UOCC Final Spring 2003 Curriculum Report. Request additional copies from lindaw@oregon.
After 5/19/03, report errors in writing to lindaw@oregon
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FINAL
SPRING 2003 CURRICULUM REPORT
Passed, as amended by the
University Senate on May 14, 2003
OVERVIEW
The body of this report consists of two major sections: Proposed Course Changes for Fall 2003 (unless stated otherwise) and Other Curricular Matters. Policies and definitions governing group and multicultural status are listed in the main body of this report. Policies and definitions governing group and multicultural general-education requirements are under Other Curricular Matters.
Grading, repeatability, sequence. Unless indicated otherwise, courses may be taken either pass/no pass or for letter grades. P/N only or Graded only indicates that all students must take the course as specified in the bold print. Separate grading options for majors are bracketed in this report and appear in UO class-schedule notes; they are not printed in UO catalogs. R after course credits means that the course number may be repeated for credit. “Sequence: after the description means the courses must be taken in numerical order. Changes in grading option, course description, pre- and co-requisites, conditions of repeatability, and instruction type are not necessarily included here.
LOOKING
AHEAD
The Committee on Courses offers the following reminders:
ü The Committee on Courses will no longer accept the old manual course proposal forms as of Winter 2003. The electronic forms are available on the CAS web site, http://casweb.uoregon.edu/scripts/index.asp. Arrangements for access may be made with Peter Campbell in the CAS office, knroc@cas or 6-3336. Future proposals submitted on old forms will be returned, without review, to academic departments, schools, or colleges.
ü If there is any question that a proposed new or changed course might duplicate coverage in an existing course from another department or school, the proposing department must gain written confirmation that the other department has been consulted and does not object to the new or changed course.
ü According to University Senate legislation, courses submitted for group-satisfying status must be submitted to the Inter-College General Education Committee. That committee reviews all group-satisfying proposals at the end of the University Committee on Courses review period.
ü Proposals for undergraduate group-satisfying and multicultural courses must include written justification, regardless of whether they are new or existing courses.
ü Courses may not be both group-satisfying and repeatable for credit.
ü Proposals for new courses should be accompanied by full syllabi.
ü For 400-/500-level courses, both proposal forms and syllabi must state explicitly the substantive and measurable differences in type and amount of work for the two levels.
ü Changes in University Senate-approved UOCC reports take effect the following fall term unless requested by a department and stated otherwise in the report.
ü At its May 1998 meeting, the University Senate agreed that the University Committee on Courses should include in its reports courses that should be dropped because (1) they have not been taught for three years, and (2) the department provided no reasonable explanation of why they have not been taught or whether they will be in the future.
May 14, 2003: University Senate considers Spring 2003 preliminary report of the University Committee on Courses.
July 2003: Publication of 2003-2004 University of Oregon Catalog. (The changes in this report will first appear in
the 2004-2005 catalog.)
MOTION
The
University of Oregon Committee on Courses moves that Proposed Course Changes
for Fall 2003 (unless otherwise stated) and Other Curricular Matters be
approved. If approved, changes are
effective Fall 2003 unless stated otherwise.
Changes in this report will first appear in the 2004-2005 catalog.
Members,
University of Oregon Committee on Courses
Voting: Paul Engelking, Chair
David
Conley
Christine
Theodoropoulos
James
Weston
Virpi
Zuck
Ex
officio: Jack Bennett
Herb
Chereck
Toby
Deemer
Frances
Milligan
Staff: Gayle Freeman
Linda
White
Student: Cory Portnuff
College of Arts and Sciences
ANTHROPOLOGY (ANTH)
OLD COURSES DROPPED
ANTH 110 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (4)
Effective Winter 2004. Previously satisfied Social Science Group and
International Cultures Multicultural requirements.
ANTH 180 Introduction to Language and Culture (4) Effective
Winter 2004. Previously satisfied Social Science Group requirement.
ANTH 316 Sexuality and Culture (4) Effective Winter
2004. Previously satisfied International Cultures Multicultural requirement.
ANTH 427/527 Peoples of Central and East Africa (4) Effective Winter 2004.
ANTH 428/528 Peoples of West Africa and the Sahara (4) Effective Winter 2004.
