Adding the Requirement to Existing B.S. Degrees

Adding CASE DUS to College B.S. Degrees

Diversity in the United States is now a required component of the campus's General Education program. Since Diversity in the United States is a Shared Goal within the General Education program, each degree-granting unit gets to determine how the requirement is satisfied.

The College's Committee for Undergraduate Education recommends that the requirement be satisfied through the College's CASE Diversity in the United States requirement, currently required of all College B.A., B.F.A., and B.L.S. students. The rationale for this approach includes:

The infrastructure already exists for CASE Diversity in the United States and the faculty have given special care to ensure that CASE DUS courses are meaningful experiences for students
A significant number of B.S. students already complete a CASE DUS course—whether because they are pursuing a second degree, want to complete a CASE DUS courses, or took one by accident
To offer something completely different for B.S. students would confuse students and academic advisors and ignores the fluidity with which students change their degree objective between B.A. and B.S. degrees

Proposed change

All students earning a baccalaureate degree through the College of Arts and Sciences must complete with a grade of D- or higher the College of Arts and Sciences Culture Studies: Diversity in the United States (CASE DUS) requirement. The College will meet the IUB General Education Shared Goal of Diversity of the United States through our implementation of CASE DUS.

This change will apply to students who matriculate Summer 2020 and later as well as students who elect to change to Summer 2020 or later degree requirements.

Current College B.S. degree programs

The list below provides a summary of the College's B.S. degrees as of Fall 2018 as well as the number of credit hours electives available in each degree (assuming the 120-credit-hour cap).

Degree	CASE + GenEd	Major	Total	Electives
B.S. in Environ. Science	32-38	72	104-110	10-16
B.S. in Chemistry	32-38	71	103-109	11-17
B.S. in Biochemistry	32-38	70	102-108	12-18
B.S. in Earth Science	32-38	70	102-108	12-18
B.S. in Apparel Merchandising	32-44	64	96-108	12-24
B.S. in Human Biology	35-41	64	99-105	15-21
B.S. in Molecular Life Sciences	32-38	67	99-105	15-21
B.S. in Microbiology	32-38	65	97-103	17-23
B.S. in Physics (Program I)	32-38	64	96-102	18-24
B.S. in Animal Behavior	32-38	63	95-101	19-25
B.S. in Atmospheric Science	35-41	59	94-100	20-26
B.S. in Astronomy & Astrophysics	32-38	61	93-99	21-27
B.S. in Cognitive Science	35-41	58	93-99	21-27
B.S. in Neuroscience	32-38	61	93-99	21-27
B.S. in Biology	32-38	60	92-98	22-28
B.S. in Psychology	17-23	74	91-97	23-29
B.S. in Speech & Hearing Sciences	32-38	59	91-97	23-29
B.S. in Interior Design	41-53	44	85-97	23-35
B.S. in Computational Linguistics	35-38	57	92-95	25-28
B.S. in Physics (Program II)	32-38	57	89-95	25-31
B.S. in Biotechnology	39-45	56	88-94	26-32
B.S. in Geography	35-41	47	82-88	32-38
B.S. in Mathematics (Program I)	39-45	39	78-84	36-42
B.S. in Statistics	32-38	46	78-84	36-42
B.S. in Mathematics (Program II)	39-45	33	72-78	42-48

Degree	CASE + GenEd	Major	Total	Electives
B.S. in Game Design	53-59	54	107-113	7-13
B.S. in Comprehensive Design	47-53	47	94-100	20-26
B.S. in International Studies	50-66	44	94-100	20-26

Degree	CASE + GenEd	Major	Total	Electives
B.A. (30-hour major)	56-62	30	86-92	28-34
B.A. (42-hour major)	56-62	42	98-104	16-22

Assumes students come in with 0 credit hours and that the student is pursuing a single degree/major.
Where a CASE or General Education requirement is fulfilled by a major requirement, the credit hours are attributed to the major.
When a range is given in the CASE + GenEd column, the lower number assumes an efficient choice was made; the higher number reflects an inefficient choice.

A concern shared by some is the effect adding the CASE DUS requirement to B.S. degrees will have on the number of credit hours required—or the further restricting of elective credit hours—for the degrees.

If students plan carefully, this change will not impact their electives or add credit hours to their degree program. Students will need to select a CASE DUS course that also carries General Education A&H or General Education S&H.

33%College B.S. degree earners who completed a CASE DUS course even though it was not required of them

1950Number of seats offered in Spring 2020 that carry CASE DUS and GenEd A&H or S&H

115Number of courses on the current CASE DUS course list

College of Arts + Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum, Policy + Records

Adding the Requirement to Existing B.S. Degrees

Adding CASE DUS to College B.S. Degrees

Proposed change

Current College B.S. degree programs

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Adding the Requirement to Existing B.S. Degrees

Adding CASE DUS to College B.S. Degrees

Proposed change

Current College B.S. degree programs

B.S. degrees that do not currently require CASE DUS

B.S. degrees that currently require CASE DUS

B.A. degrees (for comparison)

Notes

Additional links and resources