UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS

 

Academic Program Approval

 

This form is a routing document for the approval of new and revised academic programs.  Proposing department should complete this form.  For more information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.

 

 

Submitted by: Lauren Hackworth Petersen                  Phone number: 831-3498

                               

Department: Art History                     Email address:  LHP@udel.edu

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 

Action:  Revisions to Graduate Program (Policy Statement Change)

 

(Example:  add major/minor/concentration, delete major/minor/concentration,  revise major/minor/concentration,  academic unit name change, request for permanent status, policy change, etc.)

 

Effective term:    09F  

                                                (use format 04F, 05W)

 

Current degree:         M.A. and Ph.D.

                                    (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

Proposed change leads to the degree of:  Same

                                                                                             (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

 

Proposed name:_______________________________________________________________

                                            Proposed new name for revised or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit

                                                                                (if applicable)

 

Revising or Deleting: 

 

Undergraduate major / Concentration:______________________________________

                                                                                    (Example:  Applied Music – Instrumental  degree BMAS)

 

Undergraduate minor:____________________________________________________

                                   (Example:  African Studies,  Business Administration,  English, Leadership, etc.)            

 

Graduate Program Policy statement change:_S ee Attached

                                                                  (Must attach  your Graduate Program Policy Statement)

 

            Graduate Program of Study:  M.A. and Ph.D. / Art History

                                 (Example:  Animal Science: MS  Animal Science:  PHD  Economics: MA Economics: PHD)

 

 

                Graduate minor / concentration:___________________________________________

 

 

Note: all graduate studies proposals must include an electronic copy of the Graduate Program Policy Document, highlighting the changes made to the original policy document.

 

Per Mary Martin’s request, attached is the current policy statement for the Graduate Program in Art History and the proposed policy statement (effective F09).

 

 

List new courses required for the new or revised curriculum. How do they support the overall program objectives of the major/minor/concentrations)?

 (Be aware that approval of the curriculum is dependent upon these courses successfully passing through the Course Challenge list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)

 

ARTH870 – Master’s Paper. This course will replace ARTH869 – Master’s Thesis. The Department has voted to eliminate the Master’s Thesis required of all M.A. students and has replaced this requirement with a Master’s Paper requirement. This new course (3 credits) will be required of all students working toward the M.A. degree, as they complete the Master’s Paper.

 

 

Explain, when appropriate, how this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/

 

Not applicable

 

Identify other units affected by the proposed changes:

(Attach permission from the affected units.  If no other unit is affected, enter “None”)

 

None

 

 

 

Describe the rationale for the proposed program change(s):

(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.)

 

The proposed changes to the graduate curriculum include:

 

  1. Adopt a Direct Ph.D. Program to accelerate time-to-degree completion for students who hold a B.A. in Art History (or related field) and are seeking a Ph.D. in Art History.

 

  1. Change the Master’s Thesis requirement to a Master’s Paper requirement. The Master’s Paper is designed to be completed within one semester (as compared to the Master’s Thesis, which typically required two, or more semesters, for completion).

 

  1. Change the Foreign Language Requirement to allow for greater flexibility in meeting the needs of a student’s particular field of study.

 

  1. Change the distribution requirements of courses to reflect both the diverse offerings of the faculty and the increasing diversity of the field as a whole.

 

The reasons for the proposed program changes are two-fold. On one hand, the changes address the time-to-degree issues that the department currently faces. The proposed changes will most significantly affect students who have earned a B.A. in Art History (or related discipline) and who wish to pursue a Ph.D. degree. These students will enter the proposed Direct Ph.D. Program. Students who enter this program will be required to complete 36 hours of coursework (in place of 48 credits as in the current program). The goal is to move students through the program in a timely manner and, ultimately, to support the early stages of dissertation writing during their last year of funding (currently, students have a gap year in funding, that is, the year immediately following the completion of the Ph.D. exams and the year before they are able to apply for external funding on a competitive basis). Students earning an M.A. degree will benefit from the change from a Master’s Thesis to a Master’s Paper, which is more focused in scope than the thesis. One the other hand, the proposed changes will align our program requirements with the requirements of our peer and aspirational graduate programs. The Department is committed to recruiting and retaining the best in the field, and the proposed changes to the program will attract top-level students at both the M.A. and Ph.D. levels. In addition, the proposed changes to course and language requirements reflect the diverse course offerings by our faculty. The faculty has changed significantly in the past eight years, and the new program will create opportunities for students to work across a range of fields within the discipline.

 

 

 

 

Program Requirements: 

(Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the Course Catalog.  If this is a revision, be sure to indicate the changes being made to the current curriculum and include a side-by-side comparison of the credit distribution before and after the proposed change.)

 

Waived (per Mary Martin)

 

 

 

 

 ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION:        (Please do not remove supporting documentation.)

 

Department Chairperson                                                                                                        Date                                       

 

Dean of College                                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Chairperson, College Curriculum Committee___________________________________Date_____________________

 

Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR Studies                                                                   Date                                       

 

Chairperson, Senate Coordinating Com.                                                                 Date                                       

 

Secretary, Faculty Senate                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Date of Senate Resolution                                                                                                      Date to be Effective               

 

Registrar                                                                  Program Code                                         Date                                       

 

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs & International Programs                                               Date                                       

 

Provost                                                                                                                                   Date                                       

 

Board of Trustee Notification                                                                                                                Date                                       

 

Revised 10/23/2007   /khs