Fall 2000 Curriculum Changes
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| The University Academic Council met at 2:30 p.m.,
Monday, November 13, 2000 in Brock "Y"
Hall and approved the curriculum changes as
listed below which become effective
Spring Semester 2001.
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College
of Business
Department of Accounting & Business
Administration Contact:
Mr. Truel Hicks tdh@uwa.edu ext.3664, Station
#21
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1. Type of Change
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2.
Current details: |
3.
Proposed details: |
4. Rationale: Explain rationale for change. |
5. Academic Implications: Discuss impact on
other academic programs or areas, if any. |
6. Financial Implications: Discuss personnel,
facility, and budgetary implications of change, if any. |
| I. Course Number
Change |
AC 420
Managerial Accounting |
AC
320 Managerial Accounting |
The only
prerequisite for this course is AC 212 and the content level
would be more appropriate for a course at the 300 level. |
None |
None |
| II. Major
Requirement Change |
Business
Administration Major:
One upper level course from each
of four different academic disciplines in the College of
Business (AC, BA, CS, EC, FI, MG, MK, TY) for 12 semester hours plus
six other upper level courses in the College of
Business. These six courses may be selected in one academic
discipline. |
Proposed
Business Administration Major:
Required Courses
AC 305
CS 305
MG 450
MK 340
Business Elective (300 or higher)
Emphasis
selected from the following:
Administrative
Emphasis
BA 363
CS 350
FI 310
MK 350
TY 453
Marketing
Emphasis
MK 310
MK 320
MK 330
MK 350
MK 360 or MK 370
Technology
Emphasis
TY
333
TY 439
TY 453
TY 454
TY 455
General Business
Emphasis
15 hours of upper level business courses.
Agribusiness
Emphasis |
Assessment
will be more readily feasible if students take a common body of
courses.
This change will also delineate between
the Business Administration Major and the Management Major. A
major criticism from our accrediting agency was that these
majors were too alike. This will separate them and will also
place the emphasis areas within the Business Administration
Major. |
None |
None |
| III. Major
Requirement Change |
Management
Major, page 108 of current catalogue
There are three emphasis areas
listed. |
Eliminate
the three emphasis areas and add the following:
Five selections (15 hours) from the following choices:
AC 320
CS 305
FI 350, FI 340, or BA 363
MK 340 or MK 350
TY 454 or TY 455
MG 408
MG 460
The five
required management courses would remain the same. |
Assessment
will be more uniform if the students in the major all take
similar courses. |
None |
None |
| IV. Minor
Requirement Change |
Business
Administration Requirement, page 138 in current catalogue. |
Change
total number of hours to 24
Omit phrase "two of the following," i.e., require all
three of the listed courses (FI 300, MG 300, MK 300) |
FI 300,
MG 300 and MK 300 are all prerequisites for BA 320 and the minor
will be strengthened by requiring all three |
None |
None |
Division of Technology Contact: Dr. Gary
Stone gstone@uwa.edu
ext.3666, Station #24
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1. Type of Change
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2.
Current details: |
3.
