Proposing faculty member: Rowenna Miller Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 6.13.2025 (provisional) Category: Common Core Component: Art, Aesthetics, & Creativity Note: Course (ENG- A 399) previously approved. VT previously approved at A190 level and now provisionally approved for A399; need full Gen Ed committee approval in fall 2025.
RECENT APPROVALS
FYS and IL: COAS-Q 294 / College to Career in the Age of AI: Exploring Your Options
Proposing faculty member: Susan Thomas Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: provisional approval June 2025 and then full approval Sept 2025. Category: Additional Requirements Components: First-Year Seminar and Information Literacy Description: Course explores how artificial intelligence and information systems shape knowledge, equity, and different field of studies. Students will develop core information literacy skills,… Read more »
FYS: THTR-A 190 / Art, Aesthetics, & Creativity / VT: Intro to Theatre
Proposing faculty member: Aimee Cole Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 6.09.2025 Categories: Common Core and Additional Requirements Component: Art, Aesthetics, & Creativity and First-Year Seminar Note: Course and VT already previously approved. Now provisionally approved as FYS; need full committee approval in fall 2025.
CC-HBSI: NURS-B 399: Human Behavior & Social Institutions // VT: Death and Dying (approved 4.2.2025)
Proposing faculty member: Myra Swintz Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 4.2.2025 Category: Common Core Component: Human Behavior & Social Institutions Description: Course Description: In this course, we will discuss the universal experience of mortality and loss. Topics will include attitudes toward death and those who are dying; the process of dying; palliative care… Read more »
CC-AAC: EDUC-A 390: Art, Aesthetics, & Creativity. Teaching About the Arts Methods. (approved 3.26.2025)
Proposing faculty member: Sydney Beauchamp Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 3.26.2025 Category: Common Core Component: Art, Aesthetics, & Creativity Note: As of 8.11.25: Not yet fully through Carmin. EDUC-A 399 is a new course, and this is a new VT.
FL-CT: SUST-S 150: The Ethics of Sustainability (approved 3.11.2025)
Proposing faculty member: Matt Shockey Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 3.11.2025 Category: Fundamental Literacies Component: Critical Thinking Description (abbreviated): At the heart of “sustainability studies” – the academic discipline that focuses on sustainability – are questions about what we value and what we ought to do in order to live up to our… Read more »
CC-HBSI: SOC-B 399: Human Behavior & Social Institutions. New VT approved: Consumer Society and the Environment. (Approved 2.26.25)
Proposing faculty member: Zach Schrank Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 2.26.25 Category: Common Core Component: Human Behavior & Social Institutions Description (abbreviated): A critical examination of consumerism as a defining feature of modern societies and its profound impact on the environment. Students will analyze the mutually reinforcing dynamics of production and consumption, examining… Read more »
FL-CT: MIT-R 416 Trends and Issues in Medical Technology I (originally approved 2.26.25)
Proposing faculty member: Maryann Oake Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 2.26.2025 Category: Fundamental Literacies Component: Critical Thinking Note: As of 8.11.25: Not yet fully through Carmin. MIT-R 416 is the new course prefix; course previously was AHLT-R 416.
FL-OC: EDUC-F201/F202: Exploring the Personal Demands of Teaching (Approved as of 2.17.25)
Proposing faculty member: Tony Randles Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 2.17.2025 Category: Fundamental Literacies Component: Oral Communication Description: This course emphasizes the development of interpersonal communication skills within a small group context, where students will practice observation, active listening, self-disclosure, and feedback, particularly in relation to teaching. Students are assigned to public school… Read more »
CC-LIT: HIST-T 390 Literary and Intellectual Traditions / New VT: History of the Jewish People in Poland, c.960-1968 (approved as of 1.27.2025)
Proposing faculty member: Lisa Zwicker Date approved at Gen Ed Committee level: 1.27.2025 Category: Common Core Component: Literary & Intelectual Traditions Description: This course explores the experiences of Jews in Poland from the first settlements in the tenth century up to the present day when only 4,500 Jews remain in Poland. Some students in this… Read more »