Draft Resolution to Rename the BA in “East Asian Studies” to “Asian Studies”:

Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chairperson) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to change the name of the current East Asian Studies program/major to Asian Studies:

WHEREAS, the East Asian Studies program and faculty have expressed the intent to rename its program and major to Asian Studies and

WHEREAS, the newly renamed Asian Studies major will continue to be interdisciplinary, drawing from various departments (including but not limited to History, Foreign Languages & Literatures, Anthropology, Political Science, Art History, Philosophy, Art) ; and

WHEREAS, the renamed Asian Studies major will continue to support the 10 goals of undergraduate education and the academic priorities of the University's stated goal to promote programs which engage in interdisciplinary teaching and research; and

WHEREAS, the renamed Asian Studies major and program has broad support from faculty across contributing departments and the College of Arts and Sciences; be it therefore

RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate approves provisionally, for five years, the establishment of the renamed major entitled Baccalaureate of Arts in Asian Studies, effective May 1, 2011.