Proposed details: |
4. Rationale: Explain rationale for change. |
5. Academic Implications: Discuss impact on
other academic programs or areas, if any. |
6. Financial Implications: Discuss personnel,
facility, and budgetary implications of change, if any. |
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I. New Course & Major Requirement Change
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TY
455 Safety Program Management (3)
In depth review of various types of comprehensive safety
management programs. Emphasis is placed on differing needs for
diverse industries and individual corporate cultures. Class
participants are required to develop a Workplace Safety
Program Manual and explore field research. Perquisite:
TY 251 or permission of instructor |
This course will enhance and
strengthen existing division course work The course will meet
employee and employer needs and expectations for the field of
Safety. Students will have increased job opportunities in the
field of Workplace Safety Management. |
None |
None |
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II. Course Deletion
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TY
212 Materials/Processes in Manufacturing |
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Course has been deemed to be
non-viable by faculty consensus for Technology majors. |
None |
Course has been deemed to be
non-viable by faculty consensus for Technology majors. |
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III. Course Name Change
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TY
453 Quality Control Applications |
TY
453 Quality Applications |
The American Society of Quality
Control changed its name to the American Society of Quality
deleting the word control. The term control has become a
negative idea in quality work since most industries manage
rather than control quality |
None |
None |
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IV. Course Number &
Name Change
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TY
351 Safety Management |
TY
251 Principles of Occupational Safety and Health |
Course is required in the 2-year
associate degree program. Should be a 200 level |
None |
None |
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V. Course Deletion,
Course Number & Name Change
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TY
245 Instrumentation |
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Course will be combined with TY
246 Programmable Logic Controls |
None |
None |
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VI. Course Description Change
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TY
246 Programmable Logic Controls (3) The structure of PLC’s,
operational principles, capabilities, limitations,
input/output devices, symbols, and functions are included Prerequisite:
TY 242 |
TY
246 Programmable Logic Controls (3) The structure of PLC’s,
operational principles, capabilities, limitations,
input/output devices, symbols, and functions, including
principles and operating characteristics of various
instruments and process controls used by industry. Prerequisite:
TY 242 |
Reduce course proliferation |
None |
Will allow operational funds to be
used in other courses. |
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VII. New Course &
Major Requirement Change
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TY
433 Network System Administration II |
Course
Description: Introduces the installation, networking, and
security concepts of the Windows 2000 Server Operating System
as related to the needs of business, industry, and government
agencies. Prerequisite: TY 333 Network System
Administration I. |
This course will replace the
current course of TY 436 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing in
the catalog because according to alumni, current graduating
seniors, and the industry we serve, a second course in Network
System Administration would better prepare graduates in the
area of computers in the workforce. |
The implementation of this course
would not affect other programs. It will only enhance the
credentials of any student who participates and successfully
completes the course. |
The only financial cost to adding
this course is the price of upgrading existing software, which
must be done anyway. |
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VIII. Course Deletion
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TY
436 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing |
Delete
course from catalog and replace with the new course entitled
TY433 Network System Administration II. |
The course can no longer feasibly
be taught. We do not have the funds or resources to teach a
truly integrated Computer-Integrated Manufacturing class. |
None |
None |
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IX. Course Name Change
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TY
333 Network System Administration |
TY
333 Network System Administration
I |
This course will be a prerequisite
to the proposed new course entitled TY 433 Network System
Administration II |
None |
None |
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Julia
Tutwiler College of Education
There were no proposed changes from the College of
Education at this meeting.
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| College
of Liberal Arts
Department of Languages &
Literature Contact: Dr. Pat Beatty pbeatty@uwa.edu
ext.3462, Station #22
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1. Type of Change
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2. Current details: |
3.
Proposed details: |
4. Rationale: Explain rationale for change. |
5. Academic Implications: Discuss impact on
other academic programs or areas, if any. |
6. Financial Implications: Discuss personnel,
facility, and budgetary implications of change, if any. |
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I. New Course
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EH
311. Women’s Literature (2)
A study of works of selected women writers from the medieval
period to the present. Prerequisite: EH 302.* |
Women’s literature will reflect
the interests of the majority of the department’s majors,
who are women. Additionally, the course will add diversity to
our holdings and offer a course that is listed in all English
departments in the state. |
None |
None |
II. New
Course,
Course Number, Name, Description, & Prerequisite Change
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English
330. African-
American Literature (2)
A study of literature by African-American authors from the
days of slavery to the present. Prerequisite: EH 302.* |
The course is offered to provide
presence to an important subject, to make English offerings
more varied, and to offer a course found in all English
departments in the state. Given the university’s minority
population, such a course would be undoubtedly appealing and
might serve as a means of recruiting English majors or minors
or Language Arts students |
As this course would be an
elective, it would have no adverse effect on other academic
programs. |
Personnel is available; no
budgetary implications apply. |
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III. New Course
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EH
335. Southern Literature (2)
Authors, works, and literary movements associated with the
American South. Prerequisite: EH 302.* |
This course is a much needed
addition to the department’s offerings, as it represents the
geographic location in which we and most of our students live;
thus the course should be appealing to all. This course is
almost always one of the most popular courses in other English
departments across the state. |
None |
None |
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IV. Course Deletion
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EH
340. Multi-Cultural Literature (2) |
This
course will be deleted in order to offer three courses that
are more specifically multi-cultural. |
The new courses will provide a
greater diversity and will be able to offer them more often. |
None
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None
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V. Course Number, Name,
& Description Change
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Undergraduate
and graduate courses were left out of the catalogue when
the number was changed last year. |
EH
440. Literary Criticism (3)
A study of traditional and
contemporary criticism and theory. Prerequisite: EH 302.*
EH 540. Literary
Criticism (3)
A study of traditional and contemporary criticism and theory. |
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College
of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Department of Biological &
Environmental Sciences Contact: Dr. John N. McCall jmccall@uwa.edu
ext.3724, Station #7
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1. Type of Change
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2. Current details: |
3.
