April 4, 2013 TO: Faculty Senate FROM: Rachel Cunliffe Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee RE: Consent Agenda The following proposals have been approved by the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee and are recommended for approval by the Faculty Senate. You may read the full text for any course or program proposal by going to the PSU Curriculum Tracking System at http://psucurriculumtracker.pbworks.com and looking in the 2012-13 Comprehensive List of Proposals. Graduate School of Education New Courses E.1.c.1. ELP 362 Introduction to School and Community Relations (4) Major emphasis will be on exploring the ways schools interact with parents, citizens and special interest groups that lead to building a diverse community. Course includes an additional, concurrent 30-hour minimum field project requirement. Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science Changes to Existing Programs E.1.c.2. BS in Civil Engineering change course credits per approved changes (see below); changes total required credits from 44 to 46. E.1.c.3. BS in Environmental Engineering change course credits approved changes (see below); changes total required credits from 50 to 52. E.1.c.4. CE 111 Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering change credits from 2 to 3. E.1.c.5. CE 112 Civil and Environmental Engineering Statistical Applications change credits from 2 to 3. College of Liberal Arts & Sciences New Courses
E.1.c.6. CR 302 Peace Studies (4) This introductory course explores the general questions of war and peace with units on history of peace, nonviolent conflict resolution, religious and philosophical peace orientations, costs and benefits of war and peace, laws of war and peace, selected peace leader biographies. E.1.c.7. CR 304 Participating in Democracy (4) This course is designed to explore the meaning of democracy by constructing the notion of living democracy. The importance of participating in democracy and the impediments are explored. Historical and present examples will be used to illustrate forms civic participation on the local, regional, national and international level. E.1.c.8. CR 305 Ecology of War and Peace (4) Looks at environmental effects of waging and preparing to wage war, natural resource drivers to war, and what an ecology of peace would look like and what it would accomplish. Conceptually, what is a more thorough and accurate cost-benefit analysis of methods of nation-state conflict management, using the US as the case example. E.1.c.9. CR 306 Introduction to Nonviolence (4) This course examines nonviolence from several perspectives, including units on philosophical and religious nonviolence, nonviolent communication, nonviolent response to personal attack, Gandhian nonviolence, Sharp strategic nonviolence, and the emergent field of nonviolent conflict forensics. E.1.c.10. Hst 363 History of the British Empire (4) Surveys four centuries of the expansion and decline of the British Empire. Emphasis on the military, political and economic history of imperialism, the comparative study of colonial territories, and the emergence of post-colonial societies. Expected preparation: upper-division standing. E.1.c.11. G 457 Volcanoes and Earthquakes (4) change course number to G 342; change School of Social Work Change to Existing Programs E.1.c.12. BS in Social Work adding the BA option to the major. New Courses E.1.c.13. CFS 320 ABCs of Early Childhood Education (4)
An introductory class for students preparing for parenthood or interested in careers in early childhood education. History and philosophy; observation processes; guidance approaches; and program assessment. E.1.c.14. SW 460 Senior Integrated Portfolio (3) This course facilitates students integration of past learning, both formal and informal, into a generalist social work practice framework. The interrelated nature of HBSE, social welfare policy, practice, field, and research is emphasized. Students create an integrated competency-based (10 competencies) portfolio documenting their personal and professional achievements throughout the social work program. This course provides the opportunity to synthesize and apply holistically the components (knowledge, values, and skills) of a competent generalist social worker preparing for entry-level professional social work career. Co-requisite: SW 432. E.1.c.15. SW 301 Introduction to Social Work change description and E.1.c.16. SW 400 Practicum and Seminar I-III change title, description and E.1.c.17. SW 430 Generalist Practice with Communities and Organizations separate course sequence (SW 430, 431, 432) into separate courses; change titles descriptions and E.1.c.18. SW 431 Generalist Practice with Individuals and Families (3) change title, description and E.1.c.19. SW 432 Generalist Practice with Groups change title, description and E.1.c.20. SW 450 Social Work Research and Evaluation I change title, description and E.1.c.21. SW 451 Social Work Research and Evaluation II change title, description, and Undergraduate Studies E.1.c.22. Unst 124 (sequence) Freshman Inquiry: Sustainability change the title to variable title, e.g. Sustainability: Humans in the Landscape. E.1.c.23. Unst 131 (sequence) Freshman Inquiry: The Work of Art change title to variable title, e.g. Work of Art: Being and Becoming. E.1.c.24.
