THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

 

                                                                                                                                                                   FACULTY SENATE

 

Senate Document Number     1909S

 

Date of Senate Approval      01/22/09

 

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

 

 

APC Document 7:                                             Add new course, ATMS 345, Tropical Meteorology

                                                                        Add new course, ATMS 464, Scientific Writing

 

Effective Date: Fall 2009

 

 

1.  Add:         On page 85, new course:

 

                     345       Tropical Meteorology (3)

An introduction to tropical climatology, tropical cyclones, observation techniques, tropical waves, ENSO, and connections between the tropics and mid-latitudes. Corequisite: ATMS 305. Even years Fall.

 

Impact Statement: 

This course is an elective for the ATMS major or minor and thus has no impact on graduation requirements. It was taught as a special topics course (ATMS 373) in Fall 2006 and is being taught in Fall 2008. Making it a permanent part of the ATMS curriculum will not result in additional resource needs.

 

Rationale: 

This course has been periodically offered as a special topics course in ATMS.  Dr. Chris Hennon specializes in tropical meteorology and will offer this class every other year. Therefore it makes sense to create a permanent course number for Tropical Meteorology. All faculty in ATMS are in agreement with this proposal. This course has been taught by another faculty member (Alex Huang) in the past; thus it can still be offered if Chris Hennon should not be able to teach it.

 

 

2.  Add:      On page 86, new course:

 

                        464       Scientific Writing (3)

Writing and research strategies, particularly for meteorological applications. Topics include literature reviews, critical reading, improving writing practices, various types of scientific writings, and presentation skills. Prerequisites: ATMS 103 or 105, and Junior standing.  Fall.

 

Impact Statement:

This course is not required for the ATMS major or minor and thus has no impact for those students. It is currently classified as a Writing Intensive (WI) and Informational Literacy Intensive (IL) course – this will continue. This class has been taught as a special topics course (ATMS 473) for the last two years. Making it a permanent part of the ATMS curriculum will not result in additional resource needs.

 

Rationale:

Scientific Writing was first taught in Fall 2007 as a special topics course (ATMS 473).  It is being taught again in Fall of 2008 due to high demand from ATMS majors. We wish to make “Scientific Writing” a permanent addition to our course offerings.  All faculty members in ATMS are in agreement with this addition.