Faculty Meetings: December 7, 2010 Minutes

Dean Andy Newcomb called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m. in the Brown-Alley Room of Weinstein Hall.

• The minutes of the November 18, 2010 meeting were approved as circulated.
• The actions of A&S Academic Council from November 30, 2010 were approved as circulated

The meeting was adjourned at 4:02.15.6 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jim Gwin, Substituting for Gene Anderson

Faculty Meetings: December 7, 2010 Agenda

Our traditional Pre-Holiday Gathering will be held on Tuesday, December 7th, starting at 3:30 p.m. in the Brown Alley Room of Weinstein Hall.  As you will recall, this "enhanced reception" provides time for all of us to share the holiday spirit as we near the end of another successful semester.  Please make an extra effort to attend so that you can greet old friends and meet some of our newer faculty.  During our gathering, we will stop the festivities for a few moments so that we can conduct our business before going back to socializing.

Our agenda will be:

• Approval of minutes from our November 18, 2010 meeting. (Forthcoming)
• Approval of Academic Council actions shown below
• Other business

Next A&S Faculty Meeting
Thursday, January 20, 2011, in the Brown Alley Room of Weinstein Hall

Actions for Academic Council approval on November 30, 2010

Sociology & Anthropology

Proposed Change to Anthropology Minor:

The change would reduce the number of courses that may be taken outside the department from three to one.

Note: The grade point average of the anthropology coursework comprising the minor must be no less than 2.00 with no course grade below C- (1.7). One course may be taken in a department outside of the University of Richmond's Department of Sociology and Anthropology with departmental approval. This course may be taken within another department at the University of Richmond, or at another accredited institution or through an approved study abroad program.

Approved by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology on November 10, 2010.

Academic Council: November 30, 2010 Minutes

Dean Newcomb called the meeting to order at 10:32 a.m.  The minutes of the November 16, 2010 meeting were approved.

General Informational Items

N/A

Consent Agenda

The following proposals were approved without further discussion:

Proposed Change to Anthropology Minor

The change would reduce the number of courses that may be taken outside the department from three to one.

Note: The grade point average of the anthropology coursework comprising the minor must be no less than 2.00 with no course grade below C- (1.7). One course may be taken in a department outside of the University of Richmond's Department of Sociology and Anthropology with departmental approval. This course may be taken within another department at the University of Richmond, or at another accredited institution or through an approved study abroad program.

Approved by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology on November 10, 2010.

Discussion Agenda

Vice President of Enrollment Management, Nanci Tessier gave a presentation about enrollment and revenue projections. Nanci offered to hold a future discussion in the spring to discuss enrollment outcomes.

Dean Newcomb briefed Council on the email regarding pre and postdoc diversity recruitment. He urged Council to review the list and advise him of any possible candidate visits. Recruitment is not limited to the Consortium for Faculty Development (CFD) list. Associate Provost, Joan Neff serves as the CFD liaison, so it is important to keep her apprised of any hires from the CFD list.

Endowed chair recommendations are due to the provost by January 21, 2011. Information regarding appointment or reappointment should be forwarded to the dean.

The dean reviewed the FY12 budget modifications regarding salary alignment based on merit. A performance history of five years will be used to award based on merit. In order to fund the salary alignment, it may be necessary to reduce support for student-faculty collaborative research and it will be necessary to collapse five unfilled lines (four in English and one in psychology) into the excess salary pool. The dean requested Council endorsement of the modifications set forth by the Dean’s Advisory Council. Council unanimously approved the motion.

The meeting adjourned at 11:43 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Cheryl Burns

Academic Council: November 30, 2010 Agenda

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, November 30, 2010, from 10:30-11:45 in the Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305 (THC 305). Please review the agenda below and the cited materials in advance of the meeting.

Approval of minutes from the November 16, 2010 meeting.

General Informational Items

N/A

Consent Agenda

We will use the Consent Agenda to deal with routine business that requires Academic Council action and would not be expected to generate discussion. Any item can be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Discussion Agenda.

Proposed Change to Anthropology Minor

The change would reduce the number of courses that may be taken outside the department from three to one.

Note: The grade point average of the anthropology coursework comprising the minor must be no less than 2.00 with no course grade below C- (1.7). One course may be taken in a department outside of the University of Richmond's Department of Sociology and Anthropology with departmental approval. This course may be taken within another department at the University of Richmond, or at another accredited institution or through an approved study abroad program.

Approved by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology on November 10, 2010.

Discussion Agenda

• Enrollment projections and revenue model (Nanci Tessier)
• Budget recommendations from Dean's Advisory Council
• Other business

Documents

There are no documents attached to this agenda.

Next Meeting

We will meet on Tuesday, Januray 18, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. in Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305 (THC 305).

Faculty Meetings: November 18, 2010 Minutes

Dean Andy Newcomb called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m. in the Brown-Alley Room of Weinstein Hall.

• The minutes of the A & S meeting of October 20, 2010, were presented. Michelle Hamm from Chemistry suggested some clarifications to the circulated minutes. These changes to the October 20th minutes were accepted and will be incorporated as amended minutes for October 20, 2010.
• The actions of A & S Academic Council from November 2, 2010, were approved as circulated

Dean Newcomb presented a computer document showing the current status of the FY 2011/2012 capacity audit for Arts and Sciences departments and faculty, including the First Year Seminar classes. He then opened the floor for questions. Much discussion ensued.

Julie Laskaris, representing the Tenure and Promotion Committee (T & P), presented for discussion a one page proposal from the Committee which had been circulated at the beginning of the meeting. Laskaris indicated that the proposal document called a “Proposal process for hiring in conjunction with granting tenure (drawn from the Business School’s model)” seeks to clarify how the T & P Committee proposes to handle the expedited “reviews for hiring of senior candidates with tenure” from other institutions and “reviews for candidates who have never received tenure” from another institution. After going over the T & P Committee’s proposal, she opened the floor for discussion.

Following a lengthy discussion by those present of the proposed processes and the T & P Committee’s responsibilities for reviewing these “expedited candidates for tenure,” Dean Newcomb suggested that he meet separately with the T & P Committee. The Dean and the T & P Committee will work together to develop an expanded and more detailed set of proposals for these special types of tenure candidates to present to the faculty at a later date. No objections were shown with the Dean’s suggestion.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:58 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jim Gwin, substituting for Gene Anderson

Faculty Meetings: November 18, 2010 Agenda

Our next faculty meeting will be held this coming Thursday, November 18, starting at 4:00 p.m. in the Brown Alley Room in Weinstein Hall.

