UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS

 

Academic Program Approval

 

This form is a routing document for the approval of new and revised academic programs.  Proposing department should complete this form.  For more information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.

 

 

Submitted by: _J. Hough-Goldstein and D. Frey___       _phone number_X2529 and X2531_

                               

Department:  Entomology & Wildlife Ecology and Plant & Soil Sciences _

email address jhough@udel.edu and dfrey@udel.edu

                                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

Action:  _Revising Major ____________________________________________________________________

(Example:  add major/minor/concentration, delete major/minor/concentration,  revise major/minor/concentration,  academic unit name change, request for permanent status, policy change, etc.)

 

Effective term______08F______________________________________________________________________________

                                                (use format 04F, 05W)

 

Current degree_____BS___________________________________________________________

                                    (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

Proposed change leads to the degree of: _____BS_________________________________

                                                                                             (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

 

Proposed name:_______________________________________________________________

                                            Proposed new name for revised or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit

                                                                                (if applicable)

 

Revising or Deleting:  Revising

 

Undergraduate major / Concentration:_   Plant Protection____________________

                                                                                    (Example:  Applied Music – Instrumental  degree BMAS)

 

Undergraduate minor:____________________________________________________

                                   (Example:  African Studies,  Business Administration,  English, Leadership, etc.)            

 

Graduate Program Policy statement change:_________________________________

                                                                  (Must attach  your Graduate Program Policy Statement)

 

            Graduate Program of Study:______________________________________________

                                 (Example:  Animal Science: MS  Animal Science:  PHD  Economics: MA Economics: PHD)

 

 

                Graduate minor / concentration:___________________________________________

 

 

Note: all graduate studies proposals must include an electronic copy of the Graduate Program Policy Document, highlighting the changes made to the original policy document.

 

 

 

List new courses required for the new or revised curriculum. How do they support the overall program objectives of the major/minor/concentrations)?

 (Be aware that approval of the curriculum is dependent upon these courses successfully passing through the Course Challenge list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)

None

 

Explain, when appropriate, how this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/

 

 

Identify other units affected by the proposed changes:

(Attach permission from the affected units.  If no other unit is affected, enter “None”)

 

None.  This is a joint major between Entomology & Wildlife Ecology and Plant & Soil Sciences

 

 

Describe the rationale for the proposed program change(s):

(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.)

 

Proposed changes in Plant Protection major and rationale:

 

1.   Change ENWC 305, 2 credits, to ENWC 215, 1 credit

                  Rationale: Just housekeeping – ENWC 305 has been changed to ENWC 215

 

2.   Drop PLSC 101 (Botany 1) from the requirements

            Rationale: Plant Science faculty state that after taking BISC 207 and 208, students have already been exposed to much of the information that is presented in PLSC 101 (plant science majors do not take BISC 207 and 208)

 

3.   Add PLSC 151 (Introduction to Crop Science, 3 credits) as a requirement

                  Rationale: A substitute for the PLSC 101 Plant Science credits, and a good basic introduction to plant production

 

4.   Instead of having PLSC 411 as a specific requirement, have students take one course from the following: PLSC 411 Diagnostic Plant Pathology (3 credits), PLSC 416 Plant Virology (4 credits), PLSC 429 Introduction to the Fungi (4 credits) or PLSC 319 Environmental Soil Microbiology (4 credits).

                  Rationale: Additional choices are needed for PLSC 411, because this course has not been taught recently and may not be taught in the near future. All of the courses listed are every-other-year offerings.

 

5.   Add to the plant production course list: PLSC 308 Fruit Science (4 credits) and PLSC 401 Agronomic Crop Science (3 credits).

                  Rationale: These courses are appropriate additional choices for the “plant production” course list.

 

6.   Drop the stated requirement of “3 credits of related Internship, Independent Study, Research, or Field Experience”

                  Rationale: This requirement is now covered by the University-wide “Discovery Learning Experience”

 

 

 

Program Requirements: 

(Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the Course Catalog.  If this is a revision, be sure to indicate the changes being made to the current curriculum and include a side-by-side comparison of the credit distribution before and after the proposed change.)

                COMMENT: In above list, change ENWC 305 (2 credits) to ENWC 215 (1 credit).

                COMMENT: Change PLSC 101 (4 credits) to PLSC 151 Introduction to Crop Science (3 credits).

                Replace PLSC 411 requirement with “A plant pathology or related course selected from PLSC 319, 411, 416, or 429” (3-4 credits).

 

                COMMENT: Change list to PLSC 105, 133, 302, 308, or 401 (3-4 credits).

 

                COMMENT: Omit “plus 3 credits of related Internship, Independent Study, Research, or Field Experience (credits now total 9).

COMMENT: Total credits remain unchanged

 

ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION:        (Please do not remove supporting documentation.)

 

Department Chairperson                                                                                                        Date                                       

 

Dean of College                                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Chairperson, College Curriculum Committee___________________________________Date_____________________

 

Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR Studies                                                                   Date                                       

 

Chairperson, Senate Coordinating Com.                                                                 Date                                       

 

Secretary, Faculty Senate                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Date of Senate Resolution                                                                                                      Date to be Effective               

 

Registrar                                                                  Program Code                                         Date                                       

 

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs & International Programs                                               Date                                       

 

Provost                                                                                                                                   Date                                       

 

Board of Trustee Notification                                                                                                                Date                                       

 

Revised 10/23/2007   /khs