Curricular Items
Posted: Wednesday, November 19, 2014Curricular Items
From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Advanced to the President
The following have been approved by the College Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the president for review and approval:
New Courses:
ACM 613 Spreadsheets and Databases for Math/Science Professionals
COM 621 Theories of Public Relations
COM 635 Internship in Public Relations
COM 660 Global Public Relations
PAD 640 Human Resource Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Course Revisions:
COM 610 Public Relations Principles and Practices
COM 650 Public Relations Management
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Advanced to the Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for review:
New Program:
Minor in Energy Systems, SP-ESM
Program Revisions:
B.S. Criminal Justice, BS-SP CRJ
Minor in Legal Studies, LGL
New Courses:
HIS 413 Latin American Environmental History. Prerequisite: Upper-division status or instructor permission. How humans have shaped the landscape, water, and air of Latin America. Pre-Columbian farming. Mining in Mexico and the Andes, deforestation, pollution of rivers and waterways for commodities. European livestock in the region and environmental degradation. Urbanization and ecotourism in Latin America.
PLN 225 Planning Methods. Prerequisite: PLN 215. Introduction to planning methods and techniques commonly used in plan-making. Methodological skills, including data collection and analysis; survey design; public participation and engagement; the use of technology such as GIS, SketchUp, Google Earth, and Excel; public speaking; and development of technical writing.
PLN 431 Planning Practicum. Prerequisites: PLN 225, planning major, and senior status. Capstone experience; students engage in a group project focused on applying specific knowledge and skills gained in the program to a real-world planning problem. Uses a project-based research approach to identify a problem or issue and develop a plan to address it.
