Core Requirements Committee

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1 Chair Larry Scanlon English Barbara Angeline (Spring 2013) Dance Mason Gross School of the Arts Diane DeLauro Office of Academic Services Karen Dennis Office of Undergraduate Education Martha Haviland Division of Life Sciences, Genetics Jennifer Hunt (on leave Spring 2013) Economics Jennifer Jones History Core Requirements Committee Susan Lawrence Dean for Educational Initiatives and the Core Curriculum Richard Ludescher Dean of Academic Programs School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Jennifer Mandelbaum Communication School of Communication & Information Jorge Marcone Comparative Literature Claire McInerney Associate Dean School of Communication & Information Gregory Mountain Earth and Planetary Sciences Lenore Neigeborn Office of Academic Services Julia Ritter (Fall 2012) Dance Mason Gross School of the Arts Kurt Spellmeyer Writing Program Matthew Stone Computer Science John Taylor Chemistry and Chemical Biology Paula Voos Labor Studies and Employment Relations School of Management and Labor Relations Guy Werlen Cell Biology & Neuroscience Faculty Guide to Core Certification

2 Credits Report of the Core Requirements Committee for the SAS & Affiliates Faculty Meeting, May 7, 2013 The CRC recommends that the following courses be certified as meeting the Core Curriculum Requirements & Learning Goals listed in the far right column below. Note: cross-listed course numbers appear together. KEY - CORE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS & LEARNING GOALS a, b, c, d 21st C Challenges 21C e f, g Natural Sciences NS (h), (i), (j) Social & Historical Analysis - General Goals HST & SCL k, l - Historical Analysis HST m, n - Social Analysis SCL o, p, q, r Arts & Humanities AHo, AHp, AHq, AHr s-1,s-2, t, u, v Writing & Communication WCr, WCd w, x Quantitative & Formal Reasoning QQ, QR y, z, aa Information Technology & Research ITR Course No(s). Course Title Catalog Description Core LEARNING GOALS 01:013:285 Language and Globalization 3 This course explores the intersection and intersectionality of language and globalization. It answers questions like: What is globalization? What dimensions does it include? How has globalization changed the world around? Since the concept of globalization has been examined by scholars across academic disciplines, the course has a multidisciplinary approach. 01:013:295 Intermediate II Yoruba 4 Continued development of written and oral proficiency. Elementary literary material. Detailed exploration of the underlying linguistic structures of the language. Prerequisite: 01:013:134 or 01:013: :013:346 Literature and Memory in The Arab World 3 The course explores the interconnections between memory and literature through close readings of memoirs, novels, poems, short stories, films and graphic art. 21C b, d AHq q AHo, AHp o, p CRC Report, May 7, Page 2 of 9

3 01:050:316 Twenty-First Century Writing 3 An introduction to new genres of writing - blogs, graphic novels, and Twitter feeds - that characterize the 21st century, along with a consideration of some familiar genres that remain strong, such as postmodern fiction and the memoir. 01:050:389 Junior Seminar in American Studies 3 A required interdisciplinary seminar for majors. Theme dependent on instructor. To be taken by majors in their junior year after completing 01:050:101 and 01:050: :070:417 Writing Ethnography 3 Reviews recent and current debates on ethnography as a literary form. Students improve their own writing through in-class editing as well as assignments edited by peers and the instructor. Ideal for students planning or beginning honors theses or other 01:090:295 01:090:296 SAS Honors Program Seminar 3 Open only to SAS Honors Program students and NB/P General Honors Program students. Selected topics in the arts and sciences. Titles vary from term to term. 01:119:115 General Biology I 4 Broad principles of cell biology, genetics, and evolution; the diversity of life and its physiology, ecology, and population dynamics 01:119:116 General Biology II 4 Broad principles of cell biology, genetics, and evolution; the diversity of life and its physiology, ecology, and population dynamics. 01:195:260 01:595:270 01:940:270 01:195:311 01:860:330 01:195:374 01:470:371 01:730:344 Introduction to Caribbean Literature 3 Reading and discussion of poetry, prose and drama by major literary figures representative of different histories and cultures of the Caribbean and its diaspora Dostoevsky 3 Major works in historical, intellectual, and aesthetic contexts. Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, Notes from the Underground, and short works. Marx, Nietzsche, Freud 3 Exploration of the work of three German writers who revolutionized modern philosophy, theology, psychology, aesthetics, social and political science, gender studies, historiography, literature and the arts. 01:350:231 Introduction to the Graphic Novel 3 Introduction to the Graphic novel. The course explores the history, techniques, structure and thematic range of graphic narrative. 21C, AHp - a, p WCd - t, u, v WCr, WCd - s-1, s-2, t, u, v WCd - t, u, v NS - e, f NS - e, f AHo, AHp - o, p HST, AHo - j, k, o

