THE
FACULTY
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Senate Document Number 3505S
Date of Senate Approval
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Statement
of Faculty Senate Action:
IDC 6: THE
Request for Authorization to Establish a New Degree Program
INSTRUCTIONS: Please
submit five copies of the
proposal to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, UNC Office of the
President. Each proposal should include
a 2-3 page executive summary. The
signature of the Chancellor is required.
Date:
Constituent Institution: UNC-Asheville
CIP Discipline
Specialty Title: WOMEN’S STUDIES
CIP Discipline Specialty Number: 05.0207 Level: B M
1st Prof D
Exact
Title of the Proposed Degree: Bachelor
of Arts in WOMEN’S STUDIES
Exact Degree
Abbreviation (e.g. B.S., B.A., M.A., M.S., Ed.D., Ph.D.): B.A.
Does
the proposed program constitute a substantive change as defined by SACS? Yes___ No_X_
a) Is it at a more
advanced level than those previously authorized? Yes___ No_X_
b)
Is the proposed program in a new discipline division? Yes____ No __X__
Proposed
date to establish degree program (allow at least 3-6 months for proposal
review):
month _ August______ year 2005
Do you plan to
offer the proposed program away from campus during
the first year of operation? Yes No X
If
so, complete the form to be used to request establishment of a distance
education program and submit it along with this request.
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
We are creating this major to meet a
limited but enthusiastic demand from
a small number of UNCA students. History tells us we will have about six majors
at any one time. The course distribution
comes from an extensive study of requirements in Women’s Studies majors at
other liberal arts colleges. The overall
philosophy is to offer students a
broad-based interdisciplinary examination of the topic.
Because this major draws on
offerings from a broad range of departments and faculty, it fits well into the
UNCA philosophy of integrative liberal
studies.
This new major will have no negative impact on UNCA. Many of the
students will be people who would otherwise have enrolled in the existing
minor. The majors will easily be able to
fit their schedules into UNCA’s current pattern of course offerings.
The proposal includes only one new course, a community
service internship which will have a positive impact since help provided by the
students will generate goodwill towards UNCA.
A. Describe the proposed degree program (i.e.,
its nature, scope, and intended audience).
Already a successful
minor at UNCA with a long track record of attracting large numbers of students
and faculty, Women's Studies is an interdisciplinary program that examines the
role of women and gender in history, literature, society, science and culture
using a variety of methodologies and feminist theoretical perspectives.
Following the lead of institutions nationwide and in our state, we seek to
expand the program consistent with the growth of the discipline (one indicator:
several institutions now offer PhDs in Women's Studies). We seek to establish a
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Women's Studies.
B. List the educational
objectives of the program.
The WOMEN'S STUDIES
MAJOR will provide high quality, well respected interdisciplinary, student
centered undergraduate education. Upon completion of their degrees, students
should be able to:
a. document women's achievements and
contributions throughout history through study of social change movements,
politics and government, fine arts, literature, and the social sciences;
b. demonstrate critical thinking skills in
written and oral presentation;
c. understand core concepts in feminist
research in the social sciences and humanities;
d. apply feminist pedagogical methods;
e. undertake individual and group problem
solving;
f. recognize the intersections between gender
inequality and other forms of oppression (race, sexual identity, disability,
and class) and that women occupy diverse positions within both US and global
structures.
In addition, the WOMEN'S
STUDIES MAJOR will provide strong undergraduate training for further advanced
study. In accomplishing this goal, the program will:
a. help students develop professional skills
and knowledge, ethical integrity, leadership and management skills, and access
to professional networks and/or advanced degree programs;
b. mentor students in order to provide
opportunities to attend professional conferences as presenters and to prepare
publishable research articles.
C. Describe
the relationship of the program to other programs currently offered at the
proposing institution, including the common use of: (1) courses, (2) faculty, (3) facilities, and
(4) other resources.
1. Following is the curriculum for the major
in women’s studies. A truly
interdisciplinary program, it draws from offerings from departments across the
campus.
