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Course Form (One form per course, lab, or recitation)
NORTHEAST Integrated Curriculum Committee

Date: 10/4/2022
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Contact person: Conrad Quintyn
Phone:

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570-389-5379

Email: cquintyn@bloomu.edu

Department: Anthropology
Program: Anthropology, Criminal Justice & Sociology

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Tracking # (For Provost office use only)

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CIP# (For Provost office use only)

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Select which actions you are requesting for _X_ Undergraduate __ Graduate
☒ Course Modified for Integration

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☐ Course Not Previously Offered at any campus

Click modalities that the course may be offered (80% +)
☒Face-to-Face/In person X ☐ Online (100%) ☐ Interactive TV ☒ Multi-modal

New University
Course Prefix

New University
Course Number

New University
Course Title

ANT

395

Special Topics in Anthropology

Current University
Course Prefix

Current University
Course Number

Current University
Course Title

*Only list Current Courses that are equivalent to the New Course

BU: ANTHRO

495

Special Topics in Anthropology

LHU:
MU:
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New Course for Integrated University
7. Will the course be seeking General Education approval?
☒ No ☐ Yes (if yes, go to next section General Education Approval- click on this link)
8. Resources at Each Campus: List any resources, including faculty, facilities, technology,
equipment, or library resources necessary at each campus listed above.
This course may be offered in the load of current faculty. When offered face-to-face, the course is
taught in classroom with instructional media panel (i.e., computer, projector). This course existed
prior to integration and was offered at the Bloomsburg University campus.
Identify on which campuses the course is intended to be offered in the integrated university
(for administration use only):
☒ BU

X☐ LHU

X☐ MU

9. Identify Departments/Programs/Courses impacted by changes on this form (Identify any
programs/departments/courses that may be impacted by course changes. Contact programs,
departments to obtain support if you are offering a course that will impact their program:
No other departments, courses, programs, campuses are impacted.
10. Indicate Semester and Year Course will be implemented: Fall semester 2023
11. Provide a rationale for how this course relates to the mission and goals of the related program:
A B.A. in Anthropology provides students with skills needed to understand social and cultural
systems, and helps them develop critical thinking, analytical, problem-solving, and presentation
skills necessary for professional success. The goals of the Anthropology program are to have
students be able to: 1. Identify diverse worldviews, 2. Describe anthropological theories, 3. Apply
ethical principles in research, 4. Conduct research, 5. Demonstrate effective communication skills,
and 6) Evaluate the viability of potential solutions
In this course, students explore topics not presented in other anthropology courses allowing for
greater flexibility in the anthropology curriculum.
12. Abbreviated Title (for Master Schedule, Maximum 20 spaces): Special Topics
13. Course Description for Catalog (Maximum 75 words -start with an action verb.): Provides for
instruction and student research within selected areas of interest not available in other courses.
Prerequisite: 18 semester hours of anthropology or consent of the instructor.
14. Credit(s): 3
Clock Hours:

Lecture: hours

Recitation: hours Lab: hours

Contract Hours:

Lecture: hours

Recitation: hours Lab: hours

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15. Prerequisites (Courses completed prior to taking this course):
18 semester hours of anthropology or consent of the instructor.
16. Co-requisites (Courses which must be taken simultaneously with other courses):
N/A
17. Enrollment Restrictions (e.g., limited to majors in program XXX, restricted from majors in program
XXX, etc.):
N/A
18. Repeatable: Can this course be repeated for credit as a multi-topic class, not just for a grade
change?
☒ No ☐ Yes: How many times is the course repeatable?
19. Dual-Level or Cross-Listed: Is this course dual-level? ☐Yes ☒No.
If yes, list the course prefix and number.
If dual-level, indicate content, assignments, and assessments for graduate and undergraduate
courses on two separate Master Course Syllabus forms. Cross-Listed is across multiple
departments/programs.
20. Estimated Frequency of Offering: Fall and Spring semesters
How often will the course be taught for a two-year cycle?
21. Recommended class size for student success: Provide the recommended class size number and a
clear rationale based on accreditation guidelines, discipline standards, or pedagogical limitations.
The recommended class size for student success is 25. This course is writing, presentation, and
discussion intensive. The recommended class size is to meet the needs of students by allowing for
meaningful classroom discussions, more personal communication, inclusion of all students in
assessment of performance in formal and informal presentation settings, and working with
students on a one-on-one basis, and it is based on review of students' performance.
Submit a Master Course Syllabus – (see attached)

General_Education_Approval
Locate the required Curricular Theme, Program Goal, and Learning Objectives and Desired Outcomes for
your selected area of this program in the General Education Plan (click on this link).
GE-1: Select the Curricular Theme and Program Goal you are applying from the drop down below (click
on the words Choose an item, then click on the arrow and select one option): None.

Choose an item.

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GE-2: How does your course fit into the General Education Curricular Theme and Program Goal to which
you are applying (be sure to address all of the required areas of the selected Program Goal)?
Provides for instruction and student research within selected areas of interest (i.e., flexibility of topic) and
thereby cover either the Interconnections—Diversity or Natural World & Technology—Natural World
learning objectives.

