Curricular Items
Posted: Thursday, January 24, 2008Curricular Items
Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the Senate Curriculum Committee for review and approval:
New Courses:
HIS 303 Colonial Latin America. Encounter between Europe and the New World; establishment of the political, social, cultural, and religious institutions of the Spanish and Portuguese in the Americas between 1492 and 1824. Role of the church, economic institutions, women, slaves, and Indians in further understanding the cultural and political heritage of the region.
HIS 315 History of Classical and Medieval Thought. Early Western intellectual tradition and the interaction of various modes and traditions of intellectual discourse (music, literature, history, philosophy, natural science) and their impact. Dynamics of cultural development and the influences that have shaped Western civilization.
HIS 323 Classical Greece and Rome. Origins and development of ancient Greece, the Hellenistic world, and the Roman republic and empire. Emergence and growth of major cities, the evolution of social and political institutions, trade and economic development, technological innovation, and philosophy and religion.
HIS 359 Germany and Central Europe, 1618–1918
History of Central Europe from the Thirty Years’ War to the twentieth century. Political and cultural development of the modern German nation-state from nationalist dream to the Second Reich in the nineteenth century.
HIS 403 The Italian Renaissance. History, politics, culture, and thought of the Italian Renaissance, its achievements, and its impact on European and world civilizations. Development and contributions of humanism and on the distinctive cultural worlds of Florence, Milan, Naples, Venice, and Rome.
Advanced to the President
The following has been approved by the Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review and approval:
Course Revision:
MAT 404 Applications of Linear Algebra
