THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE FACULTY SENATE Senate Document Number 2096S Date of Senate Approval 1/18/96 Statement of Faculty Senate Action: APC Document 18: Catalog changes in Classics Effective date: Fall Semester 1996 Insert (a): in Catalogue 1995-6, on page 91, under Classics, Program in Greek, IV, after Other departmental requirements and before Final competency examination: Students must demonstrate oral competence consistently throughout all courses taken. Oral competence is defined as the ability to translate Greek texts into English accurately and idiomatically, to summarise their content and to discuss any broader issues connected with them. Insert (b): in Catalogue 1995-6, on page 92, under Program in Latin, IV, after Other departmental requirements and before Final competency examination: Students must demonstrate oral competence consistently throughout all courses taken. Oral competence is defined as the ability to translate Latin texts into English accurately and idiomatically, to summarize their content and to discuss any broader issues connected with them. Insert (c): in Catalogue 1995-6, on page 92, under Program in Greek and Latin, IV, after Other departmental requirements and before Final competency examination: Students must demonstrate oral competence consistently throughout all courses taken. Oral competence is defined as the ability to translate Greek and Latin texts into English accurately and idiomatically, to summarise their content and to discuss any broader issues connected with them. Impact statement: These proposals merely make current departmental practice explicit. They will not affect staffing, course offerings, or anything else. Rationale: These proposals are necessitated by APC Documents 1, 2, and 3. In Catalog 1995-6, p.93, first and second paragraphs Delete: CLAS 211 Elementary Greek (3) The fundamentals of grammar and translation, introduction to elements of classical culture. Course offered on demand. CLAS 221 Intermediate Greek (3) Improvement in interpretation and translation; significance of the major authors. Prerequisite: CLAS 211 or proficiency demonstrated to the satisfaction of instructor. Course offered on demand; check with department. Add: CLAS 211 Intermediate Greek I (3) Review and further study of the fundamentals of grammar and translation, introduction to elements of classical culture. Prerequisite: CLAS 104. Course offered every semester. CLAS 221 Intermediate Greek II (3) Improvement in interpretation and translation; significance of the major authors. Prerequisite: CLAS 211 or proficiency demonstrated to the satisfaction of instructor. Course offered every semester. Impact: It is not envisaged that these minor proposals 1) of altering the names of all Classics courses at the 200 level and 2) of offering them every semester will have a major impact on UNCA, except in so far as they may encourage more students who have been through the General Education Classics classes to try more Latin and Greek. The department will, at least for now, be able to cope with running these courses every semester without any increase in full-time faculty, although at some future time it may happen that we will need more adjunct help. Rationale: 1) For the changes in names from "Elementary" and "Intermediate" to "Intermediate I and Intermediate II". There has been some confusion in the past among students and even the Registrar as to the difference between the content of the General Education Greek courses (CLAS 103, 104) and courses at the 200 level. This name change is intended to make explicit that the 200 level courses continue and expand the knowledge gained in the general education classes and are at a higher level than CLAS 103, 104. This name change also puts us more in line with nomenclature in the foreign languages department. 2) For offering Greek at the 200 level every semester, rather than on demand. In the past, the 200 courses have only been taught once a year, and as a result, some students who were inspired by the General Education courses, lost interest in Greek when there was no course for them to take at the next level immediately (e.g., someone taking Greek 103 and 104 in Spring 1993 might have had to wait until Spring 1994 to take Greek 211). This change of policy will ensure that there will always be continuation courses for those that want them and that the Classics department will have more students taking courses with us. In Catalog 1995-6, p.94, fourth and fifth paragraphs Delete: CLAS 212 Elementary Latin (3) The fundamentals of grammar and translation, introduction to elements of classical culture. Prerequisite CLAS 102. Course offered on demand. CLAS 222 Intermediate Latin (3) Improvement in interpretation and translation; significance of the major authors. Prerequisite: CLAS 212 or proficiency demonstrated to the satisfaction of instructor. Course offered on demand; check with department. Add: CLAS 212 Intermediate Latin I (3) Review and further study of the fundamentals of grammar and translation, introduction to elements of classical culture. Course offered every semester. CLAS 222 Intermediate Latin II (3) Improvement in interpretation and translation; significance of the major authors. Prerequisite: CLAS 212 or proficiency demonstrated to the satisfaction of instructor. Course offered every semester. Impact: It is not envisaged that these minor proposals 1) of altering the names of all Classics courses at the 200 level and 2) of offering them every semester will have a major on UNCA, except in so far as they may encourage more students who have been through the General Education Classics classes to try more Latin and Greek. The department will, at least for now, be able to cope with running these courses every semester without any increase in full-time faculty, although at some future time it may happen that we will need more adjunct help. Rationale: 1) For the changes in names from "Elementary" and "Intermediate" to "Intermediate I and Intermediate II". There has been some confusion in the past among students and even the Registrar as to the difference between the content of the General Education Latin courses (CLAS 101,102) and courses at the 200 level. This name change is intended to make explicit that the 200 level courses continue and expand the knowledge gained in the general education classes and are at a higher level than CLAS 101, 102. This name change also puts us more in line with nomenclature in the foreign languages department. 2) For offering Latin at the 200 level every semester, rather than on demand. In the past, the 200 courses have only been taught once a year, and as a result, some students who were inspired by the General Education courses, lost interest in Latin when there was no course for them to take at the next level immediately (e.g., someone taking Latin 101 and 102 in Fall 1994 might have had to wait until Fall 1995 to take Latin 221). This change of policy will ensure that there will always be continuation courses for those that want them and that the Classics department will have more students taking courses with us.