Curricular Items
Posted: Thursday, January 28, 2010Curricular Items
From the Chair of the Senate Curriculum Committee
Correction
ANT 306 was incorrectly titled Urban Anthropology in the January 21, 2010, issue of the Bulletin. The correct course title is ANT 306 Peoples of Asia.
Writing Across the Curriculum
Courses that satisfy the Writing Across the Curriculum requirement will now be identified as WAC Designation in the Bulletin and on the College Senate Web site.
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:
New Courses:
PSC 308 International Organizations and International Law. Prerequisite: Junior or senior status or instructor permission. Political and legal viewpoints of international organizations; political and administrative concepts and theories concerning international organizations and law such as roles and effects of international organizations and law in foreign policy making, international cooperation, and competition.
PSC 342 Russian Politics. Prerequisite: PSC 101 or instructor permission. Theory and practice of Russian political institutions and processes in light of Russian history; Soviet efforts to redirect that history; current political, social, and economic changes in Russia today.
Course Revision:
PSC 317 U.S. Constitutional Law: Power, Institutions, and Accountability. Prerequisite: Junior or senior status or instructor permission. Foundations of American Constitutionalism; judicial review and its use throughout history; the Supreme Court’s interaction with Congress, the president, and the states; evolving concepts of federalism; development of governmental regulation of private property and contracts; the evolution of the principles of constitutional due process and equal protection.
Course Revision and Intellectual Foundations Designation:
NON-WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS
PSC 340 Politics of Developing Countries.Prerequisite: PSC 101 or PSC 230. Problems of developing countries, political process, and its relation to societal transformation; the role of the army and bureaucracy in political development; problems of nation-building and democracy in developing countries; and globalization.
Course Revision, Intellectual Foundations Designation, and Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Designation:
ORAL COMMUNICATION
PSC 470W Senior Seminar. Prerequisites: PSC 203, PSC 204, PSC 399, and junior or senior status or instructor permission. Selected topics in political science examined and analyzed in depth.
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Advanced to the Interim President
The following have been approved by the Senate Curriculum Committee and forwarded to the interim president for review and approval:
Program Revision:
M.A. History, MA-NS
New Courses:
MST 640 Museum Administration
PSY 460 Advanced Legal Psychology
Course Revision:
ANT 321 Primatology
