UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS

Revised 2-10-2012

 

UGS 0135

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: ___Jesus Cruz_________________________phone number_831-0797

                               

Department:___History_____________________                email address: jesus@udel.edu

 

Date: 24 October 2011REVISED VERSION: 1 February 2012

 

Action:_____Policy change to History major requirements_

(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____12F

                                                (use format 04F, 05W)

 

Current degree____BA____________________________________________________________

                                    (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:_________History BA______________

                                                                                    (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/revisedcurriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/

The change will enable History majors who take the proposed alternative to the senior seminar to fulfill the following goals as effectively as with the current requirement:  # 3 (work and learn both independently and collaboratively), # 5 (understand the diverse ways of thinking that underlie the search for knowledge), #6 (develop the intellectual curiosity, confidence, and engagement that will lead to lifelong learning), and #7 (develop the ability to integrate academic knowledge with experiences that extend the boundaries of the classroom).

 

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.)

We wish to create an alternative path for History majors to complete the required senior seminar. The change will permit majors, under specific circumstances, to consider an internship or History research course (HIST 464 or HIST 468) as equivalent to a senior seminar.  The internship or research must be completed in a course setting, in conjunction with other History majors and regular class meetings with a History faculty member. Our experience of offering both HIST 464 and HIST 468 as 15-person courses suggests that, in those circumstances, students have an experience comparable to the experience of taking a regular senior seminar.  Our experience also suggests that, for some students, an internship or research course can provide a practical alternative to a required seminar.Revision: see below page 5.

 

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.)

 

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 02/09/2009   /khs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Catalog Description                           

 

BACHELOR OF ARTS: HISTORY               

 

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

HIST 101 Western Civilization to 1648 ORHIST 103  World History I

3

HIST 102 Western Civilization: 1648 to the Present OR HIST 104 World History II

3

HIST 268 Seminar

3

 

Course in Asian, African, Latin American, or Middle Eastern history

3

History course before 1700, not including HIST 101 and HIST 103

3

History courses at or above the 300 level

12

History seminar at the 400 level or above (excluding HIST 464, HIST 468, HIST 491 and HIST 493 and Independent Study)

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proposed Revision

 

BACHELOR OF ARTS: HISTORY

 

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

HIST 101 Western Civilization to 1648 OR HIST 103 World History I                                               3

HIST 102 Western Civilization: 1648 to the present OR HIST 104 World                                           3

History II

HIST 268 Seminar                                                                                                                             3

 

Course in Asian, Africa, Latin American, or Middle Eastern history                                                      3

History course before 1700, not including HIST 101 and HIST 103                                                    3

History courses at or above the 300 level                                                                                          12

History seminar at the 400 level or above (excluding HIST 464*, HIST468*,

HIST491 and HIST493 and Independent Study)                                                                                3

 

*Three credits of HIST 464 or HIST 468 may fulfill the seminar requirement when, and only when, it is taught as a seminar course.  Independent study projects and individual internships do not fulfill the seminar requirement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revision approved by the History Department Faculty at its meeting on April 21, 2011:

 

“Capstone requirement: All History majors must complete a “capstone” experience, in the form of a History seminar at the 400 level or above, an internship course taught by a History Department faculty member (HIST464), or an undergraduate research course (HIST468).  Independent study projects and individual internships do not fulfill the capstone requirement.  History Education majors must complete the “capstone” experience by taking a 400-level (or above) seminar.

 

 

 

 

 

Revision to proposal, 1 February 2012: Mechanism for determining when HIST 464 or HIST 468 is taught as a seminar:

 

When a specific section of HIST 464 or HIST 468 satisfies the seminar requirement, the Department will indicate that in the registration booklet by a notation similar to the notation provided for Second Writing sections of courses.


When an instructor seeks to offer a specific section of HIST 464 or HIST 468 as a seminar, he or she will submit that request to the Department Chair and the Assistant to the Chair, who will then provide the approval.  The History Department Undergraduate Chair will monitor the process, making sure that a notation is entered in the registration booklet and the departmental course booklet.  Such a notation could read: “section -011, and only section -011, fulfills the requirement for a 400-level seminar for History majors”

When members of the Undergraduate Studies Committee complete senior checkouts for History majors (as they now do routinely), they will double-check student coursework to ensure that any HIST 464 or HIST 468 course satisfying the seminar requirement was taken as a seminar and not as an individual internship or undergraduate research project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Checklist for Curriculum Proposals

 

 

__x_.  1. Are all signatures on the hard copy of the proposal?

 

 

_x__.  2. Is the effective date correct?            

 

 

__x_. 3. Is the rationale for the proposal consistent with the changes proposed?

 

 

_NA__. 4. Does the proposed number of credits match the stated

number?                                             

 

 

_NA__. 5. Have affected units been identified and contacted? Are required support lettersattached?                          

 

 

_NA__. 6. Is a resolution necessary?  If so, is it attached?

 

(Necessary for: establishing a major; disestablishing a major; a name change to any program with permanent status; a name change to a department or college; a transfer or creation of any department; request for permanent status). 

 

 

_NA__. 7. Are all courses (required or referenced) in the UDSIS Inventory or in the approval process?

 

 

_NA__. 8.  Are all university requirements correctly specified?

 

     ___. A. Breadth requirements.

 

     ___. B. Multicultural requirement.

 

     ___. C. Writing requirement.

 

     ___. D. DLE requirement.

 

 

_NA__. 9. Are all college requirements correctly specified?

 

 

_x__. 9. Is a side-by-side comparison provided?