THE
FACULTY SENATE
Senate
Document Number 9809S
Date
of Senate Approval 04/30/09
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Statement
of Faculty Senate Action:
APC Document 80: Delete
HWP 182 as a required course for HWP majors;
Change
required courses for the major in HWP
Effective Date: Fall 2009
1. Delete: On page
157, the entry for HWP 182:
182 Principles
of Emergency Medical Care (1)
The study of the critical concepts of responding to medical
emergencies. Emphasis is placed on the
knowledge and skills necessary to help sustain life and to minimize the pain
and consequences of injury or acute illness under differing circumstances and
conditions. Qualifies students for CPR certification. Additional topics include
prevention of injury and illness, healthy lifestyle awareness, and the
assessment of environmental and personal habits to reduce injury and illness.
Fall and Spring.
Impact:
Eliminating this course will reduce the number of
required hours in the major saving departmental resources by reducing the need
for adjunct faculty and the equipment and supplies the course required.
Rationale:
The department has agreed that, although the CPR
certification will remain as a qualification for the Internship requirement,
the process of obtaining this certification can be implemented through a
different format such as an evening or weekend workshop. This will save
substantial departmental resources as well as student time.
2. Delete: On page 151, under Major in Health and
Wellness Promotion:
I.
Required courses in the major—25
hours: HWP 153, 154 or 155; 182, 225, 253, 310, 325, 380, 420, 459.
II.
Required courses outside the major—23 hours
including BIOL 223 or 338; PSYC 320; SOC 221, 312; STAT 185; and a minimum of 6
additional hours selected from the following: HWP 322, 330, 499; BIOL 108; ENVR
130, 336; MMAS 121; MGMT 220, 325, 350, 357, 421, 453; PHIL 213, 303, 313; PSYC
102, 200, 225, 307, 344; SOC 100, 223, 225, 260, 302, 335, 362, 402, 420.
Special Topics courses may be substituted with written permission from the
program director. Students are encouraged to take BIOL 123 and 124 to fulfill
the ILS Lab Science requirement.
Add: On
page 151, in place of deleted entry:
I. Required courses in the major—30 hours: HWP 153, 154 or 155; HWP
335 or 345;
HWP 350 or 360; HWP 225, 253, 310, 325, 380,
420, 459.
II.
Additional required courses—17 hours
including one course from BIOL 223, 338 or HWP 284; SOC 221 or SOC 312; STAT
185; and a minimum of 6 additional hours selected in consultation with the
department advisor. Special Topics courses may be substituted with written
permission from the program director.
Impact:
The
net impact will be one-hour less required of HWP majors, but the primary result
will be a shift of hours from courses taught outside the department to ones taught by the three HWP faculty.
The changes will mean slight
decreases in enrollment in the courses from other departments being dropped
from the HWP major -- ENVR 130, 336; MMAS 121; MGMT 220, 325, 350, 357, 421, 453; PHIL 213,
303, 313; PSYC 102, 200, 225, 307, 320, 344; SOC 100, 223, 225, 260, 302, 335,
362, 402, 420. An increase in enrollment in SOC 312 and SOC
221 is anticipated.
HWP
360, HWP 350, and HWP 284 have all been taught two or more times as special
topics courses and fit comfortably within current faculty loads.
Rationale:
The original HWP major was drafted
before the department had sufficient full-time tenure-track positions to offer
the necessary courses. Enrollment growth
in the department has allowed the university to expand the department allowing
it to offer more health promotion and health science specific content for HWP
majors alleviating the burden on other departments. The proposed changes are part of an ongoing
effort to improve the curriculum to meet student needs and conform to
discipline standards while still working within the university’s resource
constraints. The two Sociology courses
are retained because they address socio cultural issues relevant to the study
of HWP.