THE
FACULTY
SENATE
Senate
Document Number 1909S
Date
of Senate Approval 01/22/09
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Statement
of Faculty Senate Action:
APC Document
7: Add
new course, ATMS 345, Tropical Meteorology
Add
new course, ATMS 464, Scientific Writing
Effective Date: Fall 2009
1. Add: On page 85, new course:
345 Tropical
Meteorology (3)
An introduction to tropical
climatology, tropical cyclones, observation techniques, tropical waves, ENSO,
and connections between the tropics and mid-latitudes. Corequisite: ATMS 305.
Even years Fall.
Impact Statement:
This
course is an elective for the ATMS major or minor and thus has no impact on
graduation requirements. It was taught as a special topics course (ATMS 373) in
Fall 2006 and is being taught in Fall 2008. Making it a permanent part of the
ATMS curriculum will not result in additional resource needs.
Rationale:
This
course has been periodically offered as a special topics course in ATMS. Dr. Chris Hennon specializes in tropical
meteorology and will offer this class every other year. Therefore it makes
sense to create a permanent course number for Tropical Meteorology. All faculty
in ATMS are in agreement with this proposal. This course has been taught by
another faculty member (Alex Huang) in the past; thus it can still be offered
if Chris Hennon should not be able to teach it.
2. Add:
On
page 86, new course:
464 Scientific
Writing (3)
Writing and research
strategies, particularly for meteorological applications. Topics include
literature reviews, critical reading, improving writing practices, various
types of scientific writings, and presentation skills. Prerequisites: ATMS 103
or 105, and Junior standing. Fall.
Impact Statement:
This
course is not required for the ATMS major or minor and thus has no impact for
those students. It is currently classified as a Writing Intensive (WI) and
Informational Literacy Intensive (IL) course – this will continue. This class
has been taught as a special topics course (ATMS 473) for the last two years.
Making it a permanent part of the ATMS curriculum will not result in additional
resource needs.
Rationale:
Scientific
Writing was first taught in Fall 2007 as a special topics course (ATMS
473). It is being taught again in Fall
of 2008 due to high demand from ATMS majors. We wish to make “Scientific
Writing” a permanent addition to our course offerings. All faculty members in ATMS are in agreement
with this addition.