THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

                         FACULTY SENATE 


               Senate Document Number    0393S 

               Date of Senate Approval     2/11/93


 
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Action of Vice Chancellor: 

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   Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

   APC Document # 1  "Changes in Meteorology"

   I.   Delete 6 CR of General Meteorology, add one 4 CR General Meteorology
   course.

   Effective Date: Fall 1993

   Delete: All references to ATMS 210 and 211 including the respective course
   descriptions on pages 65, 66, and 67.

   Add: ATMS 214 .bottom of p 65 under "Track in Climatology (B.S.)", I .top of
   p 65 under "Track in Weather Forecasting (B.S.)", I .to courses which
   previously had 210 as a prerequisite.

   Add: the following course and description to list on p 67.

   214  General Meteorology (4) Technical aspects of meteorology for
   Atmospheric Sciences majors.  An introduction to atmospheric kinematics and
   dynamics, mesoscale weather patterns, precipitation processes causes of
   seasonal trends, and air pollution meteorology.  Lab included. 
   Prerequisites: ATMS 103 or 105; MATH 191.

   Impact Statement:

   ATMS 210, 211 and the proposed 214 are not required outside the department. 
   The load imposed on the Department of Mathematics by the MATH 191
   prerequisite will have its time derivative equal to zero.

   The proposed change represents a consolidation of a two semester 3+3 hr
   sophomore- level sequence into a single 4 hr course.  This will slightly
   reduce the faculty load.

   Rationale:

   There has been some redundancy among the ATMS 210-211 and ATMS 305-310
   sequences, therefore, ATMS 210 and 211 should be consolidated into one
   course plus lab.  The lecture portion will present meteorological topics
   more rigorously and quantitatively than in ATMS 103/105, and set the stage
   for advanced course work at the junior/senior- level.  The MATH 191,
   Calculus I, will remain.  As in the deleted sequence, the course will
   present several topics to which the majors are normally not exposed to in
   other required courses.  Examples are air pollution meteorology,
   astronomical influences on weather and specialized mathematical techniques
   applied in meteorology.

   A laboratory will be required.  This is for two reasons; the freshman-level
   106 lab is not required for majors because of the high proportion of
   transfer students within the department, and recent updates in
   meteorological operational instrumentation require formal training in the
   Met Lab facilities early in the student's career.

   The course will be offered in the spring semester because the majors
   generally have more flexibility in the spring and they will be more likely
   to have finished MATH 191.



   II.  Change majors' requirements for graduation.

   Basically this adds a CSCI course to the Forecasting Track and adjusts the
   total number of hours to meet this and the above changes.

   Effective Date: Fall 1993

   Change:   Under Track in Climatology (B.S.) on page 65.
         
   I. Required courses in major - 38 hours to ... 36 hours.

   Program in Weather Forecasting (B.S.) on page 66. I. Required courses in
   major - 35 hours to ... 33 hours. II. Required courses outside major - 24
   hours to ... 27 hours.

   Add:      Under Program in Weather Forecasting (B.S.) on page 66. II.
   Required courses outside major...CSCI 142.

   Delete:   Under Program in Weather Forecasting (B.S.) on page 66. II. ... ",
   and Computer Sciences ..."

   Impact Statement:  

   CSCI 142 is already required for the Climatology track.  Many of the
   Forecasting students already take CSCI 142, therefore the requirement will
   impose a negligible change.

   Rationale:

   The change in hours in the required courses in the major reflect the
   reduction caused by the change in General Meteorology requirement of above.  

   The addition of a CSCI course to the Forecasting track represents a response
   to suggestions by graduates of the program and employer contacts. 
   Increasingly, knowledge of computers is necessary for atmospheric sciences
   graduates regardless of their employment.