Social Sciences Subcommittee
AMENDED REPORT
	April 2008
I.  MARSHALL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS	

A.  Business Administration
Revise	Program	Eff. Term:	Fall 2009
B.S. Business Administration (Cinema-Television)	(72)
Add two courses to the requirements for the Cinematic Arts part of the degree:  CTIN 456 and CTIN 458
(2 units each).  Replace CTPR 460 in the concentration with CTPR 385.  Reduce units required of  CTPR 495.  Total units of Cinema courses remains 24.
	>	Approved

B.  Management and Organization
Revise	Program	Eff. Term:	Fall 2009
B.S. Business Administration 
Add a new senior concentration in Managing and Developing People (20 units)
	>	Approved

Add two new courses
1)  MOR-479	The Business of Sports	(4)  			Eff.  Fall 2008
Addresses the business side of the sports industry; examines professional sports franchises, amateur athletics, and collegiate sports and how they relate to corporate America, the media, and the public sector. Recommended Preparation BUAD 304
>	Approved

2)  MOR-485	The Rhetoric of Investing and Valuation (4)  	Eff. 	Fall 2008
Analyzes the rhetoric of classic investment texts and news on investing/financial markets; investigates how rhetorical arguments shape and influence the valuation and investing process.
>	Approved

II.  COLLEGE OF LETTERS ARTS & SCIENCES	

A.  History
Add four new courses
1)  HIST-266	Business and East Asian Culture, 1800-Present	(4) 	Eff. 	Fall 2008
Business history of East Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong) as related to culture, politics, and society.
>	Approved
Also approved for GE category II.

2)  HIST-366	The People’s Republic of China (4)  		     Eff. 	Fall 2008
Politics, economy, society, and culture from 1949 to the present including the role of the communist party and the experiences of ordinary people.
>	Approved

3)  HIST-567  Historical Scholarship on 19th Century America	(4)        Eff. Fall 2008
Introduction to historiography and research in the political, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual history of the 19th Century United States
>	Approved

4)  HIST-568  Historical Scholarship on 20th and 21st Century America (4)       Eff. Fall 2008
Introduction to historiography and research in the political, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual history of the 20th and 21st Century United States
>	Approved

Terminate two courses		
5)  HIST-570 Historical Scholarship on Pre-1860 North America (4)   Eff. Summer 2008
Graduate level introduction to influential scholarly research in the fields of colonial, early national, and mid-19 century North American history prior to the United States Civil War. Graduate standing.
>	Approved

6)  HIST-571 Historical Scholarship on Post-1860 United States (4)       Eff. 	Summer 2008
Graduate level introduction to influential scholarly research in the fields of late 19th and 20th century United States history
>	Approved

B.  Liberal Studies
Add a new course							Eff. 	Fall 2008
LBST-516 Urban Conservation Biology	(3)
Analysis of plant and animal distribution in urban landscapes. Exploration of major threats to urban biodiversity and nature conservation controversies and successes. Prerequisite LBST-500
>	Approved

C.  Psychology
Add three new courses
1)  PSYC-415L  Psychological Measurement (4)   	     			Eff. 	Fall 2008
Classical and modern approaches to psychological measurement; scaling; test construction; true score reliability model; generalizability theory; validity; decision theoretic selection; item analysis; item response theory. Prerequisite:  PSYC 314
>	Approved

2)  PSYC-421L  Applied Multivariate Statistical Methods (4, max 8)   	Eff. 	Fall 2008
Multivariate analysis emphasizing model estimation and testing; topics vary, e.g., multiple regression, logistic regression, factor analysis, multilevel linear modeling, structural equation modeling, multiway frequency analysis. Prerequisite: PSYC 314
>	Approved

3)  PSYC-422	Human Judgment and Decision Making	(4)       	 	Eff. 	Fall 2008
Descriptive and normative models of decision making; topics include probability judgments, inference, correlation, emotion, mental accounting, decision analysis, lens model, equity, social dilemmas, time, risk  Prerequisite:  PSYC-314
>	Approved

III.  SCHOOL OF POLICY, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT  Aerospace Studies

Add a new course
AEST-220ab  Advanced Leadership Laboratory II (1-1)       Eff. 	Fall 2008
Additional exposure to the military experience for continuing AFROTC cadets, focusing on customs and courtesies, drill and ceremonies, and the environment of an Air Force officer. Credit/No Credit.   
>   Approved

IV.  SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK	
A.  Add a new course	
SOWK-499	Special Topics	(2-4, max 8)      Eff. 	Fall 2008
Selected topics in various specialty areas within social work.
>	Approved

V.  GRADUATE SCHOOL	
A.  Add a new course	
GRSC-596 Internship for Curricular Practical Training	(1, max 3)      Eff. Fall 2008
Part-time or full-time, practical work experience in the student's field of study. The internship must be located at an off-campus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty. May not be taken until the student has completed at least one semester of enrollment in the graduate program. Graduate standing. Graded CR/NC.
>	Approved
Purpose of course is to provide an internship course for graduate international students who wish to participate in curricular practical training in the schools that do not have an appropriate internship course.