Our agenda will be:

• Approval of minutes from our October 20, 2010 meeting. (please see below)
• Approval of Academic Council actions shown below
• Status of FY12 capacity auditDiscussion of proposed changes for hiring faculty with tenure (see attached)
• Other Business

Next A&S Faculty Meeting
Pre-holiday gathering, Tuesday, December 7, 2010, in the Brown Alley Room of Weinstein Hall beginning at 3:30 p.m.

Actions for Academic Council approval on November 2, 2010

History

New course proposals:

HIST 229 Anglo-Saxon England
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 230 Norman and Plantagenet England
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 231 The Late Middle Ages
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 238 France: The Age of Absolutism, 1610-1780
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 239 The French Revolution
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 260 Colonial Latin America
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

Course number change:

HIST 232 The Renaissance (formerly HIST 230)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

Actions pending Academic Council approval on November 16, 2010

History

Please see amended minutes from the November 2, 2010 Academic Council meeting for course number revisions.

Modern Literatures & Cultures

New honor programs:

French Honors program (approved by the Honors Committee, Emma Goldman, chair, 2010-11)

Italian Honors program (approved by the Honors Committee, Geoff Goddu, chair, 2009-10)

New course proposals:

ITAL 491 Honor Thesis 1
0.5 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None

ITAL 492 Honor Thesis 2
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None

Revised course credit:

ARAB 495 Independent Study
0.5-1 unit (current description stipulates full unit credit; for flexibility, we need to establish the possibility of a half-unit independent study option)
Prerequisites (if any): Permission of instructor

Revised course title:

GERM 472 Culture Wars & Identity Debates in German Society from Empire to EU (replaces previous title: Multiculturalism, Identity and Authorship in the German Context)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): One 300-level German course

Religion

Proposed change to religion major and minor (see catalog changes):

The religion department proposes to eliminate RELG 401 as a requirement for the religion major. The religion major would be composed of nine courses. RELG 400 would be the capstone experience, with the expectation that students will take the course in their junior year and only enroll in it as seniors with permission from the department.

We also propose to amend the religion minor to include RELG 400 instead of one of the 300-level electives.

Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies/Law

Justification of course credit for cross-listed courses:

WGSS 379/LAW Special Topic: Feminist Legal Theory Seminar
1 unit

WGSS 379/LAW Special Topic: Muslim Family Law
1 unit

Documents

Academic Council: November 16, 2010 Minutes

Dean Newcomb called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m. The minutes of the November 2, 2010 meeting were approved.

General Informational Items

Dorothy Holland distributed flyers for RENT which is showing at the Modlin Center through Sunday, November 21. Dean Newcomb encouraged Council to attend.

Academic Council must approve any Fall 2011 catalog changes (including new courses, course number/title changes, or major/minor/concentration changes) no later than the February 15, 2011 meeting (and A&S Faculty at the February 21, 2011 meeting).

The dean asked Council to remind the faculty to leave their pets at home.

Consent Agenda

The following proposals were approved without further discussion:

History

Please see amended minutes from the November 2, 2010 Academic Council meeting for course number revisions.

Modern Literatures & Cultures
New Honor Programs

French Honors program (approved by the Honors Committee, Emma Goldman, chair, 2010-11)

Italian Honors program (approved by the Honors Committee, Geoff Goddu, chair, 2009-10)

Modern Literatures & Cultures
New Course Proposals

ITAL 491 Honor Thesis 1
0.5 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None

ITAL 492 Honor Thesis 2
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None

Modern Literatures & Cultures
Revised Course Credit

ARAB 495 Independent Study
0.5-1 unit (current description stipulates full unit credit; for flexibility, we need to establish the possibility of a half-unit independent study option)
Prerequisites (if any): Permission of instructor

Modern Literatures & Cultures
Revised Course Title

GERM 472 Culture Wars & Identity Debates in German Society from Empire to EU (replaces previous title: Multiculturalism, Identity and Authorship in the German Context)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): One 300-level German course

Proposed Change to Religion Major and Minor (see catalog changes):

The religion department proposes to eliminate RELG 401 as a requirement for the religion major. The religion major would be composed of nine courses. RELG 400 would be the capstone experience, with the expectation that students will take the course in their junior year and only enroll in it as seniors with permission from the department.

We also propose to amend the religion minor to include RELG 400 instead of one of the 300-level electives.

Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies/Law
Justification of Course Credit for Cross-listed Courses

WGSS 379/LAW Special Topic: Feminist Legal Theory Seminar
1 unit

WGSS 379/LAW Special Topic: Muslim Family Law
1 unit

Discussion Agenda

Ms. Luanne Greene and Ms. Bynum Walter of the architect firm, Ayers Saint Gross (ASG), were available for discussion about the University’s master plan. Also attending was University Architect Andrew McBride who led the discussion and was available to answer questions. Council offered a variety of suggestions for improvement. Further suggestions are welcome on the ASG website: http://www.asg-architects.com

Dean Newcomb briefed Council on the status of the FY12 capacity audit and distributed a handout of preliminary audit results. There are currently 81 FYS slots with a surplus of five extra courses (dependent upon sabbaticals). There are no resources available to offer a selective reassigned pool in FY12. Reassigned time may be a possibility in the future if the entering class size is reduced or the faculty considers other options to reduce demand for courses. The dean will share the full capacity audit with Academic Council.

Dean Newcomb and Terri Weaver recently met with Steve Allred, Hossein Sadid, Jenni Sauer, and Lori Schuyler regarding the FY12 budget. As a result of those meetings, suggestions were made for how to make salary equity/alignment modifications. The dean will propose a benchmark of the average of the median and mean for each rank within the top 50 liberal arts colleges. Equity/alignment salary increases would be based on a merit system, where annual review data is available, while also accounting for history of service. Priority for this round of increases would be on the assistant professor and faculty of practice ranks (benchmarked against assistant professors). The dean explained that he would increase the salary incentive for promotions (currently between $0-$2,000) as another means to make merit-based equity/alignment adjustments.

