Goal 1: Students will be able to identify and critically evaluate major consequences and implications of a revolutionary idea or innovation. Revolutionary ideas may be economic, social, ethical, cultural, political, and/or scientific, among others.
Outcome 1A: Students will be able to identify and critically evaluate major consequences and implications
of a revolutionary idea or innovation beyond the field.
Outcome 1B: Students will critically evaluate the major consequences and implications of a revolutionary
idea or innovation beyond the field.
For a course to be approved it must:
- Demonstrate 'revolutionary ideas and innovations' as an organizing principle of the course.
- Include assignments that contribute to at least 40% of the student's grade that address understanding and evaluation of revolutionary ideas and innovations.
- For a lower-division Theme course, EITHER have an explicit course connection to a foundational skill OR reinforce a foundational skill.
- For an upper-division Theme course, reinforce at least two foundational skills. Area B Courses must reinforce quantitative reasoning skills and one other skill; Area C and D Courses must reinforce critical thinking and one other skill.
- Rubrics used to evaluate learning outcomes will be made available to students and incorporate the essential dimensions identified by GECCo.
| ANTH 1118 - Introduction to Archeology | MUS 1039 – Jazz Appreciation |
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ART 2508 – Survey of Western Art I, Prehistory to 1400 |
PHIL 3268 – Marxism |
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ART 2608 – Survey of Western Art II, 1400 to Present |
PHIL 3358 - Phil, Technology & Our Future |
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ART 3618 - Rev Art of the 19th Century |
PLSI 3228 - Pol & Religion in the U.S |
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ART 3648 – History of Photography |
PSYC 3248 - Observ. in Studying the Brain |
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COMM 3028 - Video Game Analysis |
PSYC 3678 - Ppl., Ethics, & Other Animals |
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COMM 3048 – Art of Film |
RS 1128 – A History of God |
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COMM 3078 – Mass Media & Society |
RS 1138 – Religions of Asia |
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COMM 3098 - World Film History |
RS 3208 - Explorations in Scripture |
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ECON 3118 - The Pacific Rim Economies |
RS 3518 - The American Dream |
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ENGL 2208 - American Lit Survey I |
RS 3538 – Religion and Human Rights |
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ENGL 2308 - British Lit Survey I |
SCI 3019 - Rev Ideas in Human Biology |
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ENGL 4708 – Studies in Fiction |
SCI 3119 - Rev Ideas in Chemistry |
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ETHS 1208 - Introduction to Ethnic Studies |
SCI 3209 – Computers and Society |
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HIST 1418 – World History, Pre-History to 1500 |
SCI 3319 – California Geology and Society |
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HIST 1428 – World History Since 1500 CE |
SCI 3609 – An Introduction to the Modern Cosmos |
| HIST 4248 - Film & Identity in History | SOC 4038 – Technology and Society |
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HIST 4638 – Building an Empire: History Rome |
SOC 4068 - The Civil Rights Movement |