UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS
Revised 2-11-11
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: __Judith W. Herrman, PhD, RN, ANEF__phone
number__831-8380_______
Department: __NURSING____________________email
address__jherrman@udel.edu__
Date: ___November 17, 2010_________________________________________
Action: Change in sophomore level courses and breadth
requirements for Traditional Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum
(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_________________11F______________________________________________________________________
(use format 04F, 05W)
Current
degree_____BSN___________________________________________________________
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)
Proposed change leads to the
degree of: ________BSN______________________
(Example: BA,
BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)
Proposed name:______No change in name of
program________________________
Proposed new name for revised
or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit
(if applicable)
Revising or Deleting:
Undergraduate major / Concentration: Revision of traditional
undergraduate nursing
curriculum (to accommodate new/deleted nursing courses) and revisions to comply
with University breadth requirements
(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”)
New courses to be included in the curriculum include
NURS235 and NURS253. NURS 235 is a
combination of NURS 231 and NURS 232 (which have been deleted from the
curriculum). It provides a more global
perspective and embraces diversity and vulnerabilities while exploring health
promotion. NURS 253 is a 3 credit health
assessment course which builds on the previous 2 credit course (NURS 250) by
expanding content related to health assessment across the lifespan and cultural
aspects of physical assessment. (These
new course proposals have been submitted to the Faculty Senate Course Inventory)
No new courses are proposed for the revision to comply
with the University Breadth requirements.
Explain, when appropriate,
how this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate
education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/
The new courses and subsequent sophomore year revisions
support the GenEd goals of critical thinking/problem
solving, working independently and collaboratively, exploring diverse ways of
thinking in the sciences, arts, and humanities and developing
an international perspective in order to live and work effectively in an
increasingly global society.
N/A for the revision to
comply with the University Breadth requirements.
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.)
The new/deleted courses and sophomore year revisions
allow for improvement in the current nursing curriculum and impact only the
sophomore year. Currently, the NURS 231
and NURS 232 courses have some duplication of material which is
unnecessary. The new 3 credit course
(NURS235) allows for a single course which will address objectives without
repetition. It also accommodates the
adoption of NURS 253, a new Health Assessment and Examination course which will
be 3 credits. This 3 credit course will
allow for a more comprehensive exploration of health assessment and includes
discussion of developmental concepts and cultural aspects of physical
assessment. We have found that 2 credit
courses are more difficult to operationalize than 3
credit courses, offering another rationale for these changes. Additionally, many graduate (MSN) nursing
programs require 3 credits of health assessment.
The breadth requirement proposed changes allow the Traditional Nursing (BSN) major to comply with the new University of Delaware breadth requirements approved by the Faculty Senate in Spring 2010.
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.)
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DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
This
course also can be used in the breadth requirements.
(Foreign language course may be
substituted for a Group A requirement)
*Each student is required to take a minimum of 6 credits
and allowed a maximum of 9 credits of NURS 411/NURS 412/NURS 413/NURS414 |
DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
This course
also can be used in the breadth requirements.
*Each student is required to take a minimum of 6 credits
and allowed a maximum of 9 credits of NURS 411/NURS 412/NURS 413/NURS414 |
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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