THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE



                                   FACULTY SENATE







                                         Senate Document Number   0888F   



                                         Date of Senate Approval 12/8/88 





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        Statement of Faculty Senate Action:



                                  APC Document #4



        PROPOSAL:  To change the number of Psychology 323 to Psychology

                   423; and update the course description.





        EFFECTIVE DATE:  Summer 1988





        DELETE:   323   Development of Consciousness  (p. 173)

                        Major theories of consciousness, its historical

                        and individual development.  Students will engage

                        in self-exploration and development projects.

                        Prerequisites:  100, 303, or permission of

                        instructor.



        ADD:      423   Development of Consciousness

                        Examines the growth of individual consciousness

                        from historical, life-span, and transpersonal

                        perspectives.  It covers major theories of

                        consciousness from William James to the present,

                        as well as traditional ones.  Prerequisites:


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                        100, 303, 304, or permission of instructor.

                        (No credit for students who have credit for

                        Psy 323.)





        ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:



        In terms of psychology majors and undergraduates in general:  The

        change has virtually no impact.  The course was originally given a

        three hundred number designation only because the department has a

        general policy of putting Psy 304 (Research Methods II) as a

        prerequisite for all four hundred level courses.  Unlike most

        advanced psychology courses, however, its content is more

        theoretical and literary than empirical and data based, so the

        "permission of instructor" stipulation is used quite freely where

        advanced students are concerned.  In terms of its level of content

        it clearly qualifies for a four hundred number.  



        In terms of the MLA program:  It simply cannot be listed as an MLA

        course with its present three hundred level designation.  





        RATIONALE:  I hope to teach it this Summer cross-listed as an

                    MLA course.


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