Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee (ASCC)

Details

Date
2023-09-08
Time
9:00-11:00am
Location
156 Univ Hall
Agenda
  • Welcome and Introductions
  • Approval of 5-5-23 minutes
  • Informational items:
    • Updates to Biology major (Jennifer Ottesen)
    • Name change of one of the Music BS specializations from “Media and Enterprise” to “Creative Practice, Business, and Technology” (Jennifer Ottesen)
    • Update to BM Composition (Jennifer Ottesen)
    • Name change: “Physical Anthropology” becomes “Biological Anthropology”. This affects name of minor and subdisciplines within undergraduate majors (Jennifer Ottesen)
    • List of approved REGD and Themes courses on ASCCAO website (Rachel Steele)
  • ASCC Annual report & First-Year Seminar Report (2022-23)
  • Revision to the Bachelor of Science in Geographic Information Science (Ningchuan Xiao)
  • Revision to the Undergraduate Minor in Geographic Information Science (Ningchuan Xiao)
  • Conversation about religious accommodation language on operational syllabi and ASC syllabus template
Notes

Course Updates: 

  • AAAS 3110 “Social (In)Justice and the Black Experience” (new course requesting GEN Theme: Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5666
  • Anthropology 3306 “Anthropological Perspectives on Indigenous Citizenship: Native North Americans” (new course requesting GEN Theme: Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5589
  • ASC 6000 “Career Exploration for Graduate Students” (existing course requesting 100% DL) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5641
  • Chemistry 1206 “Foundations 1 of General Chemistry” (new course) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5636
  • Chemistry 1208 “Foundations 2 of General Chemistry” (new course requesting GEN Foundations: Natural Sciences) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5637
  • Chemistry 3301 “Science and Policy of Drug Development” (new course requesting GEN Theme: Health and Wellbeing) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5664
  • Chinese 4409 “(Counter-)Culture in Contemporary China” (new course requesting 100% DL and two new GEN Themes: Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World & Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5643
  • Classics 3210 “Classics and African American Political Thought” (new course requesting GEN Theme: Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5599
  • Classics 3302 “Citizenship in Democratic Athens” (new course requesting GEN Theme: Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5624
  • Comparative Studies 3130H “Introduction to Performance Studies” (new cross-listed course requesting GEN Theme: Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations with High-Impact Practice: Research & Creative Inquiry) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5652
  • Dance 5505S “Citizen Artists: Cultivating Community-Engaged Arts Partnerships” (new course) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5645
  • Earth Sciences 2205 “The Planets” (existing course with GEL Natural Science – Physical Science & approved for 100% DL; requesting GEN Theme: Origins and Evolution) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5014
  • Earth Sciences 2210 “Energy, Mineral Resources, and Society” (existing course with GEL Natural Science – Physical Science; requesting GEN Theme: Sustainability) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5525
  • EEOB 2250 “Dynamics of Dinosaurs” (existing course requesting GEN Theme: Origins and Evolution) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5303
  • EEOB 3495 “Research Ethics and Protocols in Behavior, Ecology and Evolution” (new course also requesting 100% DL) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5616
  • History 3260 “Britain in the 19th Century” (existing course with GEL Historical Study & GEN Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies; request to remove GEN Foundation: Historical and Cultural Studies and add GEN Theme: Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5647
  • History 3425 “History of Japan before 1800” (existing course with GEL Historical Study and Diversity – Global Studies; requesting GEN Foundations: Historical and Cultural Studies) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5646
  • History 3480 “Israel/Palestine: History of the Present” (new cross-listed course) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5654
  • History 3501 “U.S. Diplomacy, 1920-Present” (existing course with GEL Historical Study; requesting GEN Theme: Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5634
  • History of Art 3010 “Gender and Sexuality in European Art” (existing course with GEL Visual and Performing Arts & GEN Foundations: Literary, Visual & Performing Arts and Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Diversity; requesting 100% DL) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5658
  • Italian 2057 “Black Italy: The Politics and History of Race in Contemporary Italy” (new course requesting GEN Foundation: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Diversity) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5603
  • Jewish Studies 3480 “Israel/Palestine: History of the Present” (new cross-listed course) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5663
  • Linguistics 3603 “Language Across Cultures” (existing course with GEL Social Science – Individuals and Groups and GEL Diversity – Global Studies; requesting GEN Theme: Lived Environments) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5610
  • Music 3315 “Voice Science and Pedagogy for the Undergraduate” (course change, requesting change from three credit hours to two) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5657
  • Music 6840 “Research Methods in Music Theory” (new course) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5642
  • Philosophy 2344 “Human Flourishing in a Global Society” (new course) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5638
  • Philosophy 3210.02 “History of Ancient Philosophy with Research HIP” (“new” course; 4-credit High-Impact Practice: Research & Creative Inquiry version of Philosophy 3210.01; previously approved for GEN Theme: Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5650
  • Political Science 1910 “Introduction to the Politics of Identity” (new course requesting 100% DL and GEN Foundation: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Diversity) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5672
  • Political Science 2145 “Native American Politics” (new course requesting GEN Theme: Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5671
  • Russian 4330 “Religion in Russia: The Orthodox Church and Religious Minorities” (new course requesting GEN Theme: Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5640
  • Slavic 2365.99 “Sports, Socialists, and Society in Russia and Eastern Europe (Online)” (existing course with GEL Cultures & Ideas and GEL Diversity – Global Studies; requesting GEN Theme: Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations; this is a 100% DL version of 2365.01) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5651
  • Sociology 4629 “Health Disparities in Social Context” (course change from 5000 to 4000-level; increase credit hours from 3 to 4; requesting new GEN Theme: Health and Wellbeing with High-Impact Practice: Research & Creative Inquiry) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5000
  • Theatre 3130H “Introduction to Performance Studies” (new cross-listed course requesting GEN Theme: Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations with High-Impact Practice: Research & Creative Inquiry) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5656
  • Turkish 3797 “Virtual Education Abroad in Istanbul, Turkey” (new course requesting 100% DL; also requesting new GEN Theme: Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5091
  • Yiddish 5672 “Yiddish for Reading and Research” (new course requesting 100% DL) https://ascnet.osu.edu/request/5643
Department Course Title Type Latest Committee Latest Status
Geography Revision BS in Geographic Information Science Program Request Completed
Geography Revision Minor Geographic Information Science Program Request Completed