Overview of changes for 2012-13 Catalog

Here are some highlights of changes to the 2012-13 Catalog

(Please see the catalog for more details)

College-wide Curricular Changes:

 New Certificate in Community Development - New courses: COMD200, COMD210, COMD280, COMD285, COMD300, COMD400, COMD410, SOCI321

 HNRS350 - changed to variable 1-3 credit hours

Core Courses

School of Liberal Arts:

Creative Arts:

CREA200 - Removed NOEX attribute; altered course description

CREA313 - Removed NOEX attribute; altered course description

CREA314 - Removed NOEX attribute; altered course description

CREA420 - Removed NOEX attribute; altered course description

CREA397 - credits changed from 1 to 3

New Courses:

CREA170 - Modern Dance Level I

CREA172 - Jazz Dance

CREA270 - Modern Dance Level II

CREA370 - Improvisation in Dance

CREA460 - Figure Studio

Education:

EDUC461 - changed to 3 credit hours and 1 hour linked lab

EDUC481 - changed to 3 credit hours and 1 hour linked lab

New Courses:

EDUC462 - Literary and the Reflective Practicioner Lab

EDUC482 - Instructional Theory and Practice in Inclusive Classrooms Lab

 History:

HIST430 - title change to "Russia Since 1900"

New Course: HIST328 - "Dutch Roots of New York"

Modern Language and Classics:

GERM027 - title changed to "US and German Media"; course description altered

New Course: ARAB305 - "Arabic Study Travel Course"

New Course: RUSS305 - "Russian Study Travel Course"

Multicultural Studies:

MULT400 - changed catalog description and added MULT attribute

 Philosophy:

Philosophy Major - credit hours required increased from 30 to 33; added PHIL450 to the major

PHIL450 - changed course type to Seminar

PHIL491 - increased credits from 2 to 3

Catalog Description Changes:

PHIL155 - Symbolic Logic

PHIL202 - Philosophy and Reality

PHIL240 - Philosophy of Art

PHIL260 - Philosophy of Religion

PHIL285 - Philosophy and the Feminine

PHIL290 - Greek and Roman Philosophy

PHIL294 - Early Modern Philosophy

PHIL300 - Philosophy and Knowledge

PHIL330 - Philosophy of Science

PHIL333 - Special topics in Philosophy

PHIL342 - Medieval Philosophy

PHIL346 - Late Modern Philosophy

PHIL348 - Existentialism

PHIL400 - Contemporary Anglo-American Philosophy

PHIL420 - Classic American Philosophy

PHIL440 - Phenomenology (Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

PHIL450 - Great Figures in Philosophy

PHIL490 - Seminar in Philosophy

PHIL499 - Independent Study

Course Title Changes:

PHIL285 - now "Philosophy and Gender"

PHIL400 - now "Philosophy of Language and Mind"

PHIL440 - now "Contemporary Continental Philosophy"

Politcal Science:

POSC205 - removed all pre-requisites and registration restrictions

Religion:

Added: "All Religious Studies Majors must complete at least six hours of the same foreign language (classical or modern). American Sign Language does not fulfill this requirement."

New Course: RELG387 - "Goddesses in India and Beyond"

Sociology:

Sociology Minor - opened up the 100 level requirement for the minor

SOCI230 - added SGLB and MULT attributes

SOCI300 - added SGLB attribute and changed catalog description

 School of Business:

BUDV450- title changed to "Organizational Strategy"; change in course description

Addition of Introductory and Intermediate Topics Courses for Business Disciplines:

ACCT090

FINC090

MGMT090

MRKT090

QBUS090

ACCT290

FINC290

MGMT290

MRKT290

QBUS290

Accounting:

Accounting Certificate - requirement changed from ACCT470 to ACCT370

ACCT420 - title changed to "Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting"

ACCT462 - catalog description changed

Management:

MGMT425 - removed "Senior Only" restriction

Marketing:

Marketing Major - removed MGMT113 as a requirement for the major, B.S. in Marketing

School of Science:

Biology:

BIOL180 - added HNRS attribute

BIOL400 - changed credits from 3 to "1-4"; course description updated

Biochemistry:

Changes to the Biochemistry Major

Biochemistry minor- has been updated

Chemistry:

Changes to the Chemistry Major

Chemistry minor- has been updated

Upper level courses- now require a minimum C- grade in all pre-requisites

New Courses:

CHEM055 *also counts as Franciscan Concern Core Requirement

CHEM429

CHEM050

CHEM305

CHEM348

CHEM370

CHEM405

CHEM418

CHEM460

CHEM470

CHEM480

Computer Science:

CSIS410 and CSIS415- added labs and lab fees

New Course: CSIS200 - "The Nature of Humans and Machines"

Environmental Science:

ENVA010 - credit changed from 3 to "Variable 1-3"; deleted supplies fee

ENVA050 - changed from ENVA050 to ENVA150

Physics:

New Course: PHYS499 -  "Independent Research"