Undergraduate Catalog Addendum/Errata

Below are listed additions and corrections to the 2026-2027 Undergraduate Studies Catalog since its publication on 01 June 2026. All corrections listed below have been made in the main online catalog sections to which they apply and will appear in the print version of those individual pages. They do not appear, however, in the PDF version of the full catalog.

This page was last updated on 20 June 2026.

Changes by Department/Program

• Colleges, Schools and Departments - George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology
• Colleges, Schools and Departments - George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology - Management Department
• College, Schools and Departments - School of Communications - Communications and Journalism Department
• Courses - ENGL
• Courses - GRAS
• Courses - HIST
• Courses - LEGL
• Courses - MUSC
• Major - Art (BFA) with Studio Emphasis
• Major - History and Political Science (BA)
• Major - International Relations (BA)

Changes by Date

20 June 2026

Colleges, Schools and Departments - George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology

The dean information should read:

Sam Dotson, dean
Eric Rhiney, associate dean

Colleges, Schools and Departments - George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology - Management Department

The department chair should read:

Management Department
Nisha Ray Chaudhuri, chair

College, Schools and Departments - School of Communications - Communications and Journalism Department

The department chair should read:

Communications and Journalism Department
Gary Ford, chair

Courses - ENGL

The course description cross-listing for ENGL 2086 should read:

ENGL 2086 U.S. Literature of Diversity (3)
Explores diverse literature of the U.S. May focus on a specific time period or ethnic/cultural community, such as African American, Asian American, Native American, Latinx, LGBTQ, disability, etc. May be repeated for credit if content differs. GCP Coding: (ROC) (INTC). Cross-listed with GRAS 2086.

The course description cross-listing for ENGL 2110 should read:

ENGL 2110 Perspectives (3)
Examines a society, social problem, or social institutions from the differing viewpoints of those in and out of power. May be repeated for credit if content differs. GCP Coding: (ROC) (WCOM). 

Courses - GRAS

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2080 should read:

GRAS 2080 LGBTQ+ Literature (3)
In this course, we will study literature and other art forms created by LGBTQ+ people. Focusing on literature from the U.S. from 1920-, we will study the genres of poetry, the novel, creative nonfiction, drama, and film. This will be supplemented by information and insights offered by critical and theoretical essays, as well as a study of the social and political events that run alongside the writing of this literature. At the core of our inquiry is the premise that the concepts of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, straight and cisgender are all relatively recent categories for organizing sex, sexuality and gender created by Western societies and cultures, rather than “natural” categories of human beings that have persisted throughout history. Our inquiry will necessarily be intersectional because sexuality, sex and gender intersect with multiple other categories of identification include race, class and immigration and disability status. GCP Coding: (ROC) (INTC). 

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2082 should read:

GRAS 2082 Laws of Inequalities: Race, Gender and Class (3)
This course will focus on the various legal institutions that have played a major role in the discrimination and oppression on individuals based on race, gender, and class. Students will examine how the law has been used throughout history to apportion power among groups of people according to race, gender, and class.

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2085 should read:

GRAS 2085 Wrongful Convictions (3)
The criminal justice system charges and convicts some people despite inadequate evidence of guilt, despite a lack of moral culpability, and sometimes, despite a defendant's factual innocence. In this class, students analyze current and past cases in which exoneration, commutation, or clemency have been pursued, when convictions are achieved due in part to coercion, violence, poverty or diminished mental functioning. The course examines the challenges of ensuring conviction integrity when a defendant is "postconviction"; by studying past cases and institutional responses, students develop tools for evaluating claims of wrongful conviction and for assessing avenues of relief to correct miscarriages of justice. 

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2088 should read:

GRAS 2088 Martin, Malcolm and America (3)
This course examines the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Our primary objectives are to learn about their lives, explore the differences and similarities of their protest philosophies, and evaluate the myriad ways in which both impacted American society and politics. We will also learn about the historical contexts within which they both lived and consider their respective legacies. 

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2090 should read:

GRAS 2090 Slavery in the United States (3)
This course surveys the history of African slavery in the U.S. from the origins of the Atlantic slave trade to the final collapse of slavery during the Civil War. Topics include slavery as a system of labor, family life and culture among the enslaved, the ways in which the enslaved resisted slavery, and the lasting impact of the institution on American race relations. Particular attention will be paid to the diversity of experiences among the enslaved, as well as to different approaches in how scholars have studied the history of American slavery. GCP Coding: (ROC) (OCOM). 

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2110 should read:

GRAS 2110 Ecofeminism and Environmental Justice (3)
In this course we will take an interdisciplinary approach to the interrelated movements of ecofeminism and environmental justice, examining how they have manifested and developed in the realms of philosophy, activism, and literature. Our guiding questions will include: 1) how diverse experiences of oppression intersect with and affect the relationships that different human beings have with what we call “nature” and the environment; 2) what role literary representations and human languages themselves can and do play in these various human relationships with their environments. GCP Coding: (ROC) (WCOM).

