Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee (ASCC)

Details

Date
2025-04-18
Time
9:00-11:00am
Location
156 University Hall
Agenda
  1. Approval of the 04-04-2025 Minutes
  2. Workforce Development (Guest: Randy Smith, Office of Academic Affairs)
  3. Subcommittee Reports
Notes

Course Updates:

1.      AAAS 4620 “Race, Policing, and the American City” (new course requesting GEN Theme Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World)

2.      Anthropology 2203 “Introduction to Forensic Anthropology” (existing course requesting change of level from 3000 to 2000-level)

3.      Anthropology 3233 “Introduction to Forensic Anthropology” (new course)

4.      Anthropology 5515 “Careers for Wicked Scientists” (existing course requesting 100%DL)

5.      Anthropology 7720 “Teaching In Anthropology”  (existing course requesting reduction of credit hours from 4 to 3)

6.      Classics 4401 “Gaming the Past: Role Playing Political Crisis in Greece and Rome”  (new course requesting GEN Theme Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World)

7.      Ethnic Studies 2625 “Asian American Feminisms” (new course requesting GEN Foundation Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Diversity)

8.      German 3354.02 “From Viking Saga to Climate Fiction: Nature in Nordic and Germanic Literatures” (new HIP, 4 credit version of 3354.01, which has GEN Theme Sustainability; requesting 100% DL and Research and Creative Inquiry High Impact Practice)

9.      History 3088 “Policing America: Law Enforcement in African American History” (new course requesting GEN Theme Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations)

10.  History 3595 “Strategic Thought In History” (new course requesting GEN Theme Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World)

11.  History of Art 4040 “Topics in Indigenous Art History”  (new course)

12.  History of Art 4798.04 “Venice Past/Present/Future: Art, Architecture, and Environment in the Lagoon City” (new course requesting GEN Theme Lived Environments with Global and Intercultural Learning: Abroad, Away, or Virtual HIP)

13.  Islamic Studies 3501 “Introduction to Islam” (existing course with GEL Cultures and Ideas, GEL Diversity—Global Studies, and GEN Foundation Historical and Cultural Studies; request to remove GEN Foundation Historical and Cultural Studies & replace with GEN Theme Traditions, Cultures, and Transformations)

14.  Scandinavian 3354.02 “From Viking Saga to Climate Fiction: Nature in Nordic and Germanic Literatures” (new HIP, 4 credit version of 3354.01, which has GEN Theme Sustainability; requesting 100% DL and Research and Creative Inquiry High Impact Practice)

15.  Slavic 3370 “Cultures of Manufacturing: Environments of Industrial Production in the Czech Lands” (new course requesting GEN Theme Lived Environments with Global and Intercultural Learning: Abroad, Away, or Virtual HIP)

16.  Turkish 3350 “Contemporary Issues in Turkey” (existing course with GEL Social Science-Individuals and Groups & GEL Diversity-Global Studies; also approved for 100% DL; requesting GEN Theme Citizenship for a Diverse and Just World)