Report Title: Full Faculty Agenda (Catalog Copy)
Run Date: Apr 29, 2010 2:14:22 PM
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050 Major ...Majors in American studies must take 01:050:101, 303, and the junior seminar, 389. In their senior year, they must take a senior seminar (455 or higher), or write a senior thesis by registering for 01:050:490, 01:050:495. In addition, they must take two more American studies courses, at least one of which is numbered over 300. Majors must also take History 01:512:103,104 and English 01:350:227, 228. Under exceptional circumstances, these survey courses may be waived by the chair of the department and replaced by other American history and American literature courses (at least 6 credits of each)... ...These courses are selected from among other American studies offerings or from the Americana offerings of other departments listed in the handbook for majors, which is revised yearly and available in the departmental office... ...Students are strongly encouraged to take the required courses in the following sequence: 101 in their first or second year; 303 in their second year after completing 101, and before taking 389; and 389 in their junior year. American studies majors interested in certification for teaching social studies or English should consult the Office of Teacher Education of the Graduate School of Education. Substitution of courses in the American Studies Handbook for courses required for social studies certification should be cleared by the same office. Departmental Honors Program ...Honors students must complete a distinguished independent essay or project in connection with enrollment in 01:050:495 or 496 in their senior year... ...Majors in American Studies must take 101, 310, junior seminar, and a senior seminar. In addition, they must take two more American Studies courses, at least one of which is numbered over 300. Majors must also take History 103,104 and American Studies 227 or English 227 as well as English 228 or a department-approved substitute. Under exceptional circumstances, these literary survey courses may be replaced by other department-approved American literature and culture courses...These courses are selected from among other American Studies offerings or from the Americana offerings of other departments revised yearly and available in the departmental office or website (http://amerstudies.rutgers.edu/approved_courses.html)... (New Para)...Students must take required courses in the following sequence: 101 in their first or second year; 310 after completing 101, and before taking junior seminar; junior seminar is required for senior seminar. (New Para) American Studies majors interested in certification for teaching should consult the Office of Teacher Education of the Graduate School of Education. (delete rest) Departmental Honors Program ...Honors students must complete a distinguished two-semester independent essay or project in connection with enrollment in 495 and 496 in their senior year... 1) Includes new 310 Methodologies course requirement; 2)drops 303 as requirement; 3)requires courses to be taken in stricter sequence; 4)requires senior seminar of all majors; and 5)requires Honors projects to be two semesters long.
146 Major 01:694:407-408 Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (3,3) or one course in biochemistry (3) plus one course in molecular biology (3) A 3 credit course in biochemistry (01:694:301 OR 01:694:407) and a 3 credit course in molecular biology (01:694:408 OR 01:146:478). Students are being misled by this wording because they take it to mean that they must take 407+408 OR 301+478 when in fact other combinations are acceptable.
420 (Cultural Studies concentration) Major This option is designed to provide students with a critical knowledge of the culture, civilization, and history of France and Francophone areas. It consists of 33 credits, including 01:420:213, 214, 215 or 217, and 216 or 218, plus 21 credits on the 300 and 400 levels, of which 12 must be on the 400 level, 6 must be in literature, and only 3 may be taken in English. Students entering the program too late to take 01:420:215 or 217, and 216 or 218 must take 6 credits of 300-level literature instead. If approved in writing by a French adviser, students may replace 01:420:213 and/or 214 with 300-level courses. One 300- or 400-level course may be taken, as part of the major requirement, in a discipline such as history, art history, political science, or economics, provided it focuses on French or Francophonic subjects, and is approved in writing by a French adviser. Nine of the required 400-level credits must be taken with French professors in the School of Arts and Sciences. All students must take the senior seminar 01:420:481, usually in the fall of their senior year. This option is designed to provide students with a critical knowledge of the culture, civilization, and history of France and Francophone areas. It consists of 33 credits, including 01:420:213, 214, 215 or 217, and 216 or 218, 315, 316, plus 15 credits on the 300 and 400 levels, of which 9 must be on the 400 level, 6 must be in literature, and only 3 may be taken in English. Students entering the program too late to take 01:420:215 or 217, and 216 or 218 must take 6 credits of 300-level literature instead. If approved in writing by a French adviser, students may replace 01:420:213 and/or 214 with 300-level courses. One 300- or 400-level course may be taken, as part of the major requirement, in a discipline such as history, art history, political science, or economics, provided it focuses on French or Francophonic subjects, and is approved in writing by a French adviser. Six of the required 400-level credits must be taken with French professors in the School of Arts and Sciences. All students must take the senior seminar 01:420:481, usually in the fall of their senior year. We would like to make 420:315 and 316 (French Civilization I and II, see catalog description below) required for majors in our French Cultural Studies concentration. Under the current requirements, Cultural Studies majors, especially those focusing on cinema, are not necessarily given the opportunity to develop a historical sense of the French and Francophone worlds. (By contrast, Literary Studies majors are generally exposed to four different centuries by virtue of our literature course offerings.) The change in the requirements will provide more structure to the progress through the major for students concentrating in Cultural Studies; other upper-division courses will be able to presuppose a more substantial base of shared knowledge and build upon that base in a more efficient manner. In order to allow Cultural Studies majors to still benefit from the wide range of 300-level courses offered by the Department, we have revised the distribution of our required upper-level courses and lowered the 400-level credit requirement from 12 to 9. (For the sake of balance and advising clarity, this change had been extended to our Literary Studies and Linguistics major concentrations). 01:420:315 French Civilization from the Middle Ages to the Revolution (3) Analysis of Old Régime foundations of French culture; concentration on interaction and evolution of social and intellectual phenomena. 01:420:316 French Civilization from the Revolution to the Present (3) Analysis of development of modern French culture; concentration on interaction and evolution of social and intellectual phenomena.
