Curriculum development
GSC Thursday, April 23, 2026
Agenda
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Zoom URL: https://asu.zoom.us/j/87113434871
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes - March 26, 2026
3. Announcements and Business
4. Subcommittee Reports (New Requests and Mandatory Review)
A. American Institutions (AMIT)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
ASB 294 Anthropology of American Democracy (Topic)
HCD 232 American Health Institutions
HCD 294 American Health Institutions (Topic)
PHI 307 Philosophy of Law
Recommended for denial:
From ASU:
POR 194 Citizenship and Belonging in US and Latin America (Topic)
B. Global Communities, Societies, and Individuals (GCSI)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
AMT 308 Air Transportation
COM 263 Communication Across Cultures and Global Engagement
COM 494 British and Irish Life and Culture (Topic)
CRJ 294 International Criminology (Topic)
FIS 337 Innovation and Global Development
FRE 105 African Sci-fi
FRE 201 Intermediate French I
HST 376 Modern Latin America
JPN 115 Japanese Popular Culture: Anime, Manga and Film
SPA 394 Healing Traditions of Latino-America (Topic)
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
ARB 102 Elementary Arabic II
ASB 458 Ethnic Disparities and Health
CHI 294 Common Chinese Characters: Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja (Topic)
ENG 201 World Literature to 1500
ITA 319 Italian for Professions
MUS 394 Music and the Holocaust (Topic)
PHI 328 History of Ancient Philosophy
SLC 125 Introduction to Global Citizenship
SLC 238 Eastern European Science Fiction
VTN 101 Elementary Vietnamese I
From Community Colleges:
FON 143 Food and Culture (CC)
Recommended for denial:
From ASU:
ARB 194 Gateway to the Arab World (Topic)
POS 480 Global Justice
C. Governance and Civic Engagement (CIVI)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
COM 319 Persuasion and Social Influence
CRD 494 AI Literacy: Navigating Technology for Social Good (Topic)
FIS 412 Harnessing Complexity
HDA 294 Designing Leadership: Practices for a Resilient World (Topic)
HST 317 History of Postwar U.S. Conservatism
ITA 350 Food and Culture: The Mediterranean Lifestyle in Italy
NLM 294 K-Pop & Fandom: Nonprofit Advocacy & Activism (Topic)
NUR 445 Nursing Management in Health Care
PHI 494 Integrative Research Ethics (Topic)
RUS 494 Post-Soviet Cinema: Art, Dissent, and Social Justice (Topic)
SES 494 Space Ethics for Planetary Practitioners (renamed to Ethical Quandaries in Space Settlement) (Topic)
SPA 412 Advanced Conversation and Composition
THP 294 Foundations of Fun (Topic)
From Community Colleges:
POS 223 Civil Rights and Liberties (CC)
D. Humanities, Arts and Design (HUAD)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
AME 294 Greatest Hits/22nd Century: computing & media arts (Topic)
CON 101 Construction and Culture: A Built Environment
COS 115 Survey of Costume
CRJ 320 Ethics in Criminal Justice
ENG 203 Introduction to Health Humanities
ENG 216 Persuasive Writing on Public Issues
ENG 334 The American Southwest in Literature and Film
ENG 394 Big Screen Romantic Comedies (Topic)
FSH 394 Fashion in the Gilded Age & Beyond (Topic)
FSH 494 Fashion's Modernists and Post Modernists (Topic)
HST 310 Film as History
IDS 321 Desert Archives: Land and Liberation (Topic)
MHL 394 Music in Video Games (Topic)
PHI 105 Intro to Ethics
PHI 408 Feminist Ethics
RUS 201 Intermediate Russian I
RUS 202 Intermediate Russian II
SLC 294 Disability and Culture (Topic)
SPA 473 Old and New Spaniards: Culture and Civilization of Spain
THE 150 Understanding Acting
THE 330 The History of Underwear: Intimate Apparel
From Community Colleges:
ARH 112 Introduction to Modern and Contemporary Art (CC)
ARH 217 Mexican Art History (CC)
ENH 235 Survey of Gothic Literature (CC)
MCO 220 Cultural Diversity and the Media (CC)
MHL 155 Survey of American Music (CC)
PHI 201 History of Ancient Philosophy (CC)
PHI 234 Plato (CC)
SPH 245 Hispanic Heritage in the Southwest (CC)
WST 160 Women and the Early American Experience (CC)
WST 284 19th Century Women Writers (CC)
E. Mathematics (MATH)
No submissions.
F. Quantitative Reasoning (QTRS)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
AIS 494 Indigenous Statistics & Data Sovereignty (Topic)
CHE 384 Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineers
POS 401 Political Statistics
Recommended for denial:
From ASU:
INT 121 Introduction to Computer Modeling for Interior Design
G. Scientific Thinking in Natural Sciences (SCIT)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
CHM 231 Elementary Organic Chemistry
CHM 235 Elementary Organic Chemistry Laboratory
PHY 112 General Physics
PHY 114 General Physics Laboratory
PHY 151 Physics I
From Community Colleges:
AST 101 Survey of Astronomy (CC)
GLG 105 Introduction to Planetary Science (CC)
Recommended for denial:
From ASU:
AME 240 Introduction to Physical Computing
H. Social and Behavioral Sciences (SOBE)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
ENG 395 Combat in Film
ENG 486 Reading Texts from Print to Digital
GIS 194 Mapping for Resilient American Futures (Topic)
HSE 324 Applied Cognitive Science
JUS 329 Domestic Violence
OGL 343 Social Processes in Organizations
From Community Colleges:
BHS 175 Trauma-Informed Care and Recovery Treatment (CC)
SOC 110 Drugs and Society (CC)
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
INT 131 Design and Human Behavior
From Community Colleges:
GCU 221 Arizona Geography: Landforms, Climate, Water, People, and Culture (CC)
I. Sustainability (SUST)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
ALA 102 Landscapes and Sustainability
BIO 324 Environmental Ethics
CGF 100 Exploring Global Futures
SCM 385 Business and Sustainability I
SOS 111 Sustainable Cities
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
REL 349 Nature, Sustainability and Religion
SEA 101 Ocean Futures
SPA 414 Spanish for Sustainability and Environmental Studies
Recommended for denial:
From ASU:
CRJ 294 Sustainability and Green Criminology (Topic)
ITA 380 Natural Disasters: Environmental and Cultural Resilience in Italy
JPN 302 Third-Year Japanese II
5. Subcommittee Reports (Modifications to Course Learning Outcomes)
No Submissions.
6. Discussion
7. Adjournment