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GE Catalog Courses and Modifications 09-11

GE Area A: Communication
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Area B: Science and Mathematics
ERSC 144
Introduction to Earth Systems
B3
yes
yes 6/02/08    
FSN 210
Nutrition
Proposed change for B5 to B2
  yes yes 5/29/08    
MATH 227
Mathematics for Elementary Teaching 1
Note: Ready for GE Committee Fall 08
B1 yes yes 5/08/08    
PHYS 115
Physics of Sound and Music
Approved as Experimental Course
B3 yes yes      
SS 121
Introductory Soil Science
Proposed change from B5 to B2
B2
yes yes 6/02/08    
               
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Area C: Arts and Humanities
See 07-08 list of new subtopics approved under existing subtitle courses
ARCH 320
Topics in Architectural History (Main Subtitle)
Subtopic: The Architecture and
Urbanism of Japan
Start Date: Fall 2007
C4
checkmark
6/30/07
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7/17/07
ART 311
Art History
C4
yes
yes
checkmark
Fall 08  
ES 340
Cultural Production and Ethnicity
Main Subtitle Approved
C4
yes
yes
checkmark
11/14/07 11/14/07
ES 340
Subtitle: Indigenous Studies
C4
yes
yes
checkmark
11/14/07
11/14/07
ENGL 382
LGBT Literature and Media
Approved as Experimental Course
C4 yes yes checkmark Fall 08  
RELS 378
Religion and Contemporary Values

C4
11/30/07
11/30/07
  Fall 08  

Start Date: Spring 09 (continuous)
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Area D/E: Society and the Individual
           
HUM 315
Critical Issues in Latin American Studies
Main Subtitle Course
D5 yes yes 5/23/08 Fall 08  
HIST 216
Comparative Social Movements D3     Fall 08    
HIST 221
World History, Beginnings to 1000 D3     Fall 08    
HIST 222
World History, 1000 to 1800 D3     Fall 08    
HIST 223
World History, 1800 to Present D3     Fall 08    
HIST 317
The Lure of the Sea D5     Fall 08    
HIST 318
The City in the Modern World D5     Fall 08    
KINE 260
Women's Health Issues
D4 yes   Fall 08    
RELS 344
Religious Studies: The Making of a Discipline
D5
11/30/07
11/30/07
5/23/08 Fall 08  
UNIV 391 Appropriate Technology for Impoverished Communities: Development
was approved as UNIV x491 for winter 08
D5   12/08/07   2/13/08 3/18/08
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Area F: Technology
ASTR 324
Longitude, Navigation, and Timekeeping
F
yes
yes
10/09/07

11/14/07
11/14/07
SCM 335
Nuclear Science and Society
F yes yes   5/28/08  
IT 330
Fundamentals of Packaging F yes yes   5/28/08  
               
               

GE Course Modifications - Alphabetical Order
Course Prefix Title GE Area Area Com GE Com Notification
BIO 113 Animal Diversity and Ecology
Course Description Change
B2/4 5/2/08    
BIO 114 Plant Diversity and Ecology
Course Description Change
B2/4 5/2/08    
BIO 115 Animal/Human Structure and Function
Course Description Change
B2/4 5/2/08    
BIO 317 Delete cross listing from FNR/GEOG/LA F 5/2/08    
COMS 102 Principles of Speech Communication
Title Change to
Principles of Oral Communication
A2 5/2/08    
ENGL 133

Writing: Exposition fo English as a Second Language
Title Change to
Writing and Rhetoric for English as a Second Language

A1 5/2/08    
ENGL 134 Writing: Exposition
Title Change to
Writing and Rhetoric
A1 5/2/08    
HNRS 231 Philosophical Classics: Social and Political Philosophy
Title Change to
Ethics and Political Philosophy
C2 5/2/08    
PHIL 231 Philosophical Classics: Social and Political Philosophy
Title Change /Course Description Change
Philosophical Classics: Ethics and Political Philosophy
C2      
PHIL 313

Continental Philosophy: Descartes to Leibniz
Title Change to
to Early Modern Rationalism

C4      
PHIL 314 British Philosophy: Bacon to Mill
Title Change to
Early Modern Empiricism
C4      
PHIL 315 German Philosophy: Kant to Nietzsche
Title Change to
Kant and 19th Century European Philosophy
C4      
PHIL 316 Contemporary European Philosophy
Title Change to  
20th Century European Philosophy
C4      
PHIL 317 Contemporary British and American Philosophy Title Change to
History of Analytic Philosophy
C4      
PHIL 336 Ethics, Gender and Society
Title Change to
to Feminist Ethics, Gender and Society
C4      

SCM 325

Genetic Engineering
Course Description Change
F      
STAT 252 Statistical Inference for Mgmt II
Prerequisite Change
B1      
WS 301

Introduction to Women’s Studies
Change Prefix and Title
to WGS 301 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies

D5      
WS 311

Women in Cross Cultural Perspectives
Change Prefix and Title
to WGS 320 Women in Global Perspective

D5      
WS 340 Sexuality Studies
Prefix Change to WGS 340
D5      

WS 350

Gender, Race, Science and Technology
Prefix Change to WGS 350

F      
WS 370 Religion, Gender and Society
Prefix Change to WGS 370
C4      
           
           

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