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From the Chair of the Senate Curriculum Committee

Correction
EXE 385 as approved by the president in the April 23, 2009, issue of theBulletin was inadvertently listed under its former title. The correct title is Field Experience in Evaluation, Assessment, and Curriculum for Children with Disabilities.

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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:

Course Revision:
ANT 324 The Human Skeleton. Prerequisite: ANT 100 or instructor permission. Hands-on experience with natural human skeletons to learn all bones, landmarks, and features of the bones; how to determine the side of the body the bone came from, determine if a bone is from a male or female, estimate age at death, and estimate stature of the individual.

Course Revisions and Intellectual Foundations Designations:

ORAL COMMUNICATION
ANT 415 Seminar in Archaeology.Prerequisites: Upper-division standing and/or instructor permission.Value of archaeology and its relevance to the problems faced by people today. Benefits from archaeology and how they are achieved. Intellectual, social, and political trends that have shaped the development of the field of archaeology. Archaeological theory and research design in depth. Negotiating between the different stakeholders in archaeological projects. Oral and written communication of archaeological findings.

WORLD CIVILIZATIONS
ANT 305 Peoples of Africa. Prerequisite: ANT 101. Cross-cultural comparisons of indigenous and modern African nations. Emphasis on regional, linguistic, social, political, religious, economic, and aesthetic characteristics as well as historical and recent population migrations on the African continent and the surrounding islands.

ANT 411 African Family.Prerequisite: ANT 101 or ANT 305. Modes of marriage, rules of marital residence, descent and kinship, community organization, and reference kinship terms. How urbanism and urbanization, formal education, service and industrial economies, migrations, and civil wars are contributing to changes in marriage, family, and kinship ties across Africa.

WORLD CIVILIZATIONS and DIVERSITY
ANT 307 Urban Anthropology.Prerequisite: ANT 101.Origins and evolution of cities around the world; their impact on the human family and other social relationships, and on the physical environment. Early and recent viewpoints on life in cities, suburbs, and rural communities.

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Advanced to the President
The following have been approved by the Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review and approval:

New Courses:
GEG 529 Advanced Topics in GIS
IDE 302 Interior Design Computer Applications

New Course and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
NATURAL SCIENCE
ANT 220 Case Studies in Physical Anthropology

Course Revision:
GEG 409 Industrial Geography

Course Revision and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
ORAL COMMUNICATION
GES 307 Geomorphology

Intellectual Foundations Designation:
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
ENT 100 The Age of Energy