THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE



                                      FACULTY SENATE



                                         Senate Document Number  2490s    



                                         Date of Senate Approval 3/8/90  





        Signature of Senate Chair _______________________ Date __________



        Action of Vice Chancellor:



              Approval _______________________  Date ______________



              Denied   _______________________  Date ______________



        Reasons for denial and suggested modifications:





















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        Statement of Faculty Senate Action: 



               APC Document #18:  Catalog Changes in Environmental Studies





        Effective Date:  Fall, 1990



        DELETIONS/ADDITIONS to the current catalog statements: 

        (NOTE: proposed deletions/additions are in bold face).



        1.  Add the following track option description to the catalog 

            after the Track in Natural Resource Management (page 128):



            General Environmental Studies Track:  The student with 

            advice from his/her academic advisor and approval of the 

            program director may select a course of study for preparation 

            in a career area such as: Environmental Policy, Environmental 

            Journalism, Human Ecology or Zoo and Aquarium Management.



            Rationale:  The ESP has been making personalized degree options

            available to students with permission of the faculty committee. 

            This will formalize and simplify the procedure.


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        2.  Modify ENVR 239 to read as follows (page 129):



            Delete:  the current course description for ENVR 239.



            Add:

            239  Mineral and Energy Resources (3)

                 Survey of major mineral and energy deposits.  Overview  

                 of mining and exploration methods, as well as population, 

                 political, and strategic considerations.  The course will 

                 include at least one field trip to a working underground 

                 mine.

                 Prerequisite:  105 or permission of the instructor.



            EIS: None



            Rationale: The original ENVR 239 was to be taught by faculty 

            from the Sociology Department.  Although requests were  made, 

            no one has had time in their schedule to permit them to do it.  

            With the addition of Dr. William Miller, we now have interest, 

            expertise and the faculty time.  This course has never been 

            offered, but will be in 1990-91.  The new description reflects 

            Dr. Miller's geology training.



        3.  Add the following new course (page 131):



            385  Soils and Land Use (4)

                 The origin, properties, distribution, and classification 

                 of soils.  Land use practices and interrelationships of 

                 soil and pollution.  Laboratory will include several 

                 field trips.

                 Prerequisites: 130, CHEM 141-142 or permission of the 

                 instructor.



            EIS:  A.  Effect on major/minor --- This course will  

                      be available as an advanced elective to ENVR 

                      majors, as well as majors in chemistry, biology 

                      and education.

                  B.  Effect on University requirements - none

                  C.  No effects on other departments are anticipated.



            Rationale:  This will permit us to add an advanced elective 

            in an area which all of our degree tracks can benefit from.  

            Many of our glaring environmental problems are soil/land use 

            related.  This will allow us to take advantage of a skill 

            recently added by our staff geologist and it will fill out his 

            course responsibility for the program.



        4.  Delete Environ Sci 130 as prerequisite to Environ Sci 339.



        5.  Add the following to the Track in Pollution Analysis and 

            Control description (page 127):



            34 hours distributed as follows: ENVR any three from 331, 

            338, 339, 362;  CHEM 221, 222, 223, 231, 232, 332;  PHYS 


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            131, 231.  Students must take Math 191-192 for their

            Math requirement.



            EIS: None



            Rationale:  Majors in this track frequently try to negotiate 

            a lower math requirement.  Calculus has always been the math 

            requirement for this track, but we want to formally call 

            attention to that fact.