The course description cross-listing for GRAS 2122 should read:

GRAS 2122 Latin American Magical Realism (3)
In this course we will explore some of the most important works of magical realist fiction written in Latin America in the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries. We will examine how the interplay between the supernatural and the mundane in these works illuminates issues related to gender, race, and political power in the Latin American countries from which they emerged. Texts (which we will read in English translation) may include: Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones; Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo; Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude; Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits; Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate; Samanta Schweblin, Fever Dream, and additional short stories and plays to be distributed in class and in Canvas. GCP Coding: (ROC) (WCOM). 

Courses - HIST

The course description cross-listing for HIST 2090 should read:

HIST 2090 Encounters with History (3)
A topics course devoted to an in-depth examination of chronological subperiods or distinctive themes in history. May be repeated for credit if content differs. GCP Coding: (ROC) (OCOM). 

Courses - LEGL

The course description cross-listing for LEGL 2080 should read:

LEGL 2080 Topics in Law (3)
In-depth study of various law topics: e.g., privacy law, sex-based discrimination, family law, consumer law, and juvenile law. May be repeated for credit if content differs

Courses - MUSC

The correct course number for MUSC 0430 should be:

MUSC 0420 Composition Capstone (0)
Culminating project and public performance for the Music (BM) Composition program. Additional details about requirements, event scheduling and approval, and other details can be found in the Department of Music Handbook. Co-requisite: MUSC 4010.

Major - Art (BFA) with Studio Emphasis

The Core Distribution courses should read:

Core Distribution

• ART 1010 Creative Strategies (3 hours)
• ART 1150 Observational Drawing (3 hours)
• ART 1310 Materials and Making (3 hours)
• ART 1900 First-Year Exhibition (0 hours)
• DESN 1500 Digital Visualizations (3 hours)
• ARHS 2200 Current Art (3 hours)
• ARHS 2210 Intercultural History of Art (3 hours)
• ART 2900 DADAH Critique (0 hours)
• ART 3900 BFA Review (0 hours)
• ART 4020 Professional Practice for Artists (3 hours)
• ART 4030 Senior Critique (3 hours)
• ART 4910 DADAH BA/BFA Exhibition (1 hour)
• Drawing electives (see below) (6 hours)
• Studio course distribution (see below) (24 hours)
• Studio area concentration courses (see below) (15 hours)
• Art History and Criticism electives (see below) (9 hours)

The third and fourth bullet points of Other Program Requirements should read:

Other Program Requirements

• Students must complete a minimum of 9 credit hours of coursework in drawing including ART 1150 and six additional credit hours of drawing electives.
• Students must complete a minimum of 24 credit hours of coursework selected from the following studio areas, choosing one from each area: ceramics, fibers, graphic design, illustration, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, and time-based art. At least one course must be at the 3000 level or above.
• Students must complete 15 credit hours of coursework in a concentration chose from among the following areas: ceramics, drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, or time-based art.
• When the studio BFA area concentration is drawing, it is necessary, due to total departmental requirements, to earn a minimum of 24 credit hours in that studio.

Major - History and Political Science (BA)

The Skills Development course HIST 2900 should read:

Skills Development (7 hours)

• HIST 1200 Careers in History, Politics and International Relations (1 hour)
• HIST 2600 The Craft of History (3 hours)
• HIST 2090 Encounters with History (3 hours)

The U.S. Politics course POLT 1250 should read:

U.S. Politics (3 hours chosen from)

• POLT 2050 Contemporary American Politics (3 hours)
• POLT 2060 Politics and Gender (3 hours)
• POLT 2070 Politics of Race and Ethnicity (3 hours)
• POLT 3310 Conduct of Foreign Policy (3 hours)
• POLT 3320 American National Institutions (3 hours)
• POLT 4300 Advanced Studies in American Politics (3-4 hours)

Major - International Relations (BA)

The Global Affairs and Analysis course HRTS 3086 should read:

Global Affairs Analysis (choose 18 hours)
If Human Rights emphasis, student must take all of the HRTS courses and 6 additional hours)

• INTL 1500 The World System since 1500 (3 hours)
• INTL 2030 International Law (3 hours)
• INTL 3800 International Security (3 hours)
• INTL 3500 Environmental and Energy Security (3 hours)
• INTL 3700 International Organizations: Structure and Political Conflict (3 hours)
• INTL 4600 International Relations Seminar (3 hours)
• HRTS 3080 Advanced Topics in Human Rights
  or HRTS 3200 Human Rights Area Studies (3 hours)
• A 2000-level or above HIST course with an international focus (3 hours)
• HRTS 2500 Current Problems in Human Rights (3 hours)
• INTL/POLT/HIST elective which must have an international focus (6 hours)
  or 6 hours of HRTS credits