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: __Lynn Worden____________________phone number_831-1922___________

                               

Department:  ___Individual and Family Studies_______email address_worden@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__________07F_____________________________________________________________________________

                                                (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:______Honors: Early Childhood Education__________________________

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

                                                                                (if applicable)

 

Revising or Deleting: 

 

Undergraduate major / Concentration:__Honors: Early Childhood Education_____

                                                                                    (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”)

 

IFST 481: Honors Capstone Student Teaching Seminar

 

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

 

Honors students will take IFST 481 instead of IFST 480: Student Teaching Seminar. This new course addresses several of the university’s goals of undergraduate education:

1. Attain effective skills in oral and written communication, quantitative reasoning, and the use of information technology: Students will be required to complete and publicly defend a mastery teaching portfolio as well as a summary of teacher research. The portfolio may be presented online using Livetext.

6. Develop the intellectual curiosity, confidence, and engagement that will lead to lifelong learning: Students will be required to develop a teacher research project investigating a topic of their choice that will be implemented during their student teaching placements.

 

7. Develop the ability to integrate academic knowledge with experiences that extend the boundaries of the classroom: The teacher research project will combine knowledge gained in the classroom and through library research with experiences during 18 weeks of student teaching.

 

 

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.)

 

All students completing an honors degree must complete a capstone course. Currently, early childhood education (ECE) majors who are completing an honors degree must take a capstone course outside of their major because there are no designated capstone courses in the ECE major. The major has no room for a three-credit free elective, so honors students must take an extra course to fulfill this requirement. The proposed course is designed to fit in with ECE majors’ required courses and would be substituted for IFST 480: Student Teaching Seminar, which is required for non-honors students. IFST 480 is only two credits and is pass/fail. As a result, that course cannot be a capstone course. The proposed course will include additional assignments involving teachers as researchers and a public presentation of findings along with the other requirements of IFST 480, which requires students to complete a mastery portfolio that is publicly defended.

 

 

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.)

 

HONORS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE:

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

 

The recipient must complete:

1. All requirements for the Bachelor of              

 Science degree in Early Childhood Education

2. All of the University’s generic

requirements for the Honors Baccalaureate Degree. (See page 48 of this catalog.)

3. These additional requirements:

     a. Student Teaching Seminar must be taken as an Honors course (IFST 481).     [Current program: “(IFST 480)”]

     b. Achieve a 3.4 GPA in major.


 

 

 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 Programs & Planning                                                                  Date                                       

 

Provost                                                                                                                                   Date                                       

 

Board of Trustee Notification                                                                                                                Date                                       

 

Revised 5/02/06   /khs