Faculty Senate

University College and General Education Committee

Report #2003-04-3

Revised General Education Program (2001)

The University College and General Education Committee considered the following matters at their meeting of December 4, 2003. They are now presented to the Faculty Senate for confirmation.

I. 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) ENG 160 (or CLS 160) Literatures of the World (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

2) ENG 243 The Short Story (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

II. 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) FRN 309 French Culture and Literature to 1789 (examining human differences, reading complex texts, speaking effectively, using information technology) Diversity

2) FRN 310 Modern French Culture and Literature (examining human differences, reading complex texts, speaking effectively, using information technology) Diversity

3) GRK 301 Intermediate Greek I (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

4) GRK 302 Intermediate Greek II (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

5) HIS 374 History of Modern China (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively, using information technology) Diversity

6) HIS 375 History of Modern Japan (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively, using information technology) Diversity

7) LAT 301 Intermediate Latin (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

8) LAT 302 Intermediate &endash;Advanced Latin (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

III. 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) ENG 243 The Short Story (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity

2) HIS 172 Southeast Asian Culture and History (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively, using information technology) Diversity

3) PHL 103 Introduction to Philosophy (reading complex texts, writing effectively, speaking effectively)

4) PHL 235 (or CLS 235) Modern Thought &endash; Philosophy and Literature (reading complex texts, writing effectively, using qualitative data)

5) PHL 204 Theories of Human Nature (reading complex texts, writing effectively, using qualitative data)

6) PHL 331 East Asian Thought (examining human differences, reading complex texts, using qualitative data) Diversity

7) RLS 126 The Development of Christian Thought (reading complex texts, using qualitative data, using information technology)

IV. 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:

SOC 240 Race and Ethnic Relations (examining human differences, reading complex texts, writing effectively) Diversity