Senate Bill No.: 0708-21
UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Introduced by: Undergraduate Academic Council
Date:
April 24, 2008
REVISION OF ANTHROPOLOGY MINOR REQUIREMENTS
IT IS HEREBY PROPOSED THAT THE FOLLOWING BE ADOPTED:
1. That the attached proposed revision of requirements to the Minor in Anthropology
be approved by the University Senate.
2. That this proposal be forwarded to the Interim President George M. Philip for
approval.
3. That the revision take effect for students admitted to the
University for Fall 2008.
Rationale:
Given the courses that the Anthropology faculty have to cover to meet the demands of
both graduate students as well as undergraduate students in three different majors
(Anthropology, Linguistics & Human Biology), the AANT 100 course is taught
sporadically. Over the past few years we have had to make dozens of substitutions for this
course on DARS Exceptions forms. Rather than continue to do that, we wish to remove
AANT 100 as a required class and add it to the list of basic courses from which minors
will choose two. The remaining credits, as has always been the case, can be chosen from
the full array of ANT courses. Students will still be required to take 9 credits of Upper
Division coursework.
Currently the Anthropology minor requires AANT 100 and one of the following: AANT
110, AANT 104, AANT 108 or AANT 220,
The proposed new Anthropology minor requirements will be: two courses among: AANT
100, AANT 110, AANT 104, AANT 108 or AANT 220.
Revised Bulletin Entry:
A minimum of 18 graduation credits (9 or more of which must be in course work at or
above the 300 level). Students are required to take two courses from the following list: A
AAnt 100, AAnt 110, AAnt 104, AAnt 108, AAnt/ALin 220.
Senate Bill No.: 0708-21
University at Albany – State University of New York
College of Arts and Sciences
Course Action Form
Proposal No.
08-012
Please mark all that apply:
New Course
Revision of:
Number
X
Description
Cross-Listing
Title
Prerequisites
Shared-Resources Course
Credits
Deactivate / Activate Course (boldface & underline as
appropriate)
X
Other
(specify):
Anthropology Minor
Department
:
Anthropology
To be effective
(semester/year): Fall 2008
Course
Number
Curren
t:
New:
Credits
:
Course
Title:
Course Description to appear in Bulletin:
Minor description to appear in Undergraduate Bulletin
A minimum of 18 graduation credits (9 or more of which must be in course work at or above the 300 level).
Students are required to take two courses from the following list: A AAnt 100, AAnt 110, AAnt 104, AAnt
108, AAnt/ALin 220.
Prerequisites statement to be appended to description in Bulletin:
If S/U is to be designated as the only grading system in the course,
check here:
This course is (will be) cross listed with (i.e., CAS ###):
This course is (will be) a shared-resources course with (i.e., CAS
###):
Explanation of proposal:
The course AAnt 100 is taught on a sporadic basis requiring students to obtain DARS exceptions from the
Undergraduate Chair of the Anthropology department. The proposed change would make AAnt 100 an
optional course as opposed to a required course. The proposed change gives students greater flexibility
with equal rigor when completing the Anthropology minor.
Other departments or schools which offer similar or related courses and which have certified that this
proposal does not overlap their offering:
None
Chair of Proposing Department (TYPE NAME/SIGN)
Date
James P. Collins
2/11/08
Approved by Chair(s) of Departments having cross-
listed course(s) (PRINT NAME/SIGN)
Date
Dean of College (PRINT NAME/SIGN)
Date
Gregory Stevens
3/11/08
Chair of Academic Programs Committee (PRINT
NAME/SIGN)
Date
Dean of Graduate (Undergraduate) Studies (PRINT
NAME/SIGN)
Date
Nancy Denton
3/10/08