BI 372 BI 372 Changes to Cluster Courses as recommended for approval by the University Studies Council. Add New Cluster course Cluster Status Nanotechnology Society and Sustainability Nanotechnology Society and Sustainability Knowledge Values Rationality Science in the Liberal Arts (cond) BST 353 African Women in Film Global Perspectives BST 356 Cuban Film: Politics and Culture Global Perspectives BST 357 Caribbean Spirituality and Resistance Global Perspectives BST 377 BST 384 BST/INTL 372 CHLA 303U 336 336 ECE 317 Voudon, Rasta and Islam in the Carribean Global Perspectives African Immigrant Communities in Community Studies Oregon Sociology of Africa: Post- colonial Global Perspectives Studies of Africa Chicana/Latina Experience Families and Society Metaphor Popular Culture Metaphor Knowledge Values Rationality Nanotechnology: Simulation and Design Science in the Liberal Arts HST 375 History of Kievan and Muscovite Russia Interpreting the Past 800's - 1700 HST 376 History of Imperial Russia 1700-1917 Global Perspectives HST 377 History of the Soviet Union and Post- Global Perspectives Soviet Russia JST/HST Jewish History from Antiquity to the Interpreting the Past 317 Medieval Period JST/HST Jewish History from the Medieval Global Perspectives 318 Period to Present JST/HST Rabbinic Culture in the Roman World Interpreting the Past 319 JST 324 Historical Introduction ot the Hebrew Interpreting the Past Bible/Old Testament JST 325 Retelling the Bible Interpreting the Past JST 333 Israeli Culture and Society Popular Culture JST 379 History of Zionism Global Perspectives JST 380 The Holocaust Global Perspectives JST 388 History of Modern Israel Global Perspectives MGRK Modern Greek Culture Global Perspectives 330 PA 311U Introduction to Civic Engagement Community Studies
PA 311U Introduction to Civic Engagement Leading Social Change PA 312U Foundations of Community Leadership Community Studies PA 312U Foundations of Community Leadership Healthy People/Healthy Places PA 312U Foundations of Community Leadership Leading Social Change PA Managing People for Change Leading Social Change 315U/399 PAH 320 Health Ethics - Contemporary Issues Healthy People/Healthy Place PAH 320 Health Ethics - Contemporary Issues Leading Social Change PH 382 Introduction to Nanoscience and Freedom Privacy Technology Nanotechnology PH 382 Introduction to Nanoscience and Science in the Liberal Arts Nanotechnology PHL 305 Analytic Philosophy Knowledge Values Rationality PHL 375 Food Ethics Knowledge Values Rationality PS 353 Introduction to Latin American Politics Global Perspectives PS 355 Introduction to African Politics Global Perspectives SCI 372 Marine Science Inquiry Environmental Sustainability SCI 372 Marine Science Inquiry Science in the Liberal Arts SYSC Decision Making in Complex Environments: a view towards collective action and social change Knowledge Values Rationality Modeling Social- Ecological Systems Global Environmental Change SYSC SYSC Networks and Society Community Studies SYSC Networks and Society Leading Social Change USP 317 Introduction to International Global Perspectives Community Development WS 330 Women of Color in the US Families and Society WS 332 Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Families and Society the US WS 370 History of Sexualities Families and Society Renumbered Courses Status CCJ 350U Ethical Leadership in Criminal Justice Leading Social Change (was CCJ 450) CCJ 365U Criminology and Social Justice (was CCJ Leading Social Change 365) CFS 382U Mental Disorders: Impact on Families Families in Society (was CFS 482U) USP 350U Concepts of Citizen Participation (was HPHP/Community Studies USP 450U) Communicating about Violence and Families in Society
317U Children (was ) Intro to Health Communication (was 329U ) Now Bollywood Cinema (formerly 362U International Film History) (was ) Add Cluster class to New Cluster HPHP Popular Culture Status ANTH Asian American Experience Families and Society 318U ANTH Asian American Experience Community Studies 318U PHE 326U Drug Education Families and Society PHE 335U Human Sexuality Families and Society Removals 423U Remove from Leading Social Change (not on Memo for removal) Status ENG 410U 412U 415U 420U 422U 423U Contemporary Women Writers American Cinema/American Culture Off Hollywood The Fifties: Media and Culture Film Studies I Film Studies II: International Film History Film Studies III: Documentary and A.G. Film Topics in Popular Media Empirical Theories of Mass Communication Problems in Intercultural Communication Political Communication Critical Theories of Mass Communication Remove from Leading Social Change - Remove "U" Remove "U" from 410 Remove "U" - orphan Remove from Freedom Privacy & Popular CultureTech - Organizational Communication Remove "U" - orphan
427U 437U 452U Issues in International Communication Urban Communication Gender and Race in the Media Remove U - orphan (may already have been done) Remove from Gender and Sexualities and Popular Culture - 457U The Language of Violence Remove from American Studies and Popular Culture - WS 452U Gender and Race in the Media Remove from Gender and Sexualities and Popular Culture - WS 457U The Language of Violence Remove from American Studies and Popular Culture - Discrete Numbers reported PA 313U Fundamentals of Public Service Leading Social Change PA 314U Special Topics: Student Leadership Leading Social Change COURSE CLARIFICATIONS HST 344U Jews and Judaism Post WWII American Studies