THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

                          FACULTY SENATE 


                                                             
                              Senate Document Number    0895F 

                              Date of Senate Approval      12/7/95


Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

    APC Document 6:  Catalog Changes in Literature and Language


EFFECTIVE DATE:  August, 1996


ADD:  p. 147, after the final course description of Language 497:


      171-3, 271-3, 371-3, 471-3 Special Topics in Language
     (1-3)



IMPACT STATEMENT:  None

RATIONALE:  Although course offerings in Freshman Writing and
Creative Writing have remained fairly stable for the last ten
years, we have reached a point where we would like to offer, from
time to time, special topic courses in both categories.  For
example, for Spring Semester 1996, we had the opportunity of
offering for our creative writing students a special course in
"Screenwriting" by a professional who has made a living in
television and movies for 18 years in Hollywood.  But with no
Special Topics number available to us, we found we had no choice
but to offer the course as "Literature 373," which, of course,
makes no sense.  Faculty in the Freshman Writing program have also
discussed offering advanced writing courses such as "Writing in the
Sciences," or "The Familiar Essay," etc.  Adding special topics
numbers will give us much greater flexibility for the future.