THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
                         FACULTY SENATE 

Senate Document Number  2291S 
Date of Senate Approval     3/21/91

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:   

                        APC Document #22:
Change in Foreign Language Requirement in General Education


Effective Date:  Fall '91 for Catalog and Fall '90 for adoption  
                 of practice


Delete:        Page 50  "Students must complete a two-course
               sequence of six hours in a single foreign or
               classical language.  Students whose scores on a
               placement exam show them to be at the intermediate
               level may satisfy this requirement by taking one
               intermediate-level course."

Add:           Page 50 "Students must fulfill the Foreign language
               requirement by demonstrating proficiency through
               the 120 level.  Students may accomplish this by
               completing a two-course sequence of six hours in a
               single foreign or classical language or by
               performance in the UNCA placement exams. 


                (Presently, exams are offered in French, German
               and Spanish.)  Based on performance, students may
               gain waivers for all or part of the Foreign
               Language requirement."

Environmental Impact:
               UNCA is entering more and more students with
               significant foreign language experience in high
               school.  This proposal would significantly shrink
               the demand for introductory level sections in
               French, German and Spanish.

Rationale:     Presently, UNCA cannot meet the demand of the
               number of students requesting to take a foreign
               language upon entry to UNCA. Typically students
               want (and should) take these classes in their
               Freshman year when they can build on their studies
               in high school.  Typically these classes are full
               before Freshman can register as a result of the
               backlog of upper classmen taking the requirement. 
               Additionally, the present policy demands that
               students who already are proficient at the
               introductory level must take a course at the
               intermediate level.  A requirement not paralleled
               by other General Education areas.