1980-81

                                SENATE DOCUMENT #11



                                 APC DOCUMENT #11

                         Changes in Developmental Studies





        The Academic Policies Committee recommends to the Faculty Senate

        approval of the following changes requested in Developmental

        Studies course titles and curriculum:  



        pp. 70-71 



        a.  Reduce semester hours of Reading Lab to 1 (a change of "101

        Reading II" to "Reading Lab" approved by the APC last year is not

        reflected in the new catalog.  This is also true of the change from

        104 "Arithmetical Concepts and Computations" to "Basic Math".) 



        b.  Change 102  Basic Writing to:

                   102  Basic Composition 



        c.  Delete 104 and 105 and add these



                   106  Basic Mathematics  (3)

                   107  Math Laboratory    (1)



        d.  Add 108  English as a Second Language  (2)





        pp. 179-80



        a.  Reduce 101  Reading Laboratory hours to  (1)



        b.  Change 102  Basic Writing  to:

                   102  Basic Composition



        c.  Delete 104 and 105 altogether and add the following new 

            courses:



            106  Basic Mathematics (3)



            Basic computational and algebraic skills required for success

            in college and in society.



            107  Math Laboratory  (1)



            Diagnosis of basic math skills problems and individualized

            instruction in areas involving basic computation and algebra.

            Required of those taking DS 106.



        d.  108  English as a Second Language  (2)



            A course designed to assist foreign students in improving their

            English.  Required of those foreign students whose test results

            place them in the DS program.  Those required to take DS 108 

            must also enroll in DS 103, Writing Lab.






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        Rationale:



        a.  For the reduction in Reading Lab hours:  I can't think of any

        good reason why students should spend more time in Reading Lab than

        they do in Writing Lab, hence, better fewer hours than more.  



        b.  For the name change:  several people have pointed out, properly

        I think, that "Basic Writing" is accomplished, it is hoped, in K-3.

        "Basic Composition" is more accurate in its description of what we

        do in the course.  



        c.  For the change in the math program:  Dr. Stoughton has

        suggested, and Dr. Wilson and I concur, that remedial math can be

        handled as effectively in a three-hour course plus a 1-hour lab as

        in a 2-hour course and a 3-hour course by permitting a student

        individualized attention in a Lab setting.  Too, the new set-up

        would solve the considerable problem of switching students between

        and among math courses after their placement test.  



        d.  For the addition of ESL:  



        The presence of ten foreign students in DS Language courses points

        up the need for an ESL alternative to DS 102 Basic Composition.

        The problems of teaching English to foreigners are different from

        those involved in teaching remedial writing to native speakers, and

        we need to recognize this, especially in the face of a significant

        number of potential ESL students.  





                        (Passed by Faculty Senate 10/16/80)