Distribution Requirement Guidelines
At the time a new course is proposed to the Curricular Review Committee for permanent inclusion in a department or program’s curriculum, approval as a course fulfilling a distribution requirement (in one or more distribution areas) can also be requested.
Current courses can also be submitted to the Curricular Review Committee for possible addition to the list of courses that fulfill distribution requirements. Proposals should include a course syllabus and a cover letter explaining why the course is a good fit for the specified area(s).
Almost any course can be proposed by a department or program to count toward the distribution requirements. Exceptions include independent study courses, internship and field study courses, freshman seminars, senior thesis seminars, professional linkage seminars, foreign-language courses through the intermediate level, and topics courses where different topics fall into different distribution areas.
The following sites contain information about distribution requirements in Weinberg College:
Overview of WCAS Distribution Requirements
This document describes the six distribution areas.
Guidelines for Proposing and Reviewing courses for WCAS Distribution Requirement Approval
This document presents guidelines used by the Curricular Review Committee to review courses proposed for distribution status.
Courses approved for distribution credit
Honors and Achievements
Professor Tobin Marks, a world leader in organometallic chemistry, chemical catalysis, materials science, organic electronics, solar energy, photovoltaics and nanotechnology, received the 2012 National Academy of Sciences Award in Chemical Sciences.
Weinberg professor Kenneth Seeskin has won the National Jewish Book Award. The Cambridge Guide to Jewish History, Religion, and Culture, co-edited by Seeskin, received first place in the anthologies and collections category.
Mentions in the Media
The Life, Work of Poet Wislawa Szymborska
Wislawa Szymborska's longtime translator, Slavic languages and comparative literature professor Clare Cavanagh, speaks with PBS Newshour about the poet's life and work. Szymborska was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1996. pbs.org February 2, 2012 Full story
Fingerprints of a Monster Quake
How to plan for earthquakes if seismic activity wanders around the map? ... Northwestern University geophysicist Seth Stein argues that there won't be any future earthquakes at New Madrid. He has gathered GPS data that show no pressure developing in the Earth's surface there; hence, he argues, no energy is building for a convulsion. He believes mid-continent seismicity moves around, so that as the New Madrid zone "turns off," future quakes may happen elsewhere. washingtonpost.com January 10, 2012 Full story
