UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS

 

Academic Program Approval

Revised 3-4-08

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: _____Donald G. Unger, Ph.D._________phone number__831-6852__________

                               

Department:  __Individual and Family Studies________email address__unger@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______BS________________________________________________________

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

 

Proposed change leads to the degree of: __No change.________________________________

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

 

 

Proposed name:___No change.____________________________________________________

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

                                                                                (if applicable)

 

Revising or Deleting: 

 

Undergraduate major / Concentration:_Human Services  / Administration and Family

                                                                         Policy, degree BS____________________

                                                                                                  (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/

 

The breadth requirements are consistent with Goal #5:  Understand the diverse ways of thinking that underlie the research for knowledge in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.

 

Identify other units affected by the proposed changes:

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

 

 

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

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

 

1.         The courses fulfilling the current required breadth requirements (Science, Humanities, and Social Sciences) for the Human Services major are not listed in the UD catalog.

2.         Current major breadth requirements must be obtained at the departmental office and may not always be updated on an annual basis. Breadth requirements in the College of Arts and Sciences are annually reviewed and listed in the UD catalog. 

3.         UD students transferring between the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, and Human Services, Education, and Public Policy will find it easier to transfer courses fulfilling breadth requirements, because the revised breadth requirements incorporate existing College of Arts and Sciences breadth requirements. This is an important issue because the Human Services major receives many of its majors through internal transfers.

 

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.)

CURRENTLY

Major: Human Services

Concentration: Administration and Family Policy

REVISED

Major: Human Services

Concentration: Administration and Family Policy

Humanities electives…………………….…6

 

Six credits of courses fulfilling Group A (Analysis and appreciation of the creative arts and humanities) or Group B (The study of culture and institutions over time) Arts and Sciences College Breadth Requirements or six credits in Foreign Language Courses (including: CHIN, FREN, GREK,  GRMN, HEBR, ITAL, JAPN, LATN, PORT, RUSS, SPAN)……….……….…6

Social science electives…………………….6

 

Six credits of courses fulfilling Group C (Empirically based study of human beings and their environment) Arts and Sciences College Breadth Requirements……………….……….6

 

Science electives……………….…………..9

(One science elective must be a laboratory science. Other science courses may include mathematics, statistics, or computer and information science).

 

 

Ten credits of courses fulfilling Group D (The study of natural phenomena through experiment or analysis) Arts and Sciences College Breadth Requirements (One science elective must be a laboratory science)……………….……………10

For a complete listing of courses which fulfill Arts and Sciences College Breadth Requirements, see the index in the Undergraduate Catalog.

 

Total credits..................................................120

Total credits...................................................120

 


 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