UAC March 11, 2002

Curriculum Changes approved by the UAC March 11, 2002
All approved changes in numbers, descriptions, etc. are in UWA bold red.
College of Business	Julia Tutwiler College of Education
College of Liberal Arts	College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Division of Nursing

College of Liberal Arts

Department of History & Social Sciences Contact: Dr. David W. Bowen, ext. 3467 Station # 22

1. Type of Change	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. New Course		PY 340 Sensation and Perception. (3 credit hrs) A study of the anatomical and functional characteristics of the sensory systems. Prerequisites: PY 100	New courses will broaden majors alternatives and more closely align our major with majors at larger institutions. Additionally, MFAT results indicate that UWA students are weakest in these areas	None	No new faculty required
II. New Course		PY 350 Cognitive Psychology (3 credit hrs) A study of the mental representations used by the brain and the processes involved in manipulating those representations. Prerequisites: PY 100	New courses will broaden majors alternatives and more closely align our major with majors at larger institutions. Additionally, MFAT results indicate that UWA students are weakest in these areas	None	No new faculty required
III. Course Name Change	PY 380 Experimental Psychology	PY 440 Experimental Psychology	Numbers changed to conform to departmental numbering system and to reflect the academic rigor of the course.	None	No new faculty required

Department of Languages & Literature Contact: Dr. Pat Beatty, ext. 3641 Station # 22

1. Type of Change

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 Prerequisite Change

Prerequisite for EH 460/560, Advanced Grammar and Linguistic, is EH 102 or 104 and EH 302.

Change prerequisite to EH 302 only.

Students cannot take EH 302 until they have taken successfully EH 102; therefore the prerequisite is redundant.

None

II. Minor Requirement Change

Required courses for the Journalism minor include the following: (required) Journalism 360, Mass Media Design; One of the following: Journalism 350, Desktop Publishing, or Journalism 370, Television Production

Change the requirement to read as follows:

(require) Journalism 350, Desktop Publishing; One of the following: Journalism 360, Mass Media Design, or Journalism 370, Television Production

There are two reasons for this change:

1. Desktop Publishing is logically an introductory course for Mass Media Design, in which course material would include more advanced elements of Desktop Publishing; therefore, it should be the required course, not Mass Media Design.

2. We are easily able to teach Desktop Publishing each semester, making it an attractive minor requirement, while Mass Media Design (and Television Production) are much more difficult to staff each year.

None

We have adequate staff already on board for Desktop Publishing.

College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
There were no curriculum proposals from the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics.

Division of Nursing
There were no curriculum proposals from the Division of Nursing.

For University Academic Council information contact: rtf@uwa.edu
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