March 27, 2000
1. The minutes of March 6 meeting were corrected and
approved.
2. The Subcouncil on Courses and Programs presented
courses that were granted permanent approval by the Subcouncil. All of the
courses were approved by the AAC:
— HST 198/MLT 51 – China's
Cultural Revolution
— CHN 130 – Advanced
Chinese
— CHN 131-132 – Advanced
Chinese
— EAS 20/MLT 40 –
Literary traditions in China and Japan.
— EAS 21/MLT 41 –
Perspectives in Modern East Asian Literature.
— EAS 22/MLT 35 –
Chinese Cinemas.
— EAS 23/MLT 36/WS 133 MLT
50 – Chinese Language & Culture
— MLT 37/ENG 35b – Asian
American Film and Performance
— ENG 35a – Asian
American Literature
3. The committee discussed an articulation agreement
with Berkshire County Community College. The AAC approved the articulation
agreement.
4. The AAC continued its discussion of freshman midterm
grade reporting policies. The AAC will request that the Registrar report
the number of faculty responding to the midterm grade report request and
the number of “D's” or “F's”. The form will be
amended so the faculty can easily respond if there are no “D” or
“F” grades.
5. The committee began a discussion on academic credit
for distance-learning courses taken via Internet. This discussion was
tabled until a report can be made from the Academic Computing
Subcommittee.
6. The committee reworked the wording of the memo sent
to the faculty on unpaid internships and company requirement of course
credit.