THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
                            FACULTY SENATE 
     
                                                                  
     Senate Document Number        2298S
     Date of Senate Approval       3/12/98
     
     Statement of Faculty Senate Action:
     

          APC Document  16:   Modifies Description of the
                              Humanities Program and Humanities
                              214; Changes the Title and Number
                              of Humanities 224 and the Titles of
                              214 and 414; Adds Special Topics
                              Courses to the Humanities Listing.
     
     Effective Date:  August 1998
     
     A.   Delete    on p. 135 under the title, "Humanities," in the
                    first paragraph after the listing of faculty the
                    second sentence.
     
          Impact Statement:   none.
     
          Rationale:     This description is more accurate.
     
     B.   Delete: on page 47 and on page 136 the Course Number
                  and Title for Humanities 224.

          Replace: with the following number and title:
     
               324  The Modern World: Mid-17th to Mid-20th
                         Century
     
          Impact Statement:   Increased enrollment in HUM 224 since
                              community college transfer students will
                              not be able to receive transfer credit.
     
          Rationale:
     
               1.   The new title is more descriptive of the course and
                    responds to the Registrar's request that we clarify the
                    distinction between "Modern" (in Hum. 224[324] title)
                    and "Contemporary" (in Hum. 414 title) which can
                    lead to confusion for those evaluating the transcripts
                    of our students.
     
               2.   The number change more accurately represents the
                    skill level expected in this course.  (See:  "UNCA
                    Humanities Program--Skills Committee Report,"
                    1995.)  Each course, in sequence, requires a higher
                    level of performance in a number of specific areas
                    such as levels of abstract thinking, critical writing and
                    discussion skills, analysis, and synthesis.
     
               3.   Directly encourages students to take only one
                    Humanities course per year which allows them to
                    experience this core general education program in
                    each year of a traditional four-year degree program. 
                    It also increases the likelihood they will take them in
                    the sequence most beneficial to their learning thus
                    providing a smoother continuity of synthesized
                    knowledge.
     
               4.   Increased likelihood that students will have
                    completed the prerequisites (which are unchanged): 
                    HUM 124 and 214, LANG 101 and 102, LR 101 or
                    102.
     
     
     C.   Delete: on p. 136 the title and course description for
               Humanities 214 
     
          Replace: with the following 
     
               HUM 214   The Medieval and Renaissance World
     
                    The early Middle Ages to the end of the reformation
                    in the context of selected world cultures. 
                    Prerequisites: HUM 124, LANG 101 and 102, LR 101
                    or 102.  Fall and Spring.
     
          Make the same change in the course title on page 47.
     
          Impact Statement:  None.
     
          Rationale:  This course, which began thirty-two years ago
               as a Western Culture course, is no longer so.  The course
               now being taught is described more accurately by this
               change.  While maintaining its emphasis on the Western
               heritage (i.e., "medieval" and "renaissance") of many
               essential aspects of American culture and society, the new
               title reflects the openness of this course to inclusion of 
               non-Western materials.)
     
     
     D.   Delete: on p. 47 and p. 136 the title of Humanities 414
     
          Replace:  with the following 
     
               The Individual in the Contemporary World
     
          Impact Statement:  None.
     
          Rationale:  This new title is more descriptive of the course
               as it is now taught, and as it has been taught for (at least)
               the last 16 years. 
     
     
     E.   Add on  p. 136 below the description of HUM 414, the
               following:
     
          171-6, 271-6, 371-6, 471-6 Special Topics in Humanities 
               (1-6)
     
               Courses not otherwise included in the catalog listing but for
               which there may be special needs.  May be repeated for
               credit as often as permitted and as subject matter changes. 
               On demand.
     
          Delete    on p. 136 the first sentence in the paragraph
                         immediately following the heading  "Minor in
                         Humanities"
     
          Replace   the deleted sentence with the following
     
                    Twenty hours of courses in the Humanities, including
                    HUM 324 and 414 and 12 hours of courses in
                    addition to major and General Education
                    requirements chosen from more than one department. 
                    Humanities Special Topics courses may be included
                    with permission of the program director.

          Impact Statement:  Proposal would affect only those
               students wishing to take additional and occasional
               Humanities courses as electives, or toward the Humanities
               minor.
     
     
          Rationale:  Instructors wishing to offer interdisciplinary
               Humanities courses may do so with permission of Director of
               Humanities.  Students wishing to pursue a minor in
               Humanities will have a greater range of courses from which
               to choose.