Faculty Senate

University College and General Education Committee

Report #2003-04-4

Revised General Education Program (2001)

The University College and General Education Committee considered the following matters at their meeting of January 22, 2004. They are now presented to the Faculty Senate for confirmation.

I. English Communication: Writing Core Area (ECw)

The UCGE Committee recommends that the Faculty Senate approve the following course for the (ECw) area of the revised General Education Program (2001):

WRT 105 Forms of College Writing (reading complex texts, writing effectively, using information technology)

II. Fine Arts and Literature Core Area (A)

The UCGE Committee recommends that the Faculty Senate approve the following courses for the (A) area of the revised General Education Program (2001), including the assignment of the Diversity designation:

1) ARH 252 Introduction to the History of Art (examining human differences, reading complex texts, using qualitative data) Diversity

2) ENG 242 U.S. Literature II (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

3) ENG 263 The Poem (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

4) ENG 280 Introduction to Shakespeare (examining human differences, reading complex texts, speaking effectively, using artistic activity) Diversity

5) MUS 111 Basic Musicianship (reading complex texts, using quantitative data, using artistic activity)

III. Foreign Language/Cross-cultural Competence Core Area (FC)

The UCGE Committee recommends that the Faculty Senate approve the following courses for the (FC) area of the revised General Education Program (2001), including the assignment of the Diversity designation:

1) HIS 132 Introduction to Russian and Soviet History (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

2) HIS 327 German History Since 1914 (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

IV. Letters Core Area (L)

The UCGE Committee recommends that the Faculty Senate approve the following courses for the (L) area of the revised General Education Program (2001), including the assignment of the Diversity designation:

1) EGR 316 (PHL 316) Engineering Ethics (examining human differences, writing effectively, speaking effectively, using qualitative data) Diversity

2) HIS 132 Introduction to Russian and Soviet History (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

3) HIS 332 History of Imperial Russia (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

4) HIS 333 Twentieth Century Russia (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

5) LAR 202 Origins of Landscape Development (examining human differences, reading complex texts, using artistic activity) Diversity

6) NUR 360 Impact of Death on Behavior (examining human differences, reading complex texts, using qualitative data) Diversity

7) PHL 212 Ethics (examining human differences, reading complex texts, using qualitative data) Diversity

8) PHL 321 Ancient Philosophy (reading complex texts, writing effectively, using qualitative data)

9) RLS 125 Biblical Thought (reading complex texts, writing effectively, using qualitative data)

V. Natural Sciences Core Area (N)

The UCGE Committee recommends that the Faculty Senate approve the following courses for the (N) area of the revised General Education Program (2001), including the assignment of the Diversity designation:

1) APG 201 Human Origins (examining human differences, reading complex texts, using qualitative data) Diversity

2) GEO 102 Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs (reading complex texts, using qualitative data, using quantitative data)

VI. Social Sciences Core Area (S)

The UCGE Committee recommends that the Faculty Senate approve the following course for the (S) area of the revised General Education Program (2001), including the assignment of the Diversity designation:

HDF 225 Consumer in the Economy (speaking effectively, using qualitative data, using information technology)