Secretary to the Faculty
Smith College
Northampton, Massachusetts 01063
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Faculty Action Sheet
At the sixth regular meeting of the 2014-2015 academic year on February 25, 2015 (Conference
Room, Alumnae House), the following actions were taken by the Smith College faculty:
I. The faculty unanimously approved the January 28, 2014 faculty meeting minutes.
II. The following items were recommended by the Committee on Academic Priorities and
unanimously approved by the faculty:
A. New Permanent Courses:
1. ECO 263 Labor Economics
2. EAL 271 Crafting the Self in Japan
3. FYS 144 Science of Exploration
4. GEO 302 Field Studies of the Desert Southwest
5. GOV 400 Special Studies
6. HST 256 The Making of Colonial West Africa: Race, Power and Society
7. PSY 310 Research Seminar in Adult Cognition
B. New Permanent Topics:
1. AMS 220 Colloquium, Topic—Dance Music Sex Romance: Popular Music,
Gender and Sexuality from Rock to Rap
2. HST 259 Aspects of African History, Topic—Discourses of Development
3. SPN 246 Latin American Literature, Topic—Race and Rebellion: Palenques
and Cimarrones in the Americas
C. Curricular Changes:
1. Change the name of Afro-American Studies department to Africana Studies
department.
2. Request from Art: Reduce the chronological groups from three (pre-1300,
1300-1800, post-1800) to two (pre-1800, post-1800). Reduction will not
change the substance of the requirement (four courses pre-1800).
3. Request from Biological Sciences: Due to changes in Massachusetts licensure
requirements, two education courses–EDC 211 Sheltering Instruction for
ELLs and EDC 342 Growing Up American–will be added to the list of
requirements for the Biology & Education Track.
4. Change in credits for BIO 103 Economic Botany: Plants and Human Affairs
from 3 to 4 credits.
5. Addition of pre-requisites for FRN 300 Advanced composition: Two courses
in French Studies at the 250-level or above.
Respectfully submitted,
Carrie N. Baker
Secretary of the Faculty