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Date: 12 May 2006 To: Members of the Faculty of Arts From: Thomas Chase, Dean of Arts Re: Agenda for Faculty Council meeting – 17 May 2006 There will be a Faculty Council meeting on Wednesday 17 May 2006 at 2:30 p.m. in the Fifth Floor Boardroom of the Administration-Humanities Building (AH 527).

AGENDA

1. Adoption of the Agenda 2. President Robert Hawkins 3. Approval of the Minutes of 19 April 2006 (Appendix I, pp. 2-5) 4. Business Arising from the Minutes 5. Reports from Representatives to Other Faculties 6. Reports from Representatives from Other Faculties 7. Report of the Dean (Appendix II, pp. 6-7) 7.A Budget 8. Report of the Associate Dean (Research & Graduate) (Appendix III, p. 8) 9. Committee Reports 9.1 Academic Program & Development Committee (Appendix IV, pp. 9-13) 9.2 Undergraduate Scholarship Committee (Appendix V, p. 14) 9.3 Undergraduate Student Appeals Committee (Appendix VI – at the door) 10. New Business 10.1 Notice of Motion (Appendix VII, pp. 15-16) 11. Other Business and announcements TC/dg

University of Regina Faculty of Arts / Faculty Council Meeting of 17 May 2006 / of 16

Appendix I UNIVERSITY OF REGINA

FACULTY COUNCIL OF ARTS MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF 19 APRIL 2006

The Faculty Council of Arts, University of Regina, met at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday 19 April 2006 in the Fifth Floor Board Room of the Administration-Humanities Building (AH527). PRESENT: H. King (Chair), H. Akhand, K. Arbuthnott, A. Baydala, P. Bell, D. Blachford, W.

Brennan, M. Calkowski, N. Côté, B. Fiore, D. Flood, I. Germani, P. Gingrich, V. Greifenhagen, T. Hadjistavropoulos, A. Hayford, J. Jaffe, D. Juschka, S. Juyal, W. Kubik, K. Leyton-Brown, C. Louis, R. Lundy, R. MacLennan, J. Mulvale, K. Oh, T. Ovaska, J. Pfeifer, C. Polster, Y. Ren, A. Robinson, N. Ruddick, J. Shami, W. Smythe, E. Soifer, M. Vetter, L. Wells, M. Wigmore, M. Zimmermann.

SENATE MEMBERS: J. Jeske, R. Krismer FROM OTHER FACULTIES: W. Hurren (Education), D. Nicholson (Library) STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES: None GUESTS: J. Boan, H. Schlichtmann REGRETS: P. Bisson, J. Conway, M. Jones, L. Jules, K. Knuttila,

N. Onder, S. McCarthy, J. van Eijk 1. Adoption of the Agenda

JUYAL/POLSTER moved that the agenda be adopted as circulated with the addition of item 11.2 - Resolution. CARRIED

2. Approval of the Minutes of 15 February 2006 SMYTHE/HADJISTAVROPOULOS moved that the minutes of the meeting of 15 February

2006 be approved with minor corrections – Item 9.9 – Change PEACE to P-CITE; and add D. Blachford, H. King, and L. Wells to attendance list.

CARRIED 3. Business Arising from the Minutes None.

4. Reports of Representatives to Other Faculties None.

5. Reports of Representatives from Other Faculties None.


FACULTY OF ARTS 19 April 2006

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6. Report of the Dean The following items were discussed as per previously distributed report: 6.1 Performance review for the 2005 review year 6.2 Headships 6.3 Campion and Luther 6.4 URSU 6.5 Sessional lecturers 6.6 Appointments with tenure 6.7 Faculty lectures and panels 6.8 Anthropology unit review 6.9 Saskatchewan Centennial Medal 6.10 New history of the University

In addition the following was discussed: • University budget –information is being released in stages. Deans’ Council met this

morning and there will be a news release this afternoon.

