APC       #3

                                                     SENATE    #0387F

                                                     Approved 5/18/87







                    THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

                           Department of Political Science





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           M E M O R A N D U M                  DATE:  April 6, 1987





           TO:  Paul Sweeney, Chairman, Academic Policies Committee



           FROM:  Barbara Farzanegan, Chairman, Department of

                    Political Science



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           SUBJECT:  CHANGES IN POLITICS AND LAW CONCENTRATION







           The Department of Political Science requests the following

           revision of our concentration in Politics and Law.



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           Catalog, Page 165



                POLITICS AND LAW



           This program is designed to familiarize students with the

           nature, purpose, and function of law in the American

           political system.



             I.  Required Courses in the Department - 33 hours

                 including POLS 220, 327, 328, 490 and two courses

                 from 330, 332, 334 and 384.



            II.  Required Courses Outside the Department - 15 hours

                 including ECON 201, HISTORY 101 and 102, and

                 PHILOSOPHY 304 and 305.



           III.  Senior Demonstration of Competency - Satisfactory

                 completion of 490.



           All reference to Options A and B are eliminated in the above

           program description.



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           Rationale:



           The Department of Political Science seeks to eliminate catalog

           proliferation in pre-law programs and hopes by this proposal it

           will remove the need for other departments to submit their

           version of concentrations in law as the best way to prepare our

           students for law school.  We are seeking to simplify our program

           and allow students to take more electives.