APC      #21

                                                Senate   #23

                                                Approved 3/25/87







                                   APC Document #21

                                  February 27, 1987





           M E M O R A N D U M



                To:  Chairmen



              From:  Paul J. Sweeney



           Subject:  Foreign Language Requirement



           Unless I hear to the contrary prior to March 2, 1987, the

           following changes will be effected in your program

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           description(s) in the 1987-89 Catalog:  All Departmental program

           descriptions except history will be changed as follows:



           If a program presently requires proficiency through the

           intermediate level, a foreign language requirement listed as "a

           minimum of 6 semester hours" will be entered.



           If a program presently offers the foreign language "option," all

           mention of a foreign language requirement will be deleted.



           Mrs.  Cadle brought to our attention that a direct conversion to

           the general education requirements is not possible, since the

           catalog a student enrolled under in the past may well not be the

           more recent catalog under which a student may declare a major.

           Therefore, new major requirements may not reflect the old

           general education requirements and it would be possible to

           by-pass the foreign language requirements altogether.  The above

           changes do not solve all departments' problems, but is the most

           intermediate general move we can make to cover all classes.

           Please let me know of any modification you might have to these

           statements.