Thursday, September 16, 2010

Faculty Meetings: September 16, 2010 Agenda

Our next faculty meeting will be held this coming Thursday, September 16, starting at 4:00 p.m. in the Brown Alley Room in Weinstein Hall.



Our agenda will be:
  1. Approval of minutes from our April 26, 2010 meeting. (please see below)
  2. Approval of Academic Council actions shown below and available in detail at http://as.richmond.edu/resources/policies/academic-council.htm
  3. Acknowledgement of those A&S faculty who have completed 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, and 10 years of service to our community.
  4. Great Colleges Survey Results Presentation
  5. Other Business
Actions for Academic Council Approval on August 31, 2010

History

Change to History Major

Approved by the history faculty on May 4, 2010
  1. Number of units required for the major will be raised from 9 to 10
  2. The number of 300-level colloquia required will be raised from 1 to 2
  3. 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”
  4. 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

Actions for Academic Council approval on Septermber 7, 2010

English

Substitute requirement for the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Comparative Literature for English Majors:


Effective Term: Spring 2011 or Fall 2011 (as soon as the Registrar’s Office can make the change)
Faculty Coordinator: Terryl Givens

Transition Plan: not necessary, currently no students have chosen this concentration

Change requested: Given the English faculty’s involvement in so many interdisciplinary programs, we cannot offer ENGL 391, “Methods and Themes in Comparative Literature” as often as we need to for students to elect this concentration. So we have created a more flexible way for students to be introduced to methods in comparative literary studies. We are replacing the specific course requirement of "ENGL 391 Methods and Themes in Comparative Literature,” with this requirement:

 "One upper level English or Modern Literatures and Cultures course (approved by the Concentration Coordinator) which focuses on the comparative and/or interdisciplinary study of a particular genre, theme, or historical period."

Interdisciplinary Studies

New course proposal:

IDST 395-396 Independent Study

.25-1 unit

Prerequisites (if any): Permission of the Instructor

Journalism

Change to Journalism Major:



No sign-offs required. This change to the major is a matter of converting one elective to a required course, JOUR 203, Intro to Visual Journalism. NO changes in title or number.

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