Category: Mason Core Agenda

Mason Core Meeting 

Thursday, December 11, 2025, from 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom 

• Welcome 
• Announcements 
• Proposals  

Proposals

Category	Title
Global Contexts	HIST 326: Stalinism
Social and Behavioral Science	GOVT 202: The Climate Emergency
Writing Intensive	COMM 369: Multimedia Storytelling
Writing Intensive	COMM 380: Media Criticism
Global Contexts	MUSI 431: Music History in Society III
Arts	INTS 346: Art as Social Action
Social and Behavioral Science	SYST 375: Engineering Economy
Social and Behavioral Science	GOVT 203: Immigration Politics

Mason Core Meeting 

Thursday, November 13, 2025, from 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom 

• Welcome 
• Announcements 
• Working Session Recap and Next Steps
• Proposals  

Proposals

Category	Title
Global Contexts	ANTH 308: Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
Oral Communication	COMM 101: Fundamentals of Communication
Global Contexts	HIST 306: The Reformation
Global Contexts	JAPA 310: Japanese Culture in a Global World
Mason Apex	KORE 470: Research in Korean Studies
Mason Apex	COS 411: Introduction to Science Policy
Mason Apex	HIST 491: Honors Directed Research
Global Contexts	HIST 326: Stalinism

Mason Core Meeting 

Thursday, October 9, 2025, from 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom 

• Welcome
• Announcements
• Proposals
• Learning Outcomes Discussion

Proposals

Category	Title
Mason Apex	BIOL 410: Biology and Society
Global Contexts	DANC 118: Global Dance Perspectives I
Oral Communication	DANC 454: Methods of Teaching Dance

Mason Core Meeting 

Thursday, September 11, 2025, from 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom 

1. Welcome 
2. Announcements 
3. Bylaws 
4. Assessment Review
5. Proposals 

Category	Title
Global Contexts	HIST 315: STEM and Society: A History
Social/Behavioral Science	WMST 320: Violence, Gender, and Sexuality
Social/Behavioral Science	INTS 310: Violence, Gender, and Sexuality
Global Contexts	ENGH 371: Global TV
Mason Apex	FRLN 485: Multilingualism, Identity, and Power

Mason Core Meeting 

Thursday, March 27, 2025, from 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom 

1. Welcome 
2. Announcements 
3. Proposals 
4. Oral Communications Outcomes Vote
5. Bylaws 

Category	Title
Global Contexts	THR 359: World Stages
Global Contexts	HIST 315: STEM and Society: A History
Global Contexts	ENGH 371: Global TV
Natural Science Non-Lab	GGS 309: Introduction to Weather and Climate
Global Contexts	CONF 340: Global Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Information Technology & Computing	UNIV 182: AI for All: Understanding and Building Artificial Intelligence
Writing Intensive	BIOL 400: News & Views: Selected Topics

Mason Core Meeting 

Thursday, March 6, 2025, from 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom 

1. Welcome 
2. Announcements 
3. Proposals 
4. Bylaws  

Category	Title
Global Contexts	HIST 346: Sport History and Film
Social & Behavioral Science	RMGT 210: Recreation and Leisure in Life

Thursday, February 20, 2025, from 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom 

1. Welcome 
2. Announcements 
3. Proposals 
4. Oral Communications and Bylaws Review

Category	Title
Global Contexts	ANTH 317: East Asian Cultures
Mason Apex	GGS 485: Capstone in Geography and Geoinformation Science
Social & Behavioral Science	GGS 304: Population Geography
Mason Apex	ECED 493: Internship in Early Childhood Special Education
Global Contexts	SOCI 120: Globalization and Society
Social & Behavioral Science	HIST 321: Modern France
Global Contexts	RELI 383: Holocaust: History and Meaning
Just Societies	RELI 383: Holocaust: History and Meaning
Global Contexts	HIST 318: Holocaust: History and Meaning
Just Societies	HIST 318: Holocaust: History and Meaning
Global Contexts	CRIM 308: Human Rights and Justice
Global Contexts	ANTH 308: Peoples and Cultures of the Middle East
Global Contexts	ANTH 313: Myth, Magic, and Mind
Global Contexts	ANTH 331: Refugees
Information Technology & Computing	UNIV 182: AI for All: Understanding and Building Artificial Intelligence
Global Contexts	DANC 118: Global Dance Perspectives I

Mason Core Meeting 

Thursday, January 16, 2025, from 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom 

1. Welcome 
2. Announcements 
3. Proposals 
4. Bylaws and Oral Communications Review 

Proposals

Category	Title
Global Contexts	EDSE 204: Disability in Global Contexts
Global Contexts	ANTH 317: East Asian Cultures
Global Contexts	HIST 346: Sport History and Film
Information Technology & Computing	COMM 320: Business and Professional Communication
Global Contexts	HIST 281: Survey of Middle Eastern Civilization
Global Contexts	HIST 282: Survey of Middle Eastern Civilization
Mason Apex	ECED 493: Internship in Early Childhood Special Education
Global Contexts	CONF 340: Global Conflict Analysis and Resolution

Mason Core Meeting 

Thursday, December 12, 2024, from 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom 

1. Welcome 
2. Announcements 
3. Proposals 
4. Bylaws and Oral Communications Review 
5. Provost Jim Antony, 2:30pm 

Proposals

Category	Title
Writing Intensive	ELED 305: Foundations of Elementary Methods and Management
Global Contexts	PSYC 379: Applied Cross-Cultural Psychology
Global Contexts	GERM 315: German for the Global World
Global Contexts	MUSI 103: Musics of the World
Literature	HIST 403: Revolutionary Era in American History, 1763-1812

Mason Core Meeting 

Thursday, November 21, 2024, from 1:30-3:00pm via Zoom 

1. Welcome 
2. Announcements 
3. Proposals 
4. Bylaws and Oral Communications Review 

Proposals 

Category	Title
SBS	INTS 310: Violence, Gender, and Sexuality
SBS	WMST 320: Violence, Gender, and Sexuality
Global Contexts	INTS 406: Global Leadership
Just Societies	INTS 406: Global Leadership
IT&C	COMM 320: Business and Professional Communication
Global Contexts	MUSI 103: Musics of the World
Mason Apex	ELED 480: Practicum in Elementary Education
Natural Science Lab	CLIM 103: Global Warming: Weather, Climate, and Society Laboratory
Global Contexts	GOVT 132: Introduction to International Politics
Global Contexts	SOCI 120: Globalization and Society
Global Contexts	ANTH 320: Global Africa
Global Contexts	FOLK 100: Global Folklore
Literature	RELI 338: Qur’an and Hadith
Literature	HIST 403: Revolutionary Era in American History, 1763-1812