NEW CATALOG CONFIGURATION
This year, Assumption has partnered with Clean Catalog, a platform that allows us to update the academic catalog and the online advising and registration system (Student Planning, in Colleague) in one gesture. Expect to see a more searchable online catalog, which has also been made fully accessible through this new partnership. Hard copy catalogs will continue be printed and distributed to all academic advisors and to those departments or students who request them.
NEW IN THE FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM
Cornerstones no change.
New Course in the Scientific List in the Scientific/Quantitative Pillar
ENV 160 Dynamic Earth Systems
Removed from the Social Science list for Social/Historical Pillar
POL 203 Modern States (moved to Forum)
POL 207 Peace and War (moved to Forum)
New Summer/Intersession Forum Policy
Courses otherwise approved as Forum courses but offered during the accelerated terms of Intersession and Summer, do not fulfill the Forum course requirement in the Foundations Program.
New Forum Courses
CLT 255 The Figure of the Seeker
ENG 226 Major American Writers
ENG 287 Literature by American Women of Color
ENG 320 Medieval Literature
ENG 323 Humor in/and Public Culture
ENG 389F Special Topics in 20th-Century American Literature: Six Versions of America (note the “F” designation for this Special Topics course)
HIS 242 Russia since 1917
HIS 250 Colonial Latin America
HIS 252 Religion in Colonial Latin America
HIS 254 The North American Indian
HIS 360 Advertising and Consumer Culture in Early America
ITA 240 Italian America
LAS 210 Routes and Roots: Latin American Migration
PHI 225 Individual and Community
PHI 263 The Person in Health Care
POL 203 Modern States
POL 207 Peace and War
SUNSETTED PROGRAMS OF STUDY
Major in Philosophy: Pre-Business Track is no longer available to the Class of 2030 and after.
Major in Health and Human Services with a Concentration in Patient Advocacy is no longer available to the Class of 2030 and after.
The Major in Organizational Communication is no longer available to the Class of 2030 and after. The new major is Communication with a Concentration in Organizational Communication.
The English department’s Major in Communication and Media has been sunsetted. The new major is called simply Communication.
CHANGES TO DEPARTMENTS
The Department of Art and Music is now called the Department of Art, Music, and Design.
The Department of Marketing and Organizational Communication is now called simply the Department of Marketing, and the minor in Organizational Communication is moving over to join Management and International Business in a Department called the Department of Management, Organizational Communication, and International Business. The major in Organizational Communication was sunsetted last year.
The minor in Sports Management has moved to the Department of Marketing.
NEW MAJORS
New major in Applied and Pre-Engineering Sciences. This major is designed for those interested in applied problem-solving and those who plan to pursue engineering and other technical fields. It provides an on-ramp for the 3:3 and 3:2 engineering agreements with Notre Dame and Washington University, and to the Master's in Engineering, including the CAMP program Assumption has with WPI.
A new major in Communication replaces Communication and Media, which is now discontinued. This new major is housed in the Department of English.
The new major in Communication with a Concentration in Organizational Communication replaces Organizational Communication, sunsetted last year, and is housed in the newly configured Department of Management, Organizational Communication, and International Business.
NEW ROLES
Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Chad Rohman
Chair of Education, Lisa d’Souza
Chair of Philosophy, Sam Stoner
Chair of Theology, Chrisopher Klofft
Chair of Health and Human Services, Christian Williams
LEX Director, Derek Duplessie
CHANGES TO EXISTING MAJORS
The major in Environmental Science has been adapted to make the program more workable for Education majors who have chosen ENV as their paired major content area. Students may now take BIO 160 Concepts in Biology OR BIO 140 Inquiry Biology for Educators, and two courses have been approved to count in the Policy, Management, and Social Science elective area. They are EDU 221 Science in the Elementary Curriculum (education majors only) and GLS 100 Introduction to Global Studies (anyone).
The Major in Nursing now requires 121 total credits earned, rather than the previous 127.
NEW MINORS
New interdisciplinary minor in Crime and Justice Studies, offered by the Sociology and Criminology department.
CHANGES TO EXISTING MINORS
Minor in Community Service Learning (CSL) is now the Community-Engaged Learning Program (CEL). Look for a CEL designation for these courses, rather than the old CSL.
With the sunsetting of GEO designated courses, the minor in Environmental Science has added GLS 100 Introduction to Global Studies to the elective options. This course is offered in the spring semester.
ACC 205 Data Analytics for Accounting is now included in the list of electives for the Data Analytics minor.
NEW COURSES
ACC 399 Accounting Internship
ARH 330 Gender and Representation in Art
COM 101 Introduction to Communication
CRM 235 Drugs, Alcohol, and Society
CRM 260 Gangs and Communities
PHI 263 The Person in Health Care
PHI 341 How Do We Know?
SPA 258 Environmental Cultures of the Hispanic World
THE 311 God and A. I.
NEW TITLES OR DESIGNATIONS FOR EXISTING COURSES
EDU 302 English Language Learners is now called EDU 302 Teaching Multilingual Learners.
ENG 201 Argument and Persuasion is now called COM 201 Persuasive Communication.
ENG 211 Speech is now called COM 211 Public Speaking.
ENG 219 Approaches to Media Analysis is now called COM 219 Media Literacy.
PSY 416 Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology is now PSY 416 Child and Adolescent Psychological Disorders. The term “abnormal” is no longer used.
TVD 295 is now COM 295 Video Production I.
TVD 390 is now COM 390 Video Production II.
ENG 301 Special Topics in Communication and Media is now COM 301 Special Topics in Communication.
ENG 415 Capstone Senior Seminar in Communication and Media is now COM 415 Capstone Senior Seminar in Communication.
ENG 420 Communication and Media Practicum: Internship is now COM 420 Communication Practicum: Internship.
ENG 202 Introduction to Journalism is now WRT 202 Journalism.
ENG 203 Writing Workshop: Autobiography is now WRT 203 Writing Workshop: Autobiography.
ENG 209 Creative Writing is now WRT 209 Creative Writing.
ENG 304 Business and Technical Writing is now WRT 304 Business and Technical Writing.
ENG 305 Writing Workshop: Fiction is now WRT 305 Writing Workshop: Fiction.
ENG 306 Writing Workshop: Poetry is now WRT 306 Writing Workshop: Poetry.
ENG 308 Writing and Editing is now WRT 308 Writing and Editing.
ENG 309 Creative Nonfiction is now WRT 309 Creative Nonfiction.
LAS 200 Introduction to Latin American Studies is now LAS 200 Latin America Now.
CLT 225 Dante’s Comedy is now ITA 225 Dante’s Comedy.
NUR 310, NUR 410, NUR 410A increased their credits from 2 to 3.
NUR 421, NUR 421A, NUR 490, NUR 490A decreased their credits from 3 to 2.
NUR 214A changed its course number and course description.
PREREQUISITES CHANGED
BIO 210 added BIO 160.
CYB 318 added CYB 235, which may be taken concurrently.
CYB 328 added CYB 235, which may be taken concurrently.
CYB 338 added CYB 235 which may be taken concurrently.
CYB 438 now must have JR or SR standing in CYB major or minor.
CSC 117 added MAT 114; may be taken concurrently
CSC 175 dropped CSC113 or CSC 120 or CSC 117 and added MAT 114 or higher.
MAT 150 added MAT 114 or higher.
MAT 151 added MAT 114 or higher.
NUR 204 dropped NUR 100.