7. Report of the Associate Dean (Undergraduate) The following items were discussed as per previously distributed report: 7.1 Co-op Program 7.2 Recruiting 7.3 Work Experience Internship Program 7.4 Registration Reports 7.5 University 100/110

8. Report of the Associate Dean (External Relations)

The following items were discussed as per previously distributed report: I. International

1. Vision and mission of internationalization of Faculty of Arts 2. News on current international activities

II. Community Relations and Fundraising 1. Arts Alumni Showcase Event 2. Committee of Community Outreach 3. 2 events – 1st Annual Computer Science Dinner & Bingo Night in Berlin

In addition the following was discussed: • Office of International Cooperation and Development (OICD) will still have funding

available next year to support outgoing mobility for students (groups, not individuals). Funding for faculty initiatives will also be available. The call for funding will go out in September.



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9. Report of the Associate Dean (Research & Graduate) The following items were discussed as per previously distributed report: 9.1 Stapleford Lecture 9.2 Coffee House Controversies 9.3 Internal Funding Deadline 9.4 Grant Successes 9.5 Community Research Unit In addition the following were discussed: • Dr Wells expressed thanks and commendation to those involved in the 4 graduate

conferences. • Dr Pfeifer is the recipient of the Alumni Public Service Award.

Dr Wells chaired while Dr King reported on Item 10. 10. Committee Reports

10.1 Academic Program Development Committee KING/AKHAND moved to create a Certificate in Intercultural Leadership and to create the following courses: ILP 100, 300, 301, 400.

CARRIED. CÔTÉ/ZIMMERMANN moved to approve changes to the combined five-year BEd

and BA in French Programs. CARRIED.

KING/BAYDALA moved to include Intercultural Leadership (ILP), International

Studies (INTL) and Health Studies (HS) courses on both Lists A and B in the Arts core requirements.

CARRIED. LUNDY/LOUIS moved to revise the credit hours from 1.5 to 3.0 in RDWT 120 and

121. CARRIED.

LOUIS/LUNDY moved to revise ENGL 110 (a change in description).

CARRIED. JUSCHKA/JAFFE moved to revise WMST 201 (a change in prerequisite).

CARRIED. FLOOD/POLSTER moved to create PSCI 312.

CARRIED. ZIMMERMANN/CÔTÉ moved to revise the Spanish majors, minor and certificate to include RLST 333 as one of the approved electives.

CARRIED.



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KING/KRISMER moved to revise the approved electives in the International Studies majors and certificates. Delete HJ 353 from International Politics, Security and Organization group; Add HJ 353, 355, and 357 to International Development group; Add HJ 355 and 357 to International Economics and Political Economy group; Add RLST 333 to Latin American Studies group.

CARRIED.

11. New Business 11.1 MULVALE/LEYTON-BROWN moved that the Faculty of Arts recommends to the

Senate of the University of Regina that a representative from the province’s policing community be added to the Senate.

Two No-votes and some abstentions were noted. CARRIED. 11.2 GINGRICH/RUDDICK moved that the Dean of Arts 1) invite President Hawkins to

the next Faculty Council to provide an update on issues related to the deficit and the credit hour situation and to provide a report on the academic implications of the deficit and of the measures the University administration has taken to address the deficit and 2) to provide the Faculty of Arts with a list of classes that have been cancelled and classes where enrolments have been increased, and outline the measures that have been taken to ensure that the integrity of departmental offerings and programs has been preserved.

CARRIED. 12. Other Business and Announcements

• Dr. Calkowski was elated that two special case MA students, Christian Frenopoulo and Dan Holbrow, who both defended their theses last June, have been offered admission to anthropology doctoral programs at prestigious schools.

There being no further business the meeting adjourned.


