The Common Curriculum Committee+ (CCC+) is pleased to announce that the following faculty were awarded grants to create new courses for the Common Curriculum, which will go live in Fall 2025.

• Chathura Abeywickrama - PHAR 2XXX Fundamentals in Chemical Biology (TOI-1, TOI-6)
• Melissa Arganaraz Gomez - URBN 2XXX Participatory Action Research (TOI-1, TOI-6)
• Ellen Carillo - ENGL 2XXX Introduction to Fan Studies (TOI-1, TOI-2)
• Andrea Celli - ILCS 1102 From Baghdad to Florence: Medieval storytelling in Modern Perspective (TOI-1, TOI-2)
• Tina Chiappetta-Miller - ILCS 3268/W Views of the Environment from Italy (TOI-2, TOI-4)
• Jeanne Ciravolo - ART 1XXX Creativity and Visual Art Practices (TOI-1)
• Martha Cutter - ENGL 2XXX/W Reading and Writing the Medical Humanities (TOI-1, TOI-3)
• Elizabeth Della Zazzera - HIST 2XXX/W Revolution and Social Change (TOI-3, TOI-5)
• Jill Desimini - ART/DMD/ENGR/LAND/(DRAM) 1XXX Design Appreciation (TOI-1)
• Rodolfo Fernandez - LLAS/HIST 16XX/W Latin American Histories through Popular Cultures (TOI-1, TOI-2)
• Rodolfo Fernandez - LLAS/HIST 26XX Role Playing Revolutionary Mexico (TOI-1, TOI-3)
• Anke Finger - GERM 2600 Sensation, Perception, Expression: Media Aesthetics and Environmental Humanities (TOI-1, TOI-4)
• Beth Ginsberg - POLS 36XX LGBTQ+ Politics in the United States (TOI-3, TOI-5)
• Phoebe Godfrey - SOCI 2XXXE/W Human Societies and the Living Earth (TOI-1, TOI-2)
• Anna Horakova - GERM 3210W Engineering Texts: German Culture and Technology in the 20th and 21st Centuries (TOI-1, TOI-2)
• Najnin Islam - ENGL 2XXX Literature of Migration (TOI-2, TOI-3)
• Tiffany Kelley - NURS 1150 Introduction to Healthcare Innovation     (TOI-1)
• Greg Kneidel - ENGL 2XXX Texts Images Objects (TOI-1, TOI-2)
• Raphael Koenig - FREN 1057 Medicine, Disability, and Literature (TOI-1, TOI-2)
• Hassanaly Ladha - FREN 1155 Literature and Sexuality (TOI-1, TOI-3)
• Leslie LaPointe - NURS 2XXX Planetary Health (TOI-1, TOI-6)
• Meng Liansu - CHIN/AAASI 2660E Chinese Eco-Literature and Eco-Cinema  (TOI-1, TOI-4)
• Nora Madjar - MENT/BADM 2XXX Creative Synergies: Mastering Creativity and Innovation for Individuals, Teams and Organizations (TOI-1)
• Mia Maltz - SPSS 2XXX Fungi, Fire and Floods: Soil Microbes and Global Change (TOI-4, TOI-6)
• Nan Meng - CHIN 2360 Chinese Dishes and Drinks (TOI-2, TOI-5)
• Jonathan Moore - OPIM 2XXX Navigating the Future of Technology (TOI-1)
• Elva Orozco Mendoza - WGSS 2256W Latin American and Latinx Feminist Theory and Praxis (TOI-1, TOI-3)
• Melina Pappademos et al. - AH/PHARX/SOCI 22XX Truth, Racial Healing, & Transformation in Health Equity & Its Social Determinants (TOI-3, TOI-5)
• Sohyun Park - LAND 2XXX Biophilic Cities and Landscapes (TOI-1, TOI-4)
• Mallory Perry - Eaddy & Michelle Cole - NURS 2176 Global Politics of Child Health and Development (TOI-2)
• Gregory Pierrot & Debapriya Sarkar - ENGL 2XXX/W Creative Criticism (TOI-1)
• Erin Scanlon et al. - PHYS 1050Q The Physics of Movies (TOI-1, TOI-6)
• Marie Shanahan - JOUR 1XXX Navigating Misinformation: News Literacy for the Digital Age (TOI-5)
• Jungmin Song - DRAM/AAAS 2XXX Asian American Theater and Performance (TOI-2, TOI-3)
• Geoffrey Tanner - PNB 3XXX/W Neurotechnology: Thinking and Writing on the Cutting Edge of (Neuro)Science (TOI-1, W)
• Harry van der Hulst - LING 2XXX The Origin and Evolution of Language (TOI-2, TOI-6)
• Manuela Wagner - GERM 2500 Fostering Intercultural Citizenship for Sustainable Futures through Creative Solutions and Human Rights Advocacy (TOI-1, TOI-4)
• Scott Wallace - JOUR/HRTS 2XXX Global Press Freedom (TOI-2, TOI-5)
• Matthew Worwood - DMD/OPIM 2030 Generative AI for Creative Minds and the Future of Work (TOI-1)

Timeline

• Course Action Request (CARs) forms for new courses should be submitted by September 1 in order for them to navigate the workflow in time. CCC+ needs to receive CARs by around October 20, 2024.
• Courses must be fully approved by the University Senate before February 5, 2025 in order to be listed in the 2025-2026 catalog.
• Courses should be taught for the first time in their revised format in the 2025-2026 Academic Year.

Contact
Email Karen McDermott at karen.mcdermott@uconn.edu or commoncurr@uconn.edu with any technical questions. For pedagogical questions, contact Pamela Bedore at pamela.bedore@uconn.edu.

The Common Curriculum Committee+ (CCC+) is pleased to announce that the following units were awarded grants to revise existing courses for the Common Curriculum, which will go live in Fall 2025.

• The School of Business - 5 Courses
• Dramatic Arts - 4 Courses
• English - 7 Courses
• French - 9 Courses
• Geography - 3 Courses
• Literatures, Cultures, and Languages - 8 Courses
• School of Nursing - 1 Course
• Nutritional Science - 1 Course
• Sustainable Plant and Soil Systems - 4 Courses
• Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies - 4 Courses

Timeline Reminder

• Course Action Request (CARs) forms for revised courses should be received by CCC+ no later than October 20, 2024. We highly recommend submitting them by September 1 in order for them to navigate the workflow in time.
• Courses must be fully approved by the University Senate before February 5, 2025 in order to be listed in the 2025-2026 catalog.
• Courses should be taught for the first time in their revised format in the 2025-2026 Academic Year.

Contact
Email Karen McDermott at karen.mcdermott@uconn.edu or commoncurr@uconn.edu with any technical or financial questions. For pedagogical questions, contact Pamela Bedore at pamela.bedore@uconn.edu.