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

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