From: suzanne austin alchon [mailto:salchon@UDel.Edu]

Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:32 PM

To: Koford, Ken

Cc: lgrif@UDel.Edu

Subject: Re: Art program problems

Ken,

I agree that all this is confusing; so let me try and clarify what we

are proposing: the main concern of the faculty is to eliminate the

requirement of Art 315 and to add this course to the pool of electives

from which our majors can choose. Thus, the changes to which you refer

come out of that impetus.

1. Regarding the BFA-we propose eliminating Art 315 as a requirement

and in its place requiring an extra Art History course, thus increasing

the number of credits in Art History from 9 to 12. We are also

proposing increasing the number of elective credits in art courses from

9 to 12. In order to do that we reduced the number of Group A

requirements from 9 to 6. The Arts and Science College Senate Committee

asked the same question that you have regarding our ability to change a

college requirement and upon checking with the A&S Dean's Office, we

discovered that if this was the BA program, we could not make this

change; but since we are dealing with the BFA program, we can. The end

result is that the total number of course credits in the major remains

the same.

2. Regarding the BA, we propose eliminating Art 315 as a requirement

and in its place requiring an extra Art History course. Thus the

requirement in Art History goes from 9 to 12 credits. We are also

proposing the addition, not the elimination, of 3 more credits of art

electives, from 9 to 12 credits. This results in a net gain of 3

credits for the BA.

3. I will contact Ann Gibson and ask her to send me a letter stating

that the Department of Art History can accomodate the additional

students.

Best Regards,

Suzanne