THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE
                             FACULTY SENATE 
     
                                                                  
     Senate Document Number        3098S
     Date of Senate Approval       4/9/98
     
     Statement of Faculty Senate Action:
     
     
     APC Document 24:  Clarification of Requirements for a
                       Minor and a Post-Baccalaureate Major
    
 
     Effective Date:     Fall 1998
     
     Delete:   p. 43 Under "Optional Minor Field of Concentration",
               the second sentence,
               first paragraph which reads:
     
               "Minors shall require a minimum of six semester
               hours at the 300-400 level to be taken at UNCA."
     
     Replace:  with the following
     
                    One-half of the hours required for the minor must be
                    completed at UNCA.  In addition, minors shall require
                    a minimum of six semester hours at the 300-400 level
                    to be taken at UNCA.
     
     Add:           on page 44 under "Declaration of Optional Minor",
                    after last sentence, second paragraph the following:
     
                    Once a student has earned a minor in a particular
                    department and graduated with that minor
                    designation, he or she may not later earn a major in
                    that same department.
     
     Impact:   None.
     
     Rationale:     The first change is the current requirement as
     outlined on page 30 under "Graduation", item #11.  Restating the
     requirement under the Minor heading will help to ensure the
     student is aware of the requirement.  The second change clarifies
     and puts in writing the current practice.  Once a student graduates,
     the academic record is "official" and "sealed" and there should be
     no changes made to it.  A student could not have a major listed on
     a transcript in an area where a minor had been previously earned.
     
     Add:           on page 49 item #2 under the heading 
                    "Post-Baccalaureate Major" item 2, page 49 at the end of
                    the sentence beginning; "The University grants..." the
                    following:
     
                    other than UNCA.
     
     Delete:        on page 50 under the heading "Post-Baccalaureate
                    Major" item 2, second sentence.
     
     Replace:       the deleted sentence with the following 
     
                    "Normally a minimum of 30 semester hours earned
                    after the baccalaureate degree is awarded is required
                    for this certificate."
     
     Impact:        the addition of this statement puts in writing what has
                    been practice for many years.
     
     Rationale:     A recent miscommunication between an academic
     department and a student pursuing a Certificate of Major served to
     illustrate that this section of the catalog is not as clear as it should
     be regarding the post-baccalaureate course requirements.