Office of the Registrar Dept. 3964; 1000 East University Ave. • Laramie, WY (307) 766-5272 • fax (307) 766-3960 • e-mail: registrar@uwyo.edu • www.uwyo.edu University Course Review Committee Agenda Meeting # 285 February 8, 2017 CACS Library - 2nd Floor, Knight Hall 2:00 PM Present: Lane Buchanan, Audrey Shalinsky, Steve Barrett, Susie Young, Kent Drummond, Bruce Cameron, Matthew Troyanek Part I – Course Modifications (Consent Agenda) College of Agriculture OF WORLD FOOD AND AG, 3 hr. 3860 Current Course Description: This course introduces economics tools to approach problems of hunger, malnutrition, and environmental management in developing contexts. The course will provide an overview of global food production and food systems. include food production challenges related to inequality (including gender and ethnic dimensions of inequality), climate change, the political economy of international food policy and aid, the role of global supply chains and multinational corporations, and influence of public and private institutional stability in food security. Upon course completion, students have a more in-depth understanding of complex and chronic conditions surrounding poverty and malnutrition, the role of private and public individuals and institutions in food security, and economic models and tools to approach food security problems. Prerequisites: AGEC 1010 or 1020 or ECON 1010 or 1020. Proposed Course Title: WORLD FOOD, AG, & DEVELOPMENT Proposed Course Description: Explores economic approaches to improving nutrition, agriculture production, and the environment in developing regions of the world. Students gain understanding of complex conditions surrounding food security; institutions involved with food policy, aid, and production; environmental factors influencing agricultural production; inequality; and international cultural and societal food disparities. Proposed Prerequisites: AGEC 1010 or 1020 OR ECON 1010 or 1020 Enforce in Banner: Yes Proposed USP: H – Human Culture Proposed Term: Fall 2017 Action: Approve College of Arts & Sciences GEOG GEOGRAPHY AND TOURISM, 3 hr.
5572 Current Course Description: Examines how individuals and groups perceive specific geographic locations, how such perceptions are constructed, and how these differing views and feelings play out in our everyday. Prerequisites: GEOG 1000 or GEOG 1020 and junior standing. Dual listed: GEOG 4572 Proposed Course Number: GEOG 5580 Proposed Course Title: SENSE OF PLACE Proposed Dual list: GEOG 4580 Proposed Term: Fall 2017 Action: Approve GEOG CONTESTED LANDSCAPES, 3 hr. 4574 Current Course Description: Explores the representation of place and how various groups often have differing views of how a place should be represented and/or thought of. Various local representations of contested land use, group place identity, and personal place identity are discussed. Prerequisites: GEOG 1000 or GEOG 1020 and junior standing. Dual listed: GEOG 5574 Proposed Course Number: GEOG 4590 Proposed Course Title: GEOGRAPHY OF CONFLICTS Proposed Dual List: GEOG 5590 Proposed Term: Fall 2017 Action: Approve GEOG CONTESTED LANDSCAPES, 3 hr. 5574 Current Course Description: Explores the representation of and how various groups often have differing views of how a place should be represented and/or thought of. Various local representations of contested land use, group place identity, and personal place identity are discussed. Prerequisites: GEOG 1000 or GEOG 1020 and junior standing. Dual listed: GEOG 4574 Proposed Course Number: GEOG 5590 Proposed Course Title: GEOGRAPHY OF CONFLICTS Proposed Dual List: GEOG 4590 Proposed Term: Fall 2017 Action: Approve GEOG FIELD STUDIES, 1 to 6 hr. (Max. 6)
4860 Current Course Description: Intensive introduction to field methods used in geographic research in one or more of the subdivisions of geography. Prerequisites: None. Dual listed: GEOG 5860 Proposed Course Number: GEOG 4960 Proposed Dual/Cross list: None Proposed Term: Fall 2017 Action: Approve GEOG DIRECTED STUDIES / RESEARCH PROBLEM, 1 to 6 hr. (Max. 6) 4865 Current Course Description: Intensive introduction to methods used in geographic research. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and at 12 hours in geography. Dual listed: GEOG 5865 Proposed Course Number: GEOG 4965 Proposed Dual/Cross list: None Proposed Term: Fall 2017 Action: Approve GEOG PRACTICUM, 1 to 6 hr. (Max. 6) 4870 Current Course Description: Experience in applying student skills and training in an agency, organization, or business. Prerequisites: for majors only, minimum of 12 hours in the major, junior standing and consent of the instructor. (A,H,P,R) Dual listed: GEOG 5870 Proposed Course Number: GEOG 4990 Proposed Course Title: INTERNSHIP / PRACTICUM Proposed Dual/Cross list: GEOG 5990 Proposed Term: Fall 2017 Action: Approve GEOG REMOTE SENSING OF RIVERS, 4 hr.