New Programs and Innovations Committee Minutes
February 10, 2011
Called to order at 9:35am
Present: G. Adams (Chair), T. Abdulazis, M. Bay, G. Cochenet, G. Kowalczyk, K. McGill, Kelly McNamara, Rachael Vaters-Carr
I. New Business
A. Notification of 7 special topic sections were presented and logged.
Course # Transcript Title Semester Times taught
ART 498 The Earth as Medium Fall 2011 1
ENG 398 Writing Tutoring and Mentoring Fall 2011 0
HON 298 Sustainability: Food/Culture Fall 2011 0
MDS 398 Propaganda in Media Fall 2011 1
SOC 298 Medical Sociology Fall 2011 0
SOC 398 Drugs and Modernity Fall 2011 0
SOC 398 International Migration Fall 2011 0
Description of logged courses
ART 498 - The Earth as Medium
This course explores the use of the earth as an artistic medium from prehistory to the present. Taught by two professors, the course has both an art history component and a studio art component. Projects include original earth artworks and term papers. Prerequisite: 9 credits in art or instructor permission
ENG 398 - Teaching and Learning Writing One-to-one and in Small Groups: An Introduction to Writing Tutoring and Mentoring
An introduction to Writing Tutoring and Mentoring is meant as a welcome to some of the key issues, trends, and methods in both the more specific subfield of writing center tutoring and practice and the broader fields of peer education and collaborative learning.
HON 298 - Sustainability: Food and Culture
Any sustainable civilization requires a sustainable food supply, which in the modern world means an agricultural system. Increasing populations place agricultural practices under pressure, while technological developments promise to increase food supplies. Unfortunately, increases are often short-lived and often bring adverse environmental consequences. This course will address the major issues that demand resolution if modern western agricultural practices, and therefore western societies, are to survive.
MDS 398 - Propaganda in Media
Explores historical and current forms of propaganda in various media forms that affect and shape attitudes, beliefs and perceptions. Explores propaganda at institutional and personal levels.
This course focuses on health issues from a societal viewpoint. It presents changes in medical thinking and its impact on society, the medical professional-patient relationship, medical information in the media, community health, national and international health care systems, and the challenges of medical technology and bioethics.
SOC 298 - Medical Sociology
SOC 398 - Drugs and the Making of the Modern World
This course examines social evolutionary change in the meaning of mind altering drug use, the effect of the changes in drug production, and the impacts of intoxicant use on commerce, groups and social organizations. Critical attention will be paid to contemporary drug policies and the problems they're intended to address, inviting an in-depth discussion of alternatives.
SOC 398 - International Migration
This course focuses on the impact and outcome of international migration for receiving and sending countries. It discusses factors for migration such as supply and demand/push and pull, explains the integration of migrants and connected theories such as assimilation and transnationalism, and describes the impact of globalization in the migration process. It also compares earlier migration streams with modern-day migration issues and the experiences of migrants. Focus is on the U.S. but will also include European migration issues.
B. NPIC began working on creating a clear format for the revision of minor and certificate programs with fewer than 18 credit hours required.
Meeting adjourned at 10:40 am.
Respectfully submitted by: Gregory Adams
