SPECIAL REPORT of the ACADEMIC MATTERS, ACADEMIC PRIORITIES AND PROGRAM AND BUDGET COUNCILS concerning REVISION OF THE BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.) PROGRAM IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE Presented at the 767 th Regular Meeting of the Faculty Senate April 6, 2017 COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP ACADEMIC MATTERS COUNCIL Neal Abraham, Wesley Autio, Martha Baker, Carol Barr, Bryan Beck, Allison Butler, Marcy Clark, Catherine Dimmitt, Sharon Domier, Diane Flaherty, Laura Francis, Mark Guerber, Jennifer Heuer, Maeve Howett, Patrick Kelly, Kathryn Lachman, Nancy Lamb, John Lenzi, Meredith Lind, Linda Lowry, Pamela Marsh-Williams, Ernest May, Madalina Meirosu, Sarah Nordberg, Ruthanne Paradise, Lucas Patenaude, MJ Peterson, Linda Shea (Chair), Kelly Smiaroski, Ben Stone, Kregg Strehorn, Patrick Sullivan, Tom Weston, Jack Wileden, Rebecca Woodland ACADEMIC PRIORITIES COUNCIL Faune Albert, Richard Bogartz (Chair), Nicholas Bromell, Leslie Button, Elizabeth Chilton, Kathleen Debevec, Jean DeMartinis, Piper Gaubatz, Bryan Harvey, Deborah Henson, Shaw Ling Hsu, A Yęmisi Jimoh, Sangeeta Kamat, Stephen Magner, Roberta Marvin, Katherine Newman, Esther Oh, Lucas Patenaude, MJ Peterson, Monroe Rabin, James Rinderle, Jack Wileden PROGRAM AND BUDGET COUNCIL William Richards Adrion, Joseph Bartolomeo, William Brown, D. Anthony Butterfield, Elizabeth Chang, Nancy Cohen, Patricia Galvis y Assmus, Bryan Harvey, Eddie Hull, Moira Inghilleri, Michael Leto, Lisa Liebowitz, Talia London, Andrew Mangels, Ernest May, John McCarthy, Lynn McKenna, Esther Oh, Anthony Paik, MJ Peterson, Alex Phillips, Margaret Riley, Stephen Schreiber, Anurag Sharma (Chair), Jessica Williams, Donna Zucker
ACADEMIC MATTERS COUNCIL Sen. Doc. No. 17-044 The Department of Languages, Literature, and Cultures is proposing to revise the requirements for its BA program in Comparative Literature. The major has several different subplans, each of which currently requires 15 credits (= 5 courses) at the 200-level and above in Comparative Literature. The subplans have varying requirements for additional courses in other areas such as major literature, minor literature, third language or literature, and related disciplines. Under the proposed revisions, 6 courses would be required in Comparative Literature for each subplan, with at least 5 of those courses at the 200-level or above. There is a corresponding reduction by 1 course in the requirements for one other area in the subplan. Hence, the total of number required courses and the minimum number of required upper-level courses in Comparative Literature are unchanged under the proposal. The main reason for the proposed revision is to give students a stronger grounding in comparative methodologies. At its meeting on January 18, 2017, the Academic Matters Council voted unanimously to recommend Faculty Senate approval of the proposed Revision of the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Program in Comparative Literature. It was submitted as Proposal #3345 in the Course and Curriculum Management System. ACADEMIC PRIORITIES COUNCIL On February 24, 2017, the Academic Priorities Council endorsed approval of this proposal #3345. PROGRAM AND BUDGET COUNCIL The proposed changes seek to help ensure that students have a stronger grounding in comparative methodologies and approaches. The new requirement is for 6 courses in COMP- LIT instead of 15 credits. To accommodate this, students will be allowed to count one 100-level course towards the major. This change increases the coherence of this undergraduate program. There is no cost or requested resources associated with this proposal. At its meeting on February 15, 2017, the Program and Budget Council unanimously approved the Revision of the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Program in Comparative Literature, submitted as proposal #3345 in the Course and Curriculum Management System. MOTION: That the Faculty Senate approve the Revision of the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) 24-17 Program in Comparative Literature, as presented in Sen. Doc. No. 17-044.