Appendix II Faculty of Arts Faculty Council – Meeting of 17 May 2006 7. Report of the Dean 7.1 Recruitments in the Faculty of Arts: The following appointments have been made effective 1 July

2006. Several others are pending.

DEPARTMENT NAME APPOINTMENT Anthropology Kimberly Hart Assistant Professor (Term) Anthropology Tobias Sperlich Assistant Professor (Term renewal) Economics Virginie Masson Assistant Professor (Probationary) English Natalie Meisner Assistant Professor (Term renewal) English Stephen Moore Assistant Professor (Term renewal) History Robin Ganev Assistant Professor (Probationary) Journalism Kenneth Bell Assistant Professor (Term renewal) Journalism Gennadiy Tchernov Assistant Professor (Probationary) Justice Studies Nick Jones Assistant Professor (Probationary) Political Science Jeremy Rayner Associate Professor and Head of Department

(with tenure) Psychology Laurie Sykes Tottenham Assistant Professor (Probationary)

To all who served on recruitment committees this year, particularly those who chaired the committees, I wish to offer the Faculty’s thanks for a series of very fine recruitments. I wish also to thank the support staff in the various department offices and in the Dean’s Office who handled the many details of flights, accommodations, and campus visit schedules with such efficiency.

7.2 Long-service awards: On Friday 5 May the University honoured employees who have reached

milestones in their careers. The following colleagues from the Faculty of Arts were honoured.

YEARS OF SERVICE NAME DEPARTMENT Marcia Calkowski Anthropology Susan Johnston English Garry Sherbert English William Smythe Psychology

10

Andrew Stubbs English Robert Biezenski Sociology and Social Studies Richard Kleer Economics Patricia Miller-Schroeder

Women’s Studies 15

Kathleen Wall English 20 David Gauthier Geography / Associate VP Research

Fazal Dar Economics Corinne Gogal Philosophy and Classics (now in Fine Arts) Herbert Korté Philosophy and Classics

25

Kang-nam (Ken) Oh Religious Studies Beverley Montague English 30 Béla Szabados Philosophy and Classics


7.3 Retirements from the Faculty: The following colleagues are retiring from the Faculty effective 30 June 2006.

Patricia Bell Assistant Professor and Head, School of Journalism Kang-nam (Ken) Oh Professor of Religious Studies Florence Stratton Associate Professor of English Robert Stirling Professor of Sociology & Social Studies (effective 31 December 2005) Robin Swales Professor of History Sybile Tremblay Assistant Professor of French (retired 31 December 2005)

The Faculty of Arts thanks these colleagues for their many years of service, and wishes them the very best in the years ahead.

7.4 Headships: To the announcements made last month regarding headships in the Faculty of Arts, I wish

to add that Dr Wendee Kubik has agreed to serve as acting co-ordinator of the Women’s Studies programme from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007. Dr Juschka will be on sabbatical leave during this period.

7.5 Dr Green nominated to a CRC at the University of Manitoba: The Faculty of Arts congratulates Dr

Joyce Green, associate professor of political science, upon her nomination as a Canada Research Chair (SSHRC, Tier II) at the University of Manitoba. This appointment takes effect 1 January 2007.

7.6 Dr Chapco appointed to the University of Victoria: The Faculty of Arts congratulates Dr Ellen

Hunter Chapco, who has been appointed professor and head of French at the University of Victoria. Ellen has been at the University of Regina since 1971, and has made pivotal contributions as

teacher, scholar, and administrator. Head of the department here from 1997 to 2003, Ellen was also founding director of the Humanities Research Institute, and University Secretary from 2002 to

2005. On behalf of the Faculty, I wish to say that we shall miss her presence among us, and that we wish her the very best in her new appointment at Victoria.

7.7 Dr Oh’s latest publication a bestseller: Our colleague Dr Ken Oh, professor of religious studies,

reports that his book Buddhism in a Comparative Perspective was published in Korea on 10 April, and within two weeks of publication became the no. 1 Korean bestseller in the humanities. Another of Ken's books has been reprinted some 32 times, with total sales of more than 100,000 copies. Ken is retiring from the University of Regina this June after more than a quarter-century of service.