4 01:350:420 Seminar: Chaucer 3 Intensive study of The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and other selected works. 01:350:422 Seminar: Topics in Medieval Literature and Culture defined area of medieval literature and culture. 01:350:424 Seminar: Spenser 3 The Faerie Queene, The Shepherd's Calendar, Amoretti, Epithalamion, and selected minor works. 01:350:426 01:350:427 Seminar: Shakespeare 3 Special studies in selected plays and poems. 01:350:428 Seminar: Milton 3 Special studies in Milton's poetry and prose. 01:350:434 Seminar: Topics in Renaissance Literature and Culture 01:350:435 Seminar: Topics in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture 01:350:436 Seminar: Topics in Nineteenth- Century Literature and Culture 01:350:437 Seminar: Topics in Twentieth- Century Literature and Culture 01:350:441 Seminar: Topics in American Literature and Culture to :350:442 Seminar: Topics in Nineteenth- Century American Literature and Culture 01:350:445 01:350:446 01:351:452 01:351:453 Seminar: Topics in Black Literature and Culture Seminar: Special Topics in American Literature 01:351:460 Seminar: Topics in Colonial and Postcolonial Literature 01:351:491 01:351:492 Seminar: Special Topics in Literature defined area of renaissance literature and culture. defined area of eighteenth-century literature and culture. defined area of nineteenth-century literature and culture. defined area of twentieth-century literature and culture. defined area of American literature and culture to defined area of nineteenth-century American literature and culture. defined area of Black literature and culture. 3 Special studies in particular ideas, themes, forms, and historical units in American literature. defined area of colonial and postcolonial literature. 3 Special studies in particular ideas, themes, forms, and historical units in literature. Sections designed by individual instructors; consult departmental announcement.

5 01:353:491 01:353:492 01:353:496 01:353:497 Seminar: Topics in Literary Theory Seminar: Topics in Feminist Theory defined area of literary theory. defined area of feminist theory. 01:354:420 Seminar: Film Theory 3 Major developments in film theory from the silent era to the present; writings on film by Eisenstein, Kracauer, Bazin, Metz, Barthes 01:420:160 Short Stories of France (in English) 01:460:203 Building and Maintaining a Habitable Planet 01:470:232 Advanced Conversation and Composition 01:489:205 01:510:205 01:685:205 01:489:207 01:510:207 01:685:207 History of the Byzantine Empire 3 Some of the most important French short stories in English translation. Close reading and historical overview. Authors include Beckett, Camus, Maupassant, Nerval, Sartre, Stendhal, and Voltaire. 3 Understanding human-caused environmental changes in in the context of Earth s 4.6 billion year history. Geological and human timescales; planetary habitability; planetary, biological, and civilizational flows of energy and entropy; feedbacks between life 3 Reading and discussion of advanced text material based on contemporary German culture. Intensive practice in word formation, sentence structure, and expository writing. 3 Survey of political, military, religious, and socioeconomic development of the eastern Roman Empire, centered at Constantinople, from late 3rd century to Ottoman conquest in Byzantine Civilization 3 History of Byzantine achievement culture and civilization, including political ideology and statecraft, orthodox Christianity, transmitting classical traditions of science and literature, art and architecture, and laying foundations of modern Greek culture 01:490:207 Classical Greek Prose 3 Prerequisite: 01:490:102 or permission of instructor. Advanced review of Greek grammar through the reading of a work of Plato or several speeches of Lysias. 01:506:202 20th Century Global History from :506:215 01:988:260 3 Focus on critical themes from Hiroshima to 9/11/2001, including the atomic age, superpower rivalries, decolonization, population growth and development, globalization, environmental degradation, and terrorism. The Modern Girl 3 Examines the so-called "modern girl" of the 1920s and 1930s. Representations in fiction, film, and advertisements. Concentrates on the West, with comparative evidence from Asia and Africa. 21C, NS - c, e, g WCd - t, v HST - h, k HST - h, k AHq q HST, SCL - h, l, m HST - h, l