Briefly describe the proposal. Sen. Doc. No. 17-044 In 2015-16, the Undergraduate Studies Committee undertook a comprehensive review of the Comparative Literature major that included comparisons with peer universities. We concluded that the overall structure of our major, particularly in its interdisciplinarity and flexibility, is quite sound and consonant with the aims of the program. However, we agreed that a slight redistribution of credits within the major would help to ensure that our graduates have a stronger grounding in comparative methodologies and approaches. We, therefore, bring forward the following proposal. 1) Requiring 6 courses in Comparative Literature instead of 15 credits (or 5 courses, as most upperlevel courses carry 3 credits). 2) To accommodate (1), we propose reducing the requirement in one other component of the major, usually the Minor Literature, by 3-credit hours/1 course. The accompanying table shows which component of the major would be changed for each track. Thus, students would still take the same number of courses to complete the major. See Table 1, attached. 3) Allowing students to count one 100-level course towards the major. a. Currently, students may count one 200-level course; under the revised major, we would allow 1 100-level and 1 200-level course or 2 200-level courses to count towards the major. b. We propose making this change for two reasons. First, an introductory course in comparative approaches to literature and/or media is useful for many of our new students; second, many of our majors are recruited in the 100-level courses, and it would advantageous to be able to count this course towards the major. Because we are adding to the total number of courses required in Comp Lit, this will not reduce the number of upper-level courses that students must take in the program. Should this revision be approved, currently enrolled Comparative Literature majors would have the option of either switching to the newly revised version of the major or continuing to follow the current major curriculum. Please describe the existing program requirements, listing all required courses and available electives, as well as any additional requirements, and continuation or admissions policies. Comparative Literature currently has four subplans, with requirements as stated below. (See also Table 1 in the supporting document for a direct comparison between our existing and proposed requirements for each subplan.) General Lang/Lit Upper-level in Comp Lit 15 hours (= 5 3-cr. courses) Upper-level in major lit 12 hours (= 4 courses) Upper-level in minor lit 12 hours (= 4 courses) Total 39 hours (= 13 courses) Adv. Lang-Lit (a) Upper-level in Comp Lit 15 hours (= 5 3-cr. courses) Upper-level in major lit 12 hours (= 4 courses) Upper-level in minor lit 9 hours (= 3 courses) Elementary in 3rd lang 6 hours (= 2 courses) Total 42 hours (= 14 courses) Adv. Lang-Lit (b) Upper-level in Comp Lit 15 hours (= 5 3-cr. courses) Upper-level in major lit 12 hours (= 4 courses)
Upper-level in minor lit 6 hours (= 2 courses) Upper-level in 3rd lit 6 hours (= 2 courses) Total 39 hours (= 13 courses) Sen. Doc. No. 17-044 Lit & Related Discipline Upper-level in Comp Lit 15 hours (= 5 3-cr. courses) Upper-level in major lit 12 hours (= 4 courses) Upper-level in minor lit 6 hours (= 2 courses) Upper-level in related disc. 12 hours (= 4 courses) Total 45 hours (= 15 courses) Please describe the requirements that you are proposing, listing course requirements, elective options, as well as any additional requirements, and continuation or admissions policies. The new requirements for each subplan would be as follows: General Lang/Lit Upper-level in Comp Lit 6 courses Upper-level in major lit 4 courses (12 hours) Upper-level in minor lit 3 courses (9 hours) Total 13 courses Adv. Lang-Lit (a) Upper-level in Comp Lit 6 courses Upper-level in major lit 4 courses (12 hours) Upper-level in minor lit 2 courses (6 hours) Elementary in 3rd lang 2 courses (6 hours) Total 14 courses Adv. Lang-Lit (b) Upper-level in Comp Lit 6 courses Upper-level in major lit 3 courses (9 hours) Upper-level in minor lit 2 courses (6 hours) Upper-level in 3rd lit 2 courses (6 hours) Total 13 courses Lit & Related Discipline Upper-level in Comp Lit 6 courses Upper-level in major lit 3 courses (9 hours) Upper-level in minor lit 2 courses (6 hours) Upper-level in related disc. 4 courses (12 hours) Total 15 courses In addition, students would be able to count one 100-level course towards the major. Please provide the rationale for these revisions. As noted above, we have determined that our students would benefit from a stronger grounding in comparative methodologies. A second reason is that this change would create a greater sense of cohesiveness among our majors. Because Comparative Literature is so interdisciplinary, with students taking a majority of their major courses outside of their home unit, increasing the number of courses that they take in Comparative Literature proper would give them a greater sense of identity, as well as increasing the coherence of their undergraduate program and enabling them to learn more from each other.
