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From the Chair of the Senate Curriculum Committee
Advanced to the Senate Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the Senate Curriculum Committee for review and approval:

Program Revisions:
B.A. Journalism, BA-AH JBS
B.A. Philosophy, BA-AH PHI
B.A. Public Communication, BA-AH PCM
M.S.Ed. Educational Technology, MSED SP

New Courses:
GLC 535 Great Lakes Ecosystems. Prerequisite: One semester of ecology or organismal biology, or instructor permission. North American Great Lakes ecosystems: evolution, physical and chemical features, biological structure, ecological interactions, ecosystem metabolism, and human dimensions.

GLC 600 Great Lakes Center Seminar. Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Great Lakes environmental science master’s degree program. Great Lakes environmental science topics, including physical, biological, chemical, socioeconomic, and management issues in the Great Lakes basin. Groups within the Great Lakes basin: government agencies, academia, industry, and public interest groups. Great Lakes environmental science and management practices. Forum for students’ thesis proposals and/or research results.

PHI 334 Philosophy of Social Sciences. Prerequisite: CWP 102. The structure and nature of the social sciences. Epistemological and ontological implications of social-scientific theories. Analysis of socially constructed facts and institutions.  Rational-choice and decision-theory models of explanation.

PHI 335 Philosophy of Natural Sciences. Prerequisite: CWP 102. The structure and nature of science. Epistemological and ontological implications of scientific theories (e.g., quantum mechanics, evolutionary biology). The role of evidence, confirmation, falsification in science.

PSM 601 Project Management for Math and Science Professionals. Prerequisite: Graduate status. Current practices in project management as applied to math and science projects. Hands-on experience with the skills, tools, and techniques required in different phases of a project’s life cycle, including project selection, project planning, project staffing and organization, task scheduling, project-scope management, budgeting and progress reporting, risk management, quality management, project communications, and use of appropriate project-management software tools. Techniques for communicating and motivating teams throughout the project life cycle. Emphasis on team building and practicing project-management techniques through the use of science-based cases.

New Course and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
ANT 388W Folklore and Technology: American Roots Music. Prerequisites: CWP 101 or equivalent and upper-division status. Richness and diversity of American roots music. Relationship of roots music to folklore and popular culture. Ways in which mediated transmission and technology have contributed to the development of and dissemination of roots music.

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