Department

Curriculum changes approved by the Faculty Senate fall 2007.

Davidson Honors College
HC 202 E	Introduction to Student Leadership	Ethics designation

College of Arts and Sciences

African American Studies
AAS 262	Abolitionism: the First Civil Rights Movement	Change course number from 288, cross-list with HIST 262

Anthropology - summary

Principle of Forensic Anthropology

Change Prerequisite

Advanced Anthropological Statistics

Change Prerequisite

Forensic & Mortuary Archaeology

Change Prerequisite

Human Identification

Change Prerequisite

Seminar in Physical Anthropology

Change description and repeatability

Advanced Forensic Anthropology

Change Prerequisite

Program Modification

Archaeology Option

Change list of electives

Program Modification

Forensic Anthropology Option

Change list of electives

Program Modification

Cultural & Ethnic Diversity Option

Change list of electives

Anthropology PhD

Change Historical Anthropology in the title to Applied Anthropology

Central & Southwest Asian Studies

ANTH/HIST/A.S. 106 H

Silk Road

Eliminate cross-listing with Geography and add Anthropology

ANTH/HIST/A.S. 214 S

People and Environment of Central and Southwest Asia

ANTH/HIST/A.S. 283 H

Islamic Civilization: The Classical Age

ANTH/HIST/A.S. 284 H

Islamic Civilization: The Modern Era

ANTH/HIST/A.S. 346 H

Central Asia and Its Neighbors

ANTH/HIST/A.S. 346 H

Central Asia and Its Neighbors

ANTH/HIST/A.S. 386 H

Nationalism in the Modern Middle East

ANTH/HIST/A.S. 387 H

Iran Between Two Revolutions

ANTH/HIST/A.S. 460 H

Seminar in Central Asia

ANTH/HIST/A.S. 461

Artistic Traditions of Central and Southwest Asia

Change number from 402; eliminate cross-listing with GEOG and add ANTH

ANTH/HIST/A.S. 462

Cities and Landscapes of Central and Southwest Asia

Change number from 457; eliminate cross-listing with GEOG and add ANTH

Program Modification

Program moved from Geography to Anthropology

Update catalog language

Biology

Biology and Management of Fishes

Cross list course with WBIO 308

Immunology emphasis graduate degree – interdisciplinary with Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Level I

Chemistry

Organic Chemistry Laboratory for Chemistry Majors

Increase from 2 to 3 credits

Change department Name

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Communication Studies - summary

International and Development Communication

New course
General Education Social Science Non-western

Professional Paper

Change from (R-3) to (R-6)

Thesis

Change from (R-6) to (R-9)

Program Modification

Comm Major

Correct catalog language, increase credits from 35 to 36

Program Modification

Comm Major - admission requirement

Remove 2.5 GPA requirement

Program Modification

Organizational Communication

Update courses

Program Modification

Communication and Human Relationships Option

Update courses

Program Modification

Rhetoric and Public Discourse Option

Update courses

Computer Science - summary

Computer Modeling for Science Majors

New course

Computer Modeling

Delete course

Software Engineering

Change title from Software Science, change description

Computer, Ethics and Society

Change prerequisite and description

Advanced Programming: Theory and Practice I

Change description

Advanced Programming: Theory and Practice II

Change description

Scientific Computing

Delete course

Program Modification

Change suggested course of study

Change CS415 from spring to autumn of fourth year

Program Modification

drop psychology courses, update physics course

Change Science requirement within CS - 5 courses dropped from a LONG (20 courses) list from which 2 need to be selected

Program Modification

Update graduate program requirements

English - summary

Basic Composition

Delete course

Studies in Film

Repeatable for up to 6 credits

Special Topics

Add to offerings

Special Topics

Add to offerings

Independent Study

Add course to catalog

British Literature: Medieval to Renaissance

New Course, General Education Perspective 2

British Literature: Enlightenment to Romantic

New Course, General Education Perspective 2

British Literature: Victorian to Contemporary

New Course, General Education Perspective 2

British Literature through the 18th Century

Delete course

British Literature in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Delete course

ENLT 332

Topics in Modernism

Reinstate former course

ENLT 352

Studies in the Renaissance

Reinstate former course

ENLT 354

18^th Century British Literature

Reinstate former course

Capstone Seminar in English

Change course number from ENLT 431

Program Modification

Revise 300-Level Distributional Requirements

Environmental Studies

Environmental Justice Issues and Solutions

Add GE “S” designation

Program Modification

Program revision

Add one NAS, 3 credit course to undergrad major requirements

Geography

Environmental Planning

new course

Planning Decision Support system

new course

Geosciences - summary (revisions made to Level I & IIs)

GEOS 130

Introductory Field Geology and Maps

Delete course

Earth's History and Evolution

New course

Geosciences Field Methods

New course, replacing GEOS 130

Snow Ice and Climate

New course

Fundamentals of Academic Research

Topics in Cryosphere

Replacing current BS degrees in Geology Environmental Geology, General Geology with BS degree in Interdisciplinary Geosciences and BS Degree in Geosciences

Establish BS degree in Interdisciplinary Geosciences

Establish BS degree in Geosciences with Suggested Courses of Study in 1) Earth History, Evolution, and Resources and 2) Water, Climate, and Environment

Establish dual BS degree in International Field Geosciences with University College Cork (Ireland) and Potsdam University (Germany)

History

The Early American Republic, 1787-1843

Change title from Jefferson and Jackson: The United States, 1801-1848

The Early American Republic: Constitution to Civil War