UCC/UGC/ECCC
Proposal for Course Change
FAST TRACK (Select if this will be a fast track item. Refer to Fast Track Policy for
eligibility)
If the changes included in this proposal are significant, attach copies of original and proposed
syllabi in approved university format.
1. Course subject and number: PSY 491/491H
2. Units:
See upper and lower division undergraduate course definitions.
3. College:
SBS
5. Current Student Learning Outcomes of the
course.
Goal One: Knowledge Base in Psychology.
Students should demonstrate fundamental
knowledge and comprehension of the major
concepts, theoretical perspectives, historical
trends, and empirical findings to discuss how
psychological principles apply to behavioral
problems.
PSY 491 Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will:
1. Learn about current research and theory on
the psychologies of women, men, and gender;
2. Triangulate how the imperatives of gender
socialization intersect with dominant spheres of
our lives, such as in health,
schooling/employment, and relationships;
3. Experience how variations of gender roles,
expectations of gender appropriateness or
normalcy, and gendered behavior both can
expand our experience while, often
simultaneously, propel us to be seen as socially
deviant in the eyes of others;
Effective Fall 2013
4. Academic Unit:
3
Psychological Sciences
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4. Examine the ways in which gender is crafted,
enacted, and sustained in much of daily life.
Goal Two: Scientific Inquiry and Critical
Thinking. Students will develop scientific
reasoning and problem-solving skills, including
effective research methods (e.g., research
design, data analysis, and interpretation) and
understand their fundamental importance in
psychology.
Students in PSY 491 will demonstrate critical
thinking by examination of the manifest and
latent content of visual imagery as understood
by cultural/corporate interests in maintaining a
gendered -- if often gender-disparate -- social
structure.
Goal Three: Ethical and Social Responsibility
in a Diverse World. Students will develop
ethically and socially responsible behavior for
professional and personal settings. Students will
1) recognize, understand, and respect the
complexity of globalization and international
diversity, 2) recognize, understand and respect
the complexity of psychosocial and cultural
diversity, and 3) will understand and apply
psychological principles to environmental
sustainability issues.
PSY 491 will deconstruct gender hegemonic
standards and expose students to ways of
understanding the gender concept as layered in
history, normalcy, power and -- perhaps most
especially -- privilege.
Goal Four: Communication. Students will be
able to demonstrate competence in writing and
in oral and interpersonal communication skills.
Students will demonstrate information
competence and the ability to use computers
and other technology for many purposes.
Effective Fall 2013
In PSY 491, this goal is accomplished through
the process of discussing -- with one's students
peers -- the ways in which the dominant gender
order minimizes life experiences (for all genders)
and constrains the potential of life satisfaction
(or quality of life) based on often unethical
imperatives that place a heteronormative gender
order above the happiness and life fulfillment of
persons.
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paste, in its entirety, from the current on-line
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academic catalog*
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http://catalog.nau.edu/Catalog/.
PSY 491 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER (3)
Description: Surveys theory and research
concerning the construction and enactment of
gender in contemporary society. Analyzes
assumptions about what causes humans to
endorse gendered lives and how being
gendered affects identity and behavior. Models
for increasing gender role flexibility and broader
social identities are examined. Letter grade
only.
Units: 3
Prerequisite: PSY 101 or 101H or International
Exchange Student Group
Effective Fall 2013
PSY 491 PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER (3)
Description: Surveys theory and research
concerning the construction and enactment of
gender in contemporary society. Analyzes
assumptions about what causes humans to
endorse gendered lives and how being
gendered affects identity and behavior. Models
for increasing gender role flexibility and broader
social identities are examined. Letter grade
only.
Units: 3
Prerequisite: (PSY 101 or 101H or International
Exchange Student Group), (PSY 215 or PSY
227 or PSY 250), PSY 230, PSY 302W with
grades of C or better
PSY 491H PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDERHONORS (3)
Description: Surveys theory and research
concerning the construction and enactment of
gender in contemporary society. Analyzes
assumptions about what causes humans to
endorse gendered lives and how being
gendered affects identity and behavior. Models
for increasing gender role flexibility and broader
social identities are examined. Letter grade
only.
Units: 3
Prerequisite: (PSY 101 or 101H) and Honors
Student Group
PSY 491H PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDERHONORS (3)
Description: Surveys theory and research
concerning the construction and enactment of
gender in contemporary society. Analyzes
assumptions about what causes humans to
endorse gendered lives and how being
gendered affects identity and behavior. Models
for increasing gender role flexibility and broader
social identities are examined. Letter grade
only.
Units: 3
Prerequisite: (PSY 101 or 101H), (PSY 215 or
PSY 227 or PSY 250), PSY 230, PSY 302W
with grades of C or better, and Honors
Student Group
*if there has been a previously approved UCC/UGC/ECCC change since the last catalog year, please
copy the approved text from the proposal form into this field.