Proposed details: |
4. Rationale: Explain rationale for change. |
5. Academic Implications: Discuss impact on
other academic programs or areas, if any. |
6. Financial Implications: Discuss personnel,
facility, and budgetary implications of change, if any. |
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I. Course Description
Change
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Currently,
the course description of BY 389 (Advanced Laboratory
Practicum in Biology) has no mention of repeated hours. |
Add
to the description of BY 389:
"This
course may be repeated for a maximum of three semester hours
credit." |
The Advanced Laboratory Practicum
allows students to work with individual professors in advanced
training in their area of interest. It is beneficial to allow
multiple semesters of such exposure. |
None |
None |
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II. Course Number Change
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CH
370 Biochemistry |
Change
Number to CH 471 |
BY 471 and CH 471, Biochemistry
can be used in a major/minor in Biology or Chemistry and
should be listed with the same number and at the senior level
in both areas. |
None |
None |
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III. Course Number & Major
Requirement Change
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Currently,
Applied Statistics in Science is listed as BY 391.
The Core Curriculum in
Biology currently includes BY 391 (Applied Statistics in
Science). |
BY
391 will be deleted from the core curriculum in biology and
replaced by MH 246.The new course number for Applied
Statistics in Science will be:
MH 246. Applied Statistics in Science
(4) – Introduction to basic statistical principles and their
application in the sciences, especially the life sciences.
Includes descriptive statistics, probability, simple
hypothesis testing, binomial and Poisson distribution,
analysis of variance, and regression and correlation. Three
lecture and two laboratory hours per week.
Prerequisite: MH 114. |
BY 391 will no longer be taught.
MH 246 will replace it.
Since this course serves a
wider audience than simply biology students, it is appropriate
to list it under mathematics. |
None |
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IV. Course Name Change
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Currently,
BY 101 is listed as "General Biology I". |
BY
101 should be listed as "General
Biology". |
There is no longer a second
semester course in General Biology. |
None |
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V. Major Requirement
Change
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Currently,
the Environmental Sciences Comprehensive major offers the
option of taking CH 321 (Quantitative Analysis) or CH 322
(Instrumental Methods of Analysis). |
CH
321 will be required. The option of CH 322 will be removed. |
Due to changes in the structure of
the courses, CH 322 (Instrumental Methods of Analysis) is no
longer a viable option for this major. |
None |
None |
Department of Mathematics Contact: Dr. Judy
Massey jem@uwa.edu
ext.3412, Station #7
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1. Type of Change
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2. Current details: |
3.
Proposed details: |
4. Rationale: Explain rationale for change. |
5. Academic Implications: Discuss impact on
other academic programs or areas, if any. |
6. Financial Implications: Discuss personnel,
facility, and budgetary implications of change, if any. |
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I. Course Number Change
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Currently,
Applied Statistics in Science is listed as BY 391. |
The
new course number for Applied Statistics in Science will be:
MH 246. Applied Statistics in Science
(4) – Introduction to basic statistical principles and their
application in the sciences, especially the life sciences.
