Boston University College of Arts & Sciences Annual Academic Planning Self-Study 2014 (Updated 2015) Matching the Class Schedule and Faculty Assignments to the Educational Mission STEP I. THE CURRICULAR CONTEXT Throughout this self-study, please add any explanatory notes you believe will help us understand the situation. A. Degrees, Minors, and Certificates offered by your program, individually or jointly 1. Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees ● B.A. in Archaeology ● M.A. in Archaeology ● M.A. in Archaeological Heritage Management ● M.A. in Geoarchaeology (Jointly with Earth and Environment) ● Ph.D. in Archaeology We are in the process of revamping our MA offerings in four ways: 1) We have redesigned the MA in Archaeology program requirements to reduce required coursework to enable students to complete the MA in one year. That curricular revision has been recently approved by the GAAC. 2) Last year we proposed a new 5-year BA/MA program in Archaeology that has been recently approved by the GAAC. We have recently received our first application to the program by a student, currently a senior, to receive her MA in 2017. 3) We are revising the MA in Archaeological Heritage Management and incorporating new collaborations with Preservation Studies and the Pardee School. Pending that change, and due to currently insufficient staffing (which we hope to recify by hiring a Professor of the Practice for AY 2016-2017), we have suspended admission to the MA in Archaeological Heritage Management since the 2013-14 admissions cycle. We intend to submit a revised curriculum proposal during the 2016-16 AY with the goal of approval in time for the 2016-17 admissions cycle. 4) Following the retirement in May 2014 of our sole geoarchaeologist, we intend to broaden the MA in Geoarchaeology to an MA in Archaeological Science, to which multiple existing members of the AR faculty can contribute (Marston, West, Carballo, Roosevelt). We have suspended admission to the MA in Geoarchaeology since the 2013-14 admissions cycle. We intend to submit a revised curriculum proposal during the 2015-16 AY with the goal of approval in time for the 2016-17 admissions cycle. 2. List all undergraduate minors offered by your program. Minor in Archaeology 3. List all certificate programs for which your program is responsible or shares responsibility. We do not currently offer certificate programs. We intend to develop a certificate program in Archaeological Heritage Management and another in Archaeological Science that could be completed as part of an MA in Archaeology (or a BA/MA in Archaeology). These new certificate programs will provide valuable professional credentials that will leverage the strengths of the AR faculty and encourage increased enrollment in our MA 1 program. We will begin developing proposals for these new certificate programs during the 2015-16 AY with the goal of having the programs in place for the 2016-17 admissions cycle. B. Undergraduate majors offered by other departments and programs that depend on coursework in your program 1. Undergraduate majors in CAS. ● Anthropology: requires one Archaeology course (excluding AR 100). Additionally, the Social Anthropology track requires two “additional courses” from AN or AR (excluding AR 100), and the Biological Anthropology track requires one additional course in Archaeology (excluding AR 100). ● Asian Studies: three core courses are required, and these may include AR 261 and AR 390. Eight principal courses are required and may include AR 240, 360, 390, 560. ● Classical Studies: up to two “related courses” may be applied to the BA in Classical Civilization with approval of the advisor. These include AR 100, 101, 208, 230, 232, 330, 331. ● Classics & Religion: four courses are required at the 200-level and above from the list of those eligible for Classical Civilization credit, including AR 208, 230, 232, 330, 331. ● History of Art & Architecture: a number of courses taught by AR faculty are cross-listed as AH/AR and satisfy the requirement for the “Ancient” area of Group A, from which one course is required for all BA students. These include: AR 232, AR 322, and AR 438 (which is taught by Kleiner, who is appointed in both AR and AH). ● Latin American Studies: two courses are required from “Group 1” (Historical Context), including AR 201, 250, 251, 270, 322, 351, 352, 353, 451, 551, 552. ● Middle East & North Africa Studies: three courses are required from “List C” (Social Sciences). These include AR 209, 221, 341, 342, 343, 532. 