1982-1983





                                 SENATE DOCUMENT #11



                                   APC DOCUMENT #14



                            REVISION IN LITERATURE PROGRAM







           In the spring of 1982 the APC and Senate formally approved a

           change in the Literature Department requirements which included

           dropping the current Senior Paper (Lit 496) and replacing it

           with a Senior Seminar (Lit 495).  This revision was passed too

           late for the 1982-83 catalog.  The course description is as

           follows:



                495  Senior Seminar (3)



                A synthesizing and unifyng course devoted to important

                issues of literary philosophy, criticism, and history;

                to be taken in the same semester as the Senior Compre-

                hensive Examinations; Senior Paper written as part of

                the requirements.  For advanced students only.



           After further reflection, the department would like to request a

           change before the course description appears in the 1983-1984

           catalog.



                (1)  Strike the phrases, "to be taken in the same semester

                     as the Senior Comprehensive Examinations" and the

                     phrase, "for advanced students only." 





           Rationale:  We believe that requiring students to participate in

           a senior level seminar, write a major senior paper, and study

           for comprehensive exams--all in the same semester--may

           overburden the student.  By offering the exams in the fall

           semester and the seminar in the spring, we hope to enable the

           student to perform better in both.



                (2)  Prerequisite:  "Senior status in the major or

                     permission of the Department Chairman."



           Rationale:  We want to ensure that students are fully prepared

           for the course and have completed most of their other Literature

           requirements; we also want the opportunity to perform our own

           pre-graduating check at this time.