-Gross Anatomy and Embryology for Dental Students (8/13, max. 13) P-DENT GROSS EMBRYO. | Change credits. Effective AUT/2005. |
| Comparative Medicine (0904) | ||
| C MED 407 | Principles of Animal Experimentation: The Mouse (3) PRNC ANML EXPT MOUS. | Change titles, course description. Effective AUT/2005. |
| Pediatrics (0925) | ||
| PEDS 505 | P-Preceptorship in Pediatrics (1) P-PRECEP IN PEDS. | Change to CR/NC only. Effective AUT/2005. |
| SCHOOL OF NURSING (0-N) | ||
| Nursing (0552) | ||
| NCLIN 541 | Advanced Practice Specialist Clinical Practicum I (1-10, max. 10) AP SPEC CLIN I. | Change titles, prerequisite, course description. Effective SPR/2006. |
| NCLIN 544 | Advanced Practice Specialist Clinical Practicum IV (1-10, max. 20) AP SPEC LIN IV. | Change titles, prerequisite, course description. Effective WIN/2006. |
| SCHOOL OF PHARMACY (0-P) | ||
| Pharmacy (0610) | ||
| PHARM 550 | Current Topics in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy (1) TPCS GERIATRIC PHARM. | Change prerequisite. Effective WIN/2006. |
| SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE (0-M) | ||
| Environmental and Occupational Health (0702) | ||
| The Faculty Council on Academic Standards has approved revised admission requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in environmental health. | Effective AUT/2005. | |
| Health Services (0706) | ||
| HIA 412 | Healthcare Coding, Vocabulary, and Revenue Cycle Management (2) HC CODE, VOCAB, REV. | Change titles, credits. Effective WIN/2006. |
| HIA 454 | Finance Concepts for Health Care Managers (4) FINANCE/HLTH MGR. | Change credits. Effective WIN/2006. |
| HSMGMT 560 | Management Practice in Health Care and Public Health Organizations (1-3, max. 3) MN PR/HC/PB HTH. | Change titles. Effective WIN/2006. |
| SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK (0-T) | ||
| Social Work (0779) | ||
| The Faculty Council on Academic Standards has approved revised requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare degree. | Effective AUT/2005. | |
| Number, Prefix | Title, Credits, Short Title | Action |
| COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (0-C) | ||
| Chemistry (0117) | ||
| CHEM 580 | Topics in Chemistry (1, max. 3) TOPICS IN CHEMISTRY. | Drop course. Effective AUT/2006. |
| CHEM 582 | Topics in Analytical Chemistry (3, max. 18) TOPICS ANALYT CHEM. | Drop course. Effective AUT/2006. |
| CHEM 583 | Topics in Organic Chemistry (3, max. 18) TOPICS ORGANIC CHEM. | Drop course. Effective AUT/2006. |
| CHEM 585 | Topics in Physical Chemistry (3, max. 18) TOPICS PHYSCL CHEM. | Drop course. Effective AUT/2006. |
| History (0193) | ||
| HSTAA 381 | Latin America: The Early Colonial Period (5) LAT AMER-EARLY COL. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2006. |
| HSTAA 382 | Latin America, Late Colonial and Early National Periods (5) LAT AMER LATE COL. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2006. |
| HSTAA 383 | Modern Latin America (5) MODERN LAT AMER. | Drop course. Effective WIN/2006. |
| Slavic Languages and Literature (0163) | ||
| RUSS 381 | Phonetics in St Petersburg (2, max. 6) PHON ST PETERSBURG. | Drop course. Effective AUT/2005. |
| RUSS 382 | Advanced Syntax and Composition in St Petersburg (2, max. 6) SYNTX ST PETERSBURG. | Drop course. Effective AUT/2005. |
| RUSS 383 | Conversation in St Petersburg (4, max. 12) CONV ST PETERSBURG. | Drop course. Effective AUT/2005. |
| RUSS 484 | Russian History in St Petersburg (5, max. 10) HIST ST PETERSBURG. | Drop course. Effective AUT/2005. |
| RUSS 485 | Economics in St Petersburg (5, max. 10) ECON ST PETERSBURG. | Drop course. Effective AUT/2005. |