Total of 36 hours,
distributed as follows:
12 Hours
in a Required Core:
WMST 100 Introduction
to Women’s Studies (3)
WMST 365/PHIL 365 Feminist Theory (3)
WMST 400 Senior
Seminar in Women’s Studies (3)
WMST 451 Community
Service Internship (3)(new course)
9 hours elected from Social Sciences/Natural Sciences:
ECON 330 Women,
Men, and Work (3)
HWP 154 Women’s
Health (3)
POLS 348 Women
and Politics (3)
PSYC 333 Psychology
of Women (3)
PSYC 368 Psychology
of Close Relationships (3)
SOC 359 Women
of Color and Feminism (3)
CLAS 350 Women
in Antiquity (3)
HIST 301 Women
in
HIST 354 European
Women: Antiquity to 1700 (3)
HIST 355 European
Women: 1700 to the Present (3)
HIST 383 Women
in
LIT 359 Major
Women Writers (3)
MCOM 364 19th
Century Newspaperwomen (3)
PHIL 302 Philosophy
of Sex and Gender (3)
ANTH 100 Introduction
to Cultural Anthropology (3)
ANTH 361 Writing Gender (3)
POLS 330 Individual
Rights and Civil Liberties (3)
POLS 331 Immigration
and Refugee Law and Policy (3)
POLS 353 Politics
and Social Welfare Policy (3)
POLS 388 Human
Rights and International Politics (3)
SOC 240 Evolution,
Revolution and Social Change (3)
SOC 312 Society,
Culture, and Poverty (3)
SOC 365 Violence
in
SOC 390 Queer
Sociology (3)
SOC 420 Difference
and Inequality (3)
2. Women's Studies is the oldest of the
interdisciplinary programs, now in its 12th year of existence. Our faculty are
housed in eight different departments across campus. When we become a degree
granting program, we will be the third interdisciplinary program to offer a
major (Environmental Studies and Multimedia Arts and Sciences being the
others).
3. Courses meet in general classrooms
4. No demand on other resources.
A. Describe the proposed program as it relates
to:
1. the institutional mission and strategic
plan
Probably more than in
many of our current majors, the WOMEN’S STUDIES minor already provides a
"liberating education" which fosters "humane values in thought
and action." A central goal of the program is to strengthen critical
thinking and inquiry through a focus on women's experiences and the social
construction of gender in its relation to race, ethnicity, class, sexuality,
disability and age in both the past and present. Thus diversity is central to
what we do. The study of femininity and masculinity, the relations between
women and men, and the differential power structures that create these social
categories are issues that cut across the curriculum, enabling our
majors/minors to achieve a deep knowledge of "connections among the
disciplines." The program of study frames questions of gender and
feminisms in ways that connect the local to the global and promote an understanding
of relations of power in multiple contexts. A variety of courses in the program
provide frameworks for personal reflection on basic life experiences. Majors
acquire the breadth and depth of exposure necessary to appraise different
research tools, methodologies and substantive approaches to central questions
in women's and gender studies.
2. student demand
An April 2003 survey of 247 students found that
41 respondents would consider Women’s Studies for their major or double
major. The survey population consisted
of degree-seeking undergraduates who:
Ř had taken one of the
Women’s Studies courses in Fall 2002 or Spring 2003, or
Ř were Women’s Studies
minors, or
Ř were Interdisciplinary
Degree majors with the Individual Degree Concentration.
Results are appended to the end of this document
(Appendix I).
3. societal need (For graduate, first
professional, and baccalaureate professional programs, cite manpower needs in
Women’s Studies
courses offer an interdisciplinary exploration of the experiences of women and
of perspectives on women. Courses
investigate the role of women in society and culture and the phenomenon of the
gendered female in psychological, biological, literary and humanistic
terms. This ongoing study of women
serves community needs by helping to foster a more stable and equitable
society.
4. impact
on existing undergraduate and/or graduate academic programs of your
institution. (e.g., Will the proposed program strengthen other programs? Will it stretch existing resources? How many of your programs at this level
currently fail to meet Board of Governors’ productivity criteria? Is there a danger of proliferation of
low-productivity degree programs at the institution?)
WOMEN’S STUDIES is the oldest of the
interdisciplinary programs, now in its 12th year of existence. Our faculty are
housed in at least a dozen other departments across campus. When we become a
degree granting program, we will be the third interdisciplinary program to
offer a major (Environmental Studies and Multimedia Arts and Sciences being the
others).
The WOMEN’S STUDIES program complements the
distinctive interdisciplinary nature of UNCA’s curriculum with its emphasis on
Integrative Liberal Studies. Many of the
courses in the program will be submitted to fulfill the diversity requirement
in the new general education program of Integrative Liberal Studies the
university is now phasing in.
The existing WOMEN’S STUDIES Program at UNCA
strengthens other academic programs by providing an intellectual home for
faculty and students with teaching, research and service interests in the area.
No new resources are needed to implement the
program.
Productivity is not an issue with this program,
since all of the faculty are housed in other academic departments, and 2/3s of
the courses fulfill requirements for other majors.
