THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

                          FACULTY SENATE 


                                                             
                              Senate Document Number        0695F 
                              Date of Senate Approval      12/7/95

Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

    APC DOCUMENT 4:  Catalog Changes in Literature and Language

EFFECTIVE DATE:  August, 1996
     
DELETE:   p. 144, under "Program in Creative Writing," all of Part
          IV after the words, "Other departmental requirements"

ADD:      p. 144, part IV after "Other departmental requirements"
     the following

          A two-part demonstration of competency in the
          discipline, including a written examination and
          a Senior Creative Writing Project; an
          additional demonstration of oral competency
          will be fulfilled by a required public reading
          of creative work in the senior year.
     

IMPACT STATEMENT:  The Creative Writing Program began a required
public reading of student work last year.  The new oral competency
requirement merely makes it official.  Most creative writing
instructors already require students to read their work aloud in
workshops where other students and the instructor provide a
critique.  We will now incorporate this as a requirement, along
with more formal faculty assessment and guidance.  By the time the
student reaches the senior performance requirement, he or she
should be fully prepared.

RATIONALE:  This request reflects a new university-wide
requirement.  The department has no objections if APC wishes to
make editorial changes to insure that wording of the oral
competency requirement conforms to university policy.