Members: James Swartz (Chair), Gerald Adams, Mark Schneider, Pablo Silva, Elizabeth Dobbs, Josh Blue (01-53), Kendra Young (15-43), and George Carroll (03-08).

1. The minutes from the 10/31/00 meeting were approved.

2. The committee again discussed the issue of changing the title of the tutorial. The committee began with a review of the discussion of the issues presented at the Curriculum Committee meeting of February 15, 2000. No new issues were raised. The Registrar reported that over the past 2.5 years there have not been any calls from graduate schools, law schools, or employers asking us to explain the nature of the tutorial as listed on the transcript. The current student members of the Curriculum Committee repeated what the student on the committee last year said about being in favor of keeping the title of the tutorial as it is presently placed on the transcript. The committee decided to take no further action on this issue.

3. The committee discussed the process and procedure that should be used when a concentration wishes to make changes to its program. Three questions were raised. The first question that was raised concerned how faculty are appointed to concentration committees. The Dean said that he would pass this question on to the Faculty Organizational Committee for consideration. A second question that was raised concerned what role the departments should play with respect to changes that take place within a concentration. The last question raised concerned the role of a division regarding changes in a concentration that do not impact the division itself. The committee will return to this discussion when it reviews the entire process for course approval and catalog revision at our next meeting.

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