B. Discuss
potential program duplication and program competitiveness.
1. Identify similar programs offered elsewhere
in
a. UNC-CH (five hours drive away), UNCG (four hours
away), and ECU (seven hours away) all offer BA's in WOMEN’S STUDIES.
b.
2. Indicate how the proposed new degree program
differs from other programs like it in the University. If the program duplicates other UNC programs,
explain a) why is it necessary or justified and b) why demand (if limited)
might not be met through a collaborative arrangement (perhaps using distance
education) with another UNC institution.
If the program is a first professional or doctoral degree, compare it
with other similar programs in public and private universities in
a. As UNC's only liberal
arts campus, UNCA is an appropriate home for an interdisciplinary major in
WOMEN’S STUDIES. Our mission statement has always closely paralleled the
institution's and we believe we have fulfilled that mission as well as, or
better than, many of the existing degree granting programs on campus. As UNCA
moves to a model of general education, known as "integrative liberal
studies," this will be even more the case since WOMEN’S STUDIES is a model
for integrative liberal studies with its emphasis on diversity, interdisciplinary,
and community engagement.
b. There is no need for
a collaborative relationship with another UNC institution since all of the
courses needed but one are currently being offered at UNCA. The one new course, an internship in the
community would benefit from local supervision.
C. Enrollment (baccalaureate programs should
include only upper division majors, juniors and seniors).
Headcount enrollment
Show a five-year history
of enrollments and degrees awarded in similar programs offered at other UNC
institutions (using the format below for each institution with a similar
program); indicate which of these institutions you consulted regarding their
experience with student demand and (in the case of professional programs) job
placement. Indicate how their
experiences influenced your enrollment projections.
WOMEN’S STUDIES Majors
& Degrees Awarded at Selected Institutions: Five Year Trend
Institutions: UNC-CH, UNCG, ECU
Program
Title: WOMEN’S STUDIES
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Majors - Fall Semester |
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Graduates by AY |
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School |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
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1999-00 |
2000-01 |
2001-02 |
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
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UNC-CH |
10 |
12 |
7 |
12 |
13 |
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4 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
9 |
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UNCG |
4 |
3 |
8 |
5 |
10 |
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1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
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ECU |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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0 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
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Minors in WOMEN’S
STUDIES |
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1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
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UNCA |
10 |
3 |
10 |
11 |
7 |
12 |
16 |
Use
the format in the chart below to project your enrollment in the proposed program
for four years and explain the basis for the projections:
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Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
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(2005 – 2006) |
(2006 – 2007) |
(2007 – 2008) |
(2008 – 2009) |
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Full-time |
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
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Part-time |
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TOTALS
|
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
This is a projection based on our numbers
and experience at the other three schools.
The basic conclusion is that the WOMEN’S STUDIES major will have a small
enrollment and therefore no significant impact on resources at UNCA.
Please indicate the anticipated
steady-state headcount enrollment after four years:
Full-time ______6 Part-time
_____0 Total 6
SCH production (upper division program majors,
juniors and seniors only, for
baccalaureate programs).
Use
the format in the chart below to project the SCH production for four
years. Explain how SCH projections were
derived from enrollment projections (see UNC website for a list of the
disciplines comprising each of the four categories).
Credit Hours Projections
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Yr 1 |
Yr 2 |
Yr 3 |
Yr 4 |
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Major FTE |
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
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Program Category |
Student Credit Hours |
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Category I |
13 |
26 |
65 |
78 |
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Category
II |
8 |
16 |
40 |
48 |
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Category
III |
8 |
16 |
40 |
48 |
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Category
IV |
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Total |
29 |
58 |
145 |
174 |
A. Program Planning.
1. List the names of institutions with similar
offerings regarded as high quality programs by the developers of the proposed
program.
University of Maine-Farmington
2. List other
institutions visited or consulted in developing this proposal. Also discuss or
append any consultants’ reports, committee findings, and simulations (cost,
enrollment shift, induced course load matrix, etc.) generated in planning the
proposed program.
Christa Reiser, Director
of WOMEN’S STUDIES, ECU
Marie Farr, Former
Director of WOMEN’S STUDIES, ECU
Mary Ellis
Gibson, Director of WOMEN’S STUDIES, UNCG
B. Admission.
List the following:
1. Admissions requirements for proposed program
(indicate minimum requirements and general requirements).
Students will be required
to successfully complete WMST 100 Introduction to WOMEN’S STUDIES and Language
120 Foundations of Academic Writing prior to declaring a major in WOMEN’S
STUDIES.
2. Documents to be submitted for admission
(listing or sample).