ANTH 444/544 Middle American Prehistory (4) Effective Winter 2004.
ANTH 461/561 Primate Systematics and Taxonomy (4) Effective Winter 2004.
EXISTING COURSE CHANGES
ANTH 150 Introduction to Archaeology (4)
(Changed title, description)
ANTH 150 World Archaeology (4) Introduction to archaeology and
cultural change from the earliest times to the advent of state-level societies.
Students who have previously taken ANTH 150 (Introduction to Archaeology) are
excluded from taking ANTH 150 for credit. Effective Winter 2004. Social
Science Group-satisfying status unaffected by change.
ANTH 321 Peoples of India (4)
(Changed description)
ANTH 321 Peoples of India (4) A survey of India’s religious and cultural
diversity, the caste system, issues of ethnic identity and untouchability,
gender construction, social conflict, diaspora, and politics of poverty.
Effective Winter 2004.
ANTH 367 Human Adaptation (4)
(Changed description)
ANTH 367 Human Adaptation (4) Human biocultural adaptations of
menopause; birth and reproduction; life cycle and growth; adjustments to life in
different environments: the Arctic, high altitude, and desert. Effective Winter
2004. Science Group-satisfying status unaffected by change.
ANTH 411/511 Political Anthropology (4)
(Changed title, description)
ANTH 411/511 Politics, Ethnicity, Nationalism (4) Explores
relationship between ethnicity, politics, and nationalism from historical and
anthropological perspectives; addresses the way nationalism and ethnic identity
construct and reproduce each other. Effective Winter 2004.
ANTH 412/512 Economic Anthropology (4)
(Changed title, description)
ANTH 412/512 Economy and Culture (4) Explores the cultural
dimensions of production, distribution, and consumption processes, particular
attention paid to variability and local-global dynamics. Brief historical
overview and extended ethnographic analysis. Effective Winter 2004.
ANTH 419/519 Anthropology and Folklore (4)
(Changed title, description)
ANTH 419/519 Performance, Politics, and Folklore (4) Investigates
the aesthetic, political, economic, and social dimensions of cultural
performances by examining museums, heritage displays, folklore festivals,
community celebrations, and tourist destinations. Pre or coreq: ANTH 419: 8
credits in cultural anthropology or folklore, or instructor approval. Effective
Winter 2004.
ANTH 442/542 Northwest Coast Prehistory (4)
(Changed title)
ANTH 442/542 Northwest Coast Archaeology (4) Effective Winter
2004. American Cultures Multicultural status for ANTH 442 unaffected by change.
ANTH 443/543 North American Prehistory (4)
(Changed title)
ANTH 443/543 North American Archaeology (4) Effective Winter
2004. Identity, Pluralism, and Tolerance Multicultural status for ANTH 443
unaffected by change.
ANTH 448/548 Gender and Prehistory (4)
(Changed title)
ANTH 448/548 Gender and Archaeology (4) Effective Winter 2004. Identity,
Pluralism, and Tolerance Multicultural status for ANTH 448 unaffected by
change.
NEW COURSES
ANTH 161 World Cultures (4) A first look into the work of cultural anthropology and an introduction to the cultural diversity of our globe. Students who have previously taken ANTH 110 (Introduction to Cultural Anthropology) are excluded from taking ANTH 161 for credit. Effective Winter 2004. Approved to satisfy Social Science Group and International Cultures Multicultural requirements.
(Subject previously taught as ANTH 316)
ANTH 165 Sexuality and Culture (4) Examines
sexuality by understanding historical, cultural, economic, and political
factors that contribute to the construction of sexual identities, relationships,
and institutions. Effective Winter 2004. Approved to satisfy Social Science Group and
Identity, Pluralism, and Tolerance Multicultural requirements.
ANTH 174 Anthropology of Food and Health (4)
Overview of the evolution of human diet and health patterns. Adaptations to
food availability, nutrients, and disease in different populations. Effective
Winter 2004. Request for Science Group status denied.
ANTH 250 Introduction to Archaeology (4) Survey of
important archaeological methods, theory, and interpretation. Focus is the
problems and promise of various approaches to explore past human behavior.
Effective Winter 2004. Prereq: ANTH 150 recommended. Request for Science Group
status denied.
