THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

FACULTY SENATE

Senate Document Number 5103S

Date of Senate Approval 02/13/03

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

APC Document 45: Changes to Requirements in Classics Concentrations

Effective Date: Fall 2003

1. Delete: On pg 79, under Concentration in Greek, section I:

Required courses in the majorC30 hours including CLAS 211, 221, 495; 3 hours from the classical Culture courses; 18 additional hours chosen from 310, 320, 330, 340, 360, 400, 410, 450, 460, 480. Special topics courses may be substituted with prior approval of department chair.

Add: On pg 79, in place of deleted entry:

Required courses in the majorC30 hours including CLAS 211, 495; 3 hours from the classical Culture courses; 21 additional hours chosen from 320, 330, 340, 360, 400, 410, 450, 460. Special topics courses covering such topics as Greek prose composition, ancient religion, ancient history or others may be substituted with prior approval of department chair.

2. Delete: On pg 80, under Concentration in Latin, section I:

Required courses in the majorC30 hours including CLAS 212, 495; 3 hours from the classical Culture courses; 21 additional hours chosen from 322, 352, 412, 422, 432, 452, 462, 468, 484. Special topics courses may be substituted with prior approval of department chair.

Add: On pg 80, in place of deleted entry:

Required courses in the majorC30 hours including CLAS 212, 495; 3 hours from the classical Culture courses; 21 additional hours chosen from 313, 332, 352, 412, 422, 432, 452, 462, 468. Special topics courses covering such topics as Latin prose composition, medieval Latin, ancient religion, ancient history or others may be substituted with prior approval of department chair.

3. Delete: On pg 80, under Concentration in Greek and Latin, section I:

Required courses in the majorC36 hours including CLAS 211, 212, 221, 495; 3 hours from the classical Culture courses; 21 additional hours (with at least 6 hours in each language) chosen from 310, 320, 322, 330, 340, 352, 360, 400, 410, 412, 422, 432, 450, 452, 460, 462, 468, 480, 484. Special topics courses may be substituted with prior approval of department chair.

Add: On pg 80, in place of deleted entry:

Required courses in the majorC36 hours including CLAS 211, 212, 495; 3 hours from the classical Culture courses; 24 additional hours (with at least 6 hours in each language) chosen from 313, 320, 330, 332, 340, 352, 360, 400, 410, 412, 422, 432, 450, 452, 460, 462, 468. Special topics courses covering such topics as Greek and Latin prose composition, medieval Latin, ancient religion, ancient history or others may be substituted with prior approval of department chair.

4. Delete: on page 80, under Minor in Classics

Entire section on Greek emphasis

Add: on page 80, in place of deleted entry:

Greek emphasis: 18 hours beyond the introductory level including CLAS 211; 15 hours from courses in Greek or courses in Culture.

Impact:
This document summarises the changes in Classics courses that are described in the other individual documents and no impact on other departments is foreseen. On the Classics department, the removal of some courses to Special Topics and the addition of Ovid will put in writing what has been departmental practice over the last couple of years.

Rationale:
As numbers of Classics majors continue to increase, we felt the need to emend the list of courses we created in 1997 to take into account changes in text books and certain courses which have either been taught more frequently than we had envisaged, or less frequently. We also wish to list a few possible special topics which we cannot be absolutely sure of teaching within the three-year period mandated by UNCA's policy on "sunset courses" but which are valuable topics in themselves. We want students to be aware of academic possibilities beyond the canonical course list and thus to have input into our decisions on each semester's course schedule.