Academic Requirements Review Sen. Doc. No. 17-044 Requirement: You must choose one of the following subplans in order to receive an Academic Requirements Report that includes your Major requirements. Rule: You must choose one of the following subplans in order to receive an accurate Academic Requirements Report. Line: ADVPGM3LNG Line: GENPGM3LNG Line: LANG&LIT Line: LIT&RELDIS Requirement: Advanced 3 Language Program (rg1933) Rule: COML: Limit Statement AdvPgm3Lng Line: **No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to Comp-Lit requirements without special permission from your advisor** Line: **Only one Creative or Expository Writing course from the English Department is allowed to count toward major requirements** Line: **Excluded English Courses** Rule: Upper Level Comparative Literature Requirements Line: **No pass/fail courses may be applied to major requirements** Recall: CAT Line: **No more than two film courses numbered 300 or above may be applied to Comparative Literature requirements** Line: 1. Take Junior Year Writing. (r10406,ln30) Line: 2a. Take one 200-level Comp-Lit course. [No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to this requirement without permission of your advisor.] (r10406,ln40) Line: 2b. OR Take one Comp-Lit course numbered 300 or higher. [No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to this requirement without permission of your advisor.] (r10406,ln50) Line: 3. Take 12 credits of Comp-Lit courses numbered 300 or higher. [No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to this requirement without permission of your advisor.] (r10406,ln60) Rule: COML: 12 Upper-Level Credits in one Literature Line: Arabic Courses (r12074,ln10) Line: Catalan Courses (r12074,ln20) Line: Chinese courses (r12074,ln30) Line: English courses (r12074,ln35) Line: French Studies Courses (r12074,ln40) Line: German Courses (r12074,ln50) Line: Greek Courses (r12074,ln60) Line: Hebrew Courses (r12074,ln70) Line: Italian Courses (r12074,ln80) Line: Japanese Courses (r12074,ln90) Line: Latin Courses (r12074,ln100) Line: Polish Courses (r12074,ln110) Line: Portuguese Courses (r12074,ln120) Line: Russian Courses (r12074,ln130) Line: Scandinavian Courses (r12074,ln140) Line: Spanish Courses (r12074,ln150) Line: Swedish Courses (r12074,ln160) Rule: COML: 6 Upper-Level Credits in two Literatures Line: Arabic Courses (r12075,ln10)
Line: Catalan Courses (r12075,ln20) Line: Chinese courses (r12075,ln30) Line: English courses (r12075,ln35) Line: French Studies Courses (r12075,ln40) Line: German Courses (r12075,ln50) Line: Greek Courses (r12075,ln60) Line: Hebrew Courses (r12075,ln70) Line: Italian Courses (r12075,ln80) Line: Japanese Courses (r12075,ln90) Line: Latin Courses (r12075,ln100) Line: Polish Courses (r12075,ln110) Line: Portuguese Courses (r12075,ln120) Line: Russian Courses (r12075,ln130) Line: Scandinavian Courses (r12075,ln140) Line: Spanish Courses (r12075,ln150) Line: Swedish Courses (r12075,ln160) Rule: **Additional Comparative Literature Courses (r10366) Line: Other Courses Rule: ***Courses Not used for Degree/Major/Minor Requirements***(r10367) Recall: PAS Requirement: General 3 Language Program (rg1962) Rule: COML: Limit Statement GenPgm3Lng Line: **No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to Comp-Lit requirements without special permission from your advisor** Line: **Only one Creative or Expository Writing course from the English Department is allowed to count toward major requirements** Line: **Excluded English Courses** Rule: Upper Level Comparative Literature Requirements Line: **No pass/fail courses may be applied to major requirements** Recall: CAT Line: **No more than two film courses numbered 300 or above may be applied to Comparative Literature requirements** Line: 1. Take Junior Year Writing. (r10406,ln30) Line: 2a. Take one 200-level Comp-Lit course. [No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to this requirement without permission of your advisor.] (r10406,ln40) Line: 2b. OR Take one Comp-Lit course numbered 300 or higher. [No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to this requirement without permission of your advisor.] (r10406,ln50) Line: 3. Take 12 credits of Comp-Lit courses numbered 300 or higher. [No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to this requirement without permission of your advisor.] (r10406,ln60) Rule: COML: 12 Upper-Level Credits in one Literature Line: Arabic Courses (r12074,ln10) Line: Catalan Courses (r12074,ln20) Line: Chinese courses (r12074,ln30) Line: English courses (r12074,ln35) Line: French Studies Courses (r12074,ln40)
