1982-1983





                                 SENATE DOCUMENT #16



                                   APC DOCUMENT #11



                       COUNTING EDUCATION COURSES FOR ELECTIVE

                               CREDIT TOWARD GRADUATION







           Background.  UNCA students who wish to obtain a North Carolina A

           Teaching Certificate must complete all requirements for a B.A.

           degree plus requirements for teacher certification.

           Historically, teacher certification requirements have been met

           by using elective hours (pages 43 and 94, present catalog).



           Presently five (5) of the total required and recommended twenty

           (20) education courses are open to any student at UNCA (pages

           98, 99, present catalog).  The remaining fifteen (15) education

           courses are open only to teacher certification students.



           It has been noted that some teacher certification students

           complete up to nine of the fifteen remaining courses by their

           senior year at UNCA and then, for various reasons, decide to

           drop the teacher certification program before or during student

           teaching.  Because some of these students (eight in the last

           three years) have needed these hours to count toward the 120

           minimum required for graduation, they have had to negotiate with

           the administration to have these education courses counted as

           elective credit toward graduation.



           The Department of Education faculty has discussed the above with

           UNCA's Faculty Advisory Committee on Teacher Education which has

           representatives from those departments on campus that work in

           teacher certification.  At the September 27, 1982 meeting, this

           committee, which assists in recommending students for

           certification, unanimously concurred with the Department of

           Education in making the following proposed changes.



           PROPOSED CHANGES.  Education courses except Student Teaching (5

           courses) and Ed. 492 will count toward graduation credit

           requirements.



           RATONALE:  (1) Any student at UNCA who completes requirements

           for any course in any department should have that course counted

           as a part of the semester hour requirements for graduation.  (2)

           This action would help those students who decide to make career

           changes in their junior-senior year without having to negotiate

           with the administration.