Senate Doc #2389S

                                                 Approved   3/2/89 



                                  APC Document #15

                             Catalog Changes in Physics





        Effective  Date:   Fall, 1989



        Add:  On p. 172 of current catalog, between 103 Astronomy and

        105 Contemporary Physics:



        104  Radioactivity and Society (3)



             A course for the general student covering the basics of

             radioactivity including applications to issues of current

             interest.



        Add:  On p. 43  104  Radioactivity and Society

                         and 103  Astronomy 

                                  in list of courses acceptable for

                                  3 credit Natural Science requirement.



        Environmental Impact Statement:  This course will not affect the

        departmental requirements in any department or program.  We would

        like to request that this course be included in the list of the

        3-hour interdisciplinary science courses that can fulfill the

        General Education Requirement.  



        Rationale:  There is a general lack of understanding of

        radioactivity in today's society.  This lack of understanding,

        coupled with a general fear of anything having to do with radiation

        and the number of current issues in which radioactivity plays an

        important part, makes a course in the fundamentals of radioactivity

        a reasonable one to offer.  The course will include topics from a

        wide range of disciplines and so should be listed as one of the

        3-hour courses which will fulfill the General Education

        Requirement.  


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