Secretary to the Faculty
Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts 01063
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Faculty Action Sheet
At the second regular meeting of the 2014-2015 academic year on October 22, 2014 (Conference
Room, Alumnae House), the following actions were taken by the Smith College faculty:
I.
The faculty voted to approve the September 10, 2014 meeting minutes.
II.
The following items were recommended by the Committee on Academic Priorities and approved by the faculty:
A.
New Permanent Courses
1.
CLT 400 Special Studies
2.
CLT 404 Special Studies
3.
LLS 230 Power, Place, Politics, and People: The Contested Urban Landscape
4.
LLS 240 Cultural Landscapes and Historic Preservation
5.
LSS 260 Visual Storytelling: Graphics, Data and Design
6.
PSY 261 Adult Development
7.
SDS 400 Special Studies
B.
New Permanent Topic
1.
THE 242 Acting II, Topic—Physical Theater
C.
Curricular Changes
1.
Changes to the Major Requirements in THE
THE 100 new option for fulfilling design requirement within the major
THE 398 to become a requirement of the major
2. AAS 170 Survey of African-American Literature 1746-1900 to be dual prefixed in ENG as AAS 170/ENG 184 Survey of African-American
Literature 1746-1900
3. AAS 202 Topics in Black Studies to be dual prefixed in ENG as AAS
202/ENG 209 Topics in Black Studies.
4. AAS 336 Seminar: Contemporary Topics in Afro-American Studies and ENG
316 to become dual prefix courses.
5. AAS 360 Seminar: Toni Morrison to be dual prefixed in ENG as AAS
360/ENG 323 Toni Morrison.
6. LSS 288 Bitter Homes and Gardens: Domestic Space and Domestic Discord in Three Modern Women Novelists to be dual prefixed in CLT as LSS
288/CLT 288 Bitter Homes and Gardens: Domestic Space and Domestic
Discord in Three Modern Women Novelists.
7. ARH 400 Special Studies to carry 2 or 4 credits.
8. PHY 210 Mathematical Methods of Physical Sciences and Engineering to be a co-requisite for PHY 215 Introductory Physics III.
9. ESS 510 Biomechanics of Sport to remove the prerequisite of ESS 210
Kinesiology, undergraduate kinesiology or biomechanics.
D. Experimental Courses Converted to Permanent Offering:
1.
THE 398 Collaboration Capstone
Respectfully submitted,
Carrie N. Baker
Secretary of the Faculty