Curriculum development
GSC Thursday, March 26, 2026
Agenda
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Zoom URL: https://asu.zoom.us/j/87113434871
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes - February 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)
REL 204 Religious Freedom
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
ENG 294 U.S. Law and Politics in Literature (Topic)
HCD 232 American Health Institutions
HCD 294 American Health Institutions (Topic)
POR 194 Citizenship and Belonging in US and Latin America (Topic)
Recommended for denial:
From ASU:
PHI 307 Philosophy of Law
B. Global Communities, Societies, and Individuals (GCSI)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
ASB 394 What Makes A Family? (Topic)
CHI 101 Elementary Chinese I
FSH 300 Global Fashion Industry
HST 302 Global Histories of Disability (Topic)
HST 374 Roman History II: The Roman Empire
POS 360 World Politics
SLC 123 Gods and Monsters: Comparative Mythology
SLC 343 Culture and Society Transformation
TGM 353 Regional Management Environment
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
ARB 194 Gateway to the Arab World (Topic)
CEL 325 Russian Political Thought from Peter I to Putin (Topic)
FIS 337 Innovation and Global Development
GCU 328 Geography of Middle East and North Africa
GPH 210 Society and Environment
JPN 115 Japanese Popular Culture: Anime, Manga and Film
PHI 328 History of Ancient Philosophy
POS 480 Global Justice
SGS 303 Global Trends
SLC 238 Eastern European Science Fiction
SSH 402 Community Partnerships for Global Health
From Community Colleges:
FON 143 Food and Culture (CC)
Recommended for denial:
From ASU:
BIO 120 The Art of the Bee
C. Governance and Civic Engagement (CIVI)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
AIS 294 Rolling the Dice: Indian Gaming and Sovereignty (Topic)
CEL 494 Women and Rights in Western Political Thought (Topic)
MCO 456 Political Communication
MVS 401 The Military: Law, Ethics and Culture
POS 348 Do You Want to Build a Nation?
SES 294 Ethical Quandaries in Space Settlement (Topic)
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
COM 319 Persuasion and Social Influence
HST 317 History of Postwar U.S. Conservatism
ITA 350 Food and Culture: The Mediterranean Lifestyle in Italy
SPA 412 Advanced Conversation and Composition
D. Humanities, Arts and Design (HUAD)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
AIS 210 Indigenous Knowledge Systems
ARB 394 Arabic Film and Media (Topic)
BIO 316 History of Biology: Conflicts and Controversies
BME 213 Ethical and Social Dimensions of Biomedical Engineering
CRJ 194 True Crime (Topic)
ENG 378 Environmental Creative Nonfiction
ENG 425 Studies in Romanticism
FIS 201 Innovation in Society
FMS 265 Introduction to Video Games
GER 194 AI and the Art of Being Human (Topic)
GER 201 Intermediate German I
GER 202 Intermediate German II
HST 306 History of the American West (Topic)
HST 337 American Indian History to 1900
IAS 430 Science and Religion
LST 470 Social Activism through the Arts (Topic)
MHL 394 History of Recorded Music (Topic)
MHL 494 Music Since 1950 (Topic)
MHL 498 Popular Music, Gender and Sexuality (Topic)
POR 194 Food, Culture, and Society in Latin America (Topic)
REL 335 The Spiritual Quest
SLC 294 Time Travelers: How Stories Adapt and Survive (Topic)
THE 406 American Multicultural Film
THE 430 History of Fashion I
From Community Colleges:
HUM 201 Humanities: Universal Themes (CC)
E. Mathematics (MATH)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
MAT 267 Calculus for Engineers III
MAT 274 Elementary Differential Equations
F. Quantitative Reasoning (QTRS)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
ABS 350 Applied Statistics
AME 225 Media Arts Research Methods
GIS 211 Geographic Information Science II
IEE 380 Probability and Statistics for Engineering Problem Solving
MAE 301 Applied Experimental Statistics
STP 280 Probability and Statistics for Researchers
TEL 350 Reasoning with Data: Critical Thinking and Quantitative Insight
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
BIO 415 Statistical Models for Biology
Recommended for denial:
From ASU:
CSE 180 Computing, Data and AI Literacy
G. Scientific Thinking in Natural Sciences (SCIT)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
BIO 112 Discovery: Why Sex?
BIO 182 General Biology II
GLG 102 Introduction to Geology II (Historical)
GLG 104 Introduction to Geology II: Laboratory
SES 107 A Solar System Journey
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
PHY 112 General Physics
PHY 114 General Physics Laboratory
PHY 151 Physics II
H. Social and Behavioral Sciences (SOBE)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
ACT 301 Risk Management and Insurance
POS 301 Empirical Political Inquiry
REL 194 Cults (Topic)
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
TCL 327 Health and Migration
From Community Colleges:
PSY 123 Psychology of Parenting (CC)
PSY 266 Psychological Disorders (CC)
SOC 270 The Sociology of Health and Illness (CC)
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
HSE 324 Applied Cognitive Science
INT 131 Design and Human Behavior
I. Sustainability (SUST)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
AIS 275 Foundations of Indigenous Sustainability
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
BIO 324 Environmental Ethics
CGF 100 Exploring Global Futures
ENG 367 Food, Film and the Future (Topic)
GPH 414 Climate Change
REL 349 Nature, Sustainability and Religion
SFS 216 The Sustainable Plate
SGS 330 Globalization and the Environment: Problems and Solutions
SPA 414 Spanish for Sustainability and Environmental Studies
Recommended for denial:
From ASU:
CTE 110 Introduction to Culture, Technology and Environment
CTE 310 Elements of Culture, Technology and Environment
SLC 294 Nature, Culture, and Crisis in Classical Antiquity (Topic)
SOC 331 Environmental Sociology
STS 235 Technology and Urban Systems
5. Subcommittee Reports (Modifications to Course Learning Outcomes)
No Submissions
6. Discussion
7. Adjournment