420 (Linguistics concentration) Major This option focuses on the study of the nature of the human language faculty and aims at providing an understanding of what it means to "know" a language. While the curriculum centers on the French language, it acquaints the student with the central questions of modern linguistics and introduces elementary tools of formal syntax, phonology, and morphology. The French linguistics major consists of 33 credits, including 01:420:213, 214, 215 or 217, 216 or 218, 01:615:201 (in the Department of Linguistics), plus 18 credits on the 300 and 400 levels, of which 12 must be on the 400 level, and only 3 may be taken in English. Students entering the program too late to take 01:420:215 or 217, and 216 or 218 must take 6 credits of 300-level literature instead. If approved in writing by a French adviser, students may replace 01:420:213 and/or 214 with 300-level courses. Of the 300- or 400-level credits, at least 12 must be in French linguistics and/or the history of the French language. Of the remaining credits, 3 may be taken in the Department of Linguistics. This option focuses on the study of the nature of the human language faculty and aims at providing an understanding of what it means to "know" a language. While the curriculum centers on the French language, it acquaints the student with the central questions of modern linguistics and introduces elementary tools of formal syntax, phonology, and morphology. The French linguistics major consists of 33 credits, including 01:420:213, 214, 215 or 217, 216 or 218, 01:615:201 (in the Department of Linguistics), plus 18 credits on the 300 and 400 levels, of which 9 must be on the 400 level, and only 3 may be taken in English. Students entering the program too late to take 01:420:215 or 217, and 216 or 218 must take 6 credits of 300-level literature instead. If approved in writing by a French adviser, students may replace 01:420:213 and/or 214 with 300-level courses. Of the 300- or 400-level credits, at least 12 must be in French linguistics and/or the history of the French language. Of the remaining credits, 3 may be taken in the Department of Linguistics. The addition of 315 and 316 to the list of required courses for majors in our Cultural Studies concentration necessitated an adjustement in the distribution of the remaining five 300-level and 400-level required courses. In order to allow Cultural Studies majors to still benefit from the variety of 300-level courses offered, the number of required 400-level credits was lowered from 12 to 9. For the sake of balance and advising clarity, we decided that this change would be extended to our two other major concentrations (Linguistics and Literary Studies).
420 (Literary Studies concentration) Major This option is designed to acquaint students with a wide spectrum of French literature and to provide them with the skills and methodology for the critical analysis of literary texts, history, and theory. It consists of 33 credits, including 01:420:213, 214, 215 or 217, and 216 or 218, plus 21 credits on the 300 and 400 levels, of which 12 must be on the 400 level, only 6 may be nonliterary, and only 3 may be taken in English. Students entering the program too late to take 01:420: 215 or 217 and 216 or 218 must take 6 credits of 300-level literature instead. If approved in writing by a French adviser, students may replace 01:420:213 and/or 214 with 300-level courses. One 300- or 400-level course may be taken in another literature department, provided it is approved in writing by a French adviser. Nine of the required 400-level credits must be taken with French professors in the School of Arts and Sciences. All students must take the senior seminar 01:420:480, usually in the fall of their senior year. This option is designed to acquaint students with a wide spectrum of French literature and to provide them with the skills and methodology for the critical analysis of literary texts, history, and theory. It consists of 33 credits, including 01:420:213, 214, 215 or 217, and 216 or 218, plus 21 credits on the 300 and 400 levels, of which 9 must be on the 400 level, only 6 may be nonliterary, and only 3 may be taken in English. Students entering the program too late to take 01:420: 215 or 217 and 216 or 218 must take 6 credits of 300-level literature instead. If approved in writing by a French adviser, students may replace 01:420:213 and/or 214 with 300-level courses. One 300- or 400-level course may be taken in another literature department, provided it is approved in writing by a French adviser. Six of the required 400-level credits must be taken with French professors in the School of Arts and Sciences. All students must take the senior seminar 01:420:480, usually in the fall of their senior year. The addition of 315 and 316 to the list of required courses for majors in our Cultural Studies concentration necessitated an adjustement in the distribution of the remaining five 300-level and 400-level required courses. In order to allow Cultural Studies majors to still benefit from the variety of 300-level courses offered, the number of required 400-level credits was lowered from 12 to 9. For the sake of balance and advising clarity, we decided that this change would be extended to our two other major concentrations (Linguistics and Literary Studies).