In order to fund the salary increases, the dean proposes using fewer term faculty as well as using money from the plant fund for equipment purchases. There is also the strong possibility of fewer student and faculty summer fellowships.

The meeting adjourned at 11:46 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Cheryl Burns

Academic Council: November 16, 2010 Agenda

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, November 16, 2010, from 10:30-11:45 in the Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305 (THC 305). Please review the agenda below and the cited materials in advance of the meeting.

Approval of minutes from the November 2, 2010 meeting.

General Informational Items

Academic Council must approve any Fall 2011 catalog changes (including new courses, course number/title changes, or major/minor/concentration changes) no later than the February 15, 2011 meeting (and A&S Faculty at the February 21, 2011 meeting).
Consent Agenda

We will use the Consent Agenda to deal with routine business that requires Academic Council action and would not be expected to generate discussion. Any item can be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Discussion Agenda.

History

Please see amended minutes from the November 2, 2010 Academic Council meeting for course number revisions.

Modern Literatures & Cultures
New Honor Programs

French Honors program (approved by the Honors Committee, Emma Goldman, chair, 2010-11)

Italian Honors program (approved by the Honors Committee, Geoff Goddu, chair, 2009-10)

Modern Literatures & Cultures
New Course Proposals

ITAL 491 Honor Thesis 1
0.5 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None

ITAL 492 Honor Thesis 2
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None

Modern Literatures & Cultures
Revised Course Credit

ARAB 495 Independent Study
0.5-1 unit (current description stipulates full unit credit; for flexibility, we need to establish the possibility of a half-unit independent study option)
Prerequisites (if any): Permission of instructor

Modern Literatures & Cultures
Revised Course Title

GERM 472 Culture Wars & Identity Debates in German Society from Empire to EU (replaces previous title: Multiculturalism, Identity and Authorship in the German Context)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): One 300-level German course

Proposed Change to Religion Major and Minor
(see catalog changes)

The religion department proposes to eliminate RELG 401 as a requirement for the religion major. The religion major would be composed of nine courses. RELG 400 would be the capstone experience, with the expectation that students will take the course in their junior year and only enroll in it as seniors with permission from the department.

We also propose to amend the religion minor to include RELG 400 instead of one of the 300-level electives.

Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies/Law
Justification of Course Credit for Cross-listed Courses

WGSS 379/LAW Special Topic: Feminist Legal Theory Seminar
1 unit

WGSS 379/LAW Special Topic: Muslim Family Law
1 unit

Discussion Agenda

• Ayers Saint Gross (ASG) - Ms. Luanne Greene and Ms. Bynum Walter (Master Plan Interview Questions) http://www.asg-architects.com
• Status of FY12 capacity audit
• Preliminary overview of FY12 budget proposals
• Other business

Documents


Next Meeting
We will meet on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. in Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305 (THC 305).

Academic Council: November 2, 2010 Minutes

Dean Newcomb called the meeting to order at 10:32 a.m.  The minutes of the October 19, 2010 meeting were approved.

General Informational Items

N/A

Consent Agenda

The following proposals were approved without further discussion:

History New Course Proposals

HIST 229 Anglo-Saxon England
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 230 Norman and Plantagenet England
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 231 The Late Middle Ages
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 238 France: The Age of Absolutism, 1610-1780
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 239 The French Revolution
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 260 Colonial Latin America
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

History Course Number Change

HIST 232 The Renaissance (formerly HIST 230)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

Discussion Agenda

Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Julie Laskaris provided an explanation of ad hoc committee’s proposed handbook changes for hiring faculty with tenure. Council expressed concern over the following:  the committee chair and the department chair discussing what materials would be required; the need for clarity regarding tenure portfolio or document requests; and the possibility of including a probationary period for tenure candidates.  The proposed document is set to go before the A&S Faculty on November 18th; Dr. Laskaris encouraged Council to bring their concerns to that meeting.

Dean Newcomb briefed Council on the changes in the debate program. The tenured and tenure-track faculty in the Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies made the recommendation to move from our current policy debate program to a parliamentary debate program operated on a student club model.  The dean shared the RHCS recommendation with the School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Advisory Council, and this group of eight elected faculty representatives concurred with the RHCS proposal.  The dean reviewed both recommendations and agreed that the proposed changes, on balance, provide the best opportunities for student learning at the University of Richmond.  In turn, the dean shared these three collective recommendations with the provost who reviewed the recommendations and also concurred that this change had the best long-term strategic advantages for RCHS and the University as a whole.  Debate at Richmond is not being eliminated nor is funding for debate being eliminated.  While RHCS faculty recommend moving to club-level parliamentary debate, students are always free to create new student organizations, for example club level policy debate, if the ones that currently exist do not meet their needs and interests.

University Registrar, Susan Breeden discussed the difficulty of issuing credit where cross-listed graduate courses are involved. There has been some talk from the Department of Education about going back to seat time. Susan asked Council for suggestions. Associate Provost, Joan Neff made the following motion:

For cross-listed graduate courses from another school within UR, a rationale must be provided along with the units of credit the student will receive. The course will then come before Academic Council for review and approval.

Council unanimously approved the motion.

The dean briefed Council on some changes in the budgetary process this year. Central administration prepares the budget materials and shares it with the dean, the administration then takes it to Planning and Priorities (the deans no longer attend Planning & Priorities). The budget proposal for the next year is due on December 1st. We will likely need an additional Academic Council meeting. The dean shared some of the proposed budget changes, the priority being faculty salaries; directors and assistant professors, in particular. The dean does not anticipate any operational budget cuts.

The meeting adjourned at 11:38 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Cheryl Burns

Amendment (per the University Registrar and the Department of History)

Course Number Changes

HIST 231 Norman and Plantagenet England (previously listed on agenda as HIST 230).
HIST 232 The Late Middle Ages (previously listed on agenda as HIST 231).
The course number change for The Renaissance is no longer needed.

Academic Council: November 2, 2010 Agenda

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, November 2, 2010, from 10:30-11:45 in the Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305 (THC 305). Please review the agenda below and the cited materials in advance of the meeting.

Approval of minutes from the October 19, 2010 meeting.

General Informational Items

N/A

Consent Agenda

We will use the Consent Agenda to deal with routine business that requires Academic Council action and would not be expected to generate discussion. Any item can be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Discussion Agenda.