Includes descriptive statistics, probability, simple
hypothesis testing, binomial and Poisson distribution,
analysis of variance, and regression and correlation. Three
lecture and two laboratory hours per week.
Prerequisite: MH 114. |
Since this course serves a wider
audience than simply biology students, it is appropriate to
list it under mathematics. |
None |
None |
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II.
Major
Requirement Change (Dual
Degree Program p.84)
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Last
paragraph on p. 84: "During the three-year period,
students generally take the courses listed below:…
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P. 84 under "Courses" we
read: "CH
111 and 112 General Chemistry I and ……. 8"
p.85: Courses:
MH 121 and 122 Calculus I&II......8
MH 227 Multivariable Calculus.....4
MH 324,Differential Equations.....3
MU 100,Introduction to Music..3
PH 241 and 241, Technical Physics I and II ...8
SH 100, Principles of Public Speaking..3
PY 100, General Psychology…3
SY 100, Principles of Sociology...3
Approved Mathematics Electives
(from 300-400 series)…12
Free Electives....4
TOTAL….. 84 |
Change
to:
"During the three-year period, students generally take
at least 90 hours of courses listed below …
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1. Page 84, under "Courses" at
the bottom of the page, the fourth line from the bottom should
read "CH 111 and 112, General Chemistry I and
II ..8"
2. Under "Courses" at the top
of page 85, the following changes are needed:
a. Add CS205,
Microcomputer Applications .. 3
b. Omit PY100, General Psychology…..3
c. Omit SY100, Principles of Sociology …..3
d. Add EC 231, Macroeconomics... 3
e. Add EC 232, Microeconomics … 3
f. Omit the last three lines and replace them with the
following:
"Specific courses required in the mathematics major…..17"
"Approved
Mathematics Electives …… 9"
"TOTAL………97" |
To ensure that students earn a
major in mathematics as indicated, a student must take the
courses listed in the Mathematics core on page 80 and major
listed on p. 83 of the Catalogue. |
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Department of Physical Sciences Contact: Mr.
Carey Moore cmoore@uwa.edu
ext.3680, Station #23
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1. Type of Change
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2. Current details: |
3.
Proposed details: |
4. Rationale: Explain rationale for change. |
5. Academic Implications: Discuss impact on
other academic programs or areas, if any. |
6. Financial Implications: Discuss personnel,
facility, and budgetary implications of change, if any. |
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I. Course Number Change
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CH
370 Biochemistry |
Change
Number to CH 471 |
BY 471 and CH 471, Biochemistry
can be used in a major/minor in Biology or Chemistry and
should be listed with the same number and at the senior level
in both areas. |
None |
None |
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Division
of Nursing
Contact:
Mrs. Sylvia Homan shoman@uwa.edu
ext.3517, Station #28
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1. Type of Change
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2. Current details: |
3.
Proposed details: |
4. Rationale: Explain rationale for change. |
5. Academic Implications: Discuss impact on
other academic programs or areas, if any. |
6. Financial Implications: Discuss personnel,
facility, and budgetary implications of change, if any. |
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New
Course,
Course Deletion,
Course Number,
Name, & Description Change |
NS
201 and NS 202 are currently 14-hour courses. NS 201
contains theory related to maternal/child nursing and
adult health nursing. NS 202 contains theory related to
mental health nursing and critical care nursing |
NS
201 will be converted into two 7-hour courses. NS 202 will
be converted into a 5 and a 9-hour course. The current 201
will be converted to NS 201 Maternal/Child Nursing (7
hours) and NS 202 Adult Health Nursing (7 hours). The
current NS 202 will be converted to NS 203 Mental Health
Nursing (5 hours) and NS 204 Advanced Adult and Critical
Care Nursing (9 hours) |
This
was a suggestion from the Alabama Board of Nursing when
the curriculum proposal for conversion to semester system
was approved in 1999. The rationale is that a grade of D
or F in nursing courses would have less impact on the
student’s overall grade point average. |
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