ANTH 252 Human Impacts on Ancient Environments (4) Introduction to human impacts on ancient environments. Provides a historical perspective to students concerned about the condition of the world’s environments. Effective Winter 2004. Request for Science Group status denied.
ANTH 260 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (4)
Introduction to the important topics, methodologies, and frameworks in cultural
anthropology. Effective Winter 2004. Approved to satisfy Social Science Group and
International Cultures Multicultural requirements.
ANTH 280 Introduction to Language and Culture (4)
Language and culture relationships and methodology. Effective Winter 2004. Request
for Social Science Group status denied.
ANTH 326 Caribbean Societies (4) Looks at Caribbean
culture as formed through migration, slavery, and trade, and the legacy of that
process in religious, popular, and scholarly contexts. Effective Winter 2004. Approved
to satisfy Social Science Group and
International Cultures Multicultural requirements.
(Subject previously taught as ANTH 310)
ANTH 327 Anthropological Perspectives on Africa (4)
A thematic and comparative exploration of the contours of life in contemporary
Africa. Promotes a critical historical perspective on the anthropology of the
continent. Effective Winter 2004. Approved to satisfy Social Science Group and
International Cultures Multicultural requirements.
(Subject previously taught as ANTH 444/544)
ANTH 350 Ancient Mesoamerica (4) Rise and fall of
various ancient mesoamerican societies such as Olmecs, Maya, Toltecs, and
Aztecs, and their cultural antecedents. Prereq: 4 credits in archaeology or
instructor approval. Effective Winter 2004. Approved to satisfy Social Science Group and
International Cultures Multicultural requirements.
ANTH 352 The Ancient Maya (4) Introduction to the
Ancient Maya, one of the most intriguing and enduring societies in Mesoamerica.
Focus is origins of social complexity and inequality. ANTH 350 recommended.
Effective Winter 2004. Approved
to satisfy International Cultures Multicultural requirement. Request for Social
Science Group status denied.
(Subject previously taught as ANTH 310)
ANTH 488/588 Foundations of Social Theory (4) Graded only. Important early social theorists (Marx, Engels, Freud, Durkheim, Weber) and the historical conditions in which the study of society emerged in Western thought. Students who have previously taken “Foundations of Social Theory” at the 300 level are excluded from taking ANTH 488/588 for credit. Effective Winter 2004.
ANTH 493/593 Anthropology and Popular Culture (4) Popular culture offers insights into the conditions of the reproduction of social relations through the analysis of film, sport, television, advertising, folklore, fashion, and festivals. Prereq: ANTH 260. Effective Winter 2004.
(Subject previously taught as ANTH 422/522)
ANTH 620 Anthropology and History (4) Graded only. Advanced seminar exploring the historical and contemporary intersections of history and anthropology and the debates in Western historiography. Effective Winter 2004.
REINSTATED COURSES
ANTH 414/514 Contemporary Issues in Anthropology (4)
Overbiew of diverse presuppositions that structure various theories and methods
in contemporary anthropology. Prereq: 4 credits in anthropology or instructor
approval. Reinstated effective Winter
2004.
ANTH 425/525 Topics in Pacific Ethnology [Topic] (4)
In-depth introduction to various topics bearing on historical and/or
contemporary regions of the Pacific. Prereq: upper-division or graduate
standing. Reinstated effective Winter
2004. Reinstatement includes International Cultures Multicultural status for
ANTH 425.
ANTH 465/565 Gender Issues in Nutritional Anthropology
(4) Discussion of gender differences in nutritional status, dietary
requirements, and diet-related diseases. Topics include gender-related aspects
of food, politics, economics, and policies. Prereq: ANTH 365 or instructor
consent. Reinstated effective Winter 2004. Reinstatement includes Identity, Pluralism
and Tolerance Multicultural status for ANTH 465.
ANTH 697 Ethnoarchaeology (4) Examines relationships between archaeology and ethnography to show how ethnographic data illuminate the past ad how archaeologists can study material culture behavior in a living context. Prereq: instructor approval. Reinstated effective Winter 2004.
