DRAFT 9/27/06
College of Social Science
Upper Division Writing Requirements [Rev. 4/24/2006]
Department
Community Studies
Criminal Justice
Economics
Geography
History
Political Science
Psychology
Programs from Inventory
Method
Criteria Submitted
Spring 2005
Criteria
Checked
Community Development
Community Development
Criminal Justice Studies
Economics
Business Economics
Geography
Geography
Geography: Travel and
Tourism
Land Surveying and
Mapping Science
Land Surveying and
Mapping Science
BA
BES
BA
BA
BA
BA
BES
CMTY 350
CMTY 350
CJS 488
ECON 481
ECON 481
GEOG 432
GEOG 432
Paper
Paper
Thesis
Paper
Paper
Paper
Paper
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
BA
GEOG 434
Paper
Yes
Yes
Yes
BS
GEOG 439
Paper
Yes
BES
GEOG 439
Paper
Yes
Yes
History
*History
* Latin American Studies
* African Studies
* East Asian Studies
*Soviet Studies
*** International Relations
*** Political Science
Public Administration
Psychology
* Psychology
BA
BES
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BA
BES
HIST 491
Paper
Yes
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Paper
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
No
No
Yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
No
No
No
Yes
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Course(s)
See ** below
No major
No major
No major
POL 454
POL 429
POL 444
PSY 401, 430, 432 or 435
[Plans to drop major]
?
Paper
Paper
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Social Science and Studies
Social Work
Sociology/Anthropology
Non-departmental
Social Science
Social Science
Social Studies Education
Social Work
Anthropology
Anthropology
Sociology
Sociology
Women's Studies
Women's Studies
BA
BES
BS
BS
BA
BES
BA
BES
BA
BES
SST 453
Portfolio
Yes
Yes
SST 453
SW 445
ANTH 470
ANTH 470
Sociology 477
Sociology 477
WS 415
WS 415
Portfolio
Paper
Paper
Paper
Paper
Paper
Portfolio
Portfolio
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
*The History BES degree does not have a capstone course, and in the past professors with whom students have worked on this degree have devised individual
ways of evaluating their students; thus, there is no departmental UDWR for the BES. Four area studies BAs are currently based in the History department,
since their current directors are History professors. These degree programs are interdepartmental, have no capstone courses, and thus no UDWR.
Member s of the Psychology department are considering discontinuing the Psychology BES degree program. I am told that the department’s assessment
committee “concurred that it is not worth the effort to assess a (a very loosely structured) program that has perhaps two students per year, especially given that
students who have a legitimate, well-thought out plan for a BES major in psychology would still be able to do so using Continuing Studies' ‘self-select’ option.”
**Each LAST major has the option to choose to complete the UDWR in any department that was a sponsor of the Latin American Studies Program. Which
UDWR to choose would depend on the student’s particular concentration, and could be negotiated by the student and the Program director. Latin American
Studies is only in the History Department now because its director is on the history faculty; his predecessor was an anthropologist, and the program was lodged
in that department. It needs to be made clear to all the departments who sponsor the program (i.e., Geography, History, Economics, Political Science and
Spanish) that the UDWR option would be handled in this manner, so they would not be surprised if students in LAST requested to completed the UDWR
course in their program.
*** The UCWR course for the Political Science BA is correctly listed as POL 429, but the department has not yet determined the exact method of assessment.
The BA program listed as “International Relations and Affairs ” is, I am told, actually called International Relations. The new course I have listed is apparently
the correct course for assessing UDWR for that degree, but the new director needs to confirm these matters with the former director and get back to me
[confirmed on 9/28/06].
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