7. Justification for course change.
PSY 491 Psychology of Gender is an upper-division course in Psychological Sciences. Two proposed
prerequisites include courses in statistics (PSY 230) and research methods (PSY 302w). Both
prerequisites would provide students with the background necessary for understanding the scientific
basis of studies conducted in gender-related psychological research. These two proposed
prerequisites would provide the skills necessary for writing the APA format papers required in this
course, reading scientific journal articles, and conducting required literature reviews. Proposed
prerequisites (PSY 250 Social Psychology or PSY 227 Personality Psychology or PSY 215 Abnormal
Psychology) are related lower-division courses intended to provide fundamental knowledge of major
psychological concepts related to gender studies.
8. Effective BEGINNING of what term and year?
See effective dates calendar.
Fall 2015
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CURRENT
Current course subject and number:
PROPOSED
Proposed course subject and number:
Current number of units:
Proposed number of units:
Current short course title:
Proposed short course title (max 30
characters):
Proposed long course title (max 100
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Proposed grading option:
letter grade
pass/fail
or both
Current long course title:
Current grading option:
letter grade
pass/fail
Effective Fall 2013
or both
Current repeat for additional units:
Proposed repeat for additional units:
Current max number of units:
Proposed max number of units:
Current prerequisite:
Proposed prerequisite (include rationale in the
justification):
PSY 491:
PSY 101 or 101H or International Exchange
Student Group
PSY 491H:
(PSY 101 or 101H) and Honors Student Group
PSY 491:
(PSY 101 or 101H or International Exchange
Student Group), (PSY 215 or PSY 227 or
PSY 250), PSY 230, PSY 302W with grades
of C or better
PSY 491H:
(PSY 101 or 101H), (PSY 215 or PSY 227 or
PSY 250), PSY 230, PSY 302W with grades
of C or better, and Honors Student Group
Current co-requisite:
Proposed co-requisite (include rationale in the
justification):
Current co-convene with:
Proposed co-convene with:
Current cross list with:
Proposed cross list with:
9. Is this course in any plan (major, minor, or certificate) or sub plan (emphasis)? Yes
No
If yes, describe the impact. If applicable, include evidence of notification to and/or response
from each impacted academic unit.
The proposed prerequisite changes would only affect the Department of Psychological Sciences
plans. PSY 491 is not required for any other plans or sub plans.
10. Is there a related plan or sub plan change proposal being submitted?
If no, explain.
The proposed prerequisite changes do not affect related plans or sub plans
Yes
No
11. Does this course include combined lecture and lab components?
Yes
If yes, include the units specific to each component in the course description above.
No
Answer 12-15 for UCC/ECCC only:
12. Is this course an approved Liberal Studies or Diversity course?
Yes
No
If yes, select all that apply.
Liberal Studies
Diversity
13. Do you want to remove the Liberal Studies or Diversity designation?
If yes, select all that apply.
Liberal Studies
Diversity
Both
Yes
No
14. Is this course listed in the Course Equivalency Guide?
Yes
No
15. Is this course a Shared Unique Numbering (SUN) course?
Yes
No
Effective Fall 2013
Both
FLAGSTAFF MOUNTAIN CAMPUS
Scott Galland
Reviewed by Curriculum Process Associate
10/29/2014
Date
Approvals:
Heidi A. Wayment
10/29/2014
Department Chair/Unit Head (if appropriate)
Date
Chair of college curriculum committee
Date
SEE ATTACHED
Dean of college
2/6/2015
Date
For Committee use only:
UCC/UGC Approval
Date
Approved as submitted:
Yes
No
Approved as modified:
Yes
No
EXTENDED CAMPUSES
Reviewed by Curriculum Process Associate
Date
Approvals:
Academic Unit Head
Date
Division Curriculum Committee (Yuma, Yavapai, or Personalized Learning)
Date
Division Administrator in Extended Campuses (Yuma, Yavapai, or Personalized
Learning)
Date
Effective Fall 2013
Faculty Chair of Extended Campuses Curriculum Committee (Yuma, Yavapai, or
Personalized Learning)
Date
Chief Academic Officer; Extended Campuses (or Designee)
Date
Approved as submitted:
Yes
No
Approved as modified:
Yes
No
From: Heidi A Wayment
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 8:13 PM
To: Kathleen Ellen Knights; Stuart S Galland; William H Huffman
Subject: RE: PSY Fast Track forms
Hi, I have signed them all, and they are attached! Thanks Scott and Kathy for all your work on these!
Heidi
Heidi A. Wayment, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Psychological Sciences
From: William H Huffman
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 7:51 AM
To: Stuart S Galland
Subject: RE: UCC Fast Track Proposals: PSY326-PSY491
I approve the PSY 326-491 fast track proposals.
William Huffman, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
928-523-9508
Fax: 928-523-7185
Effective Fall 2013