7.8 Dr Pitsula’s history of the University: I reported to last month’s Faculty Council that Dr Jim

Pitsula has published As One Who Serves: The Making of the University of Regina (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2006), a 552-page volume tracing the history of the institution from its founding in 1911 as Regina College to 1974. I’m happy to share one early review. Don Akenson, Douglas Professor of Canadian and Colonial History at McGill and senior editor of the Press, calls Jim’s book “a model of the genre,” and notes that “[t]he mixture of high professionalism with genuine affection for the place comes through brilliantly.” More information is available from the publisher at http://www.mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=1942.


http://www.mqup.mcgill.ca/book.php?bookid=1942

Appendix III Faculty of Arts Faculty Council—Meeting of 17 May 2006 Report of the Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies) 1. Report from RAGS At the 3 May meeting of RAGS, motions approving the following were passed:

• MA in Creative Writing proposal (Phase II) • Course-based MA in English—students may include in their programs two graduate-level

courses from other units of the University (three with the approval of the department head) • revision to the MA program in History—a reduction in the course-load of students

entering the program with an Honours degree from four courses to three; the number of credit hours for such students remains at 30

• revisions to the calendar description of the graduate program in History • revisions to the guidelines for the Special Case PhD in History • raising of the entry-level grade for the MA in History from 70% to 75% Each of these motions will be sent on to the appropriate committees for further discussion.

2. Faculty Handbook I have been sending out e-mails to chairs of Faculty committees asking them to review with their members the terms of reference, etc. for their committees in the present version of the Handbook. I will be working on the Handbook revision over the next few months, and will no doubt be seeking feedback from people across the Faculty on various sections. 3. Research initiatives I have had some meetings with David Gauthier in his new role as Associate Vice-President (Research), and he has asked me to identify faculty members in Arts who might be good candidates to act as principal investigators or team leaders for grant opportunities for interdisciplinary teams or research clusters, such as SSHRC’s Strategic Research Clusters Development Grants (http://www.sshrc.ca/web/winning/comp_results/2006/2006_clusters_e.asp). I would appreciate receiving any suggestions you may have. 4. SSHRC Grant I’m pleased to announce that Dr Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, (Psychology/Centre on Aging and Health) is the co-investigator on a successful SSHRC operating grant worth $152,969 over three years. The project, “Ethical decision-making in the care of seniors: A multinational study of nursing ethics, religion, and perceptions of personhood,” has Dr. David Malloy, Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) as its principal investigator. Congratulations to Thomas and Dave. 5. New PublicationDr. Mary Hampton (Psychology, Luther) has co-edited the book Intimate Partner Violence: Reflections on Experience, Theory and Policy (Resolve, 2006) with Dr. Nikki Gerard of the Saskatoon Health Region. This collection of nine essays will serve as a resource for policy-makers and practitioners in the field of intimate partner abuse. Subjects include the formation, application and impact of policy on victims, myths about abused women, the genesis of abuse, and harm reduction.


http://www.sshrc.ca/web/winning/comp_results/2006/2006_clusters_e.asp

Appendix IV ACADEMIC PROGRAM AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

REPORT TO THE FACULTY OF ARTS MAY 2006

A. Catholic Studies Program Rationale for creation of a Catholic Studies minor: Purpose of the Program The Catholic Studies minor is intended to provide students with an academic understanding of Catholicism. ‘Catholicism’ here refers not just to a religious institution or a set of beliefs, but to a culture. It includes all the ways in which the Roman Catholic Church and its members have interacted with the wider world: with the arts, history, politics, science, and philosophy. Because of the diversity of these interactions, no one field can understand Catholicism adequately. Catholic Studies is therefore an interdisciplinary pursuit. It is not a branch of religious studies or theology. It does not proselytize, and it does not presuppose any commitment to Catholicism as a creed. Rather, it seeks to understand a complex culture that has had tremendous impact on the world over the past two thousand years. The Catholic Studies minor has been patterned on similar programs at other universities, such as McGill, Georgetown, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. It is expected to appeal to a wide range of students. Those with a background in history, philosophy, or religious studies will find a great deal that is of interest to them in the program. Students with a personal connection to Catholicism, especially those enrolled in Campion College, will also find the program rewarding. Finally, the minor will appeal to students for whom an understanding of Catholicism might be professionally valuable: for example, education students who would like to teach religion. Resources Since Catholic Studies is an interdisciplinary program, it will draw on resources in a number of different fields. Most of these resources already exist: nearly all of the courses to be taken by Catholic Studies students are already offered regularly by various departments. The only addition needed is an introductory course in Catholic Studies: Catholic Studies 200. This course will provide background in the methodologies and topics involved in the study of Catholicism. It could also be taken as an elective by students not enrolled in the Catholic Studies program. In addition, the program will have a coordinator who will teach Catholic Studies 200 and do all of the program’s administration. This administrative work is expected to be minimal. It will consist largely in advising students about course selection, and it will not require course release or other support.