2. Undergraduate majors and degrees outside CAS ● None 3. Undergraduate minors ● African Studies: Elective courses include AR 205, 232, 347/747, 348, 513. ● East Asian Studies: AR 261 and 262 are listed among Regional Courses; AR 240 is listed among courses in Chinese History and Politics; AR 390 and 560 are listed among courses in South and Southeast Asia. ● Jewish Studies: AR 342 is an elective course. ● Muslim Cultures and Muslim Societies: elective courses include AR 221, 232, 343 ● Latin American Studies: at least one course is required from “Group 1” (Historical Context), including AR 201, 250, 251, 270, 322, 351, 352, 353, 451, 551, 552. ● Women’s Studies: AR 262 is an elective course. C. Graduate programs offered by other departments and schools that depend on coursework in your program 1. GRS Master’s Programs outside your department. ● Latin American Studies: courses must be taken from several “issue areas” - one is History and Archaeology, which includes AR 503, 551, 556, 552, 722, 751 as options. 2 ● Preservation Studies: three courses “addressing the built environment” must be taken from AM, AR, or AH, although the choice of appropriate courses within those departments lies with the academic advisor. 2. GRS Doctoral Programs. ● Anthropology: one course in archaeology or history is required ● Classical Studies: one course in Greek or Roman art or archaeology is required 3. Non-GRS Graduate Degrees. ● Bethard, Jointly appointed in AR, teaches several required courses in GMS FA ● Beaudry, Jointly appointed in MET, teaches and advises in MET MLA in Gastronomy program D. College Requirements and Programs: Writing, Foreign Language, Math, Core Curriculum, Divisional Studies In general, all departments and programs have responsibilities for selected aspects of the CAS curriculum that go beyond the maJor. Describe your department’s typical role in any of the following in which it has participated. (In what ways has your department contributed? To what extent?) For any aspect in which your department (including through individual faculty) has not played a recent role, enter “None.” 1. Core Curriculum ● Marston, West, and Carballo have been in discussions with Stephanie Nelson about contributing to a revised social science and/or natural science core seminar in the future. Carballo and Marston have been invited to give guest lectures in Core. ● Doctoral students Kristen Wroth and Natalie Susmann are Writing Fellows in Core for 2015-2016. 2. Kilachand Honors College ● Luke taught KHC 101 (Modernism and Its Discontents) during the 2012-13 AY ● Bethard teaches KHC 101 in Spring 2015 (Broken Bones, Buried Bodies: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights) 3. Teaching seminars toward fulfillment of the College Writing requirement We have extensive connections with the writing program. Typically, 1-3 PhD students teach in WR each year on fellowships from that program; Luke normally teaches her full load in WR; and current postdoctoral associate Parno has taught in WR for several years. ● Luke regularly teaches WR 150 each semester: in 2014-15 these offerings include United Nations, Culture and Development (F14) and Museums NOW (S15) ● Luiz (PhD student) is teaching WR 100 this year ● Patania (PhD candidate) is teaching WR 100 this year ● Heath (PhD candidate) is teaching WR 100 this year ● Cormier (PhD candidate) is teaching WR 100 this year ● Parno (Postdoctoral Associate) teaches WR 100 and 150 this year 4. Implementation of the foreign language requirement 3 ● None 5. Offering Divisional Studies courses that also serve as gateways to your major(s) We offer divisional studies courses at the 100- and 200-level in both humanities and the social sciences. These courses also count towards our maJor and minor; we position broad and appealing course topics at this level to attract student interest and we bring in a few additional AR majors each year based on the success of these courses. ● Humanities divisional studies credit are provided by the following AR classes: AR 100, 202, 208, 230, 232, 240, 251 ● Social science divisional studies credit are provided by the following AR classes: AR 101, 150, 200, 201, 205, 250, 280, 283, 290 6. Offering Divisional Studies courses that do not also count toward maJors in your department or division ● None - all count towards the major. 7. Offering selected courses that are not important for fulfilling requirements for your major(s) or minor(s), but are in very high demand by students because of their interests Every course in the department is relevant for the maJor and the minor. Some of our classes routinely fill to maximum enrollment due to interest from students outside the department. Those classes that regularly reach full enrollment include AR 202 (Archaeological Mysteries), AR 230 (Archaeology of Classical Civilizations), AR 232 (Archaeology of Ancient Egypt), AR 430 (The End of Days: Analyzing Collapse in Complex Societies), and AR 590 (Life is a Bowl: Ceramic Studies in Archaeology). 8. Any other aspects of the CAS/GRS curriculum you want to mention ● None STEP II. ASSESSMENT OF CURRICULAR OBLIGATIONS AND NEEDS This section lists current undergraduate and graduate courses that are still viable in spite of the recent shrinking of our department with the departure of four faculty (Danti, Goldberg, Mughal, Coggins). We aspire for future hires in the fields of archaeological science and archaeological heritage, in order to bolster those foci of the department and their proposed MA programs.