Our next faculty meeting will be held this coming Thursday, April 21, starting at 4:00 p.m. in the Gottwald Science Center Auditorium (A001).
Our agenda will be:
This is the final A&S Faculty Meeting of the 2010-2011 academic year.
Actions for Academic Council approval on April 5, 2011
English
Proposed revisions to creative writing minor:
The coordinators of the Creative Writing Program propose two changes in requirements for the Creative Writing minor. They want to drop the required creative writing seminar and one of the literature courses since literature is taught in all of the creative writing workshops. But six courses will still be required for the minor.
Film Studies
FMST 203 With Images and Sound: Introduction to the Language of Film
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Religion
New course proposal:
RELG 281 Islam: Muhammad to the Modern Age
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Revised course proposals (title and/or catalog changes only):
RELG 241 Introduction to New Testament (formerly Introduction to Early Christian Era)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RELG 242 Jesus in History and Tradition (formerly Jesus and Christian Origins)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RELG 243 Ancient Mediterranean Religions (formerly The World of the New Testament)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RELG 247 Women in Early Christianity (formerly Women and Christianity: Origins through Middle Ages)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RELG 340 Lost Christianities (formerly Varieties of Early Christianity)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Actions pending Academic Council approval on April 19, 2011
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.
Documents
Our agenda will be:
- Approval of minutes from our March 22, 2011 meeting. (please see below)Approval of Academic Council actions shown below
- Honoring Ray Dominey and Mike Davison for 25 years of service
- Honoring four retiring faculty members: Gary Greenfield, Steve Nash, and Gary Shapiro
- Motion to approve awarding of degrees
- Election of A&S committee nominees (see attached)
- Proposed revisions to the A&S T&P process (see attached)
- Other Business
This is the final A&S Faculty Meeting of the 2010-2011 academic year.
Actions for Academic Council approval on April 5, 2011
English
Proposed revisions to creative writing minor:
The coordinators of the Creative Writing Program propose two changes in requirements for the Creative Writing minor. They want to drop the required creative writing seminar and one of the literature courses since literature is taught in all of the creative writing workshops. But six courses will still be required for the minor.
Film Studies
FMST 203 With Images and Sound: Introduction to the Language of Film
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Religion
New course proposal:
RELG 281 Islam: Muhammad to the Modern Age
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Revised course proposals (title and/or catalog changes only):
RELG 241 Introduction to New Testament (formerly Introduction to Early Christian Era)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RELG 242 Jesus in History and Tradition (formerly Jesus and Christian Origins)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RELG 243 Ancient Mediterranean Religions (formerly The World of the New Testament)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RELG 247 Women in Early Christianity (formerly Women and Christianity: Origins through Middle Ages)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RELG 340 Lost Christianities (formerly Varieties of Early Christianity)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Actions pending Academic Council approval on April 19, 2011
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.
Documents
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