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: __Mark Miller_________________________phone number____0653________

                               

Department:  __Foreign Languages and Literatures________email address__Markm@udel.edu

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 

Action:  ____Revise 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_____________BA_________________________________________________

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

 

Proposed change leads to the degree of: __________BA_______________________________

                                                                                             (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: 

 

Undergraduate major / Concentration:____Three Languages___________________

                                                                                    (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

 

 

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

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

 

Currently the Three Languages Major is limited to students studying languages with majors and worded as follows:

 

Selection of First and Second Languages is limited to those

languages in which the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

offers a major.

 

This wording excludes Japanese and Chinese, which only offer a minor.

However, we currently offer 400-level courses in both Japanese and Chinese and we have active exchange programs that enable students to garner 400-level credits and fulfill all the requirements of the second language in the three languages major. Further, we have had a Japanese minor for over a decade and a Chinese minor for several years now. 400-level courses in JAPN and CHIN with different readings each semester enable students to take enough 400-level courses to fulfill the major’s second language requirements. We have seen a recent surge in students with an interest in East Asia who are requesting Japanese and Chinese as primary languages in the three languages major. Therefore, we would like to propose that Japanese and Chinese be permitted as the second language in the three languages major. In order to do this, we would like to change the wording in the course catalog that states the first and second languages in the three languages major are restricted only to languages that have majors. We would like the course catalog to be re-worded to state that the second language in the three languages major may be fulfilled in languages with a major or a minor.

 

 

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.)

 

Current description in the undergraduate course catalog at the top of p.125:

Selection of First and Second Languages is limited to those languages in which the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers a major.

 

Proposed Revision:

Selection of First Languages is limited to those languages in which the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers a major. The Second Language may be selected from languages in which the department of Foreign Languages and Literatures offers a major or a minor.

 

 

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

 

Department Chairperson        Richard Zipser                                                                        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 Programs & Planning                                                                  Date                                       

 

Provost                                                                                                                                   Date                                       

 

Board of Trustee Notification                                                                                                                Date                                       

 

Revised 5/02/06   /khs