Our next meeting will be Tuesday, February 15, 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 February 1, 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.
Proposed program revisions for Art History and Studio Art
New course proposals
ART 465 Thesis Research Seminar
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ART 365
ARTS 351 Contemporary Theory & Practice for Artists
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ARTS 105, ARTS 106, and ART 121 or ART 122
Revised course proposals (course title changes)
ARTS 103 3-D Design (formerly Sculpture I)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
ARTS 106 Foundation Space and Time: Sculpture and Video (formerly Foundation Space and Time)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
ARTS 288 Sound, Video, and Animation (formerly Time-Based Media)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ARTS 104 or ARTS 106
Biology
New course proposals
BIOL 324 Molecular Virology
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): BIOL 201 (Genetics) and BIOL 205 (Cell Biology) required, BIOL/CHEM 326 (Biochemistry) recommended
BIOL 331 Molecular Ecology
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): BIOL 207 (Ecology) or BIOL 225 (Evolution) required, addition of BIOL 201 preferred
Proposed change to Economics Arts & Sciences (ECNA) major
New course proposals
ECON 201 Games and Experiments in Economics
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ECON 101 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 233 Ethics and Economics
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ECON 101 Principles of Microeconomics
English
New course proposal
ENGL 343 Modernisms
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ENGL 297 or 298 with a grade of C or better
Environmental Studies
Proposed program revisions in Environmental Studies
Added courses in Marine Biology (BIOL 111), Molecular Ecology (BIOL 331, up for approval), Geography of the James (ENVR/GEOG 215, up for approval), Ecotourism (ENVR/GEOG 210, up for approval), Landscape Ecology (ENVR/GEOG 315), Environmental Gradients (ENVR/GEOG 350), Independent Study (ENVR 390).
Allow BIOL 111 to satisfy the “Environmental Life Science” requirement of the ES major/minor
Allow students to take both CHEM 110 (“Pollutants in the Environment”) and CHEM 316 (“Environmental Chemistry”) for credit towards the major/minor.
Allow the experiential learning requirement to count as elective credit towards the major.
Eliminated the following courses from the major: PLSC 373 (“Methods for Public Policy Research”), ENGL 233 (“Contemporary Native American Lit”), JOUR 304 (“Reporting on the Environment”).
New course proposal
ENVR 390 Independent Studies
0.5 – 1 unit (variable)
Prerequisites (if any): None
Proposal for film studies minor
New course proposal
FMST 202 Introduction to Film Production
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Proposed program revisions in Geography
Added two courses (currently up for approval)
Clarified language about the experiential learning requirement (not an actual change in the requirement)
Eliminated the language about allowing outside courses
New course proposals
GEOG 215 Geography of the James River Watershed
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
GEOG 220 Ecotourism
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Modern Literatures & Cultures
New course proposals
ARAB 203-204 Intermediate Arabic Conversation
.5 units
Prerequisites (if any): Must be taken together with or after completion of ARAB 201 and/or 202
ARAB 303-304 Advanced Arabic Conversation
.5 units
Prerequisites (if any): Must be taken together with or after completion of ARAB 301 and/or 302
ITAL 311 Italian Culture and Society
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ITAL 221
JAPN 311-312 Japanese in Cultural Context
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): JAPN 202 or permission of instructor
MLC 114-115 Self-Directed Language Learning V-VI
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): MLC 113
MLC 210 Women, Virtue, and Temptation in Literature
1 unit
Prerequisite (if any): None
MLC 346 Insiders and Outsiders: Arabic Encounters with the West
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
MLC 352 Language, Race, and Ethnicity
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RUSN 103-104 Elementary Russian Conversation
.5 units
Prerequisites (if any): Must be taken together with RUSN 101-102
RUSN 203-204 Intermediate Russian Conversation
.5 units
Prerequisites (if any): Must be taken together with RUSN 201-202
Political Science
New cross-listed course proposals
PLSC 353/International Studies (IS) 353 International Security
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): PLSC 250 or MSCL 205 or permission of instructor
PLSC 359/International Studies (IS) 359 Global Governance
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): PLSC 250 or permission of instructor
New course proposal
PLSC 366 Poverty and Political Voice
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): PLSC 220 or 260; SOC 101; or permission of instructor
Revised course proposals (change in title/description):
PLSC 311 Classical Political Thought
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
PLSC 355 International Relations of the Middle East (formerly Middle East Security)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): PLSC 250
PLSC 358 The U.S. and Asia’s Great Powers
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Proposed changes to RHCS major/minor
New course proposals
RHCS 103 Rhetorical Theory
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RHCS 104 Interpreting Rhetorical Texts
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RHCS 105 Media, Culture, and Identity
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RHCS 200 Public Speaking
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Course deactivation (informational item):
RHCS has deactivated RHCS 386. We did this last year as a way of consolidating our course numbers for independent studies in our major. Formerly, we had RHCS 386 Independent Studies in Rhetoric and RHCS 387 Independent Studies in Communication Studies. We now have only RHCS 387 Independent Studies in Rhetoric and Communication Studies.
