Download Social Science

NJCC General Education
Guiding Principles for Affirming
General Education Course Status
Category: Social Science
Proposed Course Name and Code:
Institution:
Date of Submission:
Criterion
Meets
Does Not
Not Applicable
Criterion
Meet
Criterion
Course Title
Proposed course title aligned with
course title on NJCC Unified
Course List (Not applicable if new
course)
Learning Outcomes
Course-level expected student
learning outcomes are included in
course syllabus (Middle States
Requirement)
Course-level student learning
outcomes aligned with NJCC
General Education Learning Goals
for the category
Critical thinking included in
learning outcomes
Ethical implications of issues and
situations included in learning
outcomes
Information Literacy included in
Learning Outcomes
Course Content
Course in anthropology,
economics, geography, political
science, psychology, or sociology
Course concepts viewed as
gateway concepts into a discipline,
as opposed to notion of
“introductory”
“Introductory” not viewed as
being limited to concepts that are
simple in their content
Category: Social Science
Proposed Course Name and Code:
Institution:
Date of Submission:
Criterion
Meets
Does Not
Not Applicable
Criterion
Meet
Criterion
Given “introductory” requirement,
course does not require
prerequisites, some 200-level
courses, or is “applied” (Applied
courses are defined as those
which are dependent on the
theories and principles taught in
the “introductory” courses)
One of three fields of
anthropology (archaeology,
cultural anthropology and physical
anthropology) that reference
culture (as opposed to science)
Introduction to one of the four
fields of Political Science:
American Government,
International Relations,
Comparative Government, or
Political Theory
Psychology courses include:
psychology as a form of scientific
inquiry, the biology of behavior,
states of consciousness, learning,
memory, cognition,
motivation/emotion, life span,
personality, or psychological
disorders
Sociology course whose primary
focus is on the major sociological
perspectives and the sociological
imagination
Is not a course in Business,
Communication, Criminal Justice,
Education, Urban Studies, or
Women’s Studies