THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
                            FACULTY SENATE 
     
     Senate Document Number        1298S 
     Date of Senate Approval       1/22/98
     
     
     Statement of Faculty Senate Action:
     
     
     APC 11: Modification of French 300 Course
     
     Effective Date:     Fall 1998
     
     Delete:  from description for FREN 300 on page 121 of
          current Catalog:  Fall and Spring.
     
     Add:  after "Laboratory exercises, ...  work.":
          Course may be repeated once for credit.
     
     Add:  after "Prerequisite ...   equivalent.":
          Every year.
     
     Impact Statement: FREN 300 is required for French majors
     and minors; this requirement will not change.  Offering the
     course every year allows more flexibility with electives.
     
     a.  Concurrences: No other departments or programs will
     be affected by the proposed changes.
     
     b.  Resource statement: These changes will not affect
     staffing needs or other course offerings other than to allow
     more flexibility in scheduling course offerings.
     
     Rationale:
     
     a.  Change from Fall and Spring to every year: A look at
     the current catalog shows that all other courses in French at
     the 300 level or above are offered once yearly, or less
     frequently.  Offering FREN 300 every semester limits
     flexibility in course offerings given the current staffing in
     French.  Changing the catalog statement does not preclude
     our occasionally offering this course twice a year, provided
     there is adequate staffing and demand.  Since this course is
     open to any student who has completed FREN 220 or the
     equivalent, FREN 300 may be taken as early as the
     freshman or sophomore year.  Majors and minors should
     have no difficulty scheduling the course.
     
     b.  Course may be repeated once for credit.  Oral skills
     must be constantly practiced to be maintained.  Since some
     of our majors and minors do not study abroad, there is an
     even greater need to expose them to authentic speech and
     writing.  Moreover, a new oral proficiency requirement was
     created in 1996 for French majors, in keeping with the
     general SACS guidelines (see p. 120 of the current catalog,
     section IV).  To assist students in acquiring the necessary
     oral skills, we would like to be able to recommend in some
     cases that a student take the course twice for credit. 
     Although the core methodology and processes are constant
     in FREN 300, the materials used are continuously updated,
     so that course content is constantly renewed.