A unique history course could be available to students as soon as next year if the Council on Academic Affairs approves a proposal at today’s meeting.

A proposal to create France and the Wider World in the Age of Absolutism, HIS 3405, was pitched to the CAA last week by David Kammerling Smith, professor of history.

“The thrust of the course is to set a national narrative within the context of global history,” Kammerling Smith said.

HIS 3405 is an upper-division course in early modern Europe with no prerequisite.

Currently, there is only one upper-division course on French history in the catalog, and Kammerling Smith’s proposal states it is not similar to any existing course.

“The course is designed to look at France’s relationship within its colonies and other nations,” he said.

The proposal also states the course will better meet the needs of history or social science majors who are seeking teacher certification, although Kammerling Smith said anyone can take HIS 3405.

A proposal to renumber a course in the geology and industrial technology departments is a pending item on the CAA’s agenda.

Alan Baharlou, chair of the geology and geography departments, spoke to the CAA a few weeks ago about lowering GEL/INT 3300G to GEL/INT 2300G. The CAA decided to wait to vote on the proposal until both departments came up with a complete course revision.

The CAA meets at 2 p.m. every Thursday in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.