What's New in Advising ('10/'11)

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New Major

Graphic Design

New Minor

Information Technology

Changes in the Existing Majors

Theology has discontinued requiring THE 400 The Nature of Theology as an upper-level requirement in the major. Majors will instead be required to take a new gateway course, THE 275 Approaches in Theology.

Philosophy has discontinued requiring PHI 410 Philosophy Seminar, and has specified more particularly its other requirements:

PHI 100 Introduction to Philosophy
PHI 202 Ethics
PHI 340 Metaphysics
One course in the philosophy of each of the following eras: ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary
Two upper-level courses numbered 300 or 400 from among the department’s offerings

The Minor in Philosophy is similarly revised:

PHI 100 Introduction to Philosophy
One 200-level course
Two courses in the philosophy of the following eras: ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary.
Two other courses from among departmental offerings

Sociology has responded to recommendations emerging from its Program Review, and the following changes to its major have been approved: to consolidate its current two theory courses into one, to consolidate its current two methods courses into one, and to require two more major electives from among four (not five) categories of courses: Institutions and Community, Social Inequality, Deviance, Social Change.

History requires a seminar (HIS393) and a pro-seminar pairing in its major. The pro-seminar will now always be marked HIS391. So register history majors completing this pairing for HIS393 and HIS391 in the same semester.

New courses

ANT/SOC Social Justice in a Global Community
ART 216 Illustration
BIO 380 The Biology of Cancer
CHI 102 Chinese II
CHI103 Chinese III
ENG 302 Special Topics in Journalism
HRS 235 Normal Speech and Language Development
ITA160: Italian Civilization and Culture
MUS 197 String Camerata (Counts for ART/MUS/THA if taken 3 times)
PSY 310 Stereotypes and Prejudice
SOC/ANT 350 Sociological Theory
SOC/ANT 465 Sociological Research Methods
SOC/ANT 475 Senior Seminar
SPA 370 Women Writers in Contemporary Spain
THE 275 Approaches in Theology
WMS 385 Women of the World. Counts in the Women’s Studies minor. Also counts in the history major and minor as a Group III course. Also counts in the Psychology major and minor as an elective.

Changes to Existing Courses

HIS 120 and 121 (U.S. History I and II) are now designated HIS 180 and 181. These courses do NOT count in the Core. They continue to be indicated for education concentrators.

HIS 393 the Seminar in History is now always a WE course.

ENG 181 Film and Literature is now ENG 218 Film and Literature. It does NOT count as fulfillment of the humanities requirement.

ENG 396 American Film Since 1940 is now simply called American Film

SOC 300 Sociological Data Analysis: Using Words and Numbers has a new, simpler title: Statistics. Please keep this Statistics course distinct from our two other Statistics courses: ECO115 Statistics, and PSY265 Statistics.

New Policies

If a student hasn’t declared a major by October of their junior year (fifth semester) they will not be permitted to register for spring junior year (sixth semester) courses. Department chairs support this new policy. It will give them accurate counts in their major as they estimate future course enrollments.

New Roles on Campus

New Provost: Frank Lazarus
New Chair of Sociology and Anthropology: Amy Gazin-Schwartz
New President of the Representative Faculty Senate: Amy Gazin-Schwartz
New Director of Community Service Learning: Mike Land

New Agreements

3:2 Program with Duke University in Environmental Science Management and Forestry Management. Students earn the B.A. at Assumption, then the MF or MEM from Duke. Five years instead of six.

Accelerated B.A./ Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine agreement with Des Moines University. Earn both degrees in seven years, rather than eight.

Reserved seats for qualifying Assumpton students to earn a B.S. in Nursing, Physician’s Assistant, or a Doctor of Pharmacy from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Services.

Seats reserved for qualifying AC students to study Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Science, Physician Assistant, Health Informatics, Public Health, Exercise Physiology, and School Counseling at Northeastern University.

Study Abroad/Study Away Marine Sciences Program through Duke University. Can be stateside, in Hawaii or Beaufort, N.C., or international in Singapore, Panama, or France.

Accelerated J.D. agreements with Duquesne and Western New England schools of law. Our qualified students get the B.A. and J.D. in six rather than seven years.

Discontinued
Consortium Gerontology Program
Relationship with Center for Catholic Aspirations

In Other News…
Continuing and Career Education is now offering a certificate in Graphic Design and Multimedia, and a Bachelor’s of Business Administration with a Specialization in Graphic Design and Multimedia.

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