COMPUTER
AND INFORMATION SCIENCE (CIS)
EXISTING COURSE CHANGE
(Changed math
requirement)
CIS
111 Concepts of Computing: Computers and Computation (4) Now
fulfills requirements for proficiency in mathematics and computing as required
by option 2 of the Bachelor of Scheice (B.S.) degree. The sequence is CIS 111,
122, 133, and 210.
EAST
ASIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES (CHN)
EXISTING COURSE CHANGES
CHN 350 Women in Traditional Chinese Literature (4)
(Changed title, description)
CHN 350 Gender and Sexuality in Traditional Chinese Literature (4)
Primary and secondary works about women, sexuality, and changing gender roles
in traditional China. Readings in English.
CHN 351 Women in Modern Chinese Literature (4)
(Changed title, description)
CHN 351 Gender and Sexuality in Modern Chinese Literature (4) Primary
and secondary works about women, sexuality, and changing gender roles in
republican, socialist, and post-Mao China. Readings in English.
ECONOMICS (EC)
NEW COURSE
(Subject
previously taught as EC 199)
EC 233 Microeconomic Principles and Environmental Issues (4) [Graded only for majors] Principles of microeconomics, framed in the context of environmental policymaking. Emphasis on differences between private and social costs and benefits. MATH 111 recommended. Students cannot receive credit for both EC 201 and EC 233. Approved to satisfy Social Science Group requirement.
GEOGRAPHY (GEOG)
EXISTING COURSE CHANGE
GEOG 342 Geography of the World Economy (4)
(Changed title, description)
GEOG 342 Geography of Globalization (4) Historical and
geographical dimensions of globalization; emphasizes economic and social
factors. Topics include multinationals; trade agreements, sustainability,
global inequalities, and racial and gender divisions of labor.
GEOLOGICAL
SCIENCES (GEOL)
OLD COURSES DROPPED
GEOL 104 Introductory Geology Laboratory (1R)
GEOL 105 Introductory Geology Laboratory (1R)
GEOL 106 Introductory Geology Laboratory (1)
GEOL 321 Essentials of Mineralogy (2)
GEOL 322 Determinative Methods in Mineralogy (3)
GEOL 323 Introduction to Petrology (3)
EXISTING COURSE CHANGES
GEOL 101 Earth’s Dynamic Interior (4)
(Changed instruction type)
GEOL 101 Earth’s Dynamic Interior (4) Laboratory, lecture.
GEOL 102 Environmental Geology and Landform Development (4)
(Changed instruction type)
GEOL 102 Environmental Geology and Landform Development (4) Laboratory,
lecture.
GEOL 103 The Evolving Earth (4)
(Changed instruction type)
GEOL 103 The Evolving Earth (4) Laboratory, lecture.
GEOL 433/533 Paleontology III: Non-marine Fossils (4)
(Changed title, description)
GEOL 433/533 Paleobotony (4) Evolution and ecology of plants and
microbes from the origin of life to global warming. Laboratory exercises and
field trip to collect plant fossils. Pre- or coreq: GEOL 103 or 203, or instructor
approval.
NEW COURSES
GEOL 305 Dinosaurs (4) Overview of the past and
present biodiversity of vertebrate animals, including ourselves, dinosaurs, and
what ruled the ocean when dinosaurs roamed the land. Approved to satisfy Science
Group requirement.
(Subject previously taught as GEOL 321 and 322)
GEOL 331 Mineralogy (5) [Graded only for majors] Crystal chemistry, systematic study of rock-forming silicate, and selected other minerals, mineral optics, and x-ray diffraction. Lab work with hand samples and petrographic microscopes. Prereq: GEOL 201 and 202 or 101 and 102; CH 211, 221, or 224; coreq: CH 212, 222, or 225.
(Subject previously taught as GEOL 323)
GEOL 332 Introduction to Petrology (5) [Graded only for majors] Origin and classification of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. Microscopic study of rocks in thin section. Prereq: GEOL331.
GEOL 434/534 Vertebrate Paleontology (4) [Graded only for majors] Evolution of vertebrates, including ourselves, based on fossil evidence. Physical and other evolutionary constraints are addressed, and lab exercises provide hands-on experience. Prereq: GEOL 103 or 203, or instructor approval.
LINGUISTICS (LING)
NEW
COURSE
(Subject previously taught as LING 410)
LING 441/541 Teaching English Pronunciation (4)
Introduction to English phonetics and phonology, methods for teaching
pronunciation, lesson plan development, and practice teaching.
