ACADEMIC PROGRAM APPROVAL

 

                                                                                             CHECKLIST

 

This form is a routing document for the approval of new and revised academic programs.  Page 2 will serve as an attachment to the Faculty Senate agenda.  Proposing department should complete form, attach as a cover page and forward to the college dean. Documentation should include copy of curriculum as it is to appear in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog.  Proposals must arrive to the Undergraduate/Graduate Committee by November in order to reach the Faculty Senate by March 1.   Proposals received after this date cannot be implemented the following year nor included in the catalog for that year.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              

1.        Proposed change leads to the degree of

 

(  ) Bachelor of Arts                                (  ) Master of Arts                  (  ) Doctor of Philosophy      

 

(  ) Bachelor of Science           (  ) Master of Science              ( x ) Other  Minor – Ancient Greek and Roman Studies

 

2.   (  ) New major/curriculum                                                                                                                                                                                                               Title to be entered in record of students who select this program

 

       (  ) New minor                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Title to be entered in record of students who select this program

 

       (  ) Change from provisional to permanent status.

 

 

3.   (  ) Revision of existing:         (  ) major                            ( x ) minor                                               (  ) concentration

 

Present title           Classics                                                                                                                                                               

Records System Program Code                                                                                                                                           

 

( x ) Add/delete required courses/credit hours

 

                (  ) Add concentration                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Title

(  ) Delete concentration                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Title

 

4.  (  ) Deletion of existing/disestablish:    (  ) major               (  ) minor                 ( ) Other _______________________________

 

                 Title                                                                                                                              Code______________________                                               

 

5.  (  )  Policy Change____________________________________________________________________________________

                                                Title/Department

 

ROUTING AND APPROVALS: (Please do not remove supporting documentation.)

 

Department Chairperson        John Hurt                                                                                                Date        5. 29.03                  

 

Dean of College                                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Chairperson, Senate Com. On UG or GR Studies                                                                  Date                                       

 

Chairperson, Senate Coordinating Com.                                                                 Date                                       

 

Secretary, Faculty Senate                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Date of Senate Resolution                                                                                                      Date to be Effective               

 

Registrar                                                                  Program Code                                         Date                                       

 

Vice Provost for Academic Programs & Planning                                                                  Date                                       

 

Provost                                                                                                                                   Date                                       

 

Board of Trustee Notification                                                                                                                Date                                       

 

 


a.  Rationale for creation, revision, or  deletion:

 

 

Proposal for redesign of the “Classics Minor”

 

 

In 2002, the “Classics” faculty succeeded in reshaping the old Classics major/s. The result of this effort is the Ancient Greek and Roman Studies concentration within the Foreign Languages and Literatures Major. The new curriculum is more succinct, interdisciplinary, and flexible than the Classics major. Students have three options within the new concentration: Culture and Civilization, Ancient Greek and Latin Language and Literature, and Latin Language and Literature. All three options are built on a linguistic core; that is, students in all options must complete the equivalent of the University’s language requirement in either Greek or Latin (2 years). Also common to all concentrations is the requirement to enroll in 3 FLLT courses focusing on Greece and/or Rome. Beyond this, there is great latitude for students to create their own curriculum, and they may choose electives from Anth, Arth, Hist, Phil, Thea, Posc, Latn, Grek, and Fllt offerings (within certain parameters, of course). This new major concentration has already proven to be very popular. I currently have 15 new majors, all of them since the major start date of Sept. 2002.

 

The climate is right for a revision of the Classics Minor at this stage. This minor is simply too linguistically rigorous, more so than the new major, to make for a feasible minor. Currently students must take 12 credits of Greek or Latin at the 200 level or above. In addition to this, students must take 6 credits of FLLT courses, with at least one at or above the 300 level. The minor should more closely match the spirit and form of the AGRS major. It should be more flexible and more interdisciplinary, for an education in the “Classics” necessarily entails the study of culture and civilization. We can only approach an understanding  of classical literature if we have a firm command of that literature’s socio-political milieu.

 

 

The existing Classics minor is structured as follows:

 

18 Credits including 12 credits in Latin and/or Greek at or above the 200 level and 6 credits in FLLT courses, with one course at or above the 300 level..

 

 

 

b.        Summary of program:

 

 

The following is a proposed revision of the minor.

 

Ancient Greek and Roman Studies Minor

 

2 courses in Greek or Latin at the 200 level or above                 6 credits

 

2 FLLT courses focusing on the literature and/or culture of ancient Greece and Rome (e.g.  FLLT 316 “Gods, Heroes, and Monsters : Classical Mythology; 330 “Roman Rulers and Rebels”; 322 “In Love and War: Greek Tragedy”; 202 “Biblical and Classical Literature”; 320 “Society and Spectacle in Ancient Greece and Rome”; 322 “Antiquity through Modern Eyes”; 322 “Greek Comedy”), at least one of which must be at the 300 level.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      6 credits

 

2 elective courses from related disciplines (at the 200 level or above) reflecting the students’ particular interests in the classical world (Anth, Arth, Fllt, Grek, Hist, Latn, Phil, Posc, Thea), at least one of which must be at or above the 300 level.                                                                                                    6 credits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

AUTHORIZED DEGREE TITLES

Please check the appropriate degree:

 

(   )          Bachelor of Applied Science

(   )          Bachelor of Arts

(   )          Bachelor of Arts in Educational Studies

(   )          Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies

(   )          Bachelor of Chemical Engineering

(   )          Bachelor of Civil Engineering

(   )          Bachelor of Computer Engineering

(   )          Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

(   )          Bachelor of Environmental Engineering

(   )          Bachelor of Fine Arts

(   )          Bachelor of Liberal Studies

(   )          Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering

(   )          Bachelor of Music

(   )          Bachelor of Science

(   )          Bachelor of Science in Accounting

(   )          Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

(   )          Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

(   )          Bachelor of Science in Education

(   )          Bachelor of Science in Nursing

(   )          Master  of Applied Sciences

(   )          Master of Arts

(   )          Master of Arts in Liberal Studies

(   )          Master of Business Administration

(   )          Master of Chemical Engineering

(   )          Master of Civil Engineering

(   )          Master of Education

(   )          Master of Electrical Engineering

(   )          Master of Environmental and Energy Policy

(   )          Master of Fine Arts

(   )          Master of Instruction

(   )          Master of Marine Policy

(   )          Master of Materials Science and Engineering

(   )          Master of Mechanical Engineering

(   )          Master of Music

(   )          Master of Physical Therapy

(   )          Master of Public Administration

(   )          Master of Science

(   )          Master of Science  in Nursing

(   )          Doctor of Education

(   )          Doctor of Philosophy

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                              

This document will be retained permanently in the Faculty Senate Office.

 

Revised 04/23/01