No documents necessary
beyond verification of requirements listed in III.B.1.
C. Degree requirements. List the following:
1. Total hours
required. Major. Minor.
Major: 36 Minor: 18 (already in operation)
2. Proportion of courses open only to graduate
students to be required in program (graduate programs only).
Not applicable.
3. Grades required.
Students will be
required to have a grade point average of 2.0 or above in all course work in
order to graduate with a degree in WOMEN’S STUDIES.
4. Amount of transfer credit accepted.
Transfer credit will be
accepted pursuant to existing UNCA standards.
No more than 50 percent of hours in the major can be transferred credit.
5. Other requirements (e.g. residence,
comprehensive exams, thesis, dissertation, clinical or field experience,
"second major," etc.).
Major Competency and
Oral Competency are fulfilled through either a service project or a research
project with results presented orally in WMST 400. Computer Competency is met through successful
completion of WMST 400.
6. Language and/or research requirements.
Students will be
required to comply with UNCA general education requirements.
7. Any time limits for completion.
None.
D. List existing courses
by title and number and indicate (*) those that are required. Include an explanation of numbering system.
List (under a heading marked “new”) and describe new courses proposed
WMST 100 Introduction to
WOMEN’S STUDIES (3)
WMST 400 Senior Seminar
in WOMEN’S STUDIES (3)
WMST 499 Undergraduate
Research in WOMEN’S STUDIES (1-6)
WMST 171-3, 271-3,
371-3, 471-3 Special Topics in WOMEN’S STUDIES (1-3)
Other Existing Courses to be WOMEN’S STUDIES
Electives
Social Sciences/Natural Sciences:
ECON 330 Women, Men and
Work (3)
HWP 154 Women’s Health (3)
POLS 348 Women and Politics (3)
PSYC 333 Psychology of Women (3)
PSYC 368 Psychology of Close Relationships (3)
SOC 359 Women of Color and Feminism (3)
CLAS 350 Women in Antiquity (3)
HIST 301 Women in
HIST 354 European Women: Antiquity to 1700 (3)
HIST 355 European Women: 1700 to the Present (3)
HIST 383 Women in
LIT 359 Major Women Writers (3)
MCOM 364 19th Century
Newspaperwomen (3)
PHIL 302 Philosophy of Sex and Gender (3)
ANTH 100 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)
ANTH 361 Writing Gender (3)
POLS 330 Individual Rights and Civil Liberties (3)
POLS 331 Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy (3)
POLS 353 Politics and Social Welfare Policy (3)
POLS 388 Human Rights and International Politics (3)
SOC 240 Evolution, Revolution and Social Change
(3)
SOC 312 Society, Culture, and Poverty (3)
SOC 365 Violence in
SOC 390 Queer Sociology (3)
SOC 420 Difference and Inequality (3)
WMST 365 Feminist
Theory (3)
An investigation of
selected feminist theorists on a variety of topics that are current in the
literature. Prerequisite: two courses in
philosophy; or WMST 100 and permission of instructor. See program director.
WMST 451 Community Service Internship (3)
Students work for
community organizations which provide services to women. Prerequisite: WMST 100 and permission of
instructor.
A. List
the names of persons now on the faculty who will be directly involved in the
proposed program. Provide complete information
on each faculty member's education, teaching experience, research experience,
publications, and experience in directing student research, including the
number of theses and dissertations directed for graduate programs. The official roster forms approved by SACS
can be submitted rather than actual faculty vita.
Dr. Mary Alm (Literature & Language) (
Dr. Melissa Burchard (Philosophy)
Dr. Lori Horvitz (Literature & Language)
Dr.
Dr. Catherine Mitchell (Mass Communication)
Dr.
Dr. Tracey Rizzo (History)
Dr. Lorena Russell (Literature & Language)
Dr. Alice Weldon (Foreign Languages)
Ms. Helen Wykle (Library)
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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Name |
Most Advanced Degree and Discipline |
Other Degrees |
Courses Taught |
Other Qualifications and Experience |
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Dr.
Mary Alm |
Ph.D.,
|
MS
University of Wisconsin at BA
Moorhead |
Introduction
to WOMEN’S STUDIES: The Human Condition; The Power and Politics of Literacy;
The Modern World; various writing courses |
Director,
|
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Dr.
Melissa Burchard |
PH.D.
