CURRICULUM PROPOSAL FORM
#2
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER
CHANGE
IN A DEGREE, MAJOR, OR SUBMAJOR
Check Exactly One:
Change in: Degree X Major Submajor
Deletion of: Major Submajor
Total Number of Credits in Program:
(if "change in" is checked -
even if credits remain the same)
54 Before Change 54 After Change
Program
Title: Political Science BSE – Broadfield
Emphasis II
Sponsor(s): Susan Johnson
Department(s): Political Science
College(s): Letters and Science
Other
Programs Affected:
Effective
Term: Fall 2001
I. Exact
description of request
A. To Add 820-315/515 Women and American Politics as Group1 course and Remove 820-380 /580 Women and Politics as a Group 3 course.
B. To add 820-463/663 Conflict Resolution and Crisis Management in International Politics as a Group 4 course and 820-472 Government and Politics of China as a Group 3 course.
Change the B.S.E.
FROM:
MAJOR - 54 CREDITS
1. PSCI 820-141
2. SELECT 1 COURSE FROM EACH OF 3 GROUPS BELOW:
GROUP 1: PSCI 820-315, 820-317, 820-318,
820-319, 820-344, 820-346, 820-357,
820-413, 820-414,
820-415,820-419, 820-446
GROUP 2: PSCI 820-316, 820-320, 820-330, 820-421, 820-430, 820-440, 820-489
GROUP 3: PSCI 820-352, 820-460, 820-461, 820-471, 820-472
GROUP 4: PSCI 820-350, 820-351, 820-377, 820-457, 820-463
GROUP 5: PSCI 820-411, 820-412, 820-420
3. SELECT 10 ELECTIVE CREDITS FROM THE POLITICAL SCIENC DEPARTMENT EXCLUDING 820-105
4. SELECT 32 CRED FROM AT LEAST 3 DEPARTMENTS: ANTHROPOLOGY, ECONOMICS, GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY
5. COMPLETE SIGNIFICANT WRITING IN ADVANCED
II. Relationship to mission and strategic plan of institution, and/or College/Department goals and objectives.
A. Relationship to Political Science Program Objectives
The recategorization of the 820-315/515 Women and American Politics course as an Area I course will meet the Political Science Subject Matter Objectives 1 (All majors will have an understanding of the American Political system . . .) and 3b (All students will have a knowledge of the structure, operation, and process of the institutions of American Government and will have an understanding of the political process and the major actors in the process). Further, this course meets Cognitive Development Objective 1 (All majors will have acquired the analytical skills needed for the analysis of political phenomena) and Skill Objective 1 (All majors will exhibit writing proficiency in the discipline).
B. The 820-472 Government and Politics Of China course will meet the Political Science Assessment Plan objectives in the following ways: (1) It will teach students about the comparative method as a research tool for understanding the politics in a non-democratic system (Subject Matter Objectives 2); (2) Students will learn about major theories of studying Chinese government and politics (Subject Matter Objectives 3c); (3) Students will become acquainted with the structure, process, and operation of a non-American political system (Subject Matter Objectives 3c); (4) Students will be aware of the varied ways in which government and political systems are organized and operated (Subject Matter Objectives 3c); (5) Students will, through extensive class discussion, writing assignments, and application of the comparative method, develop analytical skills needed to understand political phenomena (Cognitive Development Objective 1).
The 820-463 Conflict Resolution and Crisis Management in International Politics course will meet objectives 1, 3, 4 and 5 as listed above.
III. Rationale
A. The recategorization of 820-315 Women and American Politics, along with the development of a women and international affairs course, will provide students the opportunity to take classes that focus on women in both the domestic and international setting.
B. In the Political Science major students must take credits in
various subcategories. This action is
necessary to specify the categories under which the new courses 820-463 and
820-472 fall.
IV. Cost Implications
None.