THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

                         FACULTY SENATE 


                                 Senate Document Number  0792S 

                                 Date of Senate Approval 1/16/92


 
Signature of Senate Chair __________________________ Date________

Action of Vice Chancellor: 

   Approval _______________________________  Date________________ 
              
     Denied _______________________________  Date________________
      
Reasons for denial and suggested modifications: 









 
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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:   

       APC Document #7:  Catalog Changes in Sociology and 
                         General Education


Change 1:


Effective Date:  Fall, 1992 for catalog
                 retroactive to Fall 1990

Delete:  on page 174 under the description of SOC 215 the phrase

               "Prerequisite:  SOC 100."
          
Rationale:  The phrase was included when an Anthropology program
          within the Soiology Department was considered.  Since the
          program was not added, the requirement which was designed
          to channel students into a certain sequence of study is
          not necessary.

Impact:     Perhaps slightly higher enrollments in SOC 215.




Change 2:

Effective Date:  January, 1992

Add:  on page 46 to the list of Social Science Courses meeting the
      General Education Social Science requirement

       "Sociology 215  Introduction to Cultural Anthropolgy"


Impact Statement:   Sociology 215 is already being offered every
                    semester so making it fill a general education
                    requirement will not affect the sociology
                    department's future staffing needs.  Rather,
                    the course will help to meet high demand for
                    seats in general education courses.

Rationale:     "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology" is a course
     that epitomizes both the philosophy of the social science
     general education requirement and the overall liberal arts
     mission of UNCA.  Anthropology is an inherently liberating
     discipline as it encourages students to consider the cultural
     roots of their own world views by teaching them about
     alternative cultural ways of looking at the world.  This
     introductory course covers a variety of thematic areas--
     language, ecology, economics, personality, family, politics,
     religion--and in each case uses cross-cultural material to
     challenge the ethnocentrism and naive realism inherent in 
     many assumptions we make about human nature.  The course is
     also inherently global in perspective thus making a key
     contribution to our goal of internationalizing the curriculum. 
     Finally, Sociology 215 requires students to do extensive
     writing and places a strong emphasis on geographic literacy.