Sociology & Anthropology
New course proposals
ANTH 302 Medicine and Health from a Global/Anthropological Perspective
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ANTH 101; SOC 101; IS 290; MH minor prerequisites waived.
ANTH 329 Anthropology of Race
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ANTH 101; SOC 101; IS 290
ANTH 335 Law and Order: The Anthropology of Justice
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ANTH 101; SOC 101; IS 290; LDST 102
Revised course proposals
SOC 233 Understanding Globalization
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): SOC 101
SOC 330 Science, Technology, & Society
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): SOC 101 and SOC 211 or 221
Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
New course proposal
WGSS 279 Selected Topics
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Discussion Agenda
Next Meeting
We will meet on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. in Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305 (THC 305).
Approval of minutes from the February 1, 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.
Proposed program revisions for Art History and Studio Art
New course proposals
ART 465 Thesis Research Seminar
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ART 365
ARTS 351 Contemporary Theory & Practice for Artists
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ARTS 105, ARTS 106, and ART 121 or ART 122
Revised course proposals (course title changes)
ARTS 103 3-D Design (formerly Sculpture I)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
ARTS 106 Foundation Space and Time: Sculpture and Video (formerly Foundation Space and Time)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
ARTS 288 Sound, Video, and Animation (formerly Time-Based Media)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ARTS 104 or ARTS 106
Biology
New course proposals
BIOL 324 Molecular Virology
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): BIOL 201 (Genetics) and BIOL 205 (Cell Biology) required, BIOL/CHEM 326 (Biochemistry) recommended
BIOL 331 Molecular Ecology
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): BIOL 207 (Ecology) or BIOL 225 (Evolution) required, addition of BIOL 201 preferred
Proposed change to Economics Arts & Sciences (ECNA) major
New course proposals
ECON 201 Games and Experiments in Economics
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ECON 101 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 233 Ethics and Economics
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ECON 101 Principles of Microeconomics
English
New course proposal
ENGL 343 Modernisms
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ENGL 297 or 298 with a grade of C or better
Environmental Studies
Proposed program revisions in Environmental Studies
Added courses in Marine Biology (BIOL 111), Molecular Ecology (BIOL 331, up for approval), Geography of the James (ENVR/GEOG 215, up for approval), Ecotourism (ENVR/GEOG 210, up for approval), Landscape Ecology (ENVR/GEOG 315), Environmental Gradients (ENVR/GEOG 350), Independent Study (ENVR 390).
Allow BIOL 111 to satisfy the “Environmental Life Science” requirement of the ES major/minor
Allow students to take both CHEM 110 (“Pollutants in the Environment”) and CHEM 316 (“Environmental Chemistry”) for credit towards the major/minor.
Allow the experiential learning requirement to count as elective credit towards the major.
Eliminated the following courses from the major: PLSC 373 (“Methods for Public Policy Research”), ENGL 233 (“Contemporary Native American Lit”), JOUR 304 (“Reporting on the Environment”).
