UCC Agenda
September 30, 2008
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Meeting
3:30pm, 325 Graff Main Hall
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Approval of the September 23, 2008 minutes
- Second
readings:
SOC
326
Sociopharmacology 3cr.
Course revision--
change in prerequisites, title and course description, effective
Fall 2009
Sociopharmacology is the study of the social structural factors
related to drug use and emphasizes social change at the societal
level in dealing with the drug problem. This course examines the
current and historical patterns of drug use in society. The
emphasis will be on understanding the sequence of initiation,
use, and misuse of psychoactive drugs in society. This course
will focus on the social problem and social policy aspects of
drugs in society. Questions such as, how does society choose
which drugs to treat as social problems? what are the potential
versus real life effects of current laws and policies intended
to curb drug use?; what are the treatment and prevention
strategies used today?; what kind of programs are successful and
why? are addressed.
BIO
202
Introduction to Biological Data Analysis and
Interpretation: 2cr.
New Course,
effective J Term 2009
- First
readings:
ANT
290 - Andean
Anthropology 3cr.
New course, effective Fall 2009
This course
focuses on peoples and cultures of the South American Andean
Region. Students
will examine the various cultural beliefs and practices detailed
in the ethnographic record of Andean peoples, such as the
impacts and influences of colonialism on the present, religion
and rituals, race, ethnicity, and gender, contemporary social
movements, globalization and patterns of migration, and the way
the Andean region is portrayed in the media. Prerequisite: ANT
101 or SOC 110 or SOC 120 or Soc/Ant 202.
ANT
266 - Anthropology
of Food 3cr.
New Course, effective Fall 2009
Cross-cultural practices and beliefs about the production,
consumption, and distribution of food vary widely. This course
examines food in a historical, social, and cultural context,
focusing on the topics such as subsistence patterns and cultural
patterns of food preparation and consumption; contemporary diets
and the increasing prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and heart
disease; cultural practices that restrict food intake or dictate
food taboos; the globalization and “McDonaldization” of food;
and others. The goal of the course is to provide students with
theoretical and methodological tools to analyze food as a
symbolic, political, and cultural artifact in today’s world.
ANT
370 -
Medical Anthropology 3cr.
New Course, effective Fall 2009
Using
international examples, this course provides an overview of
concepts and theories in medical anthropology and examines how
an individual’s interactions with the social and physical
environment influence the experience of health and illness. The
course focuses on medical anthropology as a subfield of
anthropology, discussing specific global health issues such as a
cultural beliefs and practices of health and healing,
complementary and alternative medicine in the U.S. the effects
of race, ethnicity, gender, and class on health status, medicine
and power, HIV/AIDS, bioethics and biotechnology, and the
application of medical anthropology in international and
domestic settings. Prerequisites: ANT 101 or SOC 110 or SOC
120or SOC/ANT 202.
ANT/SOC - 307
International Development and Cultural Change
3cr.,
Course revision – change in title, course description,
prerequisites, course number, was SOC 305,
effective Fall 2009
This
course exams three areas related to social change and
development. First is a survey and evaluation of the theories
explaining social change and social/ economies development as
they are applied to underdeveloped nations. Second is an
examination of the social/economic problems confronted by
underdeveloped countries and the solutions to those problems
these countries have used. Third is an evaluation of
international development programs.
This
course provides students with an overview of socio-cultural
theories of international development and cultural change. The
course examines the cultural construction of “development” as a
product of the colonial era, the Cold War, and what has been
called the neoliberal global economy. The goal of the course is
to provide students with a comprehensive study of the strengths
and limitations of contemporary development theory and method in
anthropology and sociology, including such topics
as conservation and the environment, indigenous peoples,
gender and development, and the role of social movements and
non- governmental organizations in the development process.
Prerequisite: ANT 101 or ANT/SOC 202 or SOC 110 or SOC
120. Prerequisite:
SOC 110 or 120 or 200, or ANT 101. (Cross listed with
SOC, may only earn credit in ANT or SOC.)
ARC 341 -
North American Archaeology
3cr.,
Course revision – change in prerequisites, course
description and course number, was ARC 205,
effective Fall 2009
An
intensive survey of the prehistoric cultures of North America
north of the
ARC
250 – Museum Studies 3cr.,
Course revision – change in prerequisites, effective
Fall 2009.
Remove
existing prerequisites
ANT/ARC 304 –
Hunter and Gatherer Societies 3cr.,
Course Revision – change
in
prerequisites, effective Fall 2009
ANT 101 or ARC 195, junior or senior standing. ARC
200 recommended. (Cross- listed with
ARC, may only earn credit in ARC or
ANT/ ARC 305 -
Indigenous Agricultural Societies: Past and Present
3cr., Course
revision
change in prerequisites, effective Fall 2009
ANT 101
or ARC 195. ARC
200recommended. (Cross-listed with ARC, may only earn credit
in ARC or ANT)
ARC 310 – Midwest
Archaeology
3cr., Course
revision – change in prerequisites,
effective
Fall 2009
ARC 195, 200 recommended.
ANT/ SOC 300 –
ANT 355 – Peoples of Africa and the
ANT 285 – Archaeology of
deletion
ARC 454 –Historical and
Theoretical approaches in Anthropology
3cr.,
Course revision –Course
deletion (ARC 285
remains)
ANT 334 – Bones for the
Archaeologist: Human skeletal Anatomy and the Anthropological
Study of the Dead 3cr.,
Course revision –Course deletion
(ARC 334 remains)
SOC 260 – Aging Sociological
Perspectives 3cr.,
Course Revision –Course
deletion
ANT/ ARC 315 – Prairie – Plains
Archaeology 3cr.,
Course revision –
change in prerequisites, effective Fall 2009
ANT 101
or ARC 195.
