THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

                                                                   FACULTY SENATE

 

Senate Document Number     0804F

 

Date of Senate Approval      12/02/04  

 

 

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

 

 

APC Document 1:                                 Excluding Liberal Studies Colloquia from

Satisfying Requirements for a Minor

 

 

Effective Date:  Fall 2005

 

1.  Delete:     On pg. 41, under Liberal Studies Colloquia, the 3rd sentence:

                    

Liberal Studies courses...fulfill major requirements.

 

     Add:         On pg. 41 in place of deleted entry:

 

Liberal Studies courses will ordinarily carry the prefixes of the departments out of which they are taught, but may not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements.

 

2.  Delete:     On pg. 136, in course description for LS 179, the 3rd sentence:

 

                     May not be used to fulfill major requirements.

     Add:         On pg. 136, in place of deleted entry:

 

                     May not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements.

 

 

3.  Delete:     On pg. 137, in course description for LS 379, the 4th sentence:

 

                     May not be used to fulfill major requirements.

 

     Add:         On pg. 137, in place of deleted entry:

 

                     May not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements.

 

 

4.  Delete:     On pg. 137, in the course description for LS 479, the 6th sentence:

 

May not be taken in the major department or be used to fulfill major requirements.     

 

Add:         On pg. 137, in place of deleted entry:

               

May not be taken in the major department or be used to fulfill major or minor requirements.    

 

 

 

5.  Delete:     The 3rd sentence, "May not be used to fulfill major requirements."

                    

In the course descriptions for (Dept) 179, 379, 479 Liberal Studies Colloquia (LS 179, 379, 479), at the end of each catalog section for Accounting, Africana Studies, Anthropology, Art, Art History, Atmospheric Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Computer Science, Dance, Drama, Economics, Education, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Ethics and Social Institutions, French, German, Health and Fitness, History, Honors, Humanities, International Studies, Language, Legal Studies, Literature, Management, Mass Communication, Mathematics, Multimedia Arts and Sciences, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, Spanish, Statistics, Visual Media Production, and Women’s Studies.

 

      Add:        In place of deleted entry:

 

                     May not be used to fulfill major or minor requirements.

 

 

Impact:  None.  This provision was intended to be put in place by the General Education Review Task Force, but was not due to an oversight.

 

Rationale:  Liberal Studies Colloquia may not be used to fulfill major requirements because:

 

(1) LS Colloquia are explicitly interdisciplinary;

 

(2) It is desirable that students from a broad range of majors take each colloquium, both introductory and senior, so as to maximize diversity of academic interest and perspectives in the classroom; and

 

(3) Colloquia should be designed to appeal to a broad range of students rather than students from particular majors or disciplines. 

 

We believe that the same logic that applies to majors applies to minors.