PHILOSOPHY (PHIL)
REINSTATED COURSE
PHIL 670 Issues in Metaphysics (4-4) Reinstated
effective Fall 2003.
PSYCHOLOGY (PSY)
OLD COURSE DROPPED
PSY 427/527 Abnormal Psychology (4)
EXISTING COURSE CHANGE
PSY 430/530 Cognitive Science with Laboratory (5)
(Changed title, credits, description, instruction type)
PSY 430/530 Cognitive Science (Minimum 4) Interdisciplinary
approaches to studying mind and brain, including material from anthropology;
cognitive, social, and developmental psychology; computer science; linguistics;
and philosophy.
NEW COURSES
(Subject previously taught as PSY 410)
PSY 366 Culture and Mental Health (4) Role of
culture in the definition and maintenance of mental health and the definition
and treatment of mental illness. Approved to satisfy Social Science Group
status and Identity, Pluralism, and Tolerance Multicultural requirements.
(Subject previously taught as PSY 410/510)
PSY 472/572 Psychology of Trauma (4) Cognitive, neuropsychological, developmental, social, and clinical approaches to understanding trauma. Includes analysis of childhood trauma, sexual assault, domestic violence, terrorism, combat, and natural disasters. Prereq: PSY 303.
(Subject previously taught as PSY 410/510)
PSY 480/580 Development and Psychopathology (4) Biological and environmental factors that shape normal and abnormal development. Analysis of how family functioning affects psychopathology and resilience in children and adolescents. Prereq: PSY 303.
RELIGIOUS
STUDIES (REL)
NEW COURSES
REL 432/532 Islamic Mystical Thought (4) Graded only. Inner dimensions of Islamic piety and righteousness, from the Koranic and prophetic foundations to principal thinkers in the medieval Arabic and Persian Sufi traditions.
(Subject previously taught as REL 410/510)
REL 436/536 Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy (4) [Graded only for majors] Thought and context of influential Islamic and Jewish medieval philosophers, including Ibn Sina and Moses Maimonides. Attention to prophecy, the soul, metaphysics, the state, and Aristotelian rationalism.
RUSSIAN
AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES CENTER (RUSS)
REINSTATED COURSE
RUSS 241 Great Russian Writers (4-4)
SOCIOLOGY (SOC)
REINSTATED COURSE
SOC 646 Work and Organization Issues: [Topic] (5-5R)
THEATER
ARTS (TA)
EXISTING COURSE CHANGES
TA 651 Theory of Dramatic Production (Acting) (3)
(Changed credits)
TA 651 Theory of Dramatic Production (Acting) (4)
TA 652 Theory of Dramatic Production (Direction) (3)
(Changed credits)
TA 652 Theory of Dramatic Production (Direction) (4)
TA 653 Theatre of Dramatic Production (Structure) (3)
(Changed
credits)
TA 653 Theory of Dramatic Production (Structure) (4)
WOMEN’S
AND GENDER STUDIES (WGS)
OLD
COURSES DROPPED
WGS 301 History and Development of Feminist Theory I
(4) Previously satisfied Social Science Group and Identity, Pluralism, and
Tolerance Multicultural category requirements.
WGS 302 History and Development of Feminist Theory II
(4) Previously satisfied Social Science Group and Identity, Pluralism, and
Tolerance Multicultural category requirements.
NEW COURSES
(Subject previously taught as WGS 301 and 302)
WGS 315 History and Development of Feminist Theory (4)
[Graded only for majors] Feminist theory from the Enlightenment through the
Second Wave, with special emphasis on the diverse theories of the 1960s to the
present. Prereq: WGS 101. Approved to satisfy Social Science Group and
Identity, Pluralism, and Tolerance Multicultural requirements.
WGS 415/515 Advanced Feminist Theory: [Topic] (4R) [Graded only for majors] Topics address contemporary issues include queer theory, sexualities and genders, feminism and race, and global feminist theory. Prereq: one upper-division WGS course. R when topic changes.
