SENATE DOCUMENT #18

                         APC Document #10


The Academic Policies Committee recommends to the Faculty Senate 
the adoption of the following catalog changes for the Department 
of Biology:

CATALOG REVISION:

Delete:  Course description under Biology 131 and 132, page 83.

Substitute:

	131 	Introductory Biology I  (3)

		An introduction to major unifying principles of the
		life sciences.  Emphasis is placed on the nature of
		life, cellular and organismic biology, genetics, and
		ecology.  The course also surveys adaptive diversity 
		of living organisms and covers aspects of growth,
		development, and evolutionary modification.

	132	Introductory Biology II (3)

		A continuation of Biology 131.  Prerequisite:  
		Biology 131.

Rationale:
	The present catalog listing is too restrictive; as presently
worded it implies that genetics and ecology can be emphasized in
Biology 132 only.  We want to have the flexibility of a more general
description.


Delete:  Biology 441 title and description, page 85.

Substitute:

	441	Research in Biology (1)

		Individual research for students of senior standing.
		A written research paper, which serves as the
		demonstration of competency, is required of each
		degree candidate in biology.  Research projects must
		be approved by the departmental staff.

Rationale:
	The revised description and changed title more accurately reflect
the intention of the course:  preparing and presenting the senior research
paper.  This paper may be presented orally in a seminar setting, but the
course is not used for regular meetings to discuss current research topics
or to review the literature as suggested by the present title and
description.


(Passed Faculty Senate January 25, 1979)