Hi Brian and Fred,
As Brian notes, the descriptions adopted for the University breadth were from the
College of Arts and Sciences.
The University breadth approval does require that a criterion be met that 50%
or more of the seats in a course be open to non-majors; that is not a
requirement for CAS breadth approval, although it is required that the course
be open to non-majors and minors. CAS departments nominating courses for
CAS breadth can choose whether they wish to also have their courses considered
for University breadth, via University Senate. A copy of the
courses approved in CAS is attached here.
They are already approved via Ed. Affairs, as Brian notes, using the
established criteria.
I am copying Eric as he may have additional insight into suggested next steps,
since he has kindly been managing the process of the University review of the
list while a formal process is awaited.
Here are the criteria, as shown on the University breadth site in the catalog:
http://academiccatalog.udel.edu/Pub_ShowCatalogPage.aspx?CATKEY=CATKEY_2109&ACYEAR=2012-2013&DSPL=Published
A college education requires some breadth of knowledge across diverse fields
and perspectives. With this in mind, all students are required to complete a
minimum of 12 credits from the list of University breadth courses. This
includes 3 credits from each of the following categories. Students must earn a
minimum grade of C- in each course to meet this requirement:
Creative Arts and Humanities (3 credits)
These courses provide students with an understanding and appreciation of
the visual and performing arts, of aesthetic forms, designs, or craftsmanship,
or of literary, philosophical, and intellectual traditions. Courses may focus
on a single aesthetic form or intellectual tradition, or cross-cultural
comparisons.
History and Cultural Change (3 credits)
These courses provide students with an
understanding of the sources and forces of historical changes in ideas,
beliefs, institutions, and cultures. Courses may address social, cultural,
intellectual, economic, technological, artistic, scientific, and political
development, changes in a discipline, or globalization and its effects.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 credits)
These courses provide students with an
understanding of the behavior of individuals and social groups in the context
of their human and natural environments. Courses emphasize the empirical
findings, applications, and methods of the social and behavioral sciences.
Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Technology (3 credits)
These courses provide students with an understanding of fundamental
and/or applied concepts and phenomena from mathematics, logic, natural or
physical sciences, and technology including quantitative reasoning and methods
used to approach and solve problems.
Note that students must take breadth courses from four different subject
areas (e.g. the four-letter subject code ACCT, HIST, etc.). Students may not
use a course that is cross-listed with a subject area that has already been
used to satisfy a university breadth requirement. Students enrolled in a single
major may not satisfy the breadth requirement with courses in the subject area
of that major (e.g. chemistry majors may not use CHEM courses). Students who
are enrolled in more than one major or degree are allowed to meet the
University breadth requirement by taking approved breadth courses from within
the subject areas of their majors. The requirement may be fulfilled through a
course or courses taken to complete other degree requirements, subject to the
limitations above.