Professional Schools and Colleges
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED ARTS
ART HISTORY (ARH)
ARH 424/524 Classical Greek Art (4)
ARH 484/584 Problems in Chinese Art (4)
LUNDQUIST COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (BA)
BA 352 Business Leadership
(4)
(Changed title)
BA 352 Leadership and Communication (4)
BA352H Business Leadership (4)
(Changed title)
BA 352H Leadership and Communication (4)
COURSE
PROPOSALS DENIED
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
PHYSICS (PHYS)
NEW
COURSE
PHYS 111 Introduction to Weather (4) Physical processes involved in weather phenomena; weather observations and forecasting, and general features of the atmosphere.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES (FHS)
FHS 405 Reading: [Topic]
(1-5R)
(Changed credits)
FHS 405 Reading and Conference: Topic (1-21R) R for a maximum of 21 credits.
FHS 605 Reading: [Topic] (1-5R)
(Changed credits)
FHS 605 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1-21R) R for a maximum of 21 credits.
NEW DEGREE
PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT OF ART
On Friday, April 18, 2003, the State Board of Higher
Education approved a proposal for a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science degree
program for a Multimedia Design Program.
CERTIFICATE
PROGRAM DEACTIVATION
ETHNIC STUDIES PROGRAM
The Academic
Council has formally deactivated the Ethnic Studies Certificate administered by
the Ethnic Studies Program. The
certificate was last listed in the 1999-2000 academic catalog, and became
inactive in 2000.
CONTENTS OF
COURSE SYLLABUS
As the primary, commonly available, summary of a course, the syllabus serves several purposes. It outlines the course, it denotes what students may expect from the course, and it locates the course in the curriculum. Not only read by prospective students, it is the best, concise, description of a course by those who teach it that is available to students and colleagues. The University Committee on Courses uses course syllabi in its review of courses. To maximize a course the usefulness of a syllabus to students and faculty, it is suggested that it contain the following contents.
1. Course Number
2. Title
3. Credits
4. Term, place, time, instructor
(For a new course proposal, indicate when
it is likely to be offered, and how frequently)
(For a new course proposal, indicate who
is likely to teach the course)
5. Place in Curriculum
•
Group requirement satisfying?
(Explain why)
•
Multicultural requirement satisfying? (Explain why)
•
Other general education requirement satisfying?
•
Satisfying other major or program requirement?
•
Preparatory for other courses?
• Prerequisites or other
suggested preparation.
6. Format (Lecture, Discussion, Lab, . . .)
7. Outline of subject and topics explored
8. Course materials (Texts, books, readings, .
. .)
9. Expectations for students
•
Explicitly (by pages assigned, lengths of assignments, etc.), or by
•
Expected student engagement (see suggested Student Engagement Inventory)
•
Readings
•
Problems
•
Attendance
•
Project
•
Writing
•
Laboratory
•
Field work
• Electronic
media/network/online
•
Performance
•
Presentation
•
Tests
•
Differential expected for graduate work for joint 400/500 level courses.
10. Assessment
•
Methods (testing, homework, . . .)
•
Times or frequency
•
Grading policy
[See Faculty
Handbook for other recommendations regarding university policies.]
STUDENT
ENGAGEMENT INVENTORY
To
aid in assigning student credit hours uniformly to courses in the curriculum,
the committee inventories the amount of student engagement in a course. The committee has found the following tool
to be useful. Departments preparing
course proposals are invited to use this, when deciding how many SCH units to
request for a proposed course, and encouraged to report to the committee how
this tool may be improved for their use.
Please
identify the number of hours a typical or average student would be expected to
spend in each of the following activities. The general guideline is that each
credit should reflect 30 hours of student engagement. Therefore, a 3-credit
course would engage students for 90 hours total among the activities listed
below, whereas a 4-credit course would list 120 hours of activities in which
students are engaged over the course of the term.