History New Course Proposals

HIST 229 Anglo-Saxon England
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 230 Norman and Plantagenet England
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 231 The Late Middle Ages
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 238 France: The Age of Absolutism, 1610-1780
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 239 The French Revolution
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

HIST 260 Colonial Latin America
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

History Course Number Change

HIST 232 The Renaissance (formerly HIST 230)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  None

Discussion Agenda

• Handbook change for hiring faculty with tenure (see attached)
• Changes in opportunities for debate
• Cross-listing of graduate level courses: Determining credit (Susan Breeden)
• Budget priorities
• Other business
  

Documents

Next Meeting

We will meet on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. in Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305 (THC 305).

Faculty Meetings: October 20, 2010 Minutes

Dean Andy Newcomb called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m. in the Brown-Alley Room of Weinstein Hall.

• The minutes of the September 16, 2010 meeting were approved as circulated.
• The actions of A&S Academic Council from October 19, 2010 were approved as circulated

Dean Newcomb opened the floor to a discussion of the proposed written guideline changes from the Faculty Research Committee (FRC).

Associate Dean Kathy Hoke reviewed the document distributed by the Faculty Research Committee at the beginning of the meeting, “Summary of Significant Changes to Written FRC (Faculty Research Committee) Guidelines – Fall 2010.”

Dean Newcomb then reviewed and clarified the process used in the Arts & Sciences dean's office for allocating and distributing faculty research funds, stipends, travel grants, etc., and the Faculty Research Committee’s role in this process.

Jonathan Dattelbaum from chemistry presented two proposed changes in the new written guidelines for the FRC that he distributed at the beginning of the meeting.  These proposals were intended to modify the new written guidelines from the FRC.  Much discussion followed Jonathan’s proposed changes.

Joanna Drell moved to table the proposals. The motion to table the proposals failed by a vote of 17 to reject the motion to a vote of 15 to table.

Additional discussions continued on the proposals and the new changes to the written FRC guidelines.

Dean Newcomb then distributed copies for discussion of a document which details the “FY09, FY10, FY11 Macro Budget Models” and on page 2 “a comparison chart of peer institution salaries for faculty by rank” used by the Arts & Sciences dean's office.  Dean Newcomb highlighted how funds from the two charts related to Arts & Sciences support for faculty research and salary levels for “professor, associate, and assistant professor.

Following Dean Newcomb’s review of the budget models, discussion resumed on Jonathan Dattelbaum’s proposals to change the new written Faculty Research Committee guidelines.
  
A motion came forward to table Jonathan Dattelbaum’s proposals, to change the new written FRC guidelines, and forward his recommendations to the Faculty Research Committee; passed by a voice vote of those present at the meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:06 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jim Gwin, Substituting for Gene Anderson

Amended minutes of October 20, 2010

Dean Andy Newcomb called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m. in the Brown-Alley Room of Weinstein Hall.

• The minutes of the September 16, 2010 meeting were approved as circulated.
• The actions of A&S Academic Council from October 19, 2010 were approved as circulated

Dean Newcomb opened the floor to a discussion of the proposed written guideline changes from the Faculty Research Committee (FRC).

Associate Dean Kathy Hoke reviewed the document distributed by the Faculty Research Committee at the beginning of the meeting, “Summary of Significant Changes to Written FRC (Faculty Research Committee) Guidelines – Fall, 2010.”

Dean Newcomb then reviewed and clarified the process used in the Arts and Sciences Office for allocating and distributing faculty research funds, stipends, travel grants, etc., and the Faculty Research Committee’s role in this process.

Jonathan Dattelbaum from Chemistry presented two proposed changes in the new written guidelines for the FRC he distributed at the beginning of the meeting.  These proposals were presented to modify the new written guidelines being proposed by the FRC.  Much discussion followed Jonathan’s proposed changes.

Joanna Drell moved to the table the proposals. The motion to table the proposals failed by a vote of 17 to reject the motion to a vote of 15 to table.

Additional discussions continued on the proposals and the new changes to the written FRC guidelines.

Dean Newcomb then distributed copies for discussion of a document which details the “FY09, FY10, FY11 Macro Budget Models” and on page 2 “a comparison chart of peer institution salaries for faculty by rank” used by the Arts & Sciences Office.  Dean Newcomb highlighted how funds from the two charts related to Arts & Sciences support for faculty research and salary levels for “professor, associate, and assistant professor.

Following Dean Newcomb’s review of the budget models, discussion resumed on Jonathan Dattelbaum’s proposals to change the new written Faculty Research Committee guidelines.
  
A motion came forward to table Jonathan Dattelbaum’s proposals to change the new written FRC guidelines, and forward his recommendations to the Faculty Research Committee passed by a voice vote of those present at the meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:06 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jim Gwin, Substituting for Gene Anderson

Academic Council: October 19, 2010 Minutes

Dean Newcomb called the meeting to order at 10:32 a.m. The minutes of the September 21, 2010 meeting were approved.

General Informational Items

N/A

Consent Agenda

The following proposals were approved without further discussion:

Film Studies New Course Proposal

FMST 399 Independent Study
0.5 – 1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): Approval of the faculty member supervising the project

Modern Literatures & Cultures New Course Proposals

FREN 491 Honor Thesis 1
0.5 unit
Prerequisites (if any): Students must be accepted in the French Honors program.

FREN 492 Honor Thesis 2
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): Students must have successfully completed FREN 491
Philosophy, Politics, Economics, & Law
Proposed cross-listing:

IS 381/PPEL 381 Theories of Nationalism in the context of Israel/Palestine (see course outline)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): One previous philosophy course

Discussion Agenda

Associate Vice President of Human Resource Services, Carl Sorenson, and the Director of Total Compensation and Human Resource Services Administration, Laura Dietrick, provided a brief presentation on the health insurance changes for 2011. Laura Dietrick distributed a PowerPoint handout on the health insurance presentation.

Lucretia McCulley distributed a flyer and spoke briefly about Dr. Joan Lippincott’s visit on October 28 and 29, 2010.

Dean Newcomb updated Council on the status of full-time tenure track searches. The last tenure-track search ad has been approved and candidates are already filtering in for interviews. This year, A&S is seeking 12 tenure-track, 5 directors, and 1 visiting position. The dean requested that he be advised if anyone is solicited by HR to place an ad in a minority publication. These ads are expensive and not necessarily effective.