MOTION: To CREATE a MINOR in CATHOLIC STUDIES:

• Catholic Studies 200: Introduction to Catholic Studies • RLST 100 • five additional courses chosen from the following list. At least one of

these courses must be in Religious Studies, but no more than two of them may be.


Credit hours

Catholic Studies mrequired courses

inor, Student's record of courses completed

3.0 CATH 200 3.0 RLST 100 3.0 Approved RLST elective 3.0 Approved elective in any discipline 3.0 3.0 3.0

3 approved electives from disciplines other than RLST

21.0 Subtotal

Approved Electives in Catholic Studies ARTH 202: Medieval Art History ARTH 212: Art and Identity in the Renaissance ENGL 325-327: Studies in Medieval Literature FA 300AC: Spirituality in the Fine Arts (cross-listed as HUM 201AB and RLST 290AC) HIST 265: Early Middle Ages, 300-1100 HIST 266: Later Middle Ages, 1100-1499 HIST 270: Europe 1400-1648: Renaissance and Reformation HIST 290AB: Modern Christian Social Thought (cross-listed as RLST 290AD) HIST 366: Cultural History of the Middle Ages HIST 370: The European Reformations HIST 372: From Magic to Science: Intellectual Developments in Early Modern Europe PAST 340: Contemporary Spirituality PHIL 212: Medieval Philosophy PHIL 242: Philosophy of Religion PHIL 244: Philosophical Study of Angels RLST 219: Judaism RLST 227: Jesus the Christ RLST 248: Introduction to the New Testament RLST 258: Orthodox Christianity RLST 273: Issues in Religion and Science RLST 333: Liberation Theology RLST 334: Catholicism THEA 351: Studies in Theatre of the Middle Ages and 16th Century Italy From time to time, departments may offer other courses dealing with topics and texts related to Catholic Studies. At the discretion of the coordinator of Catholic Studies, such courses may count towards the requirements for the minor.


Catholic Studies 200 The goal of this course is to introduce students to the range of methodologies and topics that the study of Catholicism includes. It will equip students with the tools they will need to understand Catholic history, culture, and theological disciplines. The main areas of study will be scripture, history of Christianity, systematic theology, art and literature, and contemporary topics and issues. The methodologies will be biblical, historical, philosophical, and comparative. Required texts:

• a modern, annotated version of the Bible • the documents of Vatican II • the Catechism of the Catholic Church • Martha Rasmussen, The Catholic Church: The First 2000 Years • other writings according to the topic treated: e.g. recent encyclicals on social and

economic matters, documents from interfaith and ecumenical dialogue commissions, articles on Church art, architecture, and music.

Papers and projects:

• five two-page reaction papers (graded pass/fail), one for each of the segments of the course: bible, history, systematics, culture, contemporary topics. The papers will exercise the methodologies of each of the areas.

• a mid-term examination to test the acquisition of information. • three two-page formal papers on selected topics to exercise the methodology

appropriate to the chosen topic. • a final examination to test the acquisition of information.

