THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
                         FACULTY SENATE 

Senate Document Number   1591S 
Date of Senate Approval     1/17/91

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:   

      APC DOC #12: Revision in the History Dept Curriculum

Effective Fall, 1991

The following changes in our program are requested:  a) new
courses, and b) classification changes of existing courses.

1.   Additions of new courses:

     A.   History 355 European Women:  1700-to the present.

          A historical survey that examines how the lives of
     European women were transformed by the social, economic, and
     cultural conditions occurring between 1700 and the present. 
     Investigation of the impact of the Industrial Revolution on
     women's involvement in the workplace and the family, to
     changing ideas about female nature and identity, and the
     emergence of an organized women's movement.


     B.   History 362 The French Revolution:  History and
          Historiography

          An in-depth study of the French Revolution (1788-1799),
     focusing on the competing historical interpretations this
     singularly significant event has generated both in the past
     and in recent years.

     [Adding the two courses listed above reflect the hiring last
     year of Cat Nilan, who is a French Historian whose specialty
     is reflected in these course proposals.  History 370,
     European Women, was offered in the Fall of 1990 and enrolled
     28 people.  Its future is assured, and it will be one of the
     selected courses in the proposed women's studies program.]

2.   Changes in the Existing Catalog text.

     A.   History 452.  Add to the description the note "An IP
     grade may be awarded at the discretion of the instructor."
     
     [APC has approved this change and requested its addition to
     the catalog.]

     B.   Please switch the following courses from Category III
     courses listed on p. 117 of the current catalog to Category
     IV courses on p. 118:

          History 340.  Classical Greece
          History 344.  The Byzantine Empire


     [Both courses have significant amounts on non-European
     material included as they are currently taught to suggest
     that these courses can serve in our Other Category which
     consists of courses that are not exclusively Western
     oriented, or that are distinguished from our American and
     European courses in other ways.]