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:  M. A. Muqtedar Khan phone number: 831-1939

                               

Department:  Political Science email address mkhan@udel.edu

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 

Action:                                       Add Islamic Studies Minor

(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_______________________________07F_______________________________________________________

                                                (use format 04F, 05W)

 

Current degree________________________________________________________________

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

 

Proposed change leads to the degree of: ___________________________________________

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

 

 

Proposed name:      Islamic Studies Minor

                                            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:_________________________________

                                                                  (Must attach  your Graduate Program Policy Statement)

 

            Graduate Program of Study:______________________________________________

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

 

 

                Graduate minor / concentration:___________________________________________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List program changes for curriculum revisions

 

List new courses required for the new or revised curriculum:

 (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”)

 

Introduction to the Politics of Islam (200 level) 

This course will be offered by the Political Science department and cross-listed with History and Anthropology.

 

Other affected units:

(List other departments affected by this new or revised curriculum.  Attach permission from the affected units.  If no other unit is affected, enter “None”)

 

Political Science and International Relations, History, Philosophy, Anthropology, Foreign Languages and Literature, English, and Art History.

 

 

Rationale:

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

 

Contemporary events dramatically underscore the global significance of Islam and the global need for a better understanding of the religion of Islam, the Islamic World and the various Muslim communities that exist from Michigan to Malaysia. Islam has not only become an important force in the global cultural, political and economic sphere, it has become a crucial aspect of the American and Western experience due primarily to the growth of Muslim communities in the West. Co-existence across borders and within borders is unfeasible without a good understanding of Islam, Islamic civilization, and the Muslim World.

 

Universities across the country have already recognized this fact and have either launched new programs of Islamic Studies or widened and deepened existing ones (for a list of some programs, see attachment X). The University of Delaware has lagged behind comparable institutions in this regard. An Islamic Studies minor is the first step towards addressing this deficit. The originators and supporters of this minor will be submitting a proposal for an Islamic Studies Program to add depth and value to this minor; this, clearly, is a necessary second step.

 

The demand for the courses on Islam and the Muslim World on campus is clear. Nearly every course that addresses the subject of Islam is oversubscribed. Campus events and talks that focus on Islam are uniformly well-attended. The University has sufficient resources, as evident from the existing course offerings, to constitute an Islamic Studies minor. Indeed, there are at least twenty courses presently offered or proposed by faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences in which students in an Islamic Studies minor could enroll to meet the suggested requirements.

 

Clearly, a knowledge of Islam and the Islamic World is a necessary asset to make University of Delaware students competitive in a marketplace where both government careers and non-governmental and global corporations have become highly sensitive to this subject area and are seeking graduates with background in Islamic Studies.

 

Finally, informal inquiries with students currently taking Islam-related courses about their continued interest in such a program provide ample reason to be optimistic about the prospects for early and steady enrolment in the minor.

 

 

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 present curriculum.)

 

 

1.         The Islamic studies minor will require a total 18 credits (comprised of six courses from a list of designated or approved courses).

 

2.         The six courses that will lead to the Islamic Studies minor will include two core requirements.

 

3.         The two core requirements shall be:  (A) An Introduction to Global Islam (200 level) and (B) a second course at the 200-300 level from the following list of approved courses: HIST381, HIST377, ARTH236, and POSC377.

 

4.         The minor would require at least 3 courses at or above the 300 level.

 

5.         The minor will have a designated advisor, as authorized by the Dean’s Office, who will also be the chair or director of the Islamic Studies Program when it is established. The three 300 level courses can be any of those from Philosophy, Anthropology, History Political Science and English [See attachment Y for list of courses].

 

6.         In addition, the designated advisor of the minor (and in the future, the director of the proposed Islamic Studies Program) will have the authority to make course substitutions for required courses.

 

7.         In order to complete the minor, the student will take the two core courses for six credits

      [See 3 above], and four courses, three of which will be of 300 level or above from the list          of courses available for a total of 18 credits.

 

 

 

 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 Programs & Planning                                                                  Date                                       

 

Provost                                                                                                                                   Date                                       

 

Board of Trustee Notification                                                                                                                Date                                       

 

Revised 11/03/04   /khs