MOTION: To CREATE the following new course:

CATH 200 Introduction to Catholic Studies 3:3-0

A comprehensive introduction to the Catholic Studies Minor Program, this course equips the students with the tools that they will need to understand the history, culture, and theology of Catholicism. Both the historical and intellectual breadth of Catholic thought and the methodologies to interpret and understand it are explored.

Prerequisite: Completion of 15 credit hours.

MOTION: To include Catholic Studies courses (CATH) on both Lists A and B in the Arts core requirements. ________________________________________________________________ B. Department of Religious Studies

Rationale for creation of the new course: The class addresses a major issue of relevance not only to our understanding of ancient Christianity, but also to our understanding of gender and its historical articulation. Religious studies has several “woman and . . .” or “women in . . .“ classes, but there is little that addresses gender as an issue impacting on both men and women, or as a type of discursive formation directly impacting on identity, including religious identity. Given how prominent


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gender considerations are in ancient Christian literature, and how deeply they intewith “religious” identity in this location, the absence of a concern with gender in ancient Christianity is an omission that requires correction. The course would be targeted to anyone interested in the intersection of gender-construction and religiousidentity-construction, whether from a Religious Studies perspecStudies perspective. MOTION: To CREATE the following co

RLST 378 Gender in Ancient Christianity

3:3-0 The course will explore the elaboration of images of "masculinityand "femininity," "male" and "female," focusing on the relationship of these discursive entities to ancient Christian practices, goals, and notions of salvation, with a view to how such constructs were used to fabrica"Christian" identity. Prerequisite: RLST 100 or WMST 100

________________________________________________________________

C. MOTION: To REVISE the approved electives in Women's Studies: Department of Women's Studies

WMST - List A: add RLST 378: Gender in Ancient Christianity _________________________________

Department of Justice Studies Rationale to revise the residence requirements: Recent changes to the BHJ elim

five HJ areas. inated

the MOTION: To REVISE the residence requirements for the BHJ to:

Sixty credit hours, including HJ 202, 203, 445, 446, 447, and fifteen additional credit hours in the major one course from each of the following five HJ areas: Systems, Population Sectors, Issues, Fields of Professional Practice, Analysis.

MOTIO r Police Studies/Justice Studies:

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N: To REVISE the approved electives foGroup 1: Contemporary Society add: HJ 357: Ecology and Justice SOC 308: Issues of Power and J Group 2: Law in Society add: HJ 307: Justice and the Law in Canada

_____________________ E. Mature Admission Rationale for changing advising requirements for students granted Mature Admission Regulations were created last year for students admitted to the Faculty of Arts as maturestudents. They stipulate that advising is mandatory until students have attempted 24


credit hours. At 24 credit hours, the academic performance regulations apply and those with a UGPA below 60% will continue with mandatory advising. In addition, registration is restricted to a maximum of 12 cred

it hours unless students have a UGPA of

fore, it is appropriate that advising be optional for these students rather an mandatory.

# of s ents Subtotals

at least 65% after 12 credit hours are attempted. We have found that mature admits with an average of 65% or higher after 12 credit hourstypically possess a sound academic plan, are well prepared, and seek direction when necessary. Thereth

UGPA tud

40 - 44.9 3 45 - 49.9 4 50 - 54.9 2 55 - 59.9 4 60 - 64.9 3

16

65 - 69.9 4 70 - 75.9 5 75 - 79.9 3 80 - 95

18

6 Total 34

MOTION: To revise academic advising requirements for students granted mature

egina courses (or have completed 24 credit hours including transfer credit from other post-secondary institutions) or until they achieve a UGPA of 65% or better on the first 12 credit hours at the

admission as follows :10.4.1.1 Academic Advising – Students Granted Mature Admission Advising is mandatory for students who are granted mature admission until they have attempted 24 credit hours of University of R

University of Regina.