GE-3: List the Course Specific SLOs that correspond to the General Education SLOs of the relevant
Curricular Theme and Program Goal and explain how your course will meet each one of these Course
Objectives. Please be specific and use examples to align in column two and to demonstrate how this will be
implemented in column three.
Course Specific Student Learning
Objectives (SLOs)

General Education Student
Learning Objectives (SLOs)

How do the methods and
structure of the course provide
students with the opportunity
to meet each aligned pair of
General Education and Course
Specific SLOs?

Submit the Master Course Syllabus (including assessment) in addition to this form to be considered for
General Education approval.

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Signatures
Required
Signatures

Name

Date

Department
Chairperson

David Fazzino

10/4/22

By typing my name in the box above, I am electronically signing this form. Dean, ICC Chair, and
President/Designee will sign to indicate approval directly in SharePoint.

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MASTER COURSE SYLLABUS
NORTHEAST Integrated Curriculum Committee

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DATE PREPARED: 7/13/2022
PREPARED BY: Conrad Quintyn
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DEPARTMENT: Anthropology, Criminal Justice & Sociology
Program: Anthropology
COURSE PREFIX & NUMBER (without space in-between): ANTH395
COURSE TITLE: Special Topicsin Anthropology
CREDIT HOURS: 3
RECOMMENDED CLASS SIZE: 25
PREREQUISITES/CO-REQUISITES: 6 semester hours of anthropology or consent of the

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instructor.

9.COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR CATALOG: Provides instruction and student research within
selected areas of interest not available in other courses. Topic and focus will vary be semester.
Prerequisite: 18 semester hours of anthropology or consent of the instructor.

10. CONTENT DESCRIPTION: The following areas of study will be included:
The content outline will depend on the topic being covered during a respective semester and
thereby fall into either the Interconnections—Diversity or Natural World & Technology—Natural World
learning objectives.

11&12. TABLE: STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND STUDENT ASSESSMENT. Use the Table
below to document the outcomes and assessment for the course. If this is a General Education
course, be sure to complete the second column as well, if it is not a General Education course,
you can leave the 2nd column blank.
If General Education: Select the Curricular Theme and Program Goal you are applying from
the drop down below directly as done on the Course Form above (click on the words Choose
an item, then click on the arrow and select one option):
None
Choose an item.

11. Course Specific Student
Learning Objectives (SLOs)

General Education Student
Learning Objectives (Complete
this column for GE courses
only)

The goals of this class mirror
those of the Anthropology
Program overall. The goals of the
Anthropology program are to
have students be able to: 1.
Identify diverse worldviews, 2.

12. Student Assessment
ISuggested)

Students will analyze,
interpret, and synthesize
information from peer
reviewed, cross-cultural, and
scientific sources informing

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Describe anthropological
theories, 3. Apply ethical
principles in research, 4. Conduct
research, 5. Demonstrate
effective communication skills,
and 6) Evaluate the viability of
potential solutions

the particular topic by
producing essays.

Students will explain key
concepts and ideas during Inclass discussions.

Sudents complete exams
demonstrating content
specific knowledge.

*Note- Rows can be added

13. METHODS:
This course is offered as a lecture/discussion course, using other materials and techniques such
as films, videos, and Power Point slides, and fossil skull casts as appropriate. To facilitate
discussion the proposed class size is 25 students. The course is offered every fall and spring
semester.
Distance Education Setting: This course may be taught online using synchronous methods
based on the instructor. Techniques may include using D2L (BOLT) combined with zoom (i.e.,
whiteboard, chat, polling, yahoots, breakout rooms, U-tube videos, etc.). Discussions and
homework exercises will be posted via D2L. A computer (desktop, laptop, tablet, etc.), personal
smart phone, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access) and reliable Internet are
required. Exams will be given via D2L.
14. COURSE ASSESSMENT:
The department collects departmental-developed rubrics and/or results on exam items
across all sections of the course, both distance and in-class learning each semester. The
Department will utilize a bank of questions that will serve to assess student learning
objectives through the strategy of embedded questions on exams (test blueprinting). The
question bank will be developed from contributions by department faculty members and will
be large enough for faculty to select questions that vary from individual to individual and
semester to semester, but at the same time test each of the four objectives in a reasonably
consistent measurable manner. Each student learning objective will have its own set of
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questions. For each of the objectives, three to five embedded questions will be utilized on
exams throughout the semester to test overall knowledge acquisition. Embedded question
data is reported to the department outcomes assessment committee within 30 days of the
final day of the semester. The data for all sections will be statistically analyzed and
summarized into one data set for assessment purposes. The assessment data assists in
identifying changes needed to the course to ensure greater student attainment of the
Student Learning Objectives.
The assessment results will be utilized to assist our program outcomes and general education
goals as well as helping in long-term planning for curriculum and development. Data from
course assessment will be transmitted to the university Office of Planning and Assessment.

15. SUPPORTING MATERIALS- SAMPLE TEXTS (Recommended):
Supporting materials will depend on the topic being covered during a respective semester and
instructor.

Indicate possible recommended texts for the course where appropriate, including author/editor, title, publisher, edition, and
date of publication. The style of entry should consistently follow a manual such as Turabian, MLA, APA, or an accepted guide
in a specific discipline.

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