Line: German Courses (r12074,ln50) Line: Greek Courses (r12074,ln60) Line: Hebrew Courses (r12074,ln70) Line: Italian Courses (r12074,ln80) Line: Japanese Courses (r12074,ln90) Line: Latin Courses (r12074,ln100) Line: Polish Courses (r12074,ln110) Line: Portuguese Courses (r12074,ln120) Line: Russian Courses (r12074,ln130) Line: Scandinavian Courses (r12074,ln140) Line: Spanish Courses (r12074,ln150) Line: Swedish Courses (r12074,ln160) Rule: COML: 9 Upper-Level Credits in one Literature Line: Arabic Courses (r12080,ln10) Line: Catalan Courses (r12080,ln20) Line: Chinese courses (r12080,ln30) Line: English courses (r12080,ln35) Line: French Studies Courses (r12080,ln40) Line: German Courses (r12080,ln50) Line: Greek Courses (r12080,ln60) Line: Hebrew Courses (r12080,ln70) Line: Italian Courses (r12080,ln80) Line: Japanese Courses (r12080,ln90) Line: Latin Courses (r12080,ln100) Line: Polish Courses (r12080,ln110) Line: Portuguese Courses (r12080,ln120) Line: Russian Courses (r12080,ln130) Line: Scandinavian Courses (r12080,ln140) Line: Spanish Courses (r12080,ln150) Line: Swedish Courses (r12080,ln160) Rule: COML: 6 Elementary-Level Credits in one Literature Line: Elementary courses chosen with your advisor. (r12083,ln10) Rule: **Additional Comparative Literature Courses (r10366) Line: Other Courses Rule: ***Courses Not used for Degree/Major/Minor Requirements***(r10367) Recall: PAS Requirement: Language & Literature Subplan Rule: COML: Limit Statement Line: **No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to Comp-Lit requirements without special permission from your advisor** Line: **Only one Creative or Expository Writing course from the English Department is allowed to count toward major requirements** Line: **Excluded English Courses** Rule: Upper Level Comparative Literature Requirements Line: **No pass/fail courses may be applied to major requirements** Recall: CAT
Line: **No more than two film courses numbered 300 or above may be applied to Comparative Literature requirements** Line: 1. Take Junior Year Writing. (r10406,ln30) Line: 2a. Take one 200-level Comp-Lit course. [No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to this requirement without permission of your advisor.] (r10406,ln40) Line: 2b. OR Take one Comp-Lit course numbered 300 or higher. [No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to this requirement without permission of your advisor.] (r10406,ln50) Line: 3. Take 12 credits of Comp-Lit courses numbered 300 or higher. [No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to this requirement without permission of your advisor.] (r10406,ln60) Rule: COML: 12 Upper-Level Credits in two Literatures Line: Arabic Courses (r12072,ln10) Line: Catalan Courses (r12072,ln20) Line: Chinese courses (r12072,ln30) Line: English courses (r12072,ln35) Line: French Studies Courses (r12072,ln40) Line: German Courses (r12072,ln50) Line: Greek Courses (r12072,ln60) Line: Hebrew Courses (r12072,ln70) Line: Italian Courses (r12072,ln80) Line: Japanese Courses (r12072,ln90) Line: Latin Courses (r12072,ln100) Line: Polish Courses (r12072,ln110) Line: Portuguese Courses (r12072,ln120) Line: Russian Courses (r12072,ln130) Line: Scandinavian Courses (r12072,ln140) Line: Spanish Courses (r12072,ln150) Line: Swedish Courses (r12072,ln160) Rule: **Additional Comparative Literature Courses (r10366) Line: Other Courses Rule: ***Courses Not used for Degree/Major/Minor Requirements***(r10367) Recall: PAS Requirement: Related Disciplines Concentration (rg1963) Rule: COML: Limit Statement Lit&RelDis Line: **No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to Comp-Lit requirements without special permission from your advisor** Line: **Only one Creative or Expository Writing course from the English Department is allowed to count toward major requirements** Line: **Excluded English Courses** Rule: Upper Level Comparative Literature Requirements Line: **No pass/fail courses may be applied to major requirements** Recall: CAT Line: **No more than two film courses numbered 300 or above may be applied to Comparative Literature requirements** Line: 1. Take Junior Year Writing. (r10406,ln30)
