THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
                               FACULTY SENATE 
     
                                                                  
     Senate Document Number        2598S
     Date of Senate Approval       3/12/98
     
     Statement of Faculty Senate Action:
     

     APC Document 19:  Addition of ENVR 390 to Environmental
                       Studies
     

     Effective Date: Fall 1998     
     
     Add on page 119, the following:
     
          390  Wildlife Ecology and Management (4)
     
               An introduction to the principles and practices of
               wildlife ecology and management, emphasizing wildlife
               species and habitat of the southern Appalachians. 
               Prerequisite: ENVR 241 or permission of instructor. 
               Odd years Spring.
     
     Delete    on page 115, the paragraph following the subheading
                    "Track in Ecology and Environmental Biology."
     
     Add       on page 115, in place of the deleted entry, following
                    the subheading "Track in Ecology and Environmental
                    Biology" the following
     
               25 hours distributed as follows: ENVR 332 and two other
               advanced electives in ENVR; BIOL 210 and/or 211, and 11
               hours of advanced Biology or Environmental Biology
               electives from ENVR 321, 341, 350, 390, 432, 442, 443,
               444; BIOL 332, 333, 334, 335, 337, 339, 350, 351, 356.
     
     Impact statement:   
     None.  This course has been taught as a special topics course by
     Irene Rossell three times in the last four years.  Each time that it
     has been offered, it has been fully enrolled, with waiting lists. 
     Enrollment is primarily Environmental Studies students, with some
     Biology students, all of whom take the course as an advanced
     elective.

     Rationale:     
     A fair number of our students are interested in pursuing careers
     and graduate studies in Wildlife Ecology or related fields.  There
     has been great interest in this course each time it has been offered
     on a Special Topics basis; a formal catalogue entry will allow
     interested students to plan ahead to include it in their schedules.