Marietta College students must at some time in their junior or senior year take at least one course designated "AS" from among one of the following types of courses or courses of study:
The course(s) taken to fulfill the advanced studies requirement need not be in the department of the student’s major, but some departments may want to designate specific "AS" courses as a requirement for the major.
Note: A student may use a single course to fulfill a maximum of two general education requirements.
For students who need to fulfill the Advanced Studies requirement in the 2001-2002 Academic year, courses currently listed as capstone, directed research, supervised and structured internship, senior seminar, or supervised study abroad will count as Advanced Studies."
Where we are going . . .
Advanced Studies
Departments will be asked to designate which of their courses should be designated "AS." Each course will be evaluated by the Curriculum Committee and, if approved, will be listed as an "AS" course. Courses may also be added to the "AS" list this year if they do not fit into the categories listed above but meet the criteria for "AS" courses. Criteria for "AS" courses will be distributed to each department and are already included in the new catalog.
Today’s global culture requires that everyone be knowledgeable of peoples and issues beyond the borders of their native land. In addition, they need to understand groups and individuals who are culturally and/or ethnically different from themselves. To facilitate this awareness, Marietta College requires that all students take two courses designated Global/Multicultural (G/M). The primary focus of course content in G/M courses should be one of the following:
Students should consider "foreign culture" to mean the culture of a country other than their native land.
All foreign language courses, along with about 50 other courses, were identified as meeting the G/M requirement. Some courses are for foreign students only.
The list of "G/M" courses will list separately those courses appropriate for U.S. vs. international students. Courses that are unlikely to be taught in the near future will be removed from the list.
With the exception of foreign languages, all departments will be asked to designate which of their courses should be designated "G/M." Each course will be evaluated by the Curriculum Committee and, if approved, will be listed as an "G/M" course. Courses may be added to the "G/M" list this year if they meet the criteria for "G/M" courses. Criteria for "G/M" courses will be distributed to each department and are included in the new catalog.
The Curriculum Committee will discuss the possibility of a waiver of the "G/M" requirement for all international students.
At Marietta College 100-level courses are transition courses designed to:
These goals will be implemented in each class by:
The curriculum committee will develop a mechanism to monitor transition courses to determine if the goals of these courses are met. We will also evaluate the goals to determine if they are appropriate and realistic.
At the present time it may be difficult to find all rules pertaining to a specific topic in the College catalog. Often these rules are scattered throughout the catalog. A few good examples are internships and transfer students. The catalog’s index isn’t always complete, which further complicates the process of finding information.
The curriculum committee will discuss ways in which the Catalog can be more useful. Possibilities are: