THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

FACULTY SENATE

Senate Document Number 8611S

Date of Senate Approval 04/28/11

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

APC Document 70: List CHEM courses students may not use as upper-level electives

in the B.S. Concentration in Chemistry of the Environment, and the

B.A. Concentration in Chemistry

Effective Date: Fall 2011

1. Add: On page 92, under Bachelor of Science Degree-Concentration in Chemistry of the Environment, after “course work in CHEM”:

(CHEM 390, 411 or 499 cannot be used to fulfill this requirement)

2. Add: On page 92, under Bachelor of Arts Degree-Concentration in Chemistry, after “course work in CHEM”:

(CHEM 390, 411 or 499 cannot be used to fulfill this requirement)

Impact:

None. Serves to clarify and formalize departmental practice so students will be aware of the exclusions.

Rationale:

The department is now including in each of the concentration listings a list of courses that cannot be used to satisfy the upper-level required electives. CHEM 390 and 499 are variable credit-hour research courses (three research courses are already required: 416, 417, 418), and 411 is Laboratory Assistantship in Chemistry. Students must take courses other than these to complete the requirement. These courses have been excluded from the list of possible electives for quite some time, and this has been communicated during advising. Adding the exclusions to the catalog formalizes the process.