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College
or School
College of Insert
Arts and
Sciences
University of North Carolina Wilmington
PROPOSAL FOR UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM CHANGE
Department or Academic Unit: Public and International Affairs
Type of Proposal: Check all that apply and answer the questions below.
New Course (attach syllabus)
Deletion of Course
Degree Requirement
Trial Course
Course Change (Check all that apply):
✔
Prefix/Number
Title
Description
Credit Hours
Pre/Corequisite
Restrictive Statement
Crosslist
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Contact Hours
Other: mew minor
To become effective: Semester: Fall
Year: 2015
To be offered:
Fall
on Request
Spring
Summer
Alternate Years
Current course prefix, number and title:
Security Studies Minor
New course prefix, number and title:
Abbreviated course title (30 spaces maximum):
Type of course:
Credit hours: 24
Lecture
Seminar
Credit hour change: From:
Lab
Practicum
To:
Internship
Contact hours:
✔
Other minor
Contact hour change: From:
To:
Restrictions (If repeatable the number of hours this course may be taken for credit, open only to students within the major, etc.):
Crosslisted with (course prefix and number):
Uncrosslist with (course prefix and number)
(To crosslist/uncrosslist courses, a curriculum change form submitted for both courses is required.)
Yes
✔
No
Is this course a renumbering (it replaces an existing course)?
If yes, which course?
Yes
✔
No
And should the existing course be deleted? (If yes, a separate curriculum change form requesting this deletion is required.)
Degree requirement as it would appear in the catalogue (Include change to: total hours, new required courses, insertion and deletion of
required courses, text, etc.) If additional space is required, prepare on a separate page using the format of the current catalogue and attach to this
form.
See attached document
✔
Yes
✔
No
Is it required for a major/minor/option in your department? (If yes, please provide in the degree requirement section
above the necessary change for degree requirements description in catalogue.)
Yes
✔
No
Is it an elective for a major/minor/option in your department? (If yes, please provide in the degree requirement section
above the necessary change for degree requirements description in catalogue.)
Yes
✔
No
Is it a collateral requirement or elective for a major/minor/option for another department? (If yes, attach
documentation listing the departments/programs affected and verifying that the departments were consulted.)
No
Are present staff and resources adequate to support this proposal? (If no, explain in the justification section how they will
be provided.)
Yes
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College of Arts and Sciences
University of North Carolina Wilmington
PROPOSAL FOR UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM CHANGE
Course description change as it would appear in the catalogue (Course description change: 50 words or less; include prefix, number, title,
credit hours, crosslisting, pre/corequisites, etc.).
Prefix:
Number:
Title: Security Studies Minor
Credit hours: 24
Crosslisting:
Pre/corequisites (indicate which):
Description:
Security Studies Minor examines how countries identify and organize to respond to threats to their physical, political, economic,
and human security.
Justification for request or degree change:
The location of UNCW relative to two military bases, bringing an influx of veterans with an interest in international security,
results in a market for an academic program that emphasizes security as the core unifying theme. A minor must provide
students with an overview of the esstential knowledge and methods of a subject and a sample of its depth.
Essential knowledge and method: PLS 220, 424, and 423 or 422 or HST 301
Depth: electives can be organized to stress area studies, or topics in security studies
Yes
✔
No
Is this course currently included in University Studies?
Yes
✔
No
Is this course being submitted for University Studies approval?
Yes ✔ No Does this proposal require University Studies Advisory Committee (USAC) approval? (If yes, after college/school
curriculum committee approval, forward proposal to the USAC and complete and submit the appropriate USAC form(s). If approved, this
proposal must be signed by the USAC Chair and Faculty Senate President and forwarded to the Provost.)
✔ Yes
No Does this proposal require University Curriculum Committee (UCC) approval? (If yes, after college/school curriculum
committee approval, forward proposal to the UCC and complete and submit the appropriate UCC form(s). If approved, this proposal must be
signed by the UCC Chair and Faculty Senate President and forwarded to the Provost.)
Recommended and approved by:
Earl Sheridan
Digitally signed by Earl Sheridan
DN: cn=Earl Sheridan, o=UNCW, ou=PIA, email=sheridan@uncw.edu, c=US
Date: 2014.09.08 10:09:30 -04'00'
Department Chair/School Director
Herbert Berg
Robert W. Smith
Digitally signed by Robert W. Smith
DN: cn=Robert W. Smith, o=ITFSE, ou=UNCW, email=smithrw@uncw.edu,
c=US
Date: 2014.12.04 15:51:15 -05'00'
Chair, University Curriculum Committee
Digitally signed by Herbert Berg
DN: cn=Herbert Berg, o=University of North Carolina Wilmington, ou=Director,
International Studies, email=bergh@uncw.edu, c=US
Date: 2014.12.04 14:39:23 -05'00'
Chair of College/School Curriculum Committee
Kemille Moore
Digitally signed by Kemille Moore
DN: cn=Kemille Moore, o=UNCW, ou=College of Arts and Sciences,
email=moorek@uncw.edu, c=US
Date: 2014.12.04 11:18:08 -05'00'
Dean of College/CSB
Teacher Education Council
President, Faculty Senate
(WCE use only)
Provost
Forms not filled out completely or lacking documentation will be returned.