University of Minnesota (Philosophy, minor in Advanced Feminist Studies) |
MA
BA,
|
Feminist
Theory, Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Sex and Gender, Philosophy and
Sexuality, Introduction to WOMEN’S STUDIES, Racism and Sexism |
“Feminist
Jurisprudence” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy; “What’s My Line?: Gender,
Performativity, and Bisexual Identity”; “Writing the Female Body in
Contemporary Ecuadorian Women’s Narrative”; member The Society for Women in
Philosophy |
|
Dr.
Lori Horvitz |
|
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Introduction
to WOMEN’S STUDIES; Writing the Road: 20th Century Road Narratives
by Women; Creative Non-Fiction by Women; Experimental Writing by Women;
Perspectives on Women |
Awarded
Elizabeth Squires Writing Fellowship; Organizer of F-Word Film Festival: A
Celebration of Images By and About Women; Headwaters Faculty Advisor. |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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Name |
Most Advanced Degree and Discipline |
Other Degrees |
Courses Taught |
Other Qualifications and Experience |
|
Dr.
|
|
MA
BA
Somerville College, |
Greek,
elementary, intermediate and advanced; Latin, elementary, and intermediate;
Advanced courses in Greek poetry, Greek Comedy, Roman poetry, Homer, Plato,
Livy, Pliny, Virgil, Ovid, Sallust; Lecture on Greek Literature and History
in Humanities. |
Distinguished
Teacher in Humanities Award, 2002-03; winner PAC (Philological Association of
the |
|
Dr.
Cathy Mitchell |
|
AM
BA
|
Introduction
to WOMEN’S STUDIES; Senior Seminar in WOMEN’S STUDIES; Scarlett O’Hara’s
World: Fact and Fiction in Gone with
the Wind; Issues in Contemporary Feminism; 19th Century
Newspaperwomen |
Pulitzer
Prize; Feldman Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Service; “Margaret
Fuller’s New York Journalism: A Biographical Essay and Key Writings”;
“Historiography of the Woman’s Rights Press” in Outsiders in 19th-Century
Press History: Multicultural Perspectives; “The Place of Biography in the
History of News Women”; “Bibliography: Women in Journalism”; |
|
Dr.
|
|
MS
Purdue University (Economics) BS
|
Women
in Nineteenth Century America; Introduction to WOMEN’S STUDIES; Race, Gender
and Work: An Economic History of American Women; Men Women and Work; Senior
Seminar in WOMEN’S STUDIES |
Former
Director, WOMEN’S STUDIES Program; Ruth and Leon Feldman Professor; Breman
Professor; member International Association for Feminist Economics; member
National Women Studies Association; member Southeastern WOMEN’S STUDIES
Association; four entries in A Reader’s Guide to WOMEN’S STUDIES |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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Name |
Most Advanced Degree and Discipline |
Other Degrees |
Courses Taught |
Other Qualifications and Experience |
|
Dr.
Tracey Rizzo |
|
MA
BA
Willamette University |
European
Women’s History; Women and Imperialism; Eco-Feminism; History of Sexuality |
Director
of WOMEN’S STUDIES; “A Certain Emancipation of Women: Gender, Citizenship,
and the Causes celebres of Eighteenth-century |
|
Dr.
Lorena Russell |
Ph.D.
University of North Carolina at |
MA
BA
|
The
Art of the Novel; Angela Carter & Cathy Acker: Feminism and the
Pornographic Imaginary; Misc. courses in Writing and Critical Thinking;
Humanities: Medieval/Renaissance; Intro to Poetry |
“Dog-Women
and She-Devils: The Queering Field of Monstrous Women”; “Angela Carter”; The
Vagina Monologues; member National WOMEN’S STUDIES Association |
|
Dr.
Alice Weldon |
|
MA
|
War
in Novels by Contemporary Spanish American and Spanish Women; Narrative by
contemporary Spanish American Women |
“Understanding
Spanish America through Literature: Works of Fiction by Women”; “Bajo el
oscuro sol: Breaking the Silence about Cyclical Political and Gender
Violence”; “Writing the Female Body in Contemporary Ecuadoran Women’s
Narrative”; member Feministas Unidas; member Asociacion de Literatura
Femenina Hispanoamericana |
|
Helen
Wykle |
M.L.I.S.
|
MA
BA
Berea College (Art) |
Library
Research; Biltmore and Beyond; Land of the Sky regional history; co-taught
WNC Tourism and Travel with Gwen Ashburn |
State
Library – Task force advisory committee Appalachian Studies |
B. Estimate
the need for new faculty for the proposed program over the first four
years. If the teaching responsibilities
for the proposed program will be absorbed in part or in whole by the present
faculty, explain how this will be done without weakening existing programs.