New course proposal
ENVR 390 Independent Studies
0.5 – 1 unit (variable)
Prerequisites (if any): None
Proposal for film studies minor
New course proposal
FMST 202 Introduction to Film Production
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Proposed program revisions in Geography
Added two courses (currently up for approval)
Clarified language about the experiential learning requirement (not an actual change in the requirement)
Eliminated the language about allowing outside courses
New course proposals
GEOG 215 Geography of the James River Watershed
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
GEOG 220 Ecotourism
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Modern Literatures & Cultures
New course proposals
ARAB 203-204 Intermediate Arabic Conversation
.5 units
Prerequisites (if any): Must be taken together with or after completion of ARAB 201 and/or 202
ARAB 303-304 Advanced Arabic Conversation
.5 units
Prerequisites (if any): Must be taken together with or after completion of ARAB 301 and/or 302
ITAL 311 Italian Culture and Society
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ITAL 221
JAPN 311-312 Japanese in Cultural Context
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): JAPN 202 or permission of instructor
MLC 114-115 Self-Directed Language Learning V-VI
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): MLC 113
MLC 210 Women, Virtue, and Temptation in Literature
1 unit
Prerequisite (if any): None
MLC 346 Insiders and Outsiders: Arabic Encounters with the West
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
MLC 352 Language, Race, and Ethnicity
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RUSN 103-104 Elementary Russian Conversation
.5 units
Prerequisites (if any): Must be taken together with RUSN 101-102
RUSN 203-204 Intermediate Russian Conversation
.5 units
Prerequisites (if any): Must be taken together with RUSN 201-202
Political Science
New cross-listed course proposals
PLSC 353/International Studies (IS) 353 International Security
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): PLSC 250 or MSCL 205 or permission of instructor
PLSC 359/International Studies (IS) 359 Global Governance
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): PLSC 250 or permission of instructor
New course proposal
PLSC 366 Poverty and Political Voice
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): PLSC 220 or 260; SOC 101; or permission of instructor
Revised course proposals (change in title/description):
PLSC 311 Classical Political Thought
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
PLSC 355 International Relations of the Middle East (formerly Middle East Security)
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): PLSC 250
PLSC 358 The U.S. and Asia’s Great Powers
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Proposed changes to RHCS major/minor
New course proposals
RHCS 103 Rhetorical Theory
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RHCS 104 Interpreting Rhetorical Texts
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RHCS 105 Media, Culture, and Identity
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
RHCS 200 Public Speaking
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Course deactivation (informational item):
RHCS has deactivated RHCS 386. We did this last year as a way of consolidating our course numbers for independent studies in our major. Formerly, we had RHCS 386 Independent Studies in Rhetoric and RHCS 387 Independent Studies in Communication Studies. We now have only RHCS 387 Independent Studies in Rhetoric and Communication Studies.
Sociology & Anthropology
New course proposals
ANTH 302 Medicine and Health from a Global/Anthropological Perspective
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ANTH 101; SOC 101; IS 290; MH minor prerequisites waived.
ANTH 329 Anthropology of Race
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ANTH 101; SOC 101; IS 290
ANTH 335 Law and Order: The Anthropology of Justice
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): ANTH 101; SOC 101; IS 290; LDST 102
Revised course proposals
SOC 233 Understanding Globalization
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): SOC 101
SOC 330 Science, Technology, & Society
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): SOC 101 and SOC 211 or 221
Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
New course proposal
WGSS 279 Selected Topics
1 unit
Prerequisites (if any): None
Discussion Agenda
- Departmental participation in the academic sessions (Snapshots) for Experience Richmond (open house for admitted students) on Saturday, April 16, 2011. (Assistant Vice President & Dean of Admission Gil Villanueva, Sr. Associate Director of Admission Steve Wilborn, and Sr. Assistant Director of Admission Dolores MacNeilly)
- Potential changes to first-year student registration policies and procedures (Associate Dean Scott Johnson & University Registrar Susan Breeden)
- Specialty advising alternatives (Associate Dean Scott Johnson)
- American University Washington Semester program – request for approval for visiting away (see attached)
- Revision to residency requirement (see attached)
- NEH and Tucker-Boatwright rotation
- FY12 budget update
- Department and Program “white papers” for new dean
- Other business
Documents
Next Meeting
We will meet on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. in Tyler Haynes Commons, Room 305 (THC 305).
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