Memo from Elaine Hedges to Annette Chappell, 1984

Towson State University MEMORANDUM Date: September 10, 1984 To: Dean Annette Chapell From: Elaine Hedges, Coordinator of Women's Studies Subject: Women's Studies Coordinator's Workload (1) Advising I advised approximately two dozen students who are majoring or minoring in Women's Studies or who were/are considering a major or minor. Man students were met several tines throughout the year. Regular advising activities also included, as they do every year, conferences with students from other departments working on special assignments who are sent to me for bibliographical and other help; advising older returning women students; advising women returning for a second B. A. who want to consider including some women's studies in their program or majoring or majoring in it. (Inquiries that fall into this last category are increasing.) (2) Curriculum Development (A) Work With Other Departments Regular negotiations twice a year to coordinate fall and spring curriculum and scheduling are necessary. In 1983-4 this included work with the Art, Philosophy, English, Anthropology/Sociology, History, Poli ti.cal Science, Mass Communications, Psychology, Music, Physical Education, and Health departments, and with Continuing Studies, and the directors of the Ethnic Studies, Black Studies, and American Studies programs. Total: eleven departments and four programs. In addition, the Coordinator works constantly with departments and with individual instructors to create new courses and to revise or update current courses. In 1983-4 this included work especially with the Music, Psychology, Health, Political Science and Physical Education departments, and with Continuing Studies and the American Studies program. The work involved individual consultations uith faculty, meetings with department chairs and committee heads, bibliographical research, and clerical work. The result is two new courses in the Music department dealing with women and music; a new seminar course in the Psychology department; the approval for Women's Studies credit of a course in the Health department; revisions in current courses in Political Science and Physical Education; a program of directed readings on women in the American Studies program; arrangements to offer Women's Studies courses through Continuing Studies on the new Columbia, Md. campus; and two new series of informal courses on women offered through Continuing Studies.