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Nature of course request C01789 :

Title change

400/500 course

From:

Course Prefix & Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
438/538	Ancient Near East and Egypt	4 -

To:
Course Prefix & Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
438/538	European Imperialisms	4 -

Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces)
Euro Imperialisms

Current Course Description:
Examining the archaeological and historical evidence for growth of culture in Mesopotamia and the Nile valley.

New Course Description:
This course will cover Modern European imperialisms in the 19th and 20th centuries. We will pay particular attention to the role of the European Imperial Era in shaping our world today, and analyze parallels between global conflicts today and in the 19th � 20th centuries.

Justification for changing the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.):
Staff changes

Students/Program affected:
History

Approval Queue C01789

Step	Approver	Decision	Timestamp
1 - Department	Max Geier	Approved	December 08 2011
Comments: Department has experienced two departures and one new hire among its tenured/tenure-track faculty over the past year. This change is needed to bring catalog into conformity with current expertise of the faculty.
2 - Division	John Rector	Approved	December 14 2011

3 - Division Curriculum	Mark Henkels	Approved	December 15 2011

5 - Curriculum Committee	Thaddeus Shannon	Approved	February 21 2012
Comments: Faculty members in the history department have the following policy for courses that are offered at the 400-level for undergraduates and at the 500-level for graduate students (�slash courses.�) In addition to completing the 400-level requirements, graduate students in the 500-level course will be required to complete the following: Additional readings and group discussion, with particular emphasis on developing a more sophisticated understanding of the historiographic arguments and varieties of methodologies and analysis historians use in this field of inquiry. Additional writing assignments, including critical analysis of sources and either an expanded course research paper or an additional paper above the requirements for the 400-level. History faculty will assess graduate student discussion and writing at a higher level of sophistication, argument, evidence, and conclusions than discussion and writing at the undergraduate level. Where appropriate, graduate students will have the opportunity to mentor undergraduate students in slash courses by leading discussion, teaching a class, or mentoring.
5 - Graduate Committee	Marie LeJeune	Approved	February 21 2012
Comments: Faculty members in the history department have the following policy for courses that are offered at the 400-level for undergraduates and at the 500-level for graduate students (�slash courses.�) In addition to completing the 400-level requirements, graduate students in the 500-level course will be required to complete the following: Additional readings and group discussion, with particular emphasis on developing a more sophisticated understanding of the historiographic arguments and varieties of methodologies and analysis historians use in this field of inquiry. Additional writing assignments, including critical analysis of sources and either an expanded course research paper or an additional paper above the requirements for the 400-level. History faculty will assess graduate student discussion and writing at a higher level of sophistication, argument, evidence, and conclusions than discussion and writing at the undergraduate level. Where appropriate, graduate students will have the opportunity to mentor undergraduate students in slash courses by leading discussion, teaching a class, or mentoring.
6 - Faculty Senate	Gavin Keulks	Approved	February 22 2012

7 - Dean	Stephen Scheck	Approved	February 23 2012

8 - Provost	Kent Neely	Approved	February 24 2012

Attached Files:

History 438 syllabus.docx

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