Curriculum development
GSC Thursday, September 3, 2026
Agenda
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Zoom URL: https://asu.zoom.us/j/87113434871
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes - 04.23.2026
3. Announcements and Business
4. Subcommittee Reports (New Requests and Mandatory Review)
A. American Institutions (AMIT)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
HST 406 American Revolution/1763-1789
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
SWU 182 Social Services Perspective of Government
Recommended for denial:
From ASU:
CHI 494 Chinese Poetry and America (Topic)
MNS 294 American Governance in the Age of Algorithms (Topic)
B. Global Communities, Societies, and Individuals (GCSI)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
AIS 240 Rez Ball: Indigenous Sports, Culture and Community
ASB 353 Death and Dying in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ASB 458 Ethnic Disparities and Global Health
CHI 394 I Know Kung-fu: Chinese Martial Arts Literature and Film (Topic)
FRE 202 Intermediate French II
FRE 210 Intensive French II
FRE 312 Oral and Written Expression II
HEB 201 Intermediate Modern Hebrew and Israeli Culture I
ITA 319 Italian for Professions
KOR 102 First-Year Korean II
MUS 394 Music and the Holocaust (Topic)
POR 201 Intermediate Portuguese I
POR 202 Intermediate Portuguese II
SGS 303 Global Trends
SLC 125 Introduction to Global Citizenship
SLC 238 Eastern European Science Fiction
SLC 363 Ancient Magic and Witchcraft
VTN 246 Vietnam: Beyond The War
From Community Colleges:
FON 143 Food and Culture (CC)
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
ARB 194 Gateway to the Arab World (Topic)
CEL 394 Progress & Power: Late Modern Political Thought (Topic)
CHI 294 Common Chinese Characters: Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja (Topic)
ENG 201 World Literature to 1500
ENG 202 World Literature, 1500 to Present
ENG 349 Global English Literature (Topic)
SSH 402 Community Partnerships for Global Health (Topic)
SWU 462 Global Social Welfare
C. Governance and Civic Engagement (CIVI)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
CEL 194 The American Way of War (Topic)
CEL 494 Women and Rights in Western Political Thought (Topic)
COM 419 Propaganda, Persuasion, and Public Opinion
REL 225 God and Hip Hop
SLC 194 Migration in the Americas: US, Mexico, and Brazil (Topic)
SWU 374 Diversity and Oppression in a Social Work Context
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
CEL 394 Childhood Education in Political Thought (Topic)
D. Humanities, Arts and Design (HUAD)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
AIS 294 Indigenous Storytelling and Digital Media (Topic)
AIS 394 Justice, Sovereignty and Indigenous Storytelling (Topic)
CEL 331 Debating American Constitutionalism: The Founding
CEL 394 Modern Political Statecraft (Topic)
COM 494 The Performance of Everyday Life (Topic)
CRJ 394 Examining Crime and Justice Through Fiction (Topic)
ENG 251 Reading as a Writer
ENG 294 Dungeons and Dragons! (Topic)
ENG 314 Modern Grammar
FRE 311 Oral and Written Expression I
HST 379 History of College Sports
IAP 461 Documentaries
PAF 213 Taylor Swift (Public Policy Version)
PHI 394 God (Topic)
SLC 294 Demons, Ghosts, Monsters, and Zombies (Topic)
SLC 294 Touch across Cultures: Connection and Care (Topic)
SLC 494 Narrative and Embodiment in Cinema (Topic)
SWU 183 Introductory Ethics: A Social Issues Perspectives
TEM 102 Persuasion for Engineers, Technologists and Innovators
From Community Colleges:
ENH 110 Introduction to Literature (CC)
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
CEL 294 Great Battles (Topic)
PHI 194 Sports, Games, and the Meaning of Life (Topic)
Recommended for denial:
From ASU:
NUR 444 Innovation in Nursing
E. Mathematics (MATH)
No Submissions.
F. Quantitative Reasoning (QTRS)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
NEU 290 Research Methods and Techniques in Neuroscience
G. Scientific Thinking in Natural Sciences (SCIT)
No Submissions.
H. Social and Behavioral Sciences (SOBE)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
AIS 294 Indigenous AZ: Histories, Cultures, Communities (Topic)
AIS 360 Indigenous Urban Life: Place, Community, Belonging
SWU 181 Economics: A Social Issues Perspective (Topic)
SWU 349 Stress Management Tools II
TCL 275 Culture, Language and Learning
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
CEL 389 Sports and Leadership
From Community Colleges:
GCU 221 Arizona Geography: Landforms, Climate, Water, People, and Culture (CC)
I. Sustainability (SUST)
Recommended for approval:
From ASU:
AIS 350 Indigenous Food Sovereignty
CGF 150 Introduction to Climate Futures
CNV 101 Introduction to Conservation
CNV 194 Introduction to Conservation (Topic)
SEA 101 Ocean Futures
SFS 216 The Sustainable Plate
SGS 330 Globalization and the Environment: Problems and Solutions
Recommended for revise and resubmit:
From ASU:
POR 490 Consumer Culture in Latin America
Recommended for denial:
From ASU:
ENG 367 Environmental Issues in Literature (Topic)
ENG 367 Food, Film and the Future (Topic)
ENG 468 Environmental Literary Criticism
LAP 332 GIS Applications in Environmental Design
5. Subcommittee Reports (Modifications to Course Learning Outcomes):
No Submissions.
6. Discussion
7. Adjournment