THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

FACULTY SENATE

Senate Document Number 0807S

Date of Senate Approval 01/18/07

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

APC Document 23: Clarify expected time of completion for MLA 680

Effective Date: Fall 2007

1. Delete: On page 189, in the description for MLA 680, the 4^th sentence:

No extensions are allowed; those who do not complete the project must retake the seminar in the following year.

Add: On page 189, in place of deleted entry:

Students are expected to defend their projects in the semester in which they are enrolled in the seminar. However, students whose projects are completed but not defended are allowed until March 1 of the following semester to defend. Students whose projects are not defended by that date must retake the seminar.

Impact:

The MLA program does not foresee any impact from this change on program or university requirements. No concurrences are required.

Rationale:

It became clear as we implemented the curriculum changes made last year that the requirement for writing and defending a project in one semester is overly ambitious. The defense puts a heavy burden on candidates in terms of the time that it leaves for actually writing/doing the project, as the defense must be accomplished in time to meet graduation deadlines. The change here makes allowance for arranging the defense of the project in the following semester for those students who need the entire fall semester to complete their projects.