The dean briefed Council on the endowed chairs that will be coming up for appointment or re-appointment this year, to include the Robins, Vest, Kuyk, Gaines, Thomas, and Trawick chairs. Gary Shapiro will be retiring, but the Tucker-Boatwright Professorship of Humanities in Philosophy will not be filled this year.

The dean reminded those chairs who were up for review this year to schedule a meeting with him (via Cheryl) to go over the review.

Dean Newcomb asked Council to review the 2010-11 capacity audit information and let him know if there are any additions or deletions that need to be made, along with the rationale for the change. He also asked that everyone verify that the reassigned commitments are correct. The dean asked that the capacity audit review be complete by Tuesday, October 26. Libby Gruner will need to create the FYS schedule for next year. A total of 38 FYS courses are required from A&S per semester.

Associate Dean, Scott Johnson reminded Council that advising week has begun and to contact his office with any questions or concerns.

Dean Newcomb distributed a handout which provided two impact scenarios should A&S move to a 32 course requirement. There was some concern that the scenarios presented would be less flexible for departments that have higher course requirements for a major. It is also unclear how reducing the course requirement would affect students who wish to double major and/or study abroad.

The meeting adjourned at 11:48 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Cheryl Burns

Faculty Meetings: October 20, 2010 Agenda

Our next faculty meeting will be held this coming Wednesday, October 20, starting at 4:00 p.m. in the Brown Alley Room in Weinstein Hall.

Our agenda will be:

• Approval of minutes from our September 16, 2010 meeting.
• Approval of Academic Council actions shown below and available in detail at http://as.richmond.edu/resources/policies/academic-council.htm
• Clarification of FRC guidelines (see attached)
• Review of FY10 and FY11 budgetsOther Business

Actions for Academic Council approval on September 21, 2010

Sociology & Anthropology

New course proposals:

SOC 218 Sociology of the Black Experience
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): SOC 101 and 211, or 221 (prerequisites for all 300-level courses)

SOC 320 Race, Class and Schooling
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): SOC 101 and 211, or 221 (prerequisites for all 300-level courses)

Actions for Academic Council approval on October 5, 2010

There were no actions for Academic Council approval on October 5, 2010.

Actions pending Academic Council approval on October 19, 2010

Film Studies

New course proposal:

FMST 399 Independent Study
0.5 – 1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  Approval of the faculty member supervising the project

Modern Literatures & Cultures

New course proposals:

FREN 491 Honor Thesis 1
0.5 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  Students must be accepted in the French Honors program.

FREN 492 Honor Thesis 2
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  Students must have successfully completed FREN 491

Philosophy, Politics, Economics, & Law

Proposed cross-listing:

IS 381/PPEL 381 Theories of Nationalism in the context of Israel/Palestine (see course outline)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): One previous philosophy course

Documents

Academic Council: October 19, 2010 Agenda

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, October 19, 2010, from 10:30-11:45 in the Keller Hall Reception Room (KHRR). Please review the agenda below and the cited materials in advance of the meeting.

Approval of minutes from the September 21, 2010 meeting.

General Informational Items

N/A

Consent Agenda

We will use the Consent Agenda to deal with routine business that requires Academic Council action and would not be expected to generate discussion. Any item can be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Discussion Agenda.

Film Studies New Course Proposal

FMST 399 Independent Study
0.5 – 1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  Approval of the faculty member supervising the project

Modern Literatures & Cultures New Course Proposals

FREN 491 Honor Thesis 1
0.5 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  Students must be accepted in the French Honors program.

FREN 492 Honor Thesis 2
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any):  Students must have successfully completed FREN 491
Philosophy, Politics, Economics, & Law

Proposed Cross-listing

IS 381/PPEL 381 Theories of Nationalism in the context of Israel/Palestine (see course outline)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): One previous philosophy course

Discussion Agenda

• Health insurance update (Carl Sorenson)
• Search update
• Capacity audit for 2010-11
• Continued discussion of a selective reassigned time pool
• Other business

Documents


Next Meeting

We will meet on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. in Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305 (THC 305).

Academic Council: September 21, 2010 Minutes

Dean Newcomb called the meeting to order at 10:31 a.m.  The minutes of the September 7, 2010 meeting were approved.

General Informational Items

N/A

Consent Agenda

The following proposals were approved without further discussion:

Sociology & Anthropology New Course Proposals

SOC 218 Sociology of the Black Experience
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): SOC 101 and 211, or 221 (prerequisites for all 300-level courses)

SOC 320 Race, Class and Schooling
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): SOC 101 and 211, or 221 (prerequisites for all 300-level courses)

Discussion Agenda

Dean Newcomb distributed a handout regarding the faculty status of librarians. A&S is currently in the midst of electing an A&S representative for the Cross School Curricular Oversight Committee and there has been some question about which librarians have voting privileges in A&S. The dean reviewed a pertinent excerpt from the faculty handbook and referenced the handout identifying several library positions (not individuals) that are not affiliated with a particular school. The following motion was made and approved unanimously by Council.

Motion: The listed librarian positions identified as not having an affiliation with a particular school will now be affiliated with the School of Arts & Sciences and allowed voting privileges; however, those individuals will not vote on issues related to tenure and promotion. In addition, those individuals already affiliated with another school (such as SCS) will not hold faculty status with A&S.

Dean Newcomb distributed and reviewed a handout regarding reassigned time. This topic was last discussed at the May AC planning meeting. The capacity audit for 2011 will provide more detail as to how many total units of classroom teaching would need to be offered. The dean reviewed several options for reassigned time. Council discussed the option of reducing the graduation requirement from 35 courses to 32.

Council discussed the hiring of additional adjuncts as an option for creating reassigned time. There was some concern about the number of adjuncts being used and whether it would affect the University’s standing in national rankings. The other concern was regarding incentives and rewards for adjuncts that have provided many years of service.

Another suggestion was to allow the faculty member to choose how they would receive their reassigned time (time vs. money). However, if the faculty member chooses time, it would require the hiring of an adjunct professor.

The dean inquired of Council whether the discussion about reassigned time should be continued and Council voted in favor of the discussion 16 to 4.