590 Minor 3 credits in social sciences (any 1 of the following: Anthropology of Latin America, 01:070:223; Geography of Latin America, 01:450:336; Change in Latin America, 01:790:312; and Latinos and Migration, 01:836:298) 3 credits in social sciences (any 1 of the following: Anthropology of Latin America, 01:070:223; Geography of Latin America, 01:450:336; Change in Latin America, 01:790:312; Latinos and Migration, 01:836:298; and Latinos and Community, 01:836:299) Adds more flexibility for students in satisfying the social science requirement in this interdisciplinary minor
685 Major The interdisciplinary major in Middle Eastern studies consists of 34 credits. A core curriculum of 22 credits that is composed of 16 credits in one of the Middle Eastern languages (Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish) The interdisciplinary major in Middle Eastern studies consists of 34 credits, which are distributed in the following manner: no more than 16 credits in a Middle Eastern language (e.g. Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish or other less commonly taught languages) demonstrating proficiency through the intermediate level. Students with advanced placement beyond the intermediate level are required to take at least two semesters of further language study. Students with prior knowledge of a Middle Eastern language must choose their courses for the language requirement in consultation with and with the approval of the MESP Director. Rewording of language requirement. Restructuring of relationship of the Middle Eastern Studies Program with the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
860 Major The option in Russian language and literature aims to provide a solid training in the Russian language and a broad introduction to Russian culture, particularly literary culture, in the prerevolutionary, Soviet, and post-Soviet periods. It provides a context in which students can explore the ways that literature has formed and has been formed by larger social and cultural forces. While its central focus is the study of literature, majors are encouraged to study literary discourse in the context of other discursive forms, particularly history, art history, philosophy, and political science. It also is recommended highly that students who wish to continue their studies of Russian literature in graduate school acquire proficiency in another Slavic or East European language or French or German and that they consider coursework in comparative literature. Students are urged to do some language coursework during Summer Session and to consider strongly summer programs in Russia. The option in Russian language and literature consists of 36 credits beyond 01:860:201,202 Second-Year Russian. Students whose knowledge of Russian places them beyond 01:860:302 are required to substitute other courses to complete 36 credits. Required Core Courses (18 credits) 01:860:205 Introduction to Russian Literature (3) 01:860:301,302 Third-Year Russian (3,3) 01:860:401,402 Fourth-Year Russian (3,3) 01:860:486 Seminar in Russian Literature (3) Electives (15 credits from the following): The minor in Russian language and literature consists of three courses of 3 or more credits each in the Russian language and three courses in Russian literature. The student's program must be approved by the departmental adviser. The major in Russian language and literature aims to provide a solid foundation in the Russian language and a broad introduction to Russian culture, particularly literary culture, during the Imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet periods. Students are expected to achieve a degree of fluency in Russian that will allow them to communicate with native speakers of Russian orally and in writing, and to read a variety of literary and non-literary texts in the original. The major grounds the study of literature within specific historical, social, and cultural contexts. It includes the study of Russian film, music, and elements of literary and cultural theory. It also fosters a broad interdisciplinary perspective by encouraging students to take additional coursework in Russian History, Art History, and the politics of Soviet and post-Soviet Russia. Major Requirements The major consists of a minimum of 36 credits or 12 courses in Russian language and literature, including at least 18 credits at or above the 300 level. Students must complete all required coursework for the major with grades of C or better. All majors must fulfill the following requirements: 1. 6 language courses,* of which 1 must be 01:860:351, Structure of Russian. One semester of the Practicum may count toward language credit. A language course taken through the summer program will count as one language course. 2. 2 surveys: 01:860:327, 19th Century Russian Literature, and 01:860:328, 20th Century Russian Literature 3. 01:860:315 Reading Russian Literature in Russian 3. 1 seminar of the student’s choice 4. 