Curricular Items
Posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2011Curricular Items
From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
Advanced to the Senate Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the Senate Office and forwarded to the Senate Curriculum Committee for review and approval:
New Courses:
GEG 418 Remote Sensing. Prerequisites: GEG 199 or CIS 101 or competence in computing, and GEG 390 or equivalent. Concepts of remote sensing and its applications. Principles and methods of electromagnetic radiation, aerial and space remote sensing. Basics of digital image processing, spatial data capture, and interpretations from remote sensors.
HIS 612 North and South American Frontiers and Borderlands. Prerequisite: Graduate status. Examination of frontiers in the Western Hemisphere from the European encounter and conquest in 1492 to the twentieth century. How historians have conceptualized the borderlands and frontiers. How notions of gender, race, and class are altered on the frontier.
New Course and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
DIVERSITY
WGS 101 Introduction to Women and Gender Studies. Gender as a social construction that influences women and men and intersects with other social categories. Introduction to feminist theories. How gender affects childhood experiences, education, employment, family, bodies, and violence. Portrayal of gender in art, literature, and media. Gender in the social and natural sciences. Current issues related to women and gender.
Course Revisions:
FTT 358 Fashion Forecasting and Consumer Issues. Prerequisites: FTT 110 and FTT 208. Study of designers’ work; consumer segmentation and adoption process; analysis of current trends in apparel in order to forecast for specific markets; storyboard presentation. Hands-on experience with off-the-shelf software programs used in fashion industry for concept/trend board development and forecasting presentation.
HIS 328 History of Poland (Currently HIS 206). Prerequisite: upper-division status. Major Polish historical and cultural achievements through the ages. The growth and development of the nation and the state. Scientific, cultural, and religious forces in Polish life. The interaction of Poland with neighboring states and cultures, and Poland’s role in world affairs.
Intellectual Foundations Designation:
WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM
PSC 390 The Italian-American Experience: Politics, Society, and Identity (WAC)
