Curricular Items
Posted: Thursday, September 6, 2018Curricular Items
From the Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee
The following have been received in the College Senate Office and forwarded to the College Senate Curriculum Committee for fall 2018 review:
Program Revisions:
B.A. Physics
B.S. Physics
New Course:
ANT 200 Explorations in Anthropology. Prerequisite: ANT 100 or instructor permission. Research skills necessary to do well in upper-division anthropology courses: finding anthropological studies in the literature, reading scientific papers and ethnographies, and conducting basic data analysis. Intended for anthropology majors and minors early in their academic careers. Offered every spring.
Course Revision:
NFS 302 Advanced Nutrition. Prerequisites: NFS 102, CHE 112, CHE 321, BIO 308 or BIO 311, and BIO 312. Recommended corequisite: CHE 322. Foundational course integrating the sciences of inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, anatomy, physiology, genetics, and human nutrition. Preparatory course for medical nutrition therapy, including the study of macronutrient and micronutrient metabolism, nutrient control of gene expression, energy metabolism, physiologic role of dietary fiber, nutrient roles in bone health and blood formation, assessment on micronutrient nutrition status, and fluid and electrolyte balance. Offered spring semester.