The meeting adjourned at 11:47 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Cheryl Burns

Academic Council: September 21, 2010 Agenda

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, September 21, 2010, from 10:30-11:45 in the Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 331 (THC 331). Please review the agenda below and the cited materials in advance of the meeting.

Approval of minutes from the September 7, 2010 meeting.

General Informational Items

N/A

Consent Agenda

We will use the Consent Agenda to deal with routine business that requires Academic Council action and would not be expected to generate discussion. Any item can be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Discussion Agenda.

Sociology & Anthropology New Course Proposals

SOC 218 Sociology of the Black Experience
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): SOC 101 and 211, or 221 (prerequisites for all 300-level courses)

SOC 320 Race, Class and Schooling
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): SOC 101 and 211, or 221 (prerequisites for all 300-level courses)

Discussion Agenda

•     Librarians with faculty status (see attached)
•     Developing a Selective Reassigned Time program
•     Other business

Documents

Next Meeting

We will meet on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 10:30 in the Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305 (THC 305).

Faculty Meetings: September 16, 2010 Minutes

Dean Andy Newcomb called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m. in the Brown-Alley Room of Weinstein Hall.

The minutes of the April 26, 2010 meeting were approved as circulated.

The actions of A&S Academic Council from August 31, 2010 and September 7, 2010 were approved as circulated.

Dean Newcomb acknowledged those members of the faculty of A&S who had completed 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, and 10 years of service to the University.

Dean Newcomb introduced Valerie Wallen from the Office of Human Resource Services who presented a PowerPoint overview of the faculty results from the survey last spring of the “Great Colleges Survey.”  She urged faculty to take a look at the full survey results for the University: http://hr.richmond.edu/workplace-survey.html

The meeting was adjourned at 4:36 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jim Gwin, Substituting for Gene Anderson

Faculty Meetings: September 16, 2010 Agenda

Our next faculty meeting will be held this coming Thursday, September 16, starting at 4:00 p.m. in the Brown Alley Room in Weinstein Hall.



Our agenda will be:

1. Approval of minutes from our April 26, 2010 meeting. (please see below)
2. Approval of Academic Council actions shown below and available in detail at http://as.richmond.edu/resources/policies/academic-council.htm
3. Acknowledgement of those A&S faculty who have completed 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, and 10 years of service to our community.
4. Great Colleges Survey Results Presentation
5. Other Business

Actions for Academic Council Approval on August 31, 2010

History

Change to History Major

Approved by the history faculty on May 4, 2010

1. Number of units required for the major will be raised from 9 to 10
2. The number of 300-level colloquia required will be raised from 1 to 2
3. The course number for History 100 will be changed to History 199 and its title from “Introduction to Historical Thinking” to “Elements of Historical Thinking”
4. History 120 (United States to 1877) and History 121 (United States since 1877) will be dropped from the curriculum

Modern Literatures & Cultures

Revision to Italian Major:



We propose to eliminate ITAL 498 and ITAL 499 as requirements for the Italian Major. The Italian Major would be comprised of 9 units and 400-level seminars taken on campus would serve as the Italian Major capstone experience.

Music

Course number change:



MUS 221 Music in Film (formerly MUS 121)

1 unit

Prerequisites (if any): None

Theatre

Course title changes only:



THTR 341 Practicum: Costume/Makeup
0.25-1 unit

Prerequisites (if any): None



THTR 342 Practicum: Other

0.25-1 unit

Prerequisites (if any): None

Actions for Academic Council approval on Septermber 7, 2010

English

Substitute requirement for the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Comparative Literature for English Majors:



Effective Term: Spring 2011 or Fall 2011 (as soon as the Registrar’s Office can make the change)
Faculty Coordinator: Terryl Givens

Transition Plan: not necessary, currently no students have chosen this concentration

Change requested: Given the English faculty’s involvement in so many interdisciplinary programs, we cannot offer ENGL 391, “Methods and Themes in Comparative Literature” as often as we need to for students to elect this concentration. So we have created a more flexible way for students to be introduced to methods in comparative literary studies. We are replacing the specific course requirement of "ENGL 391 Methods and Themes in Comparative Literature,” with this requirement:

 "One upper level English or Modern Literatures and Cultures course (approved by the Concentration Coordinator) which focuses on the comparative and/or interdisciplinary study of a particular genre, theme, or historical period."

Interdisciplinary Studies

New course proposal:

IDST 395-396 Independent Study

.25-1 unit

Prerequisites (if any): Permission of the Instructor

Journalism

Change to Journalism Major:



No sign-offs required. This change to the major is a matter of converting one elective to a required course, JOUR 203, Intro to Visual Journalism. NO changes in title or number.

Documents

Academic Council: September 7, 2010 Minutes

Dean Newcomb called the meeting to order at 10:32 a.m.  The minutes of the August 31, 2010 meeting were approved.

General Informational Items

N/A

Consent Agenda

The following proposals were approved without further discussion:

English

Substitute requirement for the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Comparative Literature for English Majors:

Effective Term: Spring 2011 or Fall 2011 (as soon as the Registrar’s Office can make the change)
Faculty Coordinator: Terryl Givens
Transition Plan: not necessary, currently no students have chosen this concentration
Change requested: Given the English faculty’s involvement in so many interdisciplinary programs, we cannot offer ENGL 391, “Methods and Themes in Comparative Literature” as often as we need to for students to elect this concentration. So we have created a more flexible way for students to be introduced to methods in comparative literary studies. We are replacing the specific course requirement of "ENGL 391 Methods and Themes in Comparative Literature,” with this requirement:

"One upper level English or Modern Literatures and Cultures course (approved by the Concentration Coordinator) which focuses on the comparative and/or  interdisciplinary study of a particular genre, theme, or historical period."
Interdisciplinary Studies

New Course Proposal

IDST 395-396 Independent Study
.25-1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): Permission of the Instructor
Journalism

Change to Journalism Major

No sign-offs required.  This change to the major is a matter of converting one elective to a required course, JOUR 203, Intro to Visual Journalism. NO changes in title or number.

Discussion Agenda

Uliana Gabara began the meeting by introducing Joe Hoff, the new Associate Dean of International Education. Joe is also the Fulbright advisor on campus.

Dean Newcomb asked Council about their concerns or questions regarding classroom seating arrangements. It was suggested to instruct students to arrange the room at the beginning of class and do so throughout the semester. The dean encouraged Council to continue to work together to resolve this issue.

