Three new senior seminars may be added for next year depending on approval by the Council on Academic Affairs Thursday.

CAA will meet in the Arcola/Tuscola Room located on the third floor of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union at 2 p.m.

One of the three new senior seminars, Impact of Communication Deficits: Adjusting to Cultural Demands (4157G), will provide a better understanding of cultural perception, misconception and expectations in verbal communicative demands.

“The course is designed for students in different majors to enhance their knowledge of different communication disorders,” said Gail Richard, communication disorder professor.

Richard, who will be teaching the course, said the main object of the course is to reflect what is learned onto the student’s major and career field.

“An example would be how deafness would affect one’s job and career,” Richard said.

Another senior seminar course that is up for approval, Nutritional Dilemmas and Decisions (4151G), will examine the relationship of food and nutrition in connection to multi-cultural practices, according to the proposal.

The rational for the course is stated as, awareness of pertinent issues increases the ability of an individual to make informed lifestyle decisions.

The proposal states that this understanding will be an assist for students.

The final senior seminar to be voted on, Controversial Issues in Education (4105G), is structured to supply a forum for the discussion of educational issues that have been labeled as controversial.