1980-81

                                SENATE DOCUMENT #17



                                 APC DOCUMENT #17

                 Course Changes in the Department of History      





        The Academic Policies Committee recommends to the Faculty Senate

        approval of the following course additions for the Department of 

        History:   





        History 251  WORLD CIVILIZATION TO 1687  (3)



            A study of the trends and cultures of the Americas, Europe,

            Asia, Africa, and the Pacific World to 1687 emphasizing

            political, diplomatic, economic, and social development.  An

            emphasis on non-Western cultures.  



        History 252  WORLD CIVILIZATION SINCE 1687 (3)



            A study of the trends and cultures of the Americas, Europe,

            Asia, Africa, and the Pacific World since 1687 emphasizing

            political, diplomatic, economic, and social development.  An

            emphasis on non-Western cultures.  



        Rationale:  



        1.  At present, a two-part sequence in world civilization is

        missing from the History Department curriculum.  Such a sequence

        would immeasurably strengthen the major by offering a survey course

        whose emphasis is non-Western.  



        2.  The Education Department supports the two-part sequence as the

        best solution to the problem of meeting state certification

        requirements in grades 4-12.  The Americas, North and South, are

        taught in Grade 6; Europe and the USSR in Grade 7; Africa, Asia,

        and the Pacific World in the 8th grade; and world cultures in

        grades 11 and 12.  Without an imposing array of courses in these

        areas, there is no other way that a student desiring certification

        in grades 4-12 can survey such a vast number of world cultures.  





        Effective Date:  Fall, 1981 





                        (Passed by Faculty Senate 10/23/80)