Associate dean Kathy Hoke and associate professor Gary Greenfield, both of the Faculty Research Committee (FRC), were available to answer questions regarding the revisions to the FRC guidelines. With regard to the $1,200 allotment for foreign travel, it was suggested that the traveler contact the state department and/or the University’s own Office of International Education for assistance in funding foreign travel. There was some discussion regarding the difference between the summer research stipend and the development fund. Dean Hoke explained that the stipend and development fund are provided as options to allow the faculty some flexibility in the use of the funds but that the stipend versus development fund is a separate issue from the awarding of a summer fellowship. The revised FRC guidelines were unanimously approved by Council.

Dean Newcomb distributed a two-page (double sided) handout which summarizes and details the A&S macro budget. The dean went over each sheet and pointed out some areas of interest. He explained the fluctuations and expected changes within various line items.

There was a brief discussion concerning support for pre and postdocs. The dean agreed that the support issue should be addressed.

The meeting adjourned at 11:47 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Cheryl Burns

Academic Council: September 7, 2010 Agenda

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, September 7, 2010, from 10:30-11:45 in the Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305 (THC 305). Please review the agenda below and the cited materials in advance of the meeting.

The minutes of the August 31, 2010 meeting were approved.

General Informational Items

Consent Agenda

We will use the Consent Agenda to deal with routine business that requires Academic Council action and would not be expected to generate discussion. Any item can be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Discussion Agenda.  All course proposals are on the Arts & Sciences website at http://as.richmond.edu/resources/policies/academic-council.html

English

Substitute requirement for the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Comparative Literature for English Majors:

Effective Term: Spring 2011 or Fall 2011 (as soon as the Registrar’s Office can make the change)
Faculty Coordinator: Terryl Givens
Transition Plan: not necessary, currently no students have chosen this concentration
Change requested: Given the English faculty’s involvement in so many interdisciplinary programs, we cannot offer ENGL 391, “Methods and Themes in Comparative Literature” as often as we need to for students to elect this concentration. So we have created a more flexible way for students to be introduced to methods in comparative literary studies. We are replacing the specific course requirement of "ENGL 391 Methods and Themes in Comparative Literature,” with this requirement:

"One upper level English or Modern Literatures and Cultures course (approved by the Concentration Coordinator) which focuses on the comparative and/or  interdisciplinary study of a particular genre, theme, or historical period."
Interdisciplinary Studies

New Course Proposal

IDST 395-396 Independent Study
.25-1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): Permission of the Instructor
Journalism

Change to Journalism Major

No sign-offs required.  This change to the major is a matter of converting one elective to a required course, JOUR 203, Intro to Visual Journalism. NO changes in title or number.

Discussion Agenda

•     Classroom seating arrangements
•     Faculty Research Committee (FRC) - Kathy Hoke and Gary Greenfield
•     Review of FY10 and FY11 budgets
•     Other business

Documents

Next Meeting

We will hold a special meeting on Thursday, September 16 at 10:30 a.m. (location TBD) with search firm Witt/Kieffer. Our next regularly scheduled meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 10:30 in the Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 331 (THC 331).

Academic Council: August 31, 2010 Minutes

Dean Newcomb called the meeting to order at 10:33 a.m.  The minutes of the April 20, 2010 meeting were approved.

General Informational Items

Dean Newcomb introduced the new department chairs and coordinators.

Witt/Kieffer, the search firm selected to conduct the dean search, will meet with Academic Council on Thursday, September 16 at 10:30 a.m. (location: TBD).

Consent Agenda

The following proposals were approved without further discussion:

Change to History Major

Approved by the history faculty on May 4, 2010

• Number of units required for the major will be raised from 9 to 10
• The number of 300-level colloquia required will be raised from 1 to 2
• The course number for History 100 will be changed to History 199 and its title from “Introduction to Historical Thinking” to “Elements of Historical Thinking”
• History 120 (United States to 1877) and History 121 (United States since 1877) will be dropped from the curriculum

Modern Literatures & Cultures
Revision to Italian Major

We propose to eliminate ITAL 498 and ITAL 499 as requirements for the Italian Major. The Italian Major would be comprised of 9 units and 400-level seminars taken on campus would serve as the Italian Major capstone experience.
Music

Course Number Change

MUS 221 Music in Film (formerly MUS 121)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Theatre

Course title changes only:

THTR 341 Practicum: Costume/Makeup
0.25-1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None

THTR 342 Practicum: Other
0.25-1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None

Discussion Agenda

Dean Newcomb verified with Council the department chairs who are completing their last year of their current term.

The dean requested that the committees keep the dean’s office informed of selection of committee chairs.

It has been requested that the president and provost be informed before invitations go out to prominent speakers or departments/programs who plan to give an award. The president/provost want to be available to coordinate introductions. The dean asked that the departments/programs send the information to him and he will pass it along to the president and provost.

The dean mentioned that scheduling should begin now for FYS and regular courses. The capacity audit shall serve as a guide as to how many and type of courses to offer.

Ashley Patterson, Office of Institutional Effectiveness, presented assessment results for the capstone experience. The presentation will be available on Blackboard by the end of September.

Gil Villanueva and Steve Wilborn spoke about upcoming admissions events and distributed a calendar handout (available upon request). Council provided feedback about past admissions events, in particular, the larger events such as Realize Richmond and the Open House in April. Council’s main concern was early communication about such events. Gil will attend a later Academic Council meeting to further discuss ways to not only improve participant attendance, but also encourage attendance at the events for smaller department programs.

The meeting adjourned at 11:45 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Cheryl Burns

Academic Council: August 31, 2010 Agenda

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, August 31, 2010, from 10:30-11:45 in the Keller Hall Reception Room (KHRR). Please review the agenda below and the cited materials in advance of the meeting.

Approval of Minutes from April 20, 2010 Meeting

Introductions of department chairs and coordinators

General Informational Items

Please read each item below.  We can discuss any item you wish, but my goal is to try to move through this part of the meeting quickly by not having to provide this information orally.

Fall Semester Academic Council meetings
Meetings will be held in Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305, unless otherwise noted.