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Educational
activity |
Hours student engaged |
Explanatory
comments (if any): |
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Course
attendance |
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Assigned
readings |
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Project |
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Writing
assignments |
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Lab
or workshop |
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Field
work/experience |
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Online
interaction |
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Performances/creative
activities |
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Total
hours: |
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Definition
of terms:
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Course
attendance |
Actual
time student spends in class with instructor or GTF |
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Assigned
readings |
Estimated
time it takes for a student with average reading ability to read all assigned
readings |
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Writing
assignments |
Estimated
time it takes for a student with average writing ability to produce a final,
acceptable written product as required by the assignment |
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Project |
Estimated
time a student would be expected to spend creating or contributing to a
project that meets course requirements (includes individual and group
projects) |
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Lab
or workshop |
Actual
time scheduled for any lab or workshop activities that are required but are
scheduled outside of class hours |
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Field
work/ experience |
Actual
or estimated time a student would spend or be expected to spend engaged in
required field work or other field-based activities |
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Online
activities |
Actual
or estimated time a student would spend or be expected to spend engaged in
online activities directly related to the course, separate from online
research required for projects or writing assignments |
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Performances/creative
activities |
Actual
or estimated time a student would spend or be expected to spend outside of
class hours engaged in preparing for required performance or creative
activity |
UNDERGRADUATE
GENERAL-EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
GROUP-REQUIREMENT
POLICIES
The following criteria were
proposed by the Undergraduate Council and the College of Arts and Sciences
Curriculum Committee. The University
Senate approved them in May 1998.
1. Group-satisfying courses proposed by departments or individual
faculty members must be reviewed by both the College of Arts and Sciences
Curriculum Committee and the University Committee on Courses before submission
to the University Senate.
2. Group-satisfying courses must be numbered at
the 100, 200, and 300 levels.
Lower-division courses must be offered annually and upper division
courses at least biannually. Approved
courses must be at least 4 credits each [Senate Resolution US 9900-6, February
9, 2000].
3. No more than three courses with the same subject code may be counted by a student as satisfying group requirements.
4. Group-satisfying courses in art and letters, social science, and science must meet the following criteria:
b. Group-satisfying courses in the social sciences must be liberal in nature rather than professionally oriented or devoted in substantial measure to the performance of professional skills. They must cover a representative cross-section of key issues, perspectives, and modes of analysis employed by scholars working on the subject matter addressed by the course. The subject matter of the course will be relatively broad (e.g., involving more than one issue, place, or time). Courses with emphasis on methods and skills will satisfy the requirement only if there is also a substantial and coherent theoretical component.
c. Group-satisfying courses in the sciences should introduce students to the foundations of one or more scientific disciplines, or provide a scientific perspective on a major problem facing society, or provide an introduction to scientific methods (including the use of mathematics and computers) used within or among disciplines.
5. In
particular:
a.
Courses designed
primarily for majors are not excluded a priori from group status.
b. Courses in methods or statistical analysis are
excluded in the social sciences, but courses in theory construction are
acceptable.
c.
Laboratory courses are
not excluded from group-satisfying status in the sciences.
d. Qualifying courses in arts and letters cannot
focus on teaching basic skills, so first-year German, for example, could not
qualify for group status, but reading Goethe in German might.
SUSTAINABLE COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS
The 2000-2001 academic year was the first year that the Committee on
Courses systematically deleted from the University catalog courses that have
not been taught for three years or more.
In several cases, departments had not offered a specialized course under a course number and title specified in the catalog. Yet, similar courses had been taught regularly in the department in various formats, under experimental numbers (410, 510, 610), or under the general designations for special topics seminars, workshops, or practicums (the 4/5/6 06,07,08,09 series). With time, departments had discovered that a course description in the catalog was too specialized to apply to any of their courses as actually being taught.
Unfortunately, removal of an overly specialized course, although untaught, still might have consequences for departments. Often, that course had been the sole representatives in the catalog of subjects that are taught by a department and are part of the regular curriculum. Dropping that course could make it appear that a department offered no courses in that course’s subject area.
The committee has noted another, companion problem. Over the years, the committee has observed that new courses tailored to the particular research interests and instructional style of an individual faculty member are likely to fall into disuse within a few years as the person's teaching assignments and interests change, or if the instructor becomes unavailable for teaching that particular course.
The Committee on Courses recommends that departments and programs develop more sustainable course descriptions. A sustainable course description would identify a subject area and general approach, but would not be so restrictive as to exclude different perspectives or specializations also representative of that subject area.
The Committee also recommends that departments and programs be selective when proposing permanent course status for specialized courses that can only be taught by one particular instructor.
