Curricular Items
Posted: Thursday, February 18, 2010Curricular Items
From the Chair of the Senate Curriculum Committee
Advanced to the Senate Curricular Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the Senate Curriculum Committee for review and approval:
Course Revisions and Intellectual Foundations Designations:
ORAL COMMUNICATION
MED 407 Student Teaching of Mathematics in Junior High/Middle School. Prerequisites: Completion of MED 308 and MED 300 or MED 309 with a minimum grade of C; completion of all mathematics coursework; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in all major mathematics courses; completion of all education courses with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; senior status; and instructor permission. Supervised teaching experience five full days a week for approximately eight consecutive weeks in an early secondary mathematics classroom. Effective demonstration of content knowledge, pedagogical preparation, instructional delivery, classroom management, knowledge of student development, collaboration with school professionals, and reflectivity of practice required.
MED 408 Student Teaching of Mathematics in High School. Prerequisites: MTS major; completion of MED 308 and MED 300 with a minimum grade of C; completion of all mathematics degree coursework; minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 in all major mathematics courses; completion of all education courses with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5; senior status; and instructor permission. Supervised teaching experience five full days a week for approximately eight consecutive weeks in an early secondary mathematics classroom. Effective demonstration of content knowledge, pedagogical preparation, instructional delivery, classroom management, knowledge of student development, collaboration with school professionals, and reflectivity of practice required.
Course Revision and Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Designation:
PSC 309 International Political Economy (Writing Intensive). Prerequisite: PSC 101 or PSC 102. Political and economic dynamics of the global economy; theoretical traditions of international political economy; analysis of international trade, foreign direct investment, monetary policy, debt, technology, and energy; role of international organizations; interdependence and globalization.
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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:
New Program:
Minor in Environment and Society
Program Revision:
B.S. Forensic Chemistry, BS-NS-FRC
New Courses:
CHE 406 Analytical Toxicology
FOR 416 Optical Microscopy
GEG 523 Biogeography
MAT 300 Techniques of Proof
THA 218 Script Analysis I: Play Reading
Course Revision:
BIO 301 Cell Physiology
Course Revisions and Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Designations:
FLE 401 Teaching Foreign Language in Middle and High School, WAC
FOR 414 Forensic Chemistry Laboratory, WAC
