Arts and Humanities Subcommittee

	REPORT

March 2008

I.   COLLEGE OF LETTERS ARTS & SCIENCES	English
A.  New	Course	Eff. Term:	Fall 2008
ENGL-290	Cultural Studies: Theories and Methods (4)
Introduction to the theories, methods, and history of cultural studies, with coverage of contemporary debates over censorship and the politics of authorship, seriality and originality.
>	Approved.  The subcommittee chair noted that the statement on plagiarism in the syllabi for all three proposed English courses does not reflect the policy as stated in SCampus.

COLLEGE OF LETTERS ARTS & SCIENCES	English
B.  New	Course	Eff. Term:	Spring 2009
ENGL-298	Introduction to the Genre of Fiction (4)
An introduction to the close reading of fiction and the understanding of the genre as an aesthetic and historical phenomenon.
>	Approved

COLLEGE OF LETTERS ARTS & SCIENCES	English
C.  New	Course	Eff. Term:	Fall 2008
ENGL-376	Comics and Graphic Novels (4)
Introduction to issues in visual and popular culture, focused on critical and historical interpretation of words and images in comic books and graphic novels.
>	Approved