ARC 200 recommended
(Cross-listed with ARC,
may only earn credit in ARC or
ARC 320 – Historical Archaeology
3cr.,
Course revision – change in prerequisites,
effective Fall 2009
ARC 195
200recommended
ANT/SOC 354 – Peoples and
Cultures of Latin America 3cr.,
Course revision –
change in prerequisites,
effective Fall 2009
ANT 101
or ANT/SOC 202 or SOC 110 or SOC 120.
ANT/ECO/GEO/POL/SOC/ HIS 202
ARC 402 – Fields Methods in
Archaeology 3-8cr.,
Course revision –
change in prerequisites,
effective Fall 2009
ARC 195
recommended and instructor consent.
ARC 403 – Archaeology Lab
Methods 3cr.,
Course revision- change
in prerequisites,
effective Fall 2009
ARC 195
200; recommended ARC 205,310, or 402.
ARC 404 – Environmental
Archaeology 3cr.,
Course revision – change in prerequisites,
effective Fall 2009
ARC 195
200, and junior or senior standing.
ARC 445 – Research Methods in
Archaeology 3cr.,
Course revision – change in prerequisites,
effective Fall 2009
ARC 195;
MTH 145 is recommended.
ANT 454 - Historical and
Theoretical Approaches in Anthropology
3cr., Course
revision – change in perquisites, effective Fall 2009
Prerequisite: ARC 200 ANT 101 and ANT 202, junior
or senior standing.
ARC 499 – Senior Project/ Thesis
in Archaeology
3cr., Course
revision – change in prerequisites,
effective Fall 2009
ARC 195
and senior standing
and prior agreement with project advisor
ANTHROPOLOGY MINOR;
1. change the number of credits from archaeology and
sociology that may be applied to Anthropology minor.
2. Eliminate the cross – listing of the course.
3. Include a requirement dictating the number of credits
that must be taken at the 300 – level or above, effective Fall
2009
(All
colleges, excluding Teacher Certification programs) – 21 credits
– ANT 101, 202 ARC/ANT 454, ANT 454 and
electives in anthropology. Up to nine credits in archaeology
and /or six credits in sociology above the 100 level may be
applied. Nine of the 21 credits must be at the 300 –
level or above. Up to three credits in archaeology or sociology
above the 100 – level may be applied. Anthropology credits
applied to the archaeology major, the sociology major, or the
sociology minor may not be applied to the anthropology minor.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDIES MAJOR: 1.
meaningful names to Groups B, C, and D,
2. add and deleted
courses, 3. modify ARC/ANT cross – listings.
effective Fall, 2009
(All
colleges, excluding Teacher Certification Programs) –
Undergraduate students may declare their major as pre-
archaeological studies majors. Only those students who have been
admitted to the program are classified as archaeological studies
majors. Admission to the major is limited based upon the
following, minimal requirements.
Entrance requirements:
A.
Prior to application for the major, the following archaeology
courses must be completed with a minimum GPA of 3:0: ARC 195,
ARC 200, and two other 200 or 300 level archaeology courses.
B.
An overall GPA of 2.50 for all university work completed
C.
Completion of 32
credits
D.
Completion of the archaeological studies major application form
Major
requirements:
A.
Required courses: ARC 195, 200, 455, 499, and a minimum of 6
credits of ARC 402
B.
Six credits (at least two courses) from Regional courses:
ARC 204. 205, 275, 280, 280, 285, 310, 320,341,
350, 367, 399, 404, 409, 498; ARC/ANT 285,
315,353, 399; ARC/HIS 331, 332, 340, 365, 366, 368, 369:
INS 350.
C.
Six credits (at least two courses) from Methods course:
ARC 250, 300, 320, 334, 395, 399, 403, 445, 450,
498; ANT/ARC 334,
399, 454; GEO/ESC 323, 343, 345, 385, 390, 426
D.
Six credits ( at least
two courses) from Anthropology courses: ANT 203,
250, 266, 290, 342, 343, 350, 352, 355,
370, 399, 409, 444, 454, 499; ARC/ANT 304, 305,
399; ANT/SOC 300, 307, 354.
Anthropology
credits applied to the archaeological studies major may not be
applied to the
the anthropology minor or the sociology major or minor.
SOCIOLOGY MAJOR;
change in required courses, effective Fall 2009
(Teacher
Certification programs) – 36 credits, including SOC 110, 200,
250, 350, 390, or 395, 405
or 410 or 416 and at least one course from each of
the following areas:
A.
Social organization and processes; SOC 212, 216, 240, 260,
310, 311, 315, 338, 370, 420
B.
Social psychology: SOC 325, 330, 334, ( or CST 250 or PSY 343),
335
C.
Comparative sociology and anthropology: SOC 225, 480, or any
course in anthropology
D.
Social problems and social change: SOC 120, 313, 320, 321, 322,
324, 326, 340, 422, 429, 475
E.
Remaining electives may be selected from any of the course
offerings in sociology. Up to six credits in anthropology may be
applied toward the sociology major. Anthropology credits applied
to the sociology major cannot be applied to the anthropology
minor or archaeological studies major. GEO 200, EFN 200 and C-I
381 are statutory/ administrative code in the major.
SOCIOLOGY MAJOR; program
revision; effective Fall 2009
(all
colleges, excluding Teacher Certification programs), add course
410. Delete: to
declare a major in sociology, in the
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