Curriculum Development

Curriculum development

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

General Studies Council Meeting

Agenda

Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Location: Administration Building Interdisciplinary B Conference Room 365 (Tempe
Conference Call-in number: 480-884-1950 from outside then enter the Conference I.D.  when prompted 2561 followed by pound sign. You will be connected to the call in progress INTDS B365.

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of Minutes - October 23, 2012

3. Announcements

4. Old Business

  • Ongoing discussion regarding amendments to the GSC By-Laws, and Policies & Procedures.
  • Continue discussion re: what constitutes “substantive” writing assignments (for L designation). 
  • The council is encouraged to discuss and finalize “generic” questions to facilitate the revising and resubmission of a course proposal at the next GSC meeting.

5. New Business

6. Subcommittee Reports

A. Literacy and Critical Inquiry (L)

From ASU: (new)

CPI 485 & 486 Informatics Capstone (addendum -revise & resubmit)
CPI 485 (original proposal)
CPI 486 (original proposal)
SPA 319 Business Correspondences & Communication
SPA 431 Prose of Golden Age
SPA 435 Cervantes - Don Quijote

From MCCCD: (new)

CPD 160 Introduction to Multiculturalisim

B. Mathematical Studies (MA/CS)

From ASU: none

From MCCCD: none  

C. Humanities, Fine Arts and Design (HU)

From ASU: (new)

FMP 222 Education in Film
JUS 435 Cinema and Justice
MUS 210 The Arts Around Us
MUS 211 Dance, Music & Meaning
MUS 212 Music Meaning & Imagination
MUS 213 Critical Thinking in the Arts
MUS 214 Art, Music and Learning
MUS 215 Creativity, Children and the Arts
SPA 435 Cervantes - Don Quijote

From MCCCD: (new)

AHU 245 Arabic Culture and Islam
ENH 245 J.R.R. Tolkien & C.S. Lewis - Battling Modernism
HUM 245 Introduction Holocaust Studies
MHL 155 The Survey of American Music

D. Social and Behavioral Sciences (SB)

From ASU: none

From MCCCD:

HIS 105 Arizona History (new)
PSY 241 Understanding and Changing Behavior (mandatory review)

E. Natural Sciences (SQ/SG)

From ASU: (SG new)

BIO 307 Dinosaurs

From MCCCD: none

F. Cultural Diversity in the U.S. (C)

From ASU: (new)

SPA 404 Spanish in U.S. Professional Communities
SPA 405 Latino Cultural Perspectives for the Professions
SPA 485 Mexican American Short Story

From MCCCD: (new)

MHL 145 American Jazz & Popular Music
MHL 155 The Survey of American Music

G. Global Awareness (G)

From ASU: (new)

SPA 435 Cervantes - Don Quijote
THP 498 Bali: Performance and the Art of Transformation

From MCCCD: (new)

AHU 245 Arabic Culture and Islam
GCU 121 World Geography I: Eastern Hemisphere (mandatory review)
IFS 102 Introduction to Information Skills in a Global Society

H. Historical Awareness (H)

From ASU: (new)

SPA 435 Cervantes - Don Quijote

From MCCCD: (new)

HIS 105 Arizona History
MHL 155 The Survey of American Music

7. Adjournment

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