THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
        		       FACULTY SENATE 
     

     Senate Document Number    0998S 
     Date of Senate Approval      1/22/98
     
     Statement of Faculty Senate Action:
     
     
     APC Document 8:  Addition of Required Research 
                                      Course and Increase in Hours
                                      Required for MLA Degree
     
     Effective Date: Fall 1998
     
     Delete: On page 164, line 2 under heading "Degree
     Requirements" 
     
           delete "33 semester hours"
     
           On page 164, line 3 under heading "Degree
     Requirements"
           delete "At least 27 of these credits must be
     taken at UNCA.
     
     Add: On page 164, line 2 under heading "Degree
     requirements"
               add "36 semester hours"
     
        On page 164, line 3 under heading "Degree requirements"
          add "At least 30 of these credits must be taken
          at UNCA"
     
        On page 164, line 6 under heading "I.  Required
     courses "
            add "670" to list of required courses
     
             On page 165, add the following new course title
     and description:
     
               670   The Nature of Scholarly Inquiry (3)
     
               This colloquium provides a forum for students
               to develop their individual scholarly interests
               into an MLA project or thesis topic.  Includes
               survey of techniques of inquiry in the arts,
               humanities, social sciences and natural
               sciences, as well as practical issues from
               finding a topic to final presentation.  
               Prerequisite: 21 hours in MLA program.  Must
               be taken prior to or simultaneously with MLA
               680/690.  (Grading S/U.)
     
     Impact Statement:  This proposal increases the number of
     semester credit hours required for the MLA degree from 33
     to 36 by requiring a new course, MLA 670, The Nature of
     Scholarly Inquiry.  This will affect all MLA students admitted
     in 1998-99 and thereafter as well as previously admitted
     students who have not maintained continuous enrollment.
     
          The proposed changes will required that one
     additional MLA course (670) be taught each year.  In
     resource terms, this means that the VCAA will need to
     compensate whatever department supplies the faculty
     member teaching MLA 670 with an adjunct.
     
     Rationale: The Graduate Council believes that MLA
     students nearing the completion of the program need a more
     systematic orientation to: 1) the process of selecting a
     project/thesis topic, 2) methodologies for project/thesis
     research; 3) "ways of knowing" in various disciplines; 4)
     preparation and presentation of research results.