University
of Rhode Island
Faculty
Senate
University
College and General Education Committee
Report
#2005-06-1
Additions
to the General Education Program
The University College and
General Education Committee considered the following matters at their
meeting of December 1, 2005. They are now presented to the
Faculty Senate for confirmation.
I. Foreign Language/Cross-cultural Competence
(FC)
The
UCGE Committee recommends that the Faculty Senate approve the following
course for the (FC) area of
the General Education program as follows:
LET
151R The European Union (examining
human differences, reading complex texts, speaking effectively) Diversity
II. Letters Core Area (L)
The
UCGE Committee recommends that the Faculty Senate approve the following
courses for the (L) area of
the General Education Program as follows:
HIS
341 United States History from 1941 to 1974 (examining human differences, reading
complex texts, writing effectively, using qualitative data) Diversity
LET
151R The European Union (examining
human differences, reading complex texts, speaking effectively) Diversity
III. Natural Sciences Core Area (N)
The
UCGE Committee recommends that the Faculty Senate approve the following
course for the (N) area of the
General Education program:
HPR
202 for Spring 2006 Honors Colloquium "The Global Challenge of Emerging
Infectious Diseases in Developing Nations" (reading complex texts, examining human
differences, using qualitative data) Diversity
IV. Social Sciences Core Area (S)
The
UCGE Committee recommends that the Faculty Senate approve the following
courses for the (S) area of
the General Education program:
HPR
202 for Spring 2006 Honors Colloquium "The Global Challenge of Emerging
Infectious Diseases in Developing Nations" (reading complex texts, examining human
differences, using qualitative data) Diversity
HSS
130 Introduction to Hunger Studies (reading
complex texts, examining human
differences, writing effectively) Diversity