No new faculty needed. Almost 70 faculty have taught at
least one course in a WOMEN’S STUDIES topic. Currently, 10 faculty are actively
involved in WOMEN’S STUDIES while only one new course, Community Service
Internship, is being added. Therefore
the impact of the major will be negligible.
C. If
the employment of new faculty requires additional funds, please explain the
source of funding.
Not applicable.
D. Explain
how the program will affect faculty activity, including course load, public
service activity, and scholarly research.
Faculty will maintain current teaching, public service and
research activity.
A. Provide
a statement as to the adequacy of present library holdings for the proposed
program.
Present library holdings are sufficient to serve the major
in WOMEN’S STUDIES.
B. State
how the library will be improved to meet new program requirements for the next
five years. The explanation should
discuss the need for books, periodicals, reference material, primary source
material, etc. What additional library
support must be added to areas supporting the proposed program?
No additional resources needed.
C. Discuss
the use of other institutional libraries.
In addition to resources in the UNCA library, students also
have access through the ABC network to extensive resources in the graduate
level libraries at WCU and Appalachian State.
A. Describe facilities available for the
proposed program.
Courses use general classroom space at UNCA.
B. Describe the effect of this new program on
existing facilities and indicate whether they will be adequate, both at the
commencement of the program and during the next decade.
Existing facilities are adequate for the needs of this
program.
C. Discuss any information technology services
needed and/or available.
Existing computer facilities are adequate for the needs of
this program.
D. Discuss sources of financial support for any
new facilities and equipment.
Not applicable.
Describe
how the proposed program will be administered, giving the responsibilities of
each department, division, school, or college.
Explain any inter-departmental or inter-unit administrative plans. Include an organizational chart showing the
"location" of the proposed new program.
UNCA’s WOMEN’S STUDIES Program
operates under the University Programs Division. The Director of the WOMEN’S STUDIES Program
will be responsible for primary oversight of the major. The Director of WOMEN’S STUDIES reports to
the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs who in turn reports to the
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs.
Indicate
the names of all accrediting agencies normally concerned with programs similar
to the one proposed. Describe plans to
request professional accreditation. If
the proposed new degree program is at a more advanced level than those previously
authorized or if it is in a new discipline division, was SACS notified of a
potential "substantive change" during the planning process? If so, describe the response from SACS and
the steps that have been taken to date with reference to the applicable
procedure.
There is no separate accrediting agency for
WOMEN’S STUDIES programs. The creation
of this major does not constitute a substantive change in relation to the
interests of SACS.
Are other subject-matter fields at the
proposing institution necessary or valuable in support of the proposed
program? Is there needed improvement or
expansion of these fields? To what
extent will such improvement or expansion be necessary for the proposed
program?
WOMEN’S STUDIES majors will take electives in
the departments of Sociology, Health and Fitness, Mass Communication, Political
Science. Philosophy, Literature and Language, History and Classics. No expansion of these programs will be
needed. The effect of this major on
these other programs will be negligible.
Include any additional information deemed pertinent to
the review of this new degree program proposal.
None.
Provide
estimates (using the attached form) of the additional costs required to
implement the program and identify the proposed sources of the additional
required funds. Use SCH projections (section II.C.) to estimate new state
appropriations through enrollment increase funds. Prepare a budget schedule for each of the
first three years of the program, indicating the account number and name for
all additional amounts required.
Identify EPA and SPA positions immediately below the account
listing. New SPA positions should be
listed at the first step in the salary range using the SPA classification rates
currently in effect. Identify any larger
or specialized equipment and any unusual supplies requirements.
For
the purposes of the second and third year estimates, project faculty and SPA
position rates and fringe benefits rates at first year levels. Include
the continuation of previous year(s) costs in second and third year estimates.
Additional
state-appropriated funds for new programs may be limited. Except in exceptional circumstances,
institutions should request such funds for no more than three years (e.g., for
start-up equipment, new faculty positions, etc.), at which time enrollment
increase funds should be adequate to support the new program. Therefore it will be assumed that requests
(in the “New Allocations” column of the following worksheet) are for one, two,
or three years unless the institution indicates a continuing need and attaches
a compelling justification. However,
funds for new programs are more likely to be allocated for limited periods of
time.
Current funding levels
are sufficient to sustain this major.
