Proposal ID# Course Reviewer_________________ BACCALAUREATE CORE PROPOSAL CHECKLIST PERSPECTIVES CATEGORY: SOCIAL PROCESSES & INSTITUTIONS Syllabus Checklist (based on OSU Syllabus Minimum Requirement) Course proposal includes a full syllabus Syllabus includes a statement that the course fulfills the Baccalaureate Core requirement for Social Processes & Institutions 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 – see criteria A below) 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. Social Processes & Institutions Outcomes Students in Social Processes and Institutions courses shall: 1. Use theoretical frameworks to interpret the role of the individual within social process and institutions. 2. Analyze current social issues and place them in historical context(s). 3. Critique the nature, value, and limitations of the basic methods of the social sciences. Social Processes & Institutions Criteria and Rationale Social Processes and Institutions 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 these categories; B. Emphasize elements of critical thinking; C. Place the subject(s) in historical context; D. Demonstrate interrelationships or connections with other subject areas; E. Focus on methods, concepts, and theories for understanding the structure and change of major social institutions, and for understanding individual behavior as part of a social dynamic; F. Examine the nature, value, and limitations of the basic methods of the social sciences, and discuss the interaction of the social sciences and society; and G. Provide a perspective on the evolution of the theories and ideas emphasized in the course. Human beings are inevitably social, influencing and being influenced by social groups. The social sciences study social institutions and processes and deal with the human behaviors and values that form and change them, and are essential for an understanding of contemporary society. *********************************************************************************************************************** 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. . Notes: