__________________________________________  July 28, 1999 EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM 99-32 __________________________________________

From:	Manuel A. Esteban, President
Subject:	Executive Memorandum 99-32, Approval of General Education Themes E, K, L, N, P, T, and U

Following review by the General Studies Advisory Committee and the recommendation of the Provost, I approve unconditional General Education (GE) status for the following themes effective fall 1999:

Theme E	Ethics and Social Policy
Foundation - to be taken first:
PHIL 108	Ethics and Human Happiness	B/C/D
Select one course from
CE 178	Ethics, Technology, and Society	B/C/D
ECON 152/HCSV 133	Medical Economics	B/C/D
GEOS 154	Science and Ethics	B/C/D
RS 148	Ethical Issues in Religion	B/C/D
Select one course from
PHIL 137	Philosophical Perspectives on Sex and Love	B/C/D
PHIL 138	Social Ethics	B/C/D
Note: RS 151 "Religion, Ethics, and Medicine" has been removed from Theme E and no longer has GE status.
Theme K	Pacific Rim Connections
Required:
BIOL 111	Ecology & Natural History of Pacific Rim	B
Select one:
RS 160	Religions of the Pacific Rim	C	NW
HIST 175/INST 100	Pacific Basin: Tradition and Transformation	C	NW
Select one:
POLS 146/INST 102	Int'l Relations: Pacific Basin	D	NW
ECON 176	Economics of the Pacific Rim	D	NW
HIST/AAST 146	United States in the Pacific	D
Theme L	Roots and Branches of Modernism
Branch A
Foundation - to be taken first:
PHIL/PHYS 131	Science and Modern Culture	B
(Note: above new cross-listing)
To be taken second, select one course from
ECON 105	Roots of Modern Economic Thought	D
(Note: above course reinstated to theme)
HIST/FLNG 119	Myth and History in European Film	D
POLS 192	Political Film and Novel	D
Capstone - to be taken last; select one course from
ART 197	Avant-Garde: 20th Century	C
ENGL 164	Modernism in Film	C
ENGL 187	Modernism	C
PHIL 192	Philosophy and Film	C
Branch B
Foundation - to be taken first:
HIST 120	European Culture: 1789-1998	D
To be taken second, select one course from
BIOL 102	Evolution	B
PHYS 120	Concepts in Modern Physics	B
Capstone - to be taken last; select one course from
ART 197	Avant-Garde: 20th Century	C
ENGL 164	Modernism in Film	C
ENGL 187	Modernism	C
PHIL 192	Philosophy and Film	C
Theme N	War and Peace
Select one:
MATH/INST 152	Quantitative Methods of Conflict Resolution	B
PHYS 176	Nuclear Science	B
Select one:
PHIL 139	Roots of War: A Philosophical Survey	C
PHIL 145	Comparative Peace Studies	C
Select one:
CMST/SOCI 156	Genocide and Mass Persuasion	D	NW
HIST 144	America's Vietnam Experience	D
POLS 144	U.S. Foreign Policy in the Nuclear Age	D
Theme P	London Semester
Select both, concurrently (in London):
HUM 100B	Arts and Ideas	C
HUM 180	British Life and Culture	D
Required (in Chico):
BIOL 102	Evolution	B
Note: BIOL 103 "Human Genetics" and BIOL/PHIL 116 "Science and Human Values" have been removed from Theme P and no longer have GE status for this theme.
Theme T	The Child
Foundation - to be taken first; select one course from
CD 162	Issues in Child Development	D
PSY 140	Aids/Aides/AIDS Issues in Child Psychology	D
Select one course from
BIOL 118	Biology of Childhood	B
HCSV 163	Child Health	B
Select one course from
ENGL 102	Literature of the Child	C
PHIL 127	Moral Issues in Parenting	C
Theme U	Catastrophe and Humanity
Select one:
GEOS 155	Geologic Hazards	B
MATH 153	Patterns of Change and Catastrophe	B
Select one:
HIST 113	Catastrophe and the Shape of Human History	C
RS 153	End of the World	C
Select one:
ANTH 112	Cataclysmic Events in Human Prehistory	D
GEOG 106	Geographies of Danger	D

GE status for the above themes will be effective fall 1999 and continue through the next normal review of theme courses in academic year 2001-2002. Non-Western status for the courses noted "NW" will continue through the next review in 2001-2002.

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