From: Julio F. Carrión [mailto:jcarrion@udel.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2014 3:26 PM
To: Hastings, Steven E
Cc: Watson, George H.
Subject: RE: UGS0358-44 Request to add a Global Studies Minor (attachment)

Dear Steven,

Thanks for your email. I will certainly do the things you request. Would it be ok if I can send the revised proposal by the end of the week?

The only comment that I have is regarding the “academic department” where the minor will be located. Interdisciplinary majors (and minors) in the college of arts and sciences do not have a departmental home. For instance, the majors in Asian Studies, Latin American and Iberian Studies, and European Studies do not have a traditional departmental home. So is the case with the minors in African and Islamic studies. The advisors for these majors and minors are the directors of the respective programs, which are all housed under the Center for Global and Area Studies. In addition, we have minors in Medical Humanities, Political Communication, and Interactive Media, to provide additional examples, and none of them have departmental homes. I am cc’ing George Watson, the dean of Arts and Sciences, if have additional questions regarding the academic homes for these interdisciplinary programs. In the new proposal I will stress very clearly that the academic advisor for the minors in Global Studies will be the director of the Center for Global and Area Studies. I hope this clarifies the issue.

Thanks again, and I will be in touch

Julio

From: Hastings, Steven E [mailto:hastings@udel.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2014 2:19 PM
To: Carrion, Julio F
Subject: UGS0358-44 Request to add a Global Studies Minor (attachment)

Julio – UGS recently considered this request and requests the following before it is considered further:

- The proposal be divided in request for 2 minors – one with a language and one without a language. As is, the minor is much too confusing.

- Specify the requirements more succinctly for each minor.

- Specify the languages that will be accepted in the minor that requires a minor.

- Clarify the “academic department” where these minors will be located and administered.

- Provide a letter of support for the minors from the Institute for Global Studies.

Please submit your revised proposals to Karren in the faculty senate Office asap.

Thanks you – Steve Hastings        

Steven E. Hastings, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Chair

Chair, UD Undergraduate Studies Committee
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