THE
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
FACULTY
SENATE
Senate
Document Number 5810S
Date
of Senate Approval 04/08/10
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Statement
of Faculty Senate Action:
APC Document 45: Add
Minor in Asian Studies
Effective Date: Fall 2010
1. Add: On page 179,
before the entry for Interdisciplinary Studies: Legal Studies (LEGL)
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES: ASIAN STUDIES
(ASIA)
Associate Professor Subramaniam (Director)
Minor in Asian Studies
The Asian Studies minor offers interdisciplinary courses which have a
substantial Asian focus and/or content. Students must complete at least 19
hours for the minor including 13 hours in HIST 381, PHIL 313, POLS 369 and RELS
280. The additional 6-7 hours, chosen from the courses listed below, must come
from two departments. Appropriate courses may be substituted with the approval
of the director.
HIST 380 Imperial
China (3)
HIST 383 Women
in China (3)
HIST 384 History
of Japan (3)
HIST 388 Introduction
to Islam (3)
LIT 349 Studies
in Contemporary Literature: Intro to Postcolonial Literature (3)
PHIL
352 Contemporary
Philosophy: Gandhi & King: Peace & Non-Violence (3)
POLS 366 Democracy
in Asia (4)
POLS 380 Globalization
& Its Critics (4)
RELS 381 Religions
of South Asia (3)
RELS 386 Buddhism
(3)
RELS
388 Introduction
to Islam (3)
499 Undergraduate Research in Asian Studies (1-6)
Independent research under the supervision of a faculty member. An IP grade may be awarded at the discretion of instructor. May be repeated for a total of 6 hours credit. See director.
171-6, 271-6, 371-6, 471-6 Special Topics in Asian Studies (1-6)
Courses not
otherwise included in the catalog but for which there may be special needs. May be repeated for credit. See director for approval.
179, 379, 479 Liberal Studies Colloquia (LS 179, 379, 479)
Colloquia
offered to fulfill ILS requirement. See Liberal Studies for course
descriptions. May not be used to fulfill minor requirements.
Impact:
The Asian Studies Minor is interdisciplinary.
Faculty from many departments will be involved in the teaching of courses and
minors will be drawn from a diverse group of majors. The impact on institutional resources is
minimal since this minor is constituted by courses already in the offerings in
many departments across the University. Its resource and curricular impact
would consist of an increase in enrollments of students taking
interdisciplinary courses with Asian content.
Rationale:
Asian Studies is a well established minor in most
top-ranked liberal arts colleges in the country, particularly with Asia’s
growing relevance in this globalized world. Since UNC Asheville is one of the
top ranked public liberal arts universities in the country, our students would
be well served by an Asian Studies Minor. The interdisciplinary and global
content of the Asian Studies Minor would offer new opportunities for our
students to acquire substantive knowledge of this region of the world as they
prepare to be global citizens. The Asian
Studies Minor would be consistent with the goals of the UNC Asheville mission
statement of students developing an understanding of the connections among
disciplines, cultivating an understanding of the dimensions of human diversity
while recognizing the common humanity of all, as well as a commitment to
informed engagement with a diverse and increasingly connected world. Finally,
the Asian Studies Minor would help UNC Asheville achieve one of the goals of
UNC Tomorrow of students developing necessary skills to thrive in a
knowledge-based global economy.
2. Add: On page 43, in
list of minors, after Art History:
Asian
Studies
3. Add: On page 60, in
list of abbreviations, after Arts:
Asian
Studies ASIA
Impact:
None
Rationale:
Editorial to include the new minor and prefix in the
catalog listings