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Costs for Proposed
Program/Track WOMEN’S STUDIES Program |
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2003-04 |
2002-03 |
2001-02 |
2000-01 |
1999-00 |
1998-99 |
1997-98 |
1996-97 |
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Object and
Description |
Budget |
Expend |
Budget |
Expend |
Budget |
Expend |
Budget |
Expend |
Budget |
Expend |
Budget |
Expend |
Budget |
Expend |
Budget |
Expend |
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1210 SPA Regular Salaries |
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270 |
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1410 Non-Student Regular Wage |
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400 |
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1450 Student Regular Wage |
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53 |
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|
75 |
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1950 Honorariums |
100 |
100 |
|
400 |
|
160 |
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|
500 |
1,100 |
|
600 |
600 |
700 |
|
425 |
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1970 Academic Instruction |
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|
200 |
|
300 |
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1,150 |
1,290 |
600 |
|
600 |
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1,000 |
100 |
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1990 Other Contracted Services |
630 |
630 |
|
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|
250 |
150 |
150 |
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Total Personnel Compensation |
730 |
730 |
200 |
400 |
300 |
463 |
1,300 |
1,440 |
1,100 |
1,100 |
600 |
600 |
600 |
700 |
1,000 |
1,270 |
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2000 Supplies |
1,060 |
|
40 |
|
- |
|
9 |
|
200 |
|
8 |
|
472 |
|
274 |
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2300 Educational Supplies |
|
974 |
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|
126 |
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2400 Repair Supplies |
|
30 |
|
2 |
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|
2 |
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|
16 |
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2600 Office Supplies |
|
55 |
|
9 |
|
11 |
|
9 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
110 |
|
10 |
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2900 Other Supplies |
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|
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|
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|
296 |
|
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|
220 |
|
264 |
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Total Supplies |
1,060 |
1,059 |
40 |
11 |
- |
11 |
9 |
9 |
200 |
305 |
8 |
7 |
472 |
472 |
274 |
274 |
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3000 Current Services |
2,992 |
|
1,360 |
|
2,090 |
|
2,221 |
|
1,500 |
|
2,272 |
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1,771 |
|
2,721 |
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3100 Travel |
|
2,470 |
|
745 |
|
786 |
|
1,654 |
|
550 |
|
2,206 |
|
902 |
|
1,389 |
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3210 Postage |
|
50 |
|
12 |
|
14 |
|
86 |
|
10 |
|
6 |
|
62 |
|
225 |
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3410 Internal Photocopying |
|
251 |
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1 |
|
78 |
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328 |
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171 |
|
434 |
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3420 Internal Print/Binding |
|
189 |
|
251 |
|
468 |
|
519 |
|
489 |
|
406 |
|
441 |
|
681 |
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3430 External Print/Binding |
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28 |
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3500 Repair & Maintenance/Oth & Fur |
|
32 |
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24 |
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56 |
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3600 Freight and Express |
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3990 Other Current Services |
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25 |
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25 |
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11 |
|
109 |
|
28 |
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Total Current Services |
2,992 |
2,992 |
1,360 |
1,010 |
2,090 |
1,372 |
2,221 |
2,283 |
1,500 |
1,457 |
2,272 |
2,630 |
1,771 |
1,712 |
2,721 |
2,756 |
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4000 Fixed Charges |
235 |
|
200 |
|
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|
120 |
|
200 |
|
170 |
|
54 |
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4190 Rent Conf/Other Facilities |
|
25 |
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4901 Membership Fees |
|
210 |
|
150 |
|
250 |
|
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120 |
|
170 |
|
50 |
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4902 Subscriptions |
|
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120 |
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4 |
|
4 |
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Total Fixed Charges |
235 |
235 |
200 |
150 |
- |
250 |
120 |
120 |
200 |
120 |
170 |
170 |
54 |
54 |
- |
4 |
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5000 Equipment |
|
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1,303 |
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5 |
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5210 EDP Equipment Hardware |
|
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1,303 |
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Total Equipment |
- |
- |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1,303 |
1,303 |
5 |
- |
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Total |
5,017 |
5,016 |
1,800 |
1,571 |
2,390 |
2,095 |
3,650 |
3,852 |
3,000 |
2,982 |
3,050 |
3,407 |
4,200 |
4,241 |
4,000 |
4,304 |
Current funding levels are sufficient.
All
new degree program proposals must include an evaluation plan which
includes: (a) the criteria to be used to
evaluate the quality and effectiveness of the program, (b) measures to be used
to evaluate the program), (c) expected levels of productivity of the proposed
program for the first four years of operation (number of graduates), (d) the
names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three
persons (six reviewers are needed for graduate programs) qualified to review
this proposal and to evaluate the program once operational, and (e) the plan
and schedule to evaluate the proposed new degree program prior to the
completion of its fifth year of operation once fully established.