For example: A department with several experts qualified to teach ceramics, but having only one instructor who specializes in Ming porcelain per se, might currently have a specialized course titled “Ming Dynasty Porcelains” in the catalog. A more sustainable course title could be “Chinese Porcelains, ” or even “Porcelains,” depending upon the range of expertise available to teach the course. Another approach would use the topics course “Ceramics,” possibly repeatable as the exact subject material–and transcript title–changes.
Departments following these recommendations could
then represent the full range of their curricular offerings and could maintain
a sustainable list of courses in the catalog.
MULTICULTURAL-CATEGORY DEFINITIONS
Category A:
American Cultures. The goal is
to focus on race and ethnicity in the United States by considering racial and
ethnic groups from historical and comparative perspectives. Five racial or ethnic groups are identified:
African American, Chicano or Latino, Native American, Asian American, European
American. Approved courses deal with at
least two of these groups in a comparative manner. They do not necessarily deal specifically with discrimination or
prejudice, although many do.
Category B:
Identity, Pluralism, and Tolerance.
The goal is to gain scholarly insight into the construction of
collective identities, the emergence of representative voices from varying
social and cultural standpoints, and the effects of prejudice, intolerance, and
discrimination. The identities at issue
may include ethnicities as in the American Cultures category, as well as
classes, genders, religions, sexual orientations, or other groups whose
experiences contribute to cultural pluralism.
This category includes courses that analyze the general principles
underlying tolerance, or the lack of it.
Category C: International Cultures. The goal is to study world cultures in
critical perspective. Approved courses
either treat an international culture in view of the issues raised in
Categories A and B—namely, race and ethnicity, pluralism and monoculturalism,
and/or prejudice and tolerance—or explicitly describe and analyze a
world-view—i.e., a system of knowledge, feeling, and belief—that is
substantially different from those prevalent in the 20th-century
United States.
CRITERIA FOR ADDING AN “H” SUFFIX TO A COURSE NUMBER
The
Committee on Courses has discussed the criteria for adding an “H” suffix to a
course number and recommends the following:
The “H” suffix is intended to advise students that a course provides honors content of significant difficulty and requires honors effort from students. The University Committee on Courses will be looking for evidence of the following in determining whether a course should hold an “H” suffix designation:
1. Students enrolling should have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.30 in their major.
2. The content of the class, and the level of analysis, should be significantly deeper than for non-honors classes.
3. Class size should be small enough to promote intensive student participation.
4. The faculty member(s) teaching the course should be available for close advising outside of class.
UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS, MINORS, CERTIFICATES
MAJOR
Definition
Courses in designated primary subject
areas/disciplines in which a student commits to gaining in-depth knowledge,
skills, competence, and attitudes through a coherent pattern of courses. A footnote accompanies the major definition:
Divisional major programs emphasize a general and integrated approach to
learning, with the student’s major program broadly inclusive of work in several
of the discipline or subject areas within the specific division within which
the student’s degree program lies (i.e. humanities, social science,
science). For instance, a divisional
major program in the social sciences would call for the student to include
within his/her major work from several of the disciplines or subject areas in
the social sciences (e.g. sociology, political science, economics). Because of the breadth of disciplines or
subjects included in the major, the student has less opportunity to delve in
depth into a single subject area such as sociology, political science, or
economics, than they would be able to do were they in a “departmental major”
program in a single one of these disciplines or subject areas.
Minimal Requirements
36 credits – of which a minimum of 24 must be upper
division. Departments should consider
setting minimum residency requirements.
MINOR
Definition
Courses in a designated secondary subject area or discipline distinct from and usually outside the student’s degree major in which knowledge is gained in a coherent pattern of courses.
Minimal Requirements
24 credits – of which a minimum of 12 must be upper
division. Should be within discipline
that already has a pre-existing major or sponsored by department.
CERTIFICATE
Definition
An approved academic award given in conjunction with the satisfactory completion of a program of instruction requiring one year or more, but less than four years, of full-time equivalent post-secondary level work. The conditions and conferral of the award are governed by the faculty and ratified by the governing board of the institution granting the certificate.
Minimal Requirements
36 credits – 24 upper division with 12 minimum at 400 level. Sponsoring department must provide guidance – template/check list, name of an advisor, with notice that student must consult an advisor to apply for certificate at least two terms prior to graduation.