1981-1982



                                Senate Document #15



                                  APC Document #11



           Biology Department - Changes in Correlate Course Requirements





        For the Department of Biology, I request approval to add two

        courses to the list of correlate courses required for the major in

        Biology (page 61, Catalog).  These are Math 181, College Algebra

        (3) and Math 182, Trigonometry (3).  Their inclusion will bring to

        22 or 23 hours (depending on which Computer Science course is

        chosen by the student) the total for required courses outside the

        major.  This is within the allowable number for correlate courses. 



        Rationale:  The departmental staff feels that a natural science

        student's need for mathematics goes beyond that presently required

        for the major, namely one statistics course and a computer

        programming course.  Students have been advised to take the two

        courses noted above, but a few have avoided doing so.  Requiring

        the courses strengthens the biology major, brings it into line with

        biology programs at other institutions (some require mathematics

        through calculus), and gives further basic preparation for

        correlate courses in chemistry and for research in biology.  



        Modified Catalog statement, page 61:  



          II.  Required courses outside the major:  Chemistry 141, 142,

               231; Mathematics 181, 182, and 125 or Psychology 100, 202;

               Computer Science 120 or 141.



        Effective Date:  Fall, 1982