Senate Document Number 1603S

Date of Senate Approval 01/30/03

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

APC Document 11:   Change Concentration in Natural Resource Management to
Concentration in Environmental Management and Policy; Change requirements for the concentration.

Effective Date: Fall 2003

1. Delete: On pg 107, the entry for Natural Resource Management:

Concentration in Natural Resource Management
33-36 hours distributed as follows: ENVR 332, 334; two courses in ENVR at the 300 level or above; ACCT 215 or one additional course in ENVR; ECON 101, 102, 337, 345, MGMT 220; one elective in MGMT.

Add: On pg 107, in place of deleted entry:

Concentration in Environmental Management and Policy
33-36 hours distributed as follows: ENVR 332, 334; two courses in ENVR at the 300 level or above; ACCT 215 or one additional course in ENVR; ECON 101, 102, 337, 345; six additional hours of environmental policy and management-relevant coursework as approved by the department advisor.

2. Delete: On pg 106, second paragraph, first sentence:

The UNCA department offers a chance to focus advanced study in one of four specialty concentrations: Pollution Control, Ecology and Environmental Biology, Natural Resource Management, and Earth Science.

Add: On pg 106, in place of deleted entry:

The department offers a chance to focus advanced study in one of four specialty concentrations: Pollution Control, Ecology and Environmental Biology, Environmental Management and Policy, and Earth Science.

Impact: Fewer Environmental Studies students would enroll in Management 220.

Rationale: Changing the name of the concentration to Environmental Management and Policy more accurately reflects the breadth of the concentration. The existing name implies a narrower focus than is reflected in the current or proposed course of study. The primary reason the Department proposes a change in course requirements of the concentration is to take advantage of a wide variety of courses that exist on campus that would combine well to create an intellectually coherent course program. We have identified several courses in Economics (4), Management (3), Political Science (9), and Sociology (2) that would complement the concentration. Students will be advised to consider course options in all four departments.