BACCALAUREATE CORE PROPOSAL CHECKLIST
PERSPECTIVES CATEGORY: WESTERN CULTURE
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
Western Culture.
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.
Western Culture Learning Outcomes
1. Identify significant events, developments, and/or ideas in the Western cultural experience and context.
2. Interpret the influence of philosophical, historical, and/or artistic phenomena in relation to contemporary Western culture.
3. Analyze aspects of Western culture in relation to broader cultural, scientific, or social processes.
Western Culture Criteria and Rationale:
Western Culture 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 and evolution of important features of Western culture;
E. Examine events, movements, ideas or artistic achievements of Western culture in a broad context, including the significance they have for contemporary U.S. culture and institutions; and

F. Demonstrate interrelationships or connections with other subject areas.
Knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of Western culture are essential to a liberal education.
Contemporary U.S. society in all its institutional, social, and cultural complexity is largely a product of
Western culture. Understanding of Western culture and knowledge of its origin and evolution enable students to develop greater awareness of its past, present, and future.
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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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