Electronic Course Authorization System (ECAS)

Electronic Course Authorization System (ECAS)
SPAN 3623 - VIEW COURSE PROPOSAL – NEW COURSE

Approvals Received:

Department
on 10-14-04
by Jayne Hacker
(hackerje@umn.edu)

Curriculum Committee
on 10-26-04
by Karen Van Horn
(vanhornk@umn.edu)

Approvals Pending:

Curriculum Committee > Campus Assembly > Catalog > PeopleSoft Manual Entry

Effective Status:

Active

Effective Term:

1059 - Fall 2005

Course:

SPAN 3623

Institution:

UMNMO - Morris

Career:

UGRD

College:

MDHU - UMM-Humanities, Div of

Department:

233 - UMM-Humanities, Div of-Adm

General

Course Title Short:

Sem: Ecology/Nature LAm Lit

Course Title Long:

Seminar: Ecology and Nature in Latin American Literature

Max-Min Credits
for Course:

4.0 to 4.0 credit(s)

Catalog
Description:

Study of Latin American texts where authors create character that read or misread Nature and its preservation or extinction. And how globalization is making this issue more relevant in the Latin American context.

Additional Course
Information
(for catalog
production):

offered when feasible

Grading Basis:

A-F only

Honors Course:

Delivery Mode(s):

Classroom

Years most
frequently offered:

Other frequency

Term(s) most
frequently offered:

Fall

Component 1:

DIS (with final exam)

Auto-Enroll
Course:

Graded
Component:

DIS

Academic
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Financial Aid
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Repetition of
Course:

Repetition not allowed.

Course
Prerequisites
for Catalog:

3101

Course
Equivalency:

No course equivalencies

Consent
Requirement:

No required consent

Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based or
non-course-based)

3101

Editor Comments:

Proposal Changes:

History Information:

Assessment
and Goals:

Assessment: There will be two exams including a final, papers and discussions. Goals: Students should demonstrate the ability to analyze literary texts, using the text as well as the aesthetic, political, historical, and philosophical context in which the work was produced.

Rationale for
Changes or
Exceptions:

THE COURSE RESPONDS TO THE DEVASTATION OF THE RAIN FOREST IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

General Education

Faculty
Sponsor Name:

Vicente Cabrera

Requirement
this course fulfills:

ENVT - ENVT People and the Environment

Provisional
Approval:

Regular
Approval:

Yes; date: Oct 14, 2004