A. Criteria to be used to evaluate the proposed
program:
Upon
completion of the minor, students will:
1 Understand that gender and ideologies of
gender are socially and culturally constructed.
2 Understand that gender is a useful category
of analysis that is interrelated in complex ways with other categories such as
race, ethnicity, class and sexual orientation.
3 Understand the history of feminist activism
and its differing forms and interpretations across countries, cultures and
social groups.
4 Understand that women are both products of
and contributors to culture and society.
5 Have been exposed to the variety of theories
which purport to explain gender/sex differences.
B. Measures
to be used to evaluate the program:
1 Direct Assessment by Testing
WMST 100
instructors choose one of two essay questions which is given to students at the
end of the semester. Answers are evaluated by the WOMEN’S STUDIES Advisory
Committee (Assesses 3 and 5 or 4 and 5.)
2 Senior Exit Interviews
Exit
interviews are conducted each spring using a questionnaire developed by the
WOMEN’S STUDIES faculty (instructors in WMST 100 and WMST 400). The Director
conducts all the interviews and reports to the Advisory Committee and the
faculty. (Interviews attempt to address
all five learning objectives.)
3 Senior Seminar Presentations
WMST 400
students are required to present their work in class. Presentations are
evaluated by Director and course professor.
(Assesses 1, 2 and 5. May provide information on 3 and 4.)
4 Course Content
Collect
course outlines for WMST 100, 400 and all electives. Helps to evaluate if material being presented
to students covers the five objectives but can not directly evaluate student
learning.
5 Annual Retreat of WMST 100 and WMST 400
instructors
Each year
(either mid-fall or early spring) the instructors gather to discuss a specific
course or topic and to review program goals and objectives. Student preparation and knowledge is
specifically discussed. (Accesses all
five learning objectives.) The first retreat was held in January 1998.
C. Projected
productivity levels (number of graduates):
Level Year
1 Year 2 Year
3 Year
4 TOTALS
B 0
0 1 3 4
M Not
applicable
I/P Not
applicable
D Not
applicable
(Key: B-Bachelor's, M-Master's, I/P-Intermediate or
Professional, D-Doctoral)
D. Recommended
consultant/reviewers: Names, titles, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone
numbers. May not be employees of the
Marianne Ferber
Professor Emerita,
Economics
Gender & Women's
Studies Program
MC-494
Phone: 217 333-2990
e-mail: m-ferber@uiuc.edu
Maggie McFadden
Interdisciplinary
Studies
Appalachian
Living Learning Academic
Phone: 828 262-2493
e-mail: mcfaddenmh@appstate.edu
Gretchen Murphy
University of
Department: English
208 Humanities
Phone: 320-589-6261
e-mail: murphyg@mrs.umn.edu
E. Plan for evaluation
prior to fifth operational year.
Evaluations will take
place every two years as a part of UNCA’s Institutional Effectiveness program.
Copies of the Institutional Effectiveness Manual and the Biennial Assessment
and Planning Report Template can be found at
http://www.unca.edu/ir/ie/index.html
Institutions will be expected to report on program
productivity after one year and three years of operation. This information will be solicited as a part
of the biennial long-range planning revision.
Proposed date of
initiation of proposed degree program: Fall 2005
This proposal to
establish a new degree program has been reviewed and approved by the
appropriate campus committees and authorities.
Chancellor:
Appendix I. Women’s Studies Email Survey April 2003
Who was surveyed
The
population included all Spring 2003 degree-seeking undergraduates who
·
had taken one of the Women’s Studies
courses in Fall 2002 or Spring 2003, or
·
were Women’s Studies minors, or
·
were Interdisciplinary Degree majors with
the Individual Degree Concentration
Number surveyed and percent
responding
There were
247 students in the population with good email addresses. Of those, 59 (24%)
responded to an email survey.
Results
|
Question |
Yes |
Maybe |
No |
Total |
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N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
% |
N |
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1. Do you think UNCA should have a
Women’s Studies major? |
57 |
96.6% |
1 |
1.7% |
1 |
1.7% |
59 |
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2.
If there were a major would you |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
a. Consider it for your major? |
22 |
48.9% |
2 |
4.4% |
21 |
46.7% |
45 |
|
b. Consider it for double major? |
35 |
71.4% |
6 |
12.2% |
8 |
16.3% |
49 |
|
c. Recommend it to other students? |
50 |
94.3% |
1 |
1.9% |
2 |
3.8% |
53 |
Forty-one of
the respondents would consider Women’s Studies for their major or double major (83%
percent responded yes or maybe to 2a or 2b).