THE
FACULTY
SENATE
Senate
Document Number 4407S
Date
of Senate Approval 03/15/07
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Statement
of Faculty Senate Action:
APC Document
43: Change Management Competency Exam
Criteria
Effective Date: Fall 2007
1. Delete: On pg
173, under General Requirements for Management, item IV, the first sentence:
Demonstration
of degree competency is fulfilled by successful completion of a comprehensive
exam.
Add: On
pg 173, in place of deleted entry:
Students must take and pass the management competency
exam within one year prior to
graduation
as their demonstration of degree competency.
The exam is administered during the fall and spring semesters only, not
during the summer.
Impact:
There
will be no impact on resources. We have
been administering this exam for several years and will continue to follow the
procedures we have used in the past. The impact on students is that they now
must wait until their last two semesters to take and pass the exam. If they pass the exam more than one year
prior to graduation, they will be required to retake and pass the exam.
Rationale:
Clarifying
these parameters assists students in understanding degree requirements and
planning a timetable for taking the exam. In addition, this change protects the
integrity and validity of the management competency exam. This change prevents
students from taking the exam multiple times at any point during their degree
program. They must now wait until they have taken the bulk of their management
classes, which is crucial since the purpose of the exam is to assess degree
competency upon completion of the core curriculum and to provide feedback for
the department.