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Revised: 05-2012
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SECURITY STUDIES MINOR
Dr. D. Masters, coordinator
The College of Arts and Sciences offers a Security Studies Minor designed to examine how countries
identify and organize to respond to threats to their physical, political, economic, and human security.
Requirements for a Security Studies Minor: The minor requires 24 hours of course work, including 6
hours of core courses, 6 hours of courses on US Foreign Policy, and 12 hours of Security Studies
Electives. For successful completion of the minor students must take 9 or more hours outside their
major.
Core Courses (6 hours): PLS 220 and PLS 423 or PLS 424
US Foreign Policy Foundations (6 hours): HST 301 and PLS 422.
Security Studies Electives (9 hours): ANT 310, ANT 316, ANT 327, ANT 329, ANT 330, CRM 410, CRM
420; GGY 328, GGY 340, GGY 350, GGY 422, GGY 428; HST 104, HST 317, HST 326, HST 353, HST 360, HST
362, HST 365, HST 366, HST 368, HST 372, HST 374,HST 375, HST 378, HST 388, HST 389, HST 399; INT
486, INT 487, INT 484, INT 488, INT 485; PAR 230, PAR 362, PAR 375, PAR 232, PAR 370, PAR 371, PAR
374, PAR 378; PLS 334, PLS 424, PLS 428, PLS 330, PLS 337, PLS 338, PLS 336, PLS 339, PLS 333, PLS ; SOC
215, SOC 325, or SOC 326.
1. International Studies
Dear Dan,
International Studies supports the inclusion of its courses in this minor.
Kind regards,
Herb
Herbert Berg, Ph.D.
Director, International Studies
Professor, Philosophy and Religion
University of North Carolina Wilmington
From: Masters, Daniel
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 10:38 AM
To: Burt, Raymond; Berg, Herbert; Leonard, Lynn A.; Townend, Paul A.; Zervos, George; Reber,
Eleanorea A.; Cook, Kimberly
Cc: Tan, Paige; Sheridan, Earl
Subject: New Proposed Minor
Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to you in reference to a new minor that the Department of Public and International Affairs
is proposing in Security Studies. The core courses for the program are security related political science
courses. However, the concentration courses draw from a number of departments, including yours, for
the balance of program.
I am writing to you in order to let you know what we are submitting (see below). The lists of courses in
the concentrations are likely not comprehensive. If you wish to offer amendments to this program,
please let me know.
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Dan Masters
2. Philosophy and Religion
From: Zervos, George
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2013 6:37 PM
To:
Masters, Daniel
Subject:RE: New Proposed Minor
Hi Dan,
The inclusion of these PAR courses in your PIA minor looks fine.
Thanks,
George Zervos
George Themelis Zervos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chairman
Department of Philosophy & Religion
University of North Carolina Wilmington
601 South College Rd. Wilmington, NC 28403
Telephone: 910-962-7383 - FAX: 910-962-7070
3. History
We approve of the changes!
Thanks for your work on this.
PAT
From: Masters, Daniel
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 1:27 PM
To: Townend, Paul A.
Subject: RE: Security Studies Minor
Hi Paul,
Sorry the turnaround took so long on this. The courses you mention below are in the proposal already. I
did add HST 317 to the European area as well as the area on insurgency and political violence. I am
enclosing the up-to-date version for you. We are at a point where we need to know if History assents to
this program for the proposal. I appreciate all the feedback the course offering are much richer.
Dan
From: Townend, Paul A.
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 10:44 AM
To: Masters, Daniel
Subject: RE: Security Studies Minor
104 would not be a bad choice
I am not sure what is already in the program, but there are a lot of upper level courses that could fit.
Did Taylor mention
HST 380 - The Cold War: An International History, or is it already in?
Besides Lisa’s more current Middle East courses, you might want to consider Sue’s
• HST 326 - Russia Since 1881
Venkat Dhulipala’s
HST 365 - India and Pakistan after 1947
Nana Amponsah’s
HST 372 - History of Modern Africa
Eva Mehl’s
HST 368 - History of Modern Latin America
Or even my
HST 317 - Northern Ireland from 1880
From: Masters, Daniel
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 10:51 AM
To: Townend, Paul A.
Subject: Security Studies Minor
Paul,
I am in communication with Taylor Fain about additions and amendments to the Security Studies minor.
We are including HST 301, likely as an optional course in the core, and HST 380 in the European and
Russian Regional Concentration. He has a possible list on some of Gao Bei’s courses as well that may fit
the “Rise of China” concentration. I wanted to come back to you about the other history course you
recommended. I have misplaced your previous email. I am not quite sure, but I believe the course HST
104. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Best,
Dan
4. Foreign Language and Literatures
Dan,
We support this proposal.
