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BACCALAUREATE CORE PROPOSAL CHECKLIST
Perspectives: Cultural Diversity
Syllabus Checklist (based on OSU Syllabus Minimum Requirement)
Course proposal includes a complete syllabus
Syllabus includes a statement that the course fulfills the Baccalaureate Core requirement for
Cultural Diversity.
Course clearly states Baccalaureate Core Category Learning Outcomes and lists them distinctly
from other course outcomes. If proposing for more than one category, syllabus includes Bacc Core
outcomes for all relevant categories.
Course has no limiting prerequisites (see criteria A below)
Syllabus includes required texts and materials
Syllabus includes grading criteria
Syllabus includes course schedule
Syllabus includes statement regarding students with disabilities
Syllabus includes statement regarding academic or scholarly dishonesty with appropriate URL link
Course is at least three credit hours and is a regularly numbered departmental offering (not X99 or
blanket numbered)
Criteria and Outcomes Consideration: After reviewing the syllabus and the Baccalaureate
Core Question set in the Course Proposal System, please make sure all criteria are met
and course includes activities assignments, or measurements aimed at helping students
meet learning outcomes. Note problems or questions on the back of this sheet.
Cultural Diversity Learning Outcomes
1. Identify and analyze characteristics of a cultural tradition outside of European/American culture.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of how perspectives can change depending on cultural or historical
contexts.
3. Describe aspects of Non-Western culture that influence or contribute to global cultural, scientific, or
social processes.
Cultural Diversity Rationale and Criteria:
Cultural Diversity courses shall:
A. Be at least three credits and accessible to both lower and upper division students.
Prerequisites or class-level restrictions for Perspectives courses must not create unreasonable
barriers for students seeking to fulfill this category: ;
B. Emphasize elements of critical thinking;
C. Focus on a broad subject area and time period;
D. Study, from a historical perspective, the origins, evolution, and/or contemporary state of
civilizations and cultures that are either non-Western in origin or have evolved within Western
culture in opposition to or in forms clearly distinct from the tradition;
E. Promote a culturally diverse perspective; and
F. Demonstrate interrelationships or connections with other subject areas.
Knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of diverse cultures are essential parts of a liberal education.
Not only is the world a multicultural one, but most of its cultures contrast sharply with traditional Western
culture. The U.S. is itself a multicultural society. Awareness of the contrasts and similarities between other
cultures and traditional Western culture enables students to develop a greater understanding of both.
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Please indicate below how well you think the course fits with the category Criteria and Rationale and any
concerns you may have about the proposer’s responses to the Baccalaureate Core questions, especially
those dealing with how students in the course will achieve Category Learning Outcomes. Indicate any
clarification you’d like to see in question responses and/or adjustments to the syllabus relative to BCC
concerns. Also, please indicate if you think this proposal is exemplary
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