1-24-12 Administrative Boards Minutes | The Administrative Boards

Minutes of the Administrative Boards
of the General College and the College of Arts and Sciences
Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The meeting was called to order at 3:30 p.m. and chaired by Senior Associate Dean Bobbi Owen.

Members in attendance: Allen Anderson, Chris Derickson, Karen Gil, Li-Ling Hsiao, Deborah Jones, Erika Lindemann, Lee May, Bobbi Owen, Steve Reznick, Daniel Sherman, Nick Siedentop, Keith Sockman, Dulcie Straughan, Mike Waltman, Barbara Wildemuth, Heather Williams

Absent: Yaakov Ariel, Jaye Cable, Juan Carlos Gonzalez-Espitia, Jordynn Jack, Louise McReynolds, Krista Perreira, Gary Pielak, Chris Putney, Jane Thrailkill

Guests: Bob Miles, Associate Dean for Study Abroad; Friederike Seeger, Director of Burch Programs and Honors Study Abroad; Danielle Heider, UNC student member of the Independent Study Task Force

Staff: Laurie Holst

1. Study Abroad. Four study abroad proposals were presented, discussed, and approved by the Administrative Boards:

Bob Miles assured members that Study Abroad constantly monitors State Department travel warnings relating to the security of all Carolina students abroad, including foreign-nationals.

2. Revision of the BA major in women’s and gender studies. The Boards approved adding a third three-credit option to the “Theory and Practice of Women’s and Gender Studies” category of the major, effective fall 2012—an additional course drawn from the “Interdisciplinary Perspectives” category.

3. New honors minor in medicine, literature, and culture. The Boards discussed and approved the new minor on this topic, effective fall 2012, and they will be informed when a department is selected to serve as its academic home. The successful “Medicine and Culture” cluster in the Cluster Program is the minor’s precursor. (Subsequent to the meeting, the Department of English and Comparative Literature agreed to house the honors interdisciplinary minor in medicine, literature, and culture.)

4. The revision of the minor in global cinema was approved by the Boards, effective fall 2012.

5. Independent Study Task Force progress. The Boards discussed how to define several types of independent study courses (for example, directed readings and mentored research), in ways that would be meaningful across College disciplines. The Boards will review a complete report later this semester.6. The Boards approved the Curriculum Committee’s report, effective fall 2012.

7. The Boards approved the following curriculum changes, effective fall 2012:

Department of American Studies
Department of Asian Studies
Department of Biology
Department of Communication Studies
Department of Public Policy
Department of Sociology

The meeting adjourned at 5:05 p.m.

Next Meetings:
Tuesday, February 28, 3:30-5pm, 3020 Steele
Tuesday, April 17, 3:30-5pm, 3020 Steele