Report of the Committee on Educational Policy and the Curriculum
Approved at the February 29, 2016 meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
(Information is from the October 27, 2015 CEPC meeting)
Recommendations for approval by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Committee recommends adoption of the following proposals. The text of each proposal is given in bold face print.
The full text of syllabi, program descriptions, Undergraduate Record, as well as other documentation for these recommendations, are available prior to the FAS meeting in the office of the College Registrar, 106 Monroe Hall. Changes approved by the FAS will appear and become effective in the Fall 2016-2017 Undergraduate Record, unless otherwise noted.
Course Changes
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
ENPG 3800 Tutoring Peer Writers
ENWR 3500 Topics in Advanced Academic Writing
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
EVSC 4190 Ecosystem-Based Marine Conservation
INTERDISCIPLINARY ~ AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM
To drop the application process for the major in American Studies
MIDDLE EASTERN AND SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
PERS 1060 Accelerated Persian
SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
SOC 4750 Racism
PROPOSED FORUMS
Proposal for Visions of the Good Forum
Submitted by,
Janet Herman
Chair, CEPC
Report of the Committee on Educational Policy and the Curriculum
Approved at the February 29, 2016 meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
(Information is from the December 8, 2015 CEPC meeting)
Recommendations for approval by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Committee recommends adoption of the following proposals. The text of each proposal is given in bold face print.
The full text of syllabi, program descriptions, Undergraduate Record, as well as other documentation for these recommendations, are available prior to the FAS meeting in the office of the College Registrar, 106 Monroe Hall. Changes approved by the FAS will appear and become effective in the Fall 2016-2017 Undergraduate Record, unless otherwise noted.
Course Changes
HISTORY DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
HIUS 3173 The Vietnam War in American Film
RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
RELC 2850 The Kingdom of God in America
SPANISH, ITALIAN & PORTUGUESE DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
KICH 1010 Introduction to Maya K’iche’ I
INTERDISCIPLINARY~STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
STAT 3250 Data Analysis with Python
STAT 3118 Probability for Statistics
STAT 4210 Big Data Tools
STAT 4170 Financial Time Series and Forecasting
STAT 4260 Databases
STAT 4220 Applied Analytics for Business
STAT 3119 Matrix Algebra for Statistics
WOMEN GENDER & SEXUALITY PROGRAM
To add to the Undergraduate Record
WGS 2896 Front Lines of Social Change Part II: Social Justice in Our Community
PROGRAM CHANGES
WOMEN GENDER & SEXUALITY PROGRAM
To require two 4000-level courses instead of the senior seminar for the WGS major (and one for the WGS minor)
GLOBAL STUDIES ~ GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM
To allow Global Studies~ Global Environments & Sustainability majors to count 4 of their major courses as "inside" of the College
PROPOSED FORUMS
Proposal for Forum in the Arts: Creative Processes and Practices
Submitted by,
Janet Herman
Chair, CEPC
Report of the Committee on Educational Policy and the Curriculum
Approved at the February 29, 2016 meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
(Information is from the February 10, 2016 CEPC meeting)
Recommendations for approval to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The full text of syllabi, program descriptions, Undergraduate Record, as well as other documentation for these recommendations, are available prior to the FAS meeting in the office of the College Registrar, 106 Monroe Hall. Changes approved by the FAS will appear and become effective in the Fall 2016-2017 Undergraduate Record, unless otherwise noted.
The Committee recommends adoption of the following new courses.
NEW COURSE PROPOSALS
AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM
To add to the Undergraduate Record
AMST 3630 Vietnam War in Literature and Film
ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
ANTH 2621 Culture, Gender and Violence
BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
BIOL 2900 Teaching Methods for Undergraduate Teaching Assistants
BIOL 4135 Biology of Aging
ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
ECON 4440 Economic Inequality
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
ENMC 3630 Vietnam War in Literature and Film
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
EVSC 4452 Global Climate Variability Seminar
GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
GETR 3770 Women Writers: Women on Women
HISTORY DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
HIUS 3853 From Redlines to Subprime: Race and Real Estate in the US
HIUS 2052 America and War Since 1900
HIST 3854 Reasoning from History
LIBERAL ARTS SEMINAR PROGRAM
To add to the Undergraduate Record
LASE 3200 Liberal Arts and Professional Engagement
MIDDLE EASTERN AND SOUTH ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
ARTR 3245 Arabic Literary Delights
PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
PHIL 3010 Darwin and Philosophy
PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
PSYC 4155 Autism: From Neurons to Neighborhoods
PSYC 4255 Behavioral Epigenetics
PSYC 4695 Social Cognition and Social Change
PSYC 3235 Introduction to Epigenetics (course to be approved for the math/science College area requirement)
RELIGIOUS STUDIES DEPARTMENT
To add to the Undergraduate Record
RELG 3305 Basic Philosophy Plato to Kant
RELI 3415 Medieval Books and Scholars
RELG 3333 Literature and Ethics
The Committee recommends adoption of the following program changes.
PROGRAM CHANGE PROPOSALS
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM
To propose a Minor in American Sign Language
ASTRONOMY – PHYSICS BS MAJOR
To request the addition of the Distinguished Majors Program (DMP) to the new Bachelor of Science major in Astronomy-Physics
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES MAJOR
To change the pre-requisite for the GDS Major from ECON 2010 to either ECON 2010 or ECON 2020
Submitted by,
Janet Herman
Chair, CEPC
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