Thanks,
Raymond
From: Masters, Daniel
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 1:48 PM
To: Burt, Raymond; Leonard, Lynn A.; Reber, Eleanorea A.; Hossfeld, Leslie
Subject: Security Studies Follow-up
Raymond, Lynn, Eleanorea, and Leslie,
I previously contacted you regarding the proposed security studies minor. We are now at a point where
we need to know if you, and your departments, want to offer assent for this program proposal. I am
enclosing the proposal again for you to review. If you can, get back to me by Friday, August 20.
Best Regards,
Dan Masters
5. Criminal Justice
Dan,
Thanks for the inclusion in the Security Studies Minor. Currently Drs. LaGrange and Maume teach CRM
410, while Dr. Snowden teaches CRM 420. Both have tried to recruit me to teach the course and I may
do so. CRM 410 usually will have open slots and we’ll look forward to Security Studies filling them. In
the event the Minor draws huge numbers of students, I think it was wise to have many courses listed in
both area studies and the revolution and political violence areas.
Regards,
Darrell
HI Dan,
Darrell is the Criminology Track Coordinator so he can help you with the location of the minor. I will
approve what Darrell recommends.
Thanks,
Leslie
From: Masters, Daniel
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:52 PM
To: Hossfeld, Leslie
Subject: RE: Security Studies Follow-up
Leslie,
Yes Mike and I talked about this and it makes sense. Let me look for a location in the minor for this. If
you have an idea where it should go please share it with me. Once I have the revised version in place I
will send it to you for final approval.
Dan
From: Hossfeld, Leslie
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:36 PM
To: Irwin, Darrell
Cc: Masters, Daniel
Subject: RE: Security Studies Follow-up
Importance: High
Thanks Darrell –
Dan, take a look at Darrell’s recommendation below. Let us know your thoughts and how you would like
to move forward and what we need to do.
With thanks,
Leslie
From: Irwin, Darrell
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 2:33 PM
To: Hossfeld, Leslie
Subject: RE: Security Studies Follow-up
Leslie,
Presenting it to a couple of colleagues has led me to affirm our participation in the minor. We’d like
them to add CRM 410 World Criminal Justice Systems. Mike talked to Dan about this and he
agreed. Should I email Dan or will you propose that they go ahead and add CRM 410? I circulate it and
will let everyone know it is a done deal and we can count on seeing non-major students in the two
courses in that minor.
Regards,
Darrell
From: Hossfeld, Leslie
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 1:53 PM
To: Irwin, Darrell
Subject: FW: Security Studies Follow-up
Importance: High
HI Darrell,
Can you circulate this through the track and get final feedback please? I need to get something to Dan
by Friday.
Thanks!
Leslie
From: Masters, Daniel
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 1:48 PM
To: Burt, Raymond; Leonard, Lynn A.; Reber, Eleanorea A.; Hossfeld, Leslie
Subject: Security Studies Follow-up
Raymond, Lynn, Eleanorea, and Leslie,
I previously contacted you regarding the proposed security studies minor. We are now at a point where
we need to know if you, and your departments, want to offer assent for this program proposal. I am
enclosing the proposal again for you to review. If you can, get back to me by Friday, August 20.
Best Regards,
Dan Masters
6. Geography and Geology
Dear Dan,
GGY383 is the only course we offer on a regular basis. The others are not offered consistently, but you
are welcome to include them as they are in the catalog. You may also want to consider GGY340
Population Resource and the Environment. That course covers conflict over resources as part of its
curriculum. It is offered consistently.
Lynn
Lynn A. Leonard, Chair
Dept. of Geography and Geology, Dept. Physics and Physical Oceanography
University of North Carolina Wilmington
From: Masters, Daniel
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 1:48 PM
To: Burt, Raymond; Leonard, Lynn A.; Reber, Eleanorea A.; Hossfeld, Leslie
Subject: Security Studies Follow-up
Raymond, Lynn, Eleanorea, and Leslie,
I previously contacted you regarding the proposed security studies minor. We are now at a point where
we need to know if you, and your departments, want to offer assent for this program proposal. I am
enclosing the proposal again for you to review. If you can, get back to me by Friday, August 20.
Best Regards,
Dan Masters
7. Anthropology
Hi Dan,
This looks like a potentially interesting minor, and it looks as though the Anthropology classes included
are a good fit. Just a quick note—we don’t offer ANT 300 very often at all, at present, although this may
change in the future.
Best,
Nora
Associate Professor and Chair
Anthropology Department
UNC Wilmington
From: Masters, Daniel
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 2:55 PM
To: Reber, Eleanorea A.
Subject: Security Studies Minor
Dear Eleanorea,
I am following up with regards to the Security Studies Minor proposal. The paperwork for this minor is
due to CAS on Monday. I am hoping to get comment and support from Anthropology for the minor since
several classes are included as options in the specialized tracks. Please see the enclosed proposal and let
me know if you have any questions.
Dan Masters