MEMORANDUM: Responses to discussion of proposed curriculum changes at EPC meeting held November 29, 2001

Persuant to the request of the EPC our program committee met to discuss the following issues:

1. The proposed college teaching course, PYXXX: Teaching Psychology É
2. The staffing of PY714, that is, the option of Faculty Credit
3. Electives in our PhD program

Based on our conversations and discussions with Ana Martinez-Aleman about ED773 we revise our proposal in the following way:

1. We withdraw our proposal for a new course on Teaching Psychology and have worked with Dr. Martinez-Aleman and Dr. Arnold to ensure that the needs of our students can be met through ED773. To wit Dr Arnold will give at least one lecture on student development in this course and Dr. Martinez-Aleman has added readings that will address the needs of psychology students. As this course is offered every other year doctoral students in Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology will therefore be required to take ED773 in either their first or second year of their doctoral studies.
2. We agree with the Dean's recommendation that the PY714 course should be staffed and that we would rotate the listed professor of this course. For academic staff it would count as one course for the year. NOTE that for students it is two 3-credit courses, one in the fall and one in the spring. ALSO note that although there will be only 5-6 students in the section each semester since staff receives only one course credit it will meet the minimum of 10 students.
3. We have followed the suggestions of the EPC to add additional suggested electives to the clusters of electives proposed in the earlier version of our proposal. ADDITIONAL POSSIBILITIES FOR ELECTIVES are listed below in italics and bold. PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR PROPOSAL IS ONLY SUGGESTIVE OF ELECTIVES. Students will be encouraged to take electives through the university and in our consortium.
   
   SOCIAL POLICY
   PS 552 Children, Families and Social Policy
   PS 565 Human Development and Social Policy
   ED 619 Ethics and Equity in Education
   ED 705 Education Law and Public Policy
   PY 620 Educational and Social Issues and Social Policy
   ED 808 Public Policy, Politics, and Higher Education
   PY 910 Readings and Research in Counseling and Developmental Psychology
   [Note: independent study can be used for research or a field placement]
   
   EDUCATION AND TEACHING
   ED 674 Teaching Mathematical ProblemsolvingÉ
   ED 675 Consultation and Collaboration in Education
   ED 771 Historical and Political Contexts of Curriculum
   ED 729 Controversies in Curriculum&Instruction
   ED 773 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
   PY 778 College Student Development
   PY 910 Readings and Research in Counseling and Developmental Psychology
   [Note: independent study can be used for research or a field placement]
   
   THEORY AND APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY
   PS 545 Emotion: Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective
   PS 550 Advanced Topics in Cultural Psychology
   PY 611 Learning and Development: The Special Needs of Early Learners
   PY 740 Psychology of Women
   PY 741 Advanced Seminar in Psychopathology
   PY 744 Psychology of Aging
   PY 745 Biological Bases of Behavior
   PY 817 Applied Adolescent and Adult Development: Theories and Research
   PY 910 Readings and Research in Counseling and Developmental Psychology
   [Note: independent study can be used for research or a field placement]
   PY 915 Critical Perspectives: Race and Class
   
   We are confident that with these changes we have responded to all of the concerns discussed at the EPC and trust that we
   can move towards a speedy reconsideration of our proposal and a vote. As we have mentioned to you in our earlier correspondence
   we would hope to make these changes to take effect for the entering class of the fall, 2002. We look forward to discussing these
   issues with the EPC at its January meeting.
   
   Thank you, in advance, for your consideration and response.