THE
FACULTY
SENATE
Senate
Document Number 1609S
Date
of Senate Approval 01/22/09
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Statement
of Faculty Senate Action:
APC Document 4: Change in frequency of CLAS 102 and CLAS 212
Effective Date: Fall
2009
1. Delete: On page
104, time offered for CLAS 102:
Fall and Spring.
Add: On page 104,
in place of deleted entry:
Fall.
2. Delete: On page
104, time offered for CLAS 212:
Fall and
Spring.
Add: On
page 104, in place of deleted entry:
Spring.
Impact
Statement:
Students will now have the choice of taking Fast
Track Latin in the Fall Semester (completing CLAS 101 and 102 in the same semester)
or taking CLAS 101 in the Spring and 102 in the Fall. Students from both 102
classes can join CLAS 212 in the spring. Thus we will be teaching neither fast
track Latin in the Spring semester, nor Intermediate Latin in the Fall
semester, while still maintaining a full set of options for students in
beginner Latin classes.
Rationale:
We have currently been offering fast track and slow
track Latin courses along with CLAS 212, every semester. This has sometimes
resulted in some classes with small enrollments. Cutting the number of courses
offered should see an increase in class sizes in Latin at the lower levels, and
enable the department to increase its class sizes with a re-direction of
resources to higher-enrolling courses. Impact on resource allocation should be
positive.