Line: 2a. Take one 200-level Comp-Lit course. [No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to this requirement without permission of your advisor.] (r10406,ln40) Line: 2b. OR Take one Comp-Lit course numbered 300 or higher. [No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to this requirement without permission of your advisor.] (r10406,ln50) Line: 3. Take 12 credits of Comp-Lit courses numbered 300 or higher. [No '96 or '98 courses may be applied to this requirement without permission of your advisor.] (r10406,ln60) Rule: COML: 12 Upper-Level Credits in one Literature Line: Arabic Courses (r12074,ln10) Line: Catalan Courses (r12074,ln20) Line: Chinese courses (r12074,ln30) Line: English courses (r12074,ln35) Line: French Studies Courses (r12074,ln40) Line: German Courses (r12074,ln50) Line: Greek Courses (r12074,ln60) Line: Hebrew Courses (r12074,ln70) Line: Italian Courses (r12074,ln80) Line: Japanese Courses (r12074,ln90) Line: Latin Courses (r12074,ln100) Line: Polish Courses (r12074,ln110) Line: Portuguese Courses (r12074,ln120) Line: Russian Courses (r12074,ln130) Line: Scandinavian Courses (r12074,ln140) Line: Spanish Courses (r12074,ln150) Line: Swedish Courses (r12074,ln160) Rule: COML: 6 Upper-Level Credits in one Literature Line: Arabic Courses (r12078,ln10) Line: Catalan Courses (r12078,ln20) Line: Chinese courses (r12078,ln30) Line: English courses (r12078,ln35) Line: French Studies Courses (r12078,ln40) Line: German Courses (r12078,ln50) Line: Greek Courses (r12078,ln60) Line: Hebrew Courses (r12078,ln70) Line: Italian Courses (r12078,ln80) Line: Japanese Courses (r12078,ln90) Line: Latin Courses (r12078,ln100) Line: Polish Courses (r12078,ln110) Line: Portuguese Courses (r12078,ln120) Line: Russian Courses (r12078,ln130) Line: Scandinavian Courses (r12078,ln140) Line: Spanish Courses (r12078,ln150) Line: Swedish Courses (r12078,ln160) Rule: COML: 12 Upper-Level Credits in the Department of a Related Discipline Line: 1. Take 12 Upper-Level Credits in the Department of a Related Discipline. [These credits will appear on your report after they have been approved by your advisor and successfully completed.] (r12079,ln10) Rule: **Additional Comparative Literature Courses (r10366) Line: Other Courses Rule: ***Courses Not used for Degree/Major/Minor Requirements***(r10367) Recall: PAS
Resources: If this proposal requires no additional resources, say so and briefly explain why. If this proposal requires additional resources, explain how they will be paid for. For proposals involving instruction, indicate how many new enrollments are expected and whether the courses have room to accommodate them. No additional resources would be required. This change would only cause a slight shift in enrollments, which could easily be accommodated within the existing curriculum. Attach any supporting documents. Table 1: Existing vs. Proposed Major Requirements in Comparative Literature *Note: Most upper-level CL courses and all upper-level courses in the LLC Language programs carry 3 credit hours. General Lang/Lit Existing Proposed Upper-level in Comp Lit 15 hours (= 5 3-cr. courses) 6 courses Upper-level in major lit 12 hours (= 4 courses) 4 courses (12 hours) Upper-level in minor lit 12 hours (= 4 courses) 3 courses (9 hours) Total 39 hours (= 13 courses) 13 courses Adv. Lang-Lit (a) Existing Proposed Upper-level in Comp Lit 15 hours (= 5 3-cr. courses) 6 courses Upper-level in major lit 12 hours (= 4 courses) 4 courses (12 hours) Upper-level in minor lit 9 hours (= 3 courses) 2 courses (6 hours) Elementary in 3 rd lang 6 hours (= 2 courses) 2 courses (6 hours) Total 42 hours (= 14 courses) 14 courses Adv. Lang-Lit (b) Existing Proposed Upper-level in Comp Lit 15 hours (= 5 3-cr. courses) 6 courses Upper-level in major lit 12 hours (= 4 courses) 3 courses (9 hours) Upper-level in minor lit 6 hours (= 2 courses) 2 courses (6 hours) Upper-level in 3 rd lit 6 hours (= 2 courses) 2 courses (6 hours) Total 39 hours (= 13 courses) 13 courses Lit & Related Discipline Existing Proposed Upper-level in Comp Lit 15 hours (= 5 3-cr. courses) 6 courses Upper-level in major lit 12 hours (= 4 courses) 3 courses (9 hours) Upper-level in minor lit 6 hours (= 2 courses) 2 courses (6 hours) Upper-level in related disc. 12 hours (= 4 courses) 4 courses (12 hours) Total 45 hours (= 15 courses) 15 courses