Appendix V

FACULTY OF ARTS UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

REPORT TO FACULTY Wednesday May 17, 2006

For the Spring 2006 Convocation, the Faculty of Arts Undergraduate Scholarship Committee recommends Andrew Davis (LA, 200228373), who is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts, with a CGPA of 85.67, as our candidate for the President’s Medal, and Heather Bell (200239729), who is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Honours, with a CGPA of 88.88 for the S.E. Stewart Award in Arts and the Governor-General’s Academic Silver Medal. Brief Bio on Andrew Davis Education: Bachelor of Arts, majors in Economics and French Dean’s List (4 semesters) Economics Students’ Association Francophone Students’ Society Tutor for International Languages QE2 Silver Jubilee Scholarship for Cultural Exchange Volunteer Experience: Intervarsity Christian Fellowship Regina Rescue Mission Literacy Advocate – Summer Institute of Linguistics Regina Ballroom Dancing Brief Bio on Heather Bell Education: Bachelor of Arts Honours, major in Psychology Dean’s List (6 semesters) Academic Gold and Silver Scholarships Teaching and Research Assistant


Appendix VII

Notice of Motion

Moved that: In accordance with Annex III, “Guidelines for a Working Relationship Between the Faculty of Arts and Science and the Federated Colleges Within the Terms of the Statutes of the Senate” (25 April 1973), the Faculty of Arts supports the appeal by Luther College to maintain the status quo of course offerings, including enrolment limits, that were in effect as of 26 March 2006, until this matter has been resolved through the academic process. This motion is to be moved, seconded, and debated at the next meeting of the Faculty of Arts. A secret ballot is requested.

Rationale

• On 27 March 2006, the administration of the University of Regina unilaterally reduced credit-hour offerings by Luther College, both eliminating course offerings for Spring/Summer and Fall 2006 and reducing available seats in existing courses. Furthermore, the University administration indicated that Luther College is limited to offering 13,500 teaching credits in the 2006-2007 academic year (defined as spring/summer 2006, fall 2006, and winter 2007).

• The academic staff of Luther College believe that the University administration’s

unilateral action contravenes terms of federation, specifically those under section 5 of Annex III (the full text of which is available at the Luther College website: www.luthercollege.edu/AnnexIII), which states, in part,

“The distribution of classes and sections of classes to be taught as between the University and a Federated College shall be decided by consultation between the Chairman [sic] of the Arts and Science Department and the Chairman [sic] of the Federated College Department…with appeal procedures as specified in…section 5(b).” “A Council resolution provides that no curriculum changes shall be recommended without full consultation with all Faculties and other Departments which would be materially affected by the change.” “Classes introduced by a Federated College approved for credit…may not be withdrawn from the curriculum by the college or the Department of the Faculty unilaterally, but only by mutual agreement and subject always to the procedures


of the Faculty of Arts and Science for modifying curricula and the appeal procedures described in Section 5(b).”

Section 5(b) referred to in part outlines a mechanism for appeal, and reads in part:

“In the event of inability of the parties [i.e. University Administration and a Federated College] to reach agreement the matter will be referred on appeal by either party and by successive stages to the Standing Academic Committee of the Division for a report to the Division for a divisional ruling, the Curriculum Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Science for a report to the Faculty for a Faculty ruling, and the Senior Academic Committee of the Campus Council for a report to Council for a Council ruling, such appeals to be lodged with the Associate Dean, Dean, and Principal [i.e. President] respectively. When an appeal is lodged, no changes shall be made in the status quo, until a final decision is reached.

• Furthermore, the academic staff of Luther College believe that the University administration’s unilateral action contravenes the spirit of collegial governance clearly set out in Annex III. In the present case, the University’s actions were made unilaterally without the agreement of the administration of Luther College. To our knowledge, the relevant departments of the Faculty of Arts were also not consulted.

• Luther College, as represented by the member making this motion, therefore requests

an appeal of the actions of March 27, ultimately to seek to restore courses and enrolment limits for the 2006-07 academic year. That is, Luther College seeks to maintain the status quo until the matter is settled through the discussion and appeal process as required by and outlined in Annex III.

Respectfully submitted, Dr. Noel Chevalier

Associate Professor of English Luther College

on behalf of the Luther College academic staff within the Faculty of Arts


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