Curricular Items
Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2008Curricular Items
Advanced to the President
The following have been approved by the Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review and approval:
New Course:
ANT 350 Global Marriage Practices
New Course and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
MATHEMATICS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING
MAT 114 Functions and Modeling
Course Revisions and Intellectual Foundations Designations:
DIVERSITY
CRJ 425 Race, Ethnicity, and the Administration of Justice
CRJ 430 Gender and the Administration of Justice
ECO 302 Women in the Economy
HUMANITIES and DIVERSITY
ENG 231 Women in Literature
ORAL COMMUNICATION
BIO 303 Genetics
BIO 350 Genes in Populations
ENG 490 Senior Seminar
SED 407 Practice Teaching Science in the Middle School
SED 408 Practice Teaching Science in the High School
SOCIAL SCIENCE
PSC 230 International Relations
Intellectual Foundations Designations:
DIVERSITY
SOC 333 Sociology of Social Movements
HUMANITIES
ENG 252 British Modernism
MATHEMATICS AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING
ECO 305 Economic Statistics
MAT 126 Calculus
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 Course:
MUS 222 Recording Technology and Sound Reinforcement. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.Overview of electronic audio systems and their application, including the art and science of sound recording and reinforcement of instrumental and vocal music in live and studio situations. Topics include microphone selection and placement, signal processing, mixing, amplification, loudspeaker types, digital audio editing software, MIDI and sound system design for live venues.
Course Revisions and Intellectual Foundations Designations:
ARTS and DIVERSITY
MUS 206 Foundations of American Popular Music.This survey course studies the historical developments that helped formulate today’s popular music, including the roots of blues, jazz, and rock music in America.
DIVERSITY
ENG 353 Native American Literature. Prerequisite: 3 hours of literature or instructor permission. Selected aspects of traditional and contemporary Native American literature in its cultural, historical, and aesthetic contexts.