THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

FACULTY SENATE

Senate Document Number 5907S

Date of Senate Approval 05/03/07

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

APC Document 49: Change to requirements for Pure Mathematics concentration;

Change in departmental approval procedure for required courses

Effective Date: Fall 2007

1. Delete: On pg 190, under Concentration in Pure (Theoretical) Mathematics, in item II:

PHYS 221 and 222.

Add: On pg 190, in place of deleted entry:

PHYS 221 and 222; or at least 6 credit hours of courses at the 300-level or above, approved by the department chair, from disciplines in which mathematics plays a significant role.

Impact:

The change will bring the requirements for the Pure concentration into line with the requirements for the other concentrations.

Rationale:

The Pure concentration currently doesn't allow students the flexibility to choose appropriate courses as substitutes to the sequences listed in the catalog. Allowing this option gives Pure Mathematics students the same opportunities as their peers in the major’s other concentrations.

2. Delete: On pg 190, under Concentration in Applied Mathematics, in item II:

and 15–17 hours in an area of specialization in a discipline in which mathematical applications are important. This area of specialization must be approved by the department, and of the 15–17 hours, at least 9 must be at the 300-400 level.

Add: On pg 190, in place of deleted entry:

and 15–17 hours, to include 9 hours at the 300-400 level, in an area of specialization in a discipline in which mathematical applications are important. This area of specialization must be approved by the department chair.

3. Delete: On pg 191, under Concentration in Statistics, in item II:

or 6 hours at the 300-400 level approved by the department from disciplines which routinely employ statistical methodology.

Add: On pg 191, in place of the deleted entry:

or 6 hours at the 300-400 level approved by the department chair from disciplines which routinely employ statistical methodology.

Impact:

This is a minor change in procedure.

Rationale:

The new wording clarifies whose permission must be sought by a student in order to petition for major credit for a given course. As the text currently reads, it is unclear whether the department as a whole, the Curriculum Committee, or the chair, is to consider such petitions. With this change, the procedure is more clearly articulated.