• Tuesday, September 7
• Thursday, September 16 (with Witt Kieffer search firm for dean’s search; location TBD)
• Tuesday, September 21 (THC 331)
• Tuesday, October 5
• Tuesday, October 19 (to be held in the Keller Hall Reception Room)
• Tuesday, November 2
• Tuesday, November 16
• Tuesday, November 30

Lunchtime Forum Series
Please encourage your faculty to attend the Lunchtime Forum. All current and retired faculty and staff are invited, on the following dates, to pick up a free lunch in the HDC, Richmond Room (lower level) between 11:30 and noon and enjoy refreshment and conversation until the forum presentations begin at noon. The 20-minute presentations, intended to share ongoing research in terms understandable to a broad audience, will be followed by a half-hour of discussion, ending promptly at 1:00. This year’s schedule:

• Wednesday, October 13: Elizabeth Schlatt (Museums), “Iceland, Curators, and Icelandic Curators”
• Wednesday, November 10: Robert Hodierne (Journalism), “Combat Outpost: Afghanistan, a documentary film”
• Tuesday, February 8: Jeni Burnette (Psychology), “Mindsets Matter: A Social Cognitive Approach to Dieting Motivation”
• Tuesday, March 15: Joanne Kong (Music), “Franz Liszt (1811-1886): 19th-Century Pianism and the Romantic Ideal”
• Tuesday, April 5: Rick Mayes (Political Science), “Candyland and the Growing Pediatric Obesity Epidemic in the U.S.” (To be held in Alice Haynes Room in the Commons)

Jewish Holidays

Please remind your faculty to be sensitive to the Jewish Holidays our students may be observing in September (Rosh Hashanah on September 9 and 10 and Yom Kippur on September 18). As you will recall, Jewish holidays are observed from sundown to sundown.
 

A&S Undergraduate Student Symposium
Please encourage your faculty and students to participate in the Student Symposium on April 15, 2011.
 

Department Chairs and Divisional Alignment

	Tripartite	Quadripartite
Art & Art History	I	III	Tanja Softic
Biology	III	II	Malcolm Hill*
Chemistry	III	II	Lisa Gentile
Classical Studies	I	IV	Dean Simpson
Education	II	I	Tricia Stohr-Hunt
English	I	IV	Suzanne Jones*
History	II	III	Hugh West*
Journalism	II	IV	Mike Spear*
LAIS	I	IV	Sharon Feldman*
M&CS	III	II	Lewis Barnett
MLC	I	IV	Yvonne Howell
Music	I	III	Jeffery Riehl (Fall 2010)/Gene Anderson (Spring 2011)
Philosophy	II	III	Nancy Schauber*
Physics	III	II	Ted Bunn (2010-2011)
Political Science	II	I	Vincent Wang*
Psychology	III	I	Jane Berry
Religion	II	III	Jane Geaney
R&CS	II	III	Mari Lee Mifsud
Sociology & Anthropology	II	I	Carol Wharton
Theatre & Dance	I	III	Dorothy Holland

* Due for chair review and election

Tripartite Divisions:

Division I - Arts/Languages and Literatures (Art & Art History, Classical Studies, English, Latin American & Iberian Studies, Modern Literatures & Cultures, Music, Theatre & Dance);
Division II - Humanities and Social Sciences (Education, Geography, History, Journalism, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Rhetoric & Communication Studies, Sociology & Anthropology);
Division III - Mathematics/Computer Science, Natural and Psychological Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Math & Computer Science, Physics, and Psychology)

Quadripartite Divisions:

Division I - Social Sciences (Education, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology & Anthropology);
Division II - Math and Natural Sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Math & Computer Science, Physics);
Division III - Humanities, Fine Arts (Art & Art History, History, Music, Philosophy, Religion, Rhetoric & Communication Studies, Theatre & Dance);
Division IV - Languages & Literatures (Classical Studies, English, Journalism, Latin American & Iberian Studies, Modern Literatures & Cultures)
 

Interdisciplinary Program Coordinators

American Studies	Doug Winiarski (Fall 2010)/Bert Ashe (Spring 2011)
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Krista Stenger & Jon Dattelbaum
Criminal Justice	Joan Neff
Environmental Studies	Chris Stevenson
Interdisciplinary Studies	Scott Davis
International Studies	John Gordon
Philosophy, Politics, Economics, & Law (PPEL)	David Lefkowitz
Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (WGSS)	Lucretia McCulley
Film Studies	Abigail Cheever

Dean’s Advisory Council

John Gupton - Planning and Priorities Division II (11)
Sharon Feldman - Academic Council Division I (12)
Scott Davis - Academic Council Interdisciplinary Programs (12)
Dorothy Holland - Planning and Priorities Division III (13)
Libby Gruner - Planning and Priorities Division IV (13)
Nancy Schauber - Academic Council Division II (13)
Malcolm Hill - Academic Council Division II (13)
Dan Palazzolo - Planning and Priorities Division I (13)

Consent Agenda

Again this year we will use the Consent Agenda to deal with routine business that requires Academic Council action and would not be expected to generate discussion. Any item can be moved from the Consent Agenda to the Discussion Agenda.

Change to History Major

Approved by the history faculty on May 4, 2010

• Number of units required for the major will be raised from 9 to 10
• The number of 300-level colloquia required will be raised from 1 to 2
• The course number for History 100 will be changed to History 199 and its title from “Introduction to Historical Thinking” to “Elements of Historical Thinking”
• History 120 (United States to 1877) and History 121 (United States since 1877) will be dropped from the curriculum

Modern Literatures & Cultures
Revision to Italian Major

We propose to eliminate ITAL 498 and ITAL 499 as requirements for the Italian Major. The Italian Major would be comprised of 9 units and 400-level seminars taken on campus would serve as the Italian Major capstone experience.
Music

Course Number Change

MUS 221 Music in Film (formerly MUS 121)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Theatre

Course Title Changes

THTR 341 Practicum: Costume/Makeup
0.25-1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None

THTR 342 Practicum: Other
0.25-1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
 

Discussion Agenda

• Updating committee charges http://as.richmond.edu/resources/policies/committees.html
• Chair & program coordinator reviews and elections
• Awards and invitations to prominent speakers
• Capstone experience: Assessment results presentation (Ashley Patterson)
• Admission events (Gill Villanueva)
• Other business

Next Meeting

We will meet on Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 10:30 in the Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305 (THC 305).