THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

                          FACULTY SENATE 


                                 Senate Document Number    0995F 

                                 Date of Senate Approval      12/7/95


Statement of Faculty Senate Action:


       APC Document 7:  Catalog Changes in Political Science


Effective Date:  Fall, 1996


Change A: replace on p. 192, the introductory paragraph immediately
          after the listing of faculty members with the following.
          [The highlighted words indicate the changes only.  They
          are not to be highlighted in the catalog.]

               The Political Science department offers diverse and
          flexible programs designed to help students prepare for
          meaningful careers in government and international public
          service, law, journalism, teaching, and other related
          areas.  In the liberal arts tradition, programs and
          courses are fashioned to help students develop the skills
          and background necessary to interpret the political world
          and understand how politics shapes  contemporary life. 
          The department's goals are to help students improve their
          capacity to creatively ask and  systematically answer
          questions and their skills at communicating their
          knowledge and insights in both written and oral fashion. 
          Students are encouraged to work closely with their
          advisors to plan their study and to sample widely from a
          variety of course offerings.  Students must also
          participate in either community service or research
          activities appropriate to their career goals and
          interests. 


Change B: Replace the current description of POLS 460 with the
          following:


     460  Senior Colloquium (1)

          Students and faculty formally present and discuss their
          research projects and field experiences.  Students are
          required to orally demonstrate their mastery of their
          project and the significance and implications of their
          work.  Prerequisite POLS 400, 490 or ECON 490. 
          Corequisite POLS 450.  (Students enrolled in the
          Political Economy Program are not bound by the
          corequisite).  Course offered every spring semester.


Change C: Replace Part III under the heading "General Program" with
          the following:

          III. Senior Demonstration of Competency met by
               satisfactory completion of POLS 400, 450, and 460. 
               (Oral competency satisfied by POLS 460.) 


Change D: Replace Part III under the heading "Research Program"
          with the following:

          III. Senior Demonstration of Competency met by
               satisfactory completion of POLS 450, 460, and 490. 
               (Oral competency satisfied by POLS 460.)  


Change E: change, under the heading "Program in Political Economy",
          Parts I and III 

     a.   In Part I, line 1

               change "39-40 hours" to "40-41 Hours" 

     b.   In part I, line 2

          insert in the listing of required courses in Political
          Science after "359", the number "460".

     c.   In part III, line 2

          insert after the word "completing" the phrase "POLS 460
          (satisfies oral competency) and"


The entire proposed catalog copy mandated by change E would read as
follows.  The changes are highlighted.

     Program in Political Economy

     I.   Required courses in the major--40-41 hours distributed as
          follows:  ECON 200, 201, 310, 320 or 215, 341, 365; POLS
          220, 347, 350, 351, 359, 460 and one course from 321,
          323, or 326; ECON 490 or POLS 490.

     II.  (no changes from current copy)

     III. Other departmental requirements--Senior demonstration of
          competency, met by successfully completing POLS 460
          (satisfies oral competency) and either ECON 490 or POLS
          490.

Impact Statement

     These changes are made solely to satisfy the request contained
in the 21 September 1995 memorandum distributed by the APC chair. 
The proposed changes merely make explicit what the department
already does.  Thus, we anticipate no impact other than those
outlined in the proposals we submitted in 1994-1995 which
instituted the new programs and created POLS 460.  Expanding the
requirement to include the Political Economy Program will probably
mean only one to two additional students registered in the course
per year.

     The identical description of the Political Economy Program
appears on p. 105 under the Economics Department's heading.  We
requested the Department's concurrence with this change (see
attached statement from Dr. Browning), but note that the proposal
does not alter the requirements for students who choose to major in
Political Economy within the Economics Department.  The Economics
Department may meet its oral competency in a different fashion.

Rationale

     The changes simply bring the department's catalog copy into
line with what APC is requesting.