Off-Campus Studies Panel
Report of Approved Proposals
November 2012
I. MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
1) New Short Trip
Information Operations Management
A. IOM-557a Global Supply Chain Logistics Infrastructure (1.5) Eff. Fall 2013
Study of global logistics infrastructures - water, rail, road, and air - through readings, team research and presentation, international site visits, and final written report. Open only to Global Supply Chain Management majors.
Approved for 1 Year . Students in IOM-557a will spend 5 days at an international location. The 2013 trip will be to Singapore.
Chair Comments: Approved
II. DORNSIFE COLLEGE OF LETTERS, ARTS, & SCIENCES
1) New Short Trips
Anthropology
A. ANTH-409 Indigenous Languages in Northern Ireland (4) Eff. Summer 2013
Examination of indigenous languages in Northern Ireland, with a focus on the sociopolitical dimension of revitalization movement.
Approved for 3 Years . Students will spend 11 days in various locations throughout
Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Chair Comments : Approved.
A. IR-318 Conflict Resolution and Peace Research (4)
International Relations
Eff. Spring 2013
Processes of conflict, violence, change, integration, stability, and peace in world society, analyzed primarily through the literature of the peace research movement.
Approved for 1 Year . Students will spend 12 days in Rwanda.
Chair Comments : Approved

Off-campus Studies Program
Minutes
November 2012
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A.
IR-440 America’s Pacific Century: Dialogues between the Eff. Spring 2013
US and Asia (4)
A hands-on analysis of the contemporary US foreign policy towards East Asia through lectures, policy paper writing, and an exchange visit to Singapore.
Approved for 1 year . Students will spend 8 days in Singapore working on their final reports.
Chair Comments : Approved.
2) Review International Summer Programs
A.
EASC-360 Global East Asia (4)
East Asian Studies
Eff. Summer 2013
Summer Study Abroad Program to China, Japan, or Korea with a focus on
Globalization. Recommended Preparation: Two language and/or area studies courses related to country of study, recommended course list provided by EASC.
Approved and Renewed for 5 Years. Students spend 4 weeks abroad in China, Japan, or Korea.
Chair Comments: Approved.
3) ISP Request for New Location
Earth Sciences
A.
GEOL-465 Field Geology (4) Eff. Summer 2013
Ten days to four weeks of field study in an area of geological complexity, with preparatory instruction.
Approved for 1 Year. The department is adding a new location to this existing course.
Students will spend 10 days in Morocco in 2013.
Chair Comments: Approved.