2 electives offered in the department at 300/400 level. The special seminar of the summer program, 01:860:325 may be counted toward one of the literature electives. * Students whose knowledge of Russian places them beyond 01:860:302 are required to substitute other 860 courses to complete a total of 36 credits Students may choose from among three minor options: Minor in Russian Literature and Language: This minor is fulfilled by successful completion of the following set of 6 courses with a grade of C or better: 3 language courses beyond 101 3 literature electives from 300/400 level course offered in the department. Minor in Russian Language: This minor is fulfilled by successful completion of the following set of 6 courses with a grade of C or better: 5 language courses [one semester of the Practicum may count towards this requirement] 1 literature course with readings in Russian, to be chosen from the following: 315, 401, 402 (a different course that requires reading texts in Russian, such as 01:860:332 or 01:860:433, may fulfill this requirement upon approval from the Program Director) Minor in Russian Literature: (an option for students who wish to study Russian literature in translation). This minor is fulfilled by successful completion of the following set of 6 courses with a grade of C or better. 2 surveys: 327 and 328 4 electives in Russian literature offered in the department at the 300/400 level. Attachment With two new faculty members in literature, it became necessary to rethink the major and minors with our new strengths in mind and with the hope that these revisions would make the major more accessible to more students who do not begin Russian during their first year at Rutgers. We have also eliminated the major option in Literature and History, and the certificate of language proficiency. We have added two new minors to accommodate students whose interest is primarily in attaining language proficiency, and students whose interest is in Russian literature as a complement to their studies in other fields, primarily other national literatures. The minor in Russian literature requires no knowledge of Russian.
940 Major Departmental Honors Program (Current) To be eligible for graduation with honors, departmental majors must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or better in their major courses, and 3.25 overall. Students are admitted to the departmental honors program by selection of the honors committee. The honors project is two semesters in duration (3 credits in each semester) and may focus on either the language/linguistics or the literature/civilization of the Spanish/Portuguese/Catalan-speaking world. Prior to beginning an honors project in the language/linguistics option, the student must take 01:940:325 and three semesters of Spanish linguistics courses. One additional language/linguistics course and one additional 400-level course are required prior to graduation. Prior to beginning an honors project in the literature/civilization option, the student must take two courses numbered 01:940:331 through 336 and one 400-level literature course in Spanish other than independent study. Two additional 400-level literature/civilization courses are required prior to graduation. The student must present the honors project for an oral defense before a committee that is assembled by the project director in consultation with the candidate. Departmental honors are awarded to those students maintaining a grade-point average of 3.5 in the major and completing the SAS honors program requirements. Interested students are encouraged to apply to the department toward the end of their junior year. More detailed information is available in the departmental office. Departmental Honors Program (Revised) To be eligible for graduation with honors, departmental majors must maintain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or better in their major courses, and 3.25 overall. During the second semester of their junior year, students are admitted to the departmental honors program by selection of the faculty. Students complete an honors project that is two semesters in duration (3 credits in each semester) and may focus on either the language/linguistics or the literature/civilization of the Spanish/Portuguese/Catalan-speaking world. To graduate with departmental honors students must: 1) complete at least 24 credits in Spanish or Portuguese before beginning the honors project; 2) complete upon graduation of all requirements of one of the four department major tracks: Linguistics, Literary and Cultural Studies, Translation and Interpreting or the Intensive major; 3) maintain during the senior year the minimum gpa levels required to enter the departmental honors program; 4) complete honors in Spanish or Portuguese credits 940:497 and 940:498 (these credits may not be substituted for any 400 level courses required in the major tracks), and 5) defend the honors project at an oral defense before a committee assembled by the project director and the student. Departmental honors will be awarded to a student majoring in Spanish or Portuguese who completes the requirements for the SAS Interdisciplinary Honors Thesis, writes the thesis in Spanish or Portuguese, and maintains a 3.5 gpa in the major. The student may count 3 credits received for the Interdisciplinary Honors Thesis (01:090:495-496) toward completion of the major. More detailed information about the honors program is available on the departmental website. The catalog copy needs to reflect the changes made in the narrative posted on the Departmental website. Additions/deletions were made to the narrative in an effort to clarify for the students the process of completing an honors project. No substantive changes were made to the honors program. Summary of changes: 1. Reference to honors committee eliminated, since such a committee does not exist. 2. Reference to “junior year” moved from bottom of the narrative to the top. 3. The requirements have not changed, they are simply stated in a more straightforward fashion. 3. The relationship between departmental and SAS honors is clarified. 4. Students are referred to the website instead of to the office.