Pam Bedore, Chair 21st, 2017, 3:30-5:30PM (Oak 408) Announcements Old Business 2017 – 49 EVST/EVNS/ENVE 3100 Add course (guest: Juliana Barrett) 2017 – 72 COMM 4640 Add course Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch) 2017 – 56 COMM 4640W Add course (guest: Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch) (G) (S) 2017 – 67 PP 5303 Add course (guest: Erin Melton) New Business 2017 – 73 ARTH/AFRA 3050/W Revise course (guest: Alexis Boylan) 2017 – 74 HEJS/HRTS/DRAM 2203 Revise course (G) (S) Topics for Discussion Dual Degree endorsement (guest: Gustavo Nanclares) Faculty leadership of interdisciplinary minors (Henning) CA1 Gen Ed Review (Fairbanks and Ndiaye) Independent Studies in Minors (Bedore) Gen Ed Curriculum Revisions (Bedore) Proposals: 2017 – 49 EVST/EVNS/ENVE 3100 Add course (guest: Juliana Barrett) Proposed Catalog Copy: 3100. Climate Resilience and Adaptation: Municipal Policy and Planning Three credits. Recommended Preparation: NRE 1000, EVST 1000, or ENVE 1000. Open to Juniors or higher. Instructor consent required. An interdisciplinary study of climate change focusing on the local, municipal scale: impacts, policy, vulnerability and adaptation with emphasis on tools such as vulnerability assessments that help local communities determine priorities for adaptation efforts. 2017 – 72 COMM 4640 Add course (guest: Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch) Proposed Catalog Copy:
COURSE INFO Type of Action Add Course Is this a UNIV or INTD course? Neither Number of Subject 3 Course Subject Area EVST School / College College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department Environmental Studies Course Subject Area #2 ENVS School / College #2 College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources Department #2 Environmental Sciences Course Subject Area #3 ENVE School / College #3 School of Engineering Department #3 Civil and Environmental Engineering Reason for Cross Listing This is a course under Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies, and Environmental Engineering. Contributions from students disciplinary listed
studying different aspects of environmental issues are expressly sought. This effort has the full support and involvement of the Directors of all three programs. Course Climate Resilience and Adaptation: Municipal Policy and Planning Course Number 3100 Will this use an existing course number? No CONTACT INFO Initiator Name Juliana Barrett Initiator Department DEPARTMENT OF EXTENSION Initiator NetId jub06008 Initiator Email Is this request for you or someone else? Myself Does the department/school/program currently have resources to offer the course as proposed? Yes COURSE FEATURES
School / College College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department Communication Course Social Media: Research and Practice Course Number 4640W Will this use an existing course number? No CONTACT INFO Initiator Name Anne Initiator Department Communication Initiator NetId ano13004 Initiator Email Is this request for you or someone else? Myself Does the department/school/program currently have resources to offer the course as proposed? Yes COURSE FEATURES Proposed Term Spring Proposed Year 2018 Will this course be taught in a language than English? No Is this a General Education Course? Yes Content Area 1 Arts and Humanities No Content Area 2 Social Sciences No Content Area 3 Science and Technology No Content Area 3 Science and Technology (Lab) No
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COURSE SCHEDULE This schedule is subject to change. Any changes to the schedule will be announced in class and updated on HuskyCT. Date Topics Covered Readings Deadlines 1 Tue 8/29 Introduction to social media and each other Thu 8/31 Writing workshop Review of sample papers 2 Tue 9/5 Social Media and Traditional Interpersonal Communication Theories Textbook chapter 1 Thu 9/7 3 Tue 9/12 Social Media and Theories of Mass Communication Textbook chapter 2 Thu 9/14 Paper Topic & Abstract due 4 Tue 9/19 Psychology of Social Media Textbook chapter 3 Thu 9/21 5 Tue 9/26 Exam 1 Thu 9/28 Writing day 6 Tue 10/3 Social Media in Politics Textbook chapter 4 Thu 10/5
7 Tue 10/10 Social Privacy and Security Textbook chapter 5 Thu 10/12 8 Tue 10/17 Social Media in Education Textbook chapter 6 Thu 10/19 9 Tue 10/24 Exam 2 Thu 10/26 Writing day 10 Tue 10/31 Social and Disaster Communication Textbook chapter 7 Thu 11/2 11 Tue 11/7 Social Media and Advertising Textbook chapter 8 Thu 11/9 First Draft due 12 Tue 11/14 Social Addiction Textbook chapter 9 Thu 11/16 Tue 11/21 THANKSGIVING Thu 11/23 13 Tue 11/28 Exam recap & Writing day Thu 11/30 Exam 3 14 Tue 12/5 presentations Thu 12/7 Paper presentations Finals week Draft due
Is this a UNIV or INTD course? Neither Number of Subject Areas 2 Course Subject Area ARTH School / College School of Fine Arts Department Art and Art History Course Subject Area #2 AFRA School / College #2 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department #2 Africana Studies Institute Reason for Cross Listing AFRA requested the for this class. It will help increase their visual arts courses and for ARTH it could encourage more students to consider art history. Course Title African American Art Course Number 3050 Will this use an existing Yes
OCTOBER 29: EXAM 2 Oct 31: Another 1970s: Faith Ringgold and Barkley L. Hendricks Readings: Lowery Sims, “Race Cocktail Parties. Black Panthers. Moon Shots and Feminism” Week of Nov 5: Art of the 1980s: Adrian Piper, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Robert Mapplethorpe Readings: Patton: 232-250 Dick Hebdige, “Welcome to the Terrordome” Adrian “The Triple Negation of Colored Women Artists” Kobena Mercer, “Just Looking for Trouble: Robert Mapplethorpe and Fantasies of Race” Week of Nov 12: The 1990s: Kara Walker Readings: Interview with Kara Walker, 2000 NOV 14 No lecture *WEEK OF NOV 19---NO CLASS* Thanksgiving Break* Week of Nov 26: The 1990s: Michael Ray Charles// A New Century: Spike Lee’s When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Readings: Viewing, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Week of Dec 3: Post Race? Barack Obama, Rashaad Newsome, and Laylah Ali Readings: Barack Obama, “A More Perfect Union,” Philadelphia, March 18, 2008 Interview with Laylah Ali by Kara Walker Malcolm Gladwell, “Small Change” Final Exam: Wednesday December 12th, 3:30-5:30 PM PART II: “W” Section
plays and criticism. The students also watch some films and documentaries. Each week the students write a short response to the reading and post a question on Blackboard. The students are also given an essay style midterm exam, asked to give a class presentation, and an essay style final exam. General Education Goals This course all 7 of the overall GOALS. Class participation is a large focus of this class as we work together to analyze and discuss the materials that are covered. Through this class participation and the assigned presentation, students work toward becoming more articulate in their statements and ideas. This course requires intellectual breadth and versatility by making the students look at the Holocaust in a new way because we take on the concept that all Nazis were bad and all victims were good by looking more deeply at the actions of those involved in the Holocaust, and finding the nuances in the personal choices made by those involved, and how these choices affected the outcomes of the Holocaust. Students are asked to use critical judgment in all of their readings and film critiques. The