L&S Curriculum Committee: Principles and members
The L&S Curriculum Committee advises the Dean on the integrity of the undergraduate degree requirements and changes to requirements for L&S majors. The committee's work is conducted with an emphasis on safeguarding the principles of degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences.
The L&S Curriculum Committee
The L&S Curriculum Committee serves as the primary college-level
committee on matters related to courses, academic programs, and
college-wide curricular concerns.
The L&S Curriculum
Committee advises the Dean on the integrity of the undergraduate degree
requirements and changes to requirements for L&S majors. The
committee reviews proposals to add, change, or delete courses from the
L&S subject listings in the Course Guide; and, for courses offered
outside L&S, the committee considers requests to allow non-L&S
courses to count toward the L&S degree requirements. The committee
also considers other curricular issues that arise.
In addition
to conducting its ordinary business with respect to courses and academic
programs, the Dean asks the committee to consider curricular
initiatives related to enhancing the undergraduate student experience.
In addition, the committee will be asked to advise the dean as to how
the college can approach the challenge of assessing student learning on a
college-wide scale, to gauge the extent to which L&S students are
achieving the liberal education learning outcomes expressed in the BABS
07 degree requirements, and as part of the Wisconsin Experience at
UW-Madison.
Faculty and academic staff members serve three year terms and are chosen to represent the various academic areas of the College; a departmental undergraduate adviser and two L&S undergraduate student representatives also serve as members of the committee. The Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs assigns two L&S Student Academic Affairs staff members to serve as ex officio members of the committee. In addition, Elaine M. Klein (Associate Dean of Academic Planning), Shirin Malekpour (Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning) and Kimbrin Cornelius (Curriculum Administration Specialist) serve in an ex officio capacity. A member from L&S Honors also serves in an ex-officio capacity.
2021-2022 Membership:Professor Jeremy Morris (Communication Arts) chairs the committee for 2021-2022
Term Members:
Anna Andrzejewski, Art History (one-year ad hoc appointment)
Scott Burkhardt, History, Year 2 of 3
Alicia Cerezo, Spanish and Portuguese, Year 2 of 3
Kathryn Hendley, Political Science, Year 3 of 3
Jeremy Morris, Communication Arts, Year 3 of 3 (Chair)
Michael Swift, Computer Science, Year 2 of 3
Monica Turner, Integrative Biology, Year 3 of 3
Melanie Jones, Psychology, Year 2 of 3
Ex Officio:
Kimbrin Cornelius, L&S Administration (Teaching and Learning Administration)
Zach McLeod, L&S Administration (Teaching and Learning Administration)
Elaine Klein, L&S Administration (Academic Planning)
Christopher Lee, L&S Student Academic Affairs (Undergraduate Academic Services)
Shirin Malekpour, L&S Administration (Teaching and Learning Administration)
Michael J. Pflieger, L&S Student Academic Affairs (Undergraduate Academic Services, DARS)
Sara Stephenson, L&S Honors Program (Honors, Curriculum)
Student Members:
Leigh Keller-Chicoine
Owen Moylan
Assistant to the Committee
TBA
Questions about the L&S Curriculum Committee can be directed to Zachary McLeod, zachary.mcleod@wisc.edu
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