6 01:510:224 Europe: Gender, Sex, and Society 01:510:245 The Arts of Power: Ritual, Myth, and Propaganda 01:563:206 01:840:206 Introduction to the Bible II: Prophets and Poetry 01:563:230 Modern Jewish Culture: Key Texts and their Afterlives 3 Explores the varieties of gendered experience in Europe from the Enlightenment to the twentieth century, including the relationship between gender, class, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Course material will emphasize interdisciplinary and comparative 3 Investigates how paintings, movies, poems, and ceremonies, have been manipulated to bolster the political authority of rulers, including Louis XIV, Lincoln, Hitler, and Elizabeth II. 3 Second course of two-semester sequence. Introduce students to the literature of the Bible, focusing on the Prophets, historical backdrop of the prophetic message as revealed mainly through the book of Kings, and other relevant poetic material (Psalms, Job 3 This course examines four key texts, written between 1894 and 1944, that have become fixtures not only of modern Jewish culture but also of world culture, primarily through adaptations and remediations in stage, film, broadcasting, music, and visual art. 01:580:203 Intermediate Latin Prose 3 Selections from prose authors of the late Republican and/or early empire, e.g., Caesar, Cicero, Livy; development of skill in reading continuous passages of Latin prose. 01:694:495 Honors Laboratory Research 6 (Formerly 01:115:495,496) Pre- or corequisites: 01:694:315, , and 383. Honors research project in the laboratory of a faculty member. Oral presentation of student research presented in 01:694:484. Honors thesis required. 01:730:218 Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind 01:840:370 Buddhism, Society, and Politics in Southeast Asia 3 Investigation of the nature of mind, including such questions as whether minds are or require brains, whether computers can think, and what distinguishes human mentality from that of other creatures. 3 An exploration of the histories of Buddhist social and political culture in Southeast Asia from premodernity to the present. 01:860:202 Second Year Russian 4 Development of language skills, emphasis on speaking, translation drills, and grammar. Prerequisite: 01:860:102 or 108 or two or more years of secondary school Russian. HST, SCL - h, l, n HST, SCL - h, l, n HST, AHp - i, k, p AHq q WCd, WCr - s-1, s-2, t, u, v AHo - o HST, WCr, WCd - h, i, k, s-2, t, u AHq - q

7 01:860:208 Second Year Russian for Russian Speakers 4 Further study of specific areas of Russian grammar, orthography, and punctuation. Further development of reading, writing, oral skills, and vocabulary building of literary Russian through exposure to a wide variety of texts, media, and film. 05:300:350 Education and Computers 3 Establishes a foundation for using the computer in a variety of educational settings across all subject areas through programming, application programs, computer-based instruction, and social/philosophical issues of computers in education. 07:700:291 Black American Music Since A survey of the relationships between jazz and other African- American musical traditions from the early 1900s to the present, including blues, R&B, rock, soul and hip hop. 07:700:292 Introduction to World Music 3 Introduction to the intersection of music & culture in different areas of the world. Concepts concerning musical expression (performance, participation, emotional affect, etc.) will be discussed. Students will gain insight into similarities & differences... 11:373:201 Corporate Citizenship & Social Responsibility 11:550:230 Environmental Design Analysis 11:628:221 Human Interactions with the Coastal Ocean 3 This course provides a framework within which moral philosophies and theories that guide ethical behavior and business practices can be examined. 3 Analysis of the quality of the physical environment: perception, awareness, design, and planning process. Governmental controls that affect quality. Private, public, urban, rural, and recreational environments considered. 3 This introductory course identifies how scientific knowledge can solve complex environmental problems in the coastal ocean, such as global warming, pollution, loss of threatened and endangered species, and mitigating natural hazards. AHq - q ITR - y 21C, AHp - a, p SCL - j, n 21C, NS - b, e, g

