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: __Jay L. Halio   ___phone number___831-6467/3324_____________

                               

Department:  _Jewish Studies _____________ jhalio@udel.edu ________________________

                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Date:   _November 1, 2012___________________________________________

 

Action:    Add 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.)

 

Effectiveterm_________13F______________________________________________________________________________

                                                (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:     Jewish Studies with Language    

 

                                            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:___________________________________________

 

 

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.

 

 

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”) None.

 

 

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

 

The new minor will complement the current minor by adding an emphasis on the Hebrew language. This will make the Jewish Studies minor attractive to students interested in languages, which is an important component of any liberal arts education. Since Hebrew is not an Indo-European language (like English), the new minor will help students understand the very nature of language. Reading Hebrew books and articles in the original will bring students closer to the sense of what is being written, insofar as languages in translation always lose at least a small part of their meaning. The new minor, in addition, will help develop an international perspective in our increasingly global society. By being able to speak in Hebrew, moreover, students will be in a better position to interact with Israelis (Arabs as well as Jews) and others who speak Hebrew but not English.

 

Identify other units affected by the proposed changes:

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

 

The new minor will complement the other minors in language offered by the Foreign Languages and Literature Department. Professor Zipser, the chair of that department, endorses this proposal (see attached email message).

 

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

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

 

Jewish Studies aims to bring students into closer contact with other cultures as well as Jewish culture, but its emphasis, of course, is on Jewish culture. Studying Hebrew language intensively will help reach that goal for students. It will also help lead to a new major in either Middle Eastern Studies or Religious and Cultural Studies, still in the planning stages.

 

 

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.)

 

The main difference between the current minor in Jewish Studies and the proposed new minor is simply the emphasis on language. The current minor does not carry a requirement of any Hebrew language courses, and only three credits of Hebrew may count toward the minor. The new minor will require students to complete HEBR 107, and to qualify for that course students may have to take the earlier courses in Hebrew language or test out of them, although those courses below 107 will not count toward the new minor.* Like the current minor, the proposed  minor requires 16 credits, and like the current minor the 1-credit course, JWST 201, “Issues and Ideas in Jewish Studies,” is also required.

 

Students must take at least 3 credits of Hebrew at UD; students who are exempted from Hebrew 107 through the proficiency examination must take a 200 level Hebrew course at UD.

 

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

 

Department Chairperson         Jay L. Halio                                                                                             Date 11/1/12                                           

 

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 02/09/2009   /khs