Our next meeting will be Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 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 April 5, 2011 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. All course proposals are on the Arts & Sciences website at http://as.richmond.edu/resources/policies/academic-council.html
Music
New course proposal:
MSEN 204 Little Big Band (see justification)
0.5 units
Prerequisites (if any): Permission of instructor
Religion
Proposal for department name change (Department of Religious Studies):
Rationale: The Department of Religion has voted to change its name to the Department of Religious Studies. The rationale for this decision is that the term “religion” is often interpreted to involve faith commitments to the subject matter, as opposed to more academic approaches that are detached from any particular religious tradition. The change is intended to align our department with a trend in nomenclature that differentiates departments located in secular institutions of higher education from those of institutions that retain a strong denominational heritage. In addition, the use of “studies” emphasizes the diverse interdisciplinary nature of the department’s course offerings, which interpret religious phenomena through methods borrowed from a variety of fields including history, philosophy of religion, literary theory, queer theory, material culture studies, psychology, and sociology.
Discussion Agenda
Approval of minutes from the April 5, 2011 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. All course proposals are on the Arts & Sciences website at http://as.richmond.edu/resources/policies/academic-council.html
Music
New course proposal:
MSEN 204 Little Big Band (see justification)
0.5 units
Prerequisites (if any): Permission of instructor
Religion
Proposal for department name change (Department of Religious Studies):
Rationale: The Department of Religion has voted to change its name to the Department of Religious Studies. The rationale for this decision is that the term “religion” is often interpreted to involve faith commitments to the subject matter, as opposed to more academic approaches that are detached from any particular religious tradition. The change is intended to align our department with a trend in nomenclature that differentiates departments located in secular institutions of higher education from those of institutions that retain a strong denominational heritage. In addition, the use of “studies” emphasizes the diverse interdisciplinary nature of the department’s course offerings, which interpret religious phenomena through methods borrowed from a variety of fields including history, philosophy of religion, literary theory, queer theory, material culture studies, psychology, and sociology.
Discussion Agenda
- SEIs for Spring
- Staff performance reviews
- 17.5 single subject rule (Suzanne Jones)
- Other business
Documents
Next Meeting
This is the final Academic Council meeting of the 2010-2011 academic year.
Next Meeting
This is the final Academic Council meeting of the 2010-2011 academic year.
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