Paying for college:
| Title change | Description change | Undergraduate |
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| Course Prefix & Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
| GEOG 306 | Global Economic Geography | 4 - 0 |
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| Course Prefix & Number | Descriptive Title | Credits/Hours |
| GEOG 306 | Geographies of Development | 4 - 0 |
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Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) Geog of Development |
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Current Course Description: Location theory and its application to the study of the distribution of various economic activities, international and interregional changes in the spatial structure of economic activities and the role of these changes in international and regional development. |
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New Course Description: An inquiry into why some countries are rich while many others are poor, by understanding the geographic aspects of income distribution and poverty; their relationships with locational distribution of economic activities; and how these locations change over time. |
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Justification for changing the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): The proposed title and content are better descriptors than the current ones that are jargon-filled. |
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Students/Program affected: None |
| Step | Approver | Decision | Timestamp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - Department | Mark VanSteeter | Approved | December 05 2012 |
| 2 - Division | Mark Henkels | Approved | January 30 2013 |
| 3 - Division Curriculum | Mark Henkels | Approved | January 31 2013 |
| 5 - Curriculum Committee | Thaddeus Shannon | Approved | February 19 2013 |
| 6 - Faculty Senate | Keller Coker | Approved | February 21 2013 |
| 7 - Dean | Stephen Scheck | Approved | February 23 2013 |
| 8 - Provost | Kent Neely | Approved | February 25 2013 |
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