Committee:  Writing Across the Curriculum

Meeting Date:  April 13, 2000 - 3:00 p.m. - 3:35 p.m.

Person Presiding:  Frank Farmer

Regular Members in Attendance:  Frank Farmer, Myra 
Brown, Chris Ulffers, Jan Torey, Laura McArthur, Robin 
Webb Corbett

Ex-officio Members in Attendance:  Nancy Shires, Rita 
Reaves

ACTIONS OF MEETING:
Description of Action:
Item:  Approval of February 24, 2000 minutes.  The 
motion carried and the minutes approved.

Actions of Meeting:

Description of Action:
Item:  Courses reviewed and vote via e-mail.  Courses 
approved by e-mail were:

POLS 4501, 4502 Independent Study (all sections)
MUSC 5426 Music in the Romantic Era (all sections)
MUSC 5436 Twentieth-Century Music (all sections)

Description of Action:
WAC Directors Report
Item:  Dr. Reaves shared discussion regarding the 
proposal from the English department of changing the 
Writing Center from English Department sponsorship to 
a more university wide sponsorship.

Also discussed was the expansion of the community 
college system into a virtual learning community Fall 
2000 with subsequent course offerings.

Description of Action:
Item:  Course Proposals for review.  One page summary 
of courses prepared and reviewed.

Description of Action:
Item:  Course THEA 3055 History of American Musical 
Theatre (all sections).
Course approved as WI.

Description of Action:
Item:  Course THEA 4070 Professional Preparation and 
Audition Repertory (all sections).
Course approved as WI.

Description of Action:
Item:  Course THEA 3603 Selected Topics in Theater:  
The One-Act Play as a Developmental Tool for Actors 
(section 3).
Course approved as WI.

Description of Action:
Item:  Course NURS 3520 Trends and Issues in Nursing 
(all sections).
Course approved as WI.

Description of Action:
Item:  Course NURS 4500 Theory Capstone (one section 
for transfer students).
Course approved as WI.

Congratulations to Frank Farmer who is accepting a 
position at University of Kansas.

The meeting adjourned at 3:35 p.m.