May 7, 2001
1. The minutes of the April 30, 2001 AAC meeting were corrected and approved.
2. The AAC approved the following course and catalog changes recommended by the Subcouncil on Courses and Programs:
- Courses granted permanent approval:
HST 86/GER 36 _ Nazi Germany: History, Literature and Culture
GEO 151 _ Living on the Edge
SOC 147 _ Marginality and the `Other' in Europe, Japan and Brazil
ENS 10 _ Introduction to Environmental Studies
ECO 126 _ Economic Growth and Income Distribution
GEO 54 _ The Minoan Eruption of Thera, Greece: Geology and Archaeology in the Field
PSC 14 _ Introduction to Comparative Politics
ENG 189 _ Junior Seminar - Approved changes to the Academic Register for the Performing Arts Department (see attached).
- Approved the following number and name change for the Anthropology Department:
ANT 163 History of Anthropological Thought changed to ANT 055 Thinking about Culture. - Approved returning to requirement of seven upper-level courses that cover three of the four areas of the discipline for the Political Science Department.
- Approved Religious Studies Minor.
- Approved catalog revisions for the Modern Languages Department.
3. The committee continued a discussion of Civil Engineering.