8 Report of the Core Requirements Committee for the SAS & Affiliates Faculty Meeting, May 7, 2013 The CRC recommends that the Undergraduate Minor in Business Administration be open to SAS students. Undergraduate Minor in Business Administration, New Brunswick Beginning Fall 2013, Rutgers Business School s Undergraduate Program in New Brunswick offers a minor in Business Administration. The 18- credit minor consists of 6 three-credit courses introducing each of RBS s disciplinary areas. This combination provides a substantial and comprehensive overview of the major aspects of business administration. The goals of the Rutgers Business School minor in Business Administration are: To acquire an understanding of the theories, principles, and practices in the foundations of business (accounting, finance, management, marketing, supply chain management). To acquire the knowledge and understanding of the terminology used in business. Students must apply to the Rutgers Business School for the Business Administration minor. Only after admission will a student be recognized as enrolled in the Business Administration minor and be able to register for Introduction to Finance (33:390:302), Statistical Methods in Business (33:623:385), and/or Operations Management (33:623:386). Given the limited space that is available, admission will be on a first come, first served basis for eligible students. Eligibility to be admitted into the minor requires the student to meet all of the following criteria: 1. Good academic standing. 2. Successful completion of (or placement out of) Pre-calculus College Mathematics (01:640:115 or 01:640: ), 3. Successful completion of Introductory Statistics for Business (01:960:285) [Students may substitute Statistics 1 (01:960:211) or Basic Statistics for Research (01:960:401) for Introductory Statistics for Business (01:960:285).] If a student intends to apply for transfer into the New Brunswick program of the Rutgers Business School, Introductory Statistics for Business (01:960:285) must be completed]. Completion of the Business Administration minor requires the successful completion of the following courses: 1) Financial Accounting (33:010:272) 2) Introduction to Finance (33:390:302) CRC Report, Spring 2013 (v-2) - Page 8 of 9

9 Prerequisites: Introductory Statistics for Business (01:860:285) and Financial Accounting 33:010:27. [Statistics I (01:960:211) or Basic Statistics for Research (01:960:401) may be used as a substitute for Introductory Statistics for Business (01:960:285)]. (Notes: a. Minors who have also taken Computer Applications for Business (01:198:170), Introduction to Microeconomics (01:220:102), Introduction to Macroeconomics (01:220:103), and Calculus I (01:640:135) can substitute Financial Management (33:390:300) for this course. b. Credit not given for both 33:390:302 and 33:390:300) 3) Introduction to Management (33:620:301) 4) Introduction to Marketing (33:630:301) 5) Introduction to Supply Chain Management (33:799:301) 6) Choice of one of the following: a. Statistical Methods in Business (33:623:385) b. Operations Management (33:623:386) With the exception of Introduction to Finance, all of the above courses are taken alongside RBS majors. Though the minor only requires the 18 credit hours listed above, we further include the following as suggested elective courses to round out the minor program: 1) Introduction to Computers and their Applications (01:198:110) [Notes: a. Students who are pre-business (curriculum code 006) could take Computer Applications for Business (01:198:170) b. Minimally, minors are encouraged to seek training necessary to master Excel] 2) Introduction to Microeconomics (01:220:102) 3) Introduction to Macroeconomics (01:220:103) 4) Writing for Business and the Professions (01:350:303) 5) Business Ethics (33:522:334) CRC Report, Spring 2013 (v-1) - Page 9 of 9