St. Cloud State University
General Education Goal Area 5
History and the Social & Behavioral Sciences
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1.
Prepared by: Robert Lavenda
Phone: 8-3034
Proposal Number:
Email: lavenda@stcloudstate.edu
2.
Requesting Unit: Latin American Studies
3.
Department, Course Number, Title: LAST 250, Introduction to Latin America
4.
New Course
5.
Will this course be flagged as a diversity course?
Already Designated as Diversity
6.
Will this course also satisfy another General Education Goal Area?
If “Yes” specify which goal area.
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Existing Course
No
Diversity Proposal Accompanying This Form
No
Yes
7.
Course bulletin description, including credits and semesters to be offered:
LAST 250. Introduction to Latin America (Diversity/MGM)
The Latin American experience: geography, sociology, anthropology, history, economics, political science, and
literature. 3 Cr. F, S.
8.
Indicate the clientele for whom this course is designed. Is the course for general education only, or
does it fulfill general education and other program needs for this or another department? Obtain
signatures from any affected departments.
general education students; students interested in Latin America, Internatioanl Business, or study abroad
in Latin America; students in Spanish; LAST majors and minors
9.
Indicate any changes that must be made in offerings or resources in your department or other
departments by offering this course.
none
10.
For new courses or courses not yet approved for General Education, indicate any other SCSU departments
or units offering instruction that relates to the content of the proposed course.
n/a
11.
Courses designated as General Education are included in the assessment plan for the Goal Area(s)
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for which they are approved. Courses for which assessment is not included in the annual GE
assessment report for two years will be removed from the General Education Program.
The Requesting Unit understands and recognizes the above conditions.
12.
Provide a concise explanation of how the following goal is a “significant focus” of the proposed course.
Goal Area 5: History and the Social & Behavioral Sciences
Develop understanding of human societies and behaviors, and of the concepts, theories, and methods of
history and the social sciences.
The entire course is dedicated to developing understanding of human societies and behaviors in Latin
America through consideration of key areas of life in Latin America. 85% of the course takes a purely social
scientific view--sociological, anthropological, and political in nature--of life in Latin America, enabling students
to learn the concepts, theories, and methods of the social sciences (The remaining 15% deals with literature and
the arts in Latin America).
13. In order for a course to be designated as fulfilling Goal Area 5, it must address at least 4 of the 5 student learning
outcomes (SLOs) below. Check the SLOs below that are focused on in the proposed general education course.
1. Describe or use the methods and data by which historians, social scientists, or behavioral scientists investigate
human conditions.
2. Analyze human behavior, cultures, and social institutions and processes from the perspectives of history or the
social and behavioral sciences.
3. Develop explanations for and explore solutions to historical or contemporary social problems.
4. Reflect upon themselves in relation to family, communities, society, culture, and/or their histories.
5. Apply and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories about human societies and behaviors.
14.
Discuss how each Student Learning Outcome checked above is achieved in this course. (Note: Although
descriptions of typical assignments or types of assignments may be part of this discussion, it is not
appropriate to submit copies of actual assignments.)
Through lecture, discussion, critical reading, writing assignments in the form of exams and papers,
students will achieve
SLO 1 by describing and using the methods by which social scientists investigate society and culture in Latin
America in exams and essays;
SLO 2 by analyzing cultures, social institutions and processes in Latin America from the perspective of the social
sciences, with particular attention to the diversity of the legacies of the colonial period, gener relations, religion,
and social and political phenomena;
SLO 3 by developing explanations for persistnat social problems in Latin America, ranging from the legacy of the
colonial period to hyperurbanization, to revolutionary movements and drug production.
SLO 4 by reflecting on themselves via the detour of the Latin American other in literature, social structure, culture
and history
SLO 5 by applying and critiquing functionalist, neoliberal and marxist theories on key issues in Latin America
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15.
List or attach the Course Outline (adequately described and including percentage of time to be allocated
to each topic). Curriculum Committees may request additional information. Topics larger than 20% need
to be broken down further. Indicate in your course outline where the Student Learning Outcomes
checked above are being met.
Introduction to the Class 3.45%
Geographic Situation 6.9% SLO 1-3
An Unfolding Heritage: History 6.9% SLO 1-4
Society, Economy, and Government 6.9% SLO 1-5
Identity, Modernity, and the Arts 6.9% SLO 2-4
One Hundred Years of Solitude February 10.35% SLO 2, 4
Gender, Socialization, and Women’s Roles 6.9% SLO 1-5
Marriage and the Family 6.9% SLO 1-4
Religion at the Crossroads 6.9% SLO 1-4
Case Study: Mexico 10.35% SLO 1-5
Education 6.9% SLO 1-4
Communication, Science, and Technology 6.9% SLO 1-4
Social Structure and Change 10.35% SLO 1-4
By Way of Conclusion 3.45% SLO 4
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St. Cloud State University
General Education Transmittal Form
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Response Date:
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Proposal Number
Department: Latin american Studies/Political Science
Course or Course(s): LAST 250
Edward Greaves
Department or Unit Chair Signature
2/25/2010
Date
Department forward to Academic Affairs for publication and electronically to Chair of General Education Committee, Chair
of College Curriculum Committee, College Dean
Recommendation of General Education Committee:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
Chairperson
Committee
Signature
Date
Recommendation of University Curriculum Committee:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
Chairperson
Committee
Signature
Date
Recommendation of Faculty Association:
Approve
Remarks:
Disapprove
FA Senate
Signature
Date
Action of Academic Vice President:
Approve
Disapprove
Signature
Entered in Curriculum Data File
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Remarks:
Date