Secretary to the Faculty
Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts 01063
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Faculty Action Sheet
At the eighth regular meeting of the 2011-2012 academic year on April 25, 2012 (Conference Room,
Alumnae House), the following actions were taken by the Smith College faculty:
I. The faculty voted to approve the March 28, 2012 meeting minutes.
II. The following items were recommended by the Committee on Academic Priorities and approved
by the faculty
A. Curricular items as listed on the CAP document
1. New Courses as Permanent Offerings
ARH 222 The Art of China
ARH 257 Gender, Sexuality, and the Built Environment
CLS 150 Roots: Greek and Latin Elements in English
ENG 286 Austen, Swift, Shakespeare: Critical Approaches to Canonical Literature
ENG 311 Seminar: Reimagining Classics for Children
HST 234 (C) Global Africa
HST 257 Early African History to 1800
HST 258 History of Modern Africa since 1800
REL 206 Heaven, Hell and Other Worlds: The Afterlife in World Religions
SOC 253 Sociology of Sexuality: Institutions, Identities, and Cultures
2. New Topics as Permanent Offerings
ARH 280 Film and Art History (C)
Swords & S(c)andals: Ancient Rome in Film
HST 259 (C) Aspects of African History
Women in Colonial Histories
SPN 246 Topics in Latin American Literature
Latin America Online: Culture and Identity in the Digital Age
3. Curricular Changes
Requests from Art
Add ARS 172 as a pre-requisite to ARS 264, ARS 272, and ARS 282
Changes to the Studio Art major and minor (effective 2012-13)
Changes to the Architecture major and minor (effective 2012-13)
Requests from Dance
Proposal for Reconfiguration of Requirements and Credits for the MFA
(effective 2012-13)
Reduction of credits from 5 to 4 for DAN 540 and DAN 260
Enrollment limit request for DAN 267 from 15 to 12 due to transportation
Converting DAN 267 from an experimental to a permanent offering
Conversion of CLT 266 South African Literature and Film to a topics course entitled
CLT 266 Studies in South African Literature and Film
Dual prefix: ARH 280 Film and Art History (C) to ARH 280/FLS 255 Film and Art
History (C)
Enrollment limit of 25 for MTH 247 Statistics: Introduction to Regression Analysis
(computer lab restrictions)
One-credit laboratory component added to SOC 214 Sociology of Hispanic Caribbean
Communities
III. The faculty voted to approve changes to sections I-IV of the Policy of Appointment,
Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure as proposed by the Committee on Tenure and Promotion.
Respectfully submitted,
Elizabeth R. Jamieson
Secretary of the Faculty
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