Secretary to the Faculty
Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts 01063
T (413) 585-3000 F(413) 585-3070
Faculty Action Sheet
At the seventh regular meeting of the 2012-2013 academic year on April 3, 2013 (Conference Room,
Alumnae House), the following actions were taken by the Smith College faculty:
I. The faculty voted to approve the February 20, 2013 meeting minutes.
II. The following items were recommended by the Committee on Academic Priorities and approved
by the faculty:
A. Changes to the Faculty Code, Sections 75 (c) and 76 (a), regarding Minors
B. New Courses as Permanent Offerings
1.
ARA 390 Media Arabic
2.
PSY 240 Health Promotion
3.
SAX 380 Integrating Capstone Seminar for South Asia Concentrators
C. New Courses and Their Topics as Permanent Offerings
1.
JUD 201 Readings in Modern Hebrew Language
a. Topic: Everyday Hebrew
b. Topic: Hebrew Literary and Journalistic Texts
2.
ECO 324 Seminar: Economics of the Environment and Natural Resources
a. Topic: Economics of Water Resources
3.
FRN 282 Topics in 19th- and 20th-Century French Studies
a. Topic: What’s Right? What’s Wrong? Stories about Moral Dilemmas
4.
JUD 235 Perspectives on Israeli History
D. New Topic as Permanent Offering
5.
AAS 202 Topics in Black Culture
a. Topic: Race and Love
E. Additional Curricular Items
6.
Requests from Jewish Studies to modify major and minor requirements
7.
Requests from Psychology
a. Changes in course numbers and levels
b. Changes in prerequisites
c. Changes to the major requirements
d. Changes to the minor requirements
8.
Requests from Engineering
a. Increase in credits from 4 to 5 for EGR 220 Circuit Theory (lab-based core course)
b. Increase in credits from 4 to 5 for EGR 270 Engineering Mechanics (lab-based core
course)
c. Increase in credits from 4 to 5 for EGR 374 Fluid Mechanics (lab-based core course
d. Changes to the major requirements for the B.A.
e. Changes to the major requirements for the B.S.
9.
Convert the following courses from experimental to permanent offerings:
a. ENV 100 Environment and Sustainability: Notes from the Field (1 credit)
b. ENV 101 Environmental Integration I: Perspectives (4 credits)
c. ENV 201/202 Environmental Integration II: Collecting and Analyzing
Information and Lab (4 and 1 credits, respectively)
d. ENV 311 Environmental Integration III: Interpreting and Communication
Information (4 and 1 credits, respectively)
e. ENV 312 Environmental Integration IV: Sustainable Solutions (4 credits)
F. New Concentration
a. Women’s Educational Concentration (WEX)
Respectfully submitted,
Maryjane Wraga
Secretary of the Faculty
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