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
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
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
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