(This course is designed to give the non-science major an understanding
of the physics of energy, the limits that the laws of physics place on
the availability of energy for consumption and current and future sources
of energy).
(With the growing emphasis on the visual arts on our campus and
in our society there appears to be a need for a course dealing with the
phenomena of light and color to which we are continually exposed).
B. Description change and title change for the following
courses:
(The new title and description emphasize that the course studies
the fundamental principles of physics and connects them to everyday
phenomena but overlaps only a little bit with the other sciences).
(Uses the revised 765-171 course taught by Mathematical and Computing
Sciences to provide MCS majors with an introduction to Visual Basic for
use in database access and manipulation. Students may take
the first Intro to Java course (765-172) simultaneously).
(Reflects the change in programming language used in this
course from C++ to Java and uses the new 765-172 course taught by Mathematical
and Computing Sciences to provide MCS majors with an introduction to Java).
B. Course descriptions change for the following courses:
(Puts more emphasis on the theoretical network models and less emphasis
on an actual implementation of a specific network).
C. Course revision, description change and title change for 950-325
FROM
Client/Server-Local
Area TO Web Development 1. and description change
and title change for 950-425
FROM
Client/Server-Internet
TO
Web Development 2 (When the MCS Client/Server courses were established, there was
a marked differentiation between the technologies used to develop computer
applications in a local-area environment verses a wide-area environment.
Since then, the Internet and World Wide Web have created a common environment,
thus the need to restructure both the 950-325 and 950-425 courses into
a Web-based focus).
(Since students are no longer required to take U.S. Experience in
a World Context (900-120). The current minor requirements assumed that
all prospective minors would have already taken this introductory course.
Because this can no longer be assumed, the newly designed minor expands
the number of required introductory courses (100-level courses).
These changes also respond to recent changes in the DPI guidelines for
certification in history, as well as the History department's evaluation
of how to best prepare our graduates for their prospective careers as social
studies teachers).
B. Change in the following majors:
(Since students are no longer required to take U.S. Experience in
a World Context (900-120). The current major requirements assumed that
all prospective majors would have already taken this introductory course.
Because this can no longer be assumed, the newly designed minor expands
the number of required introductory courses (100-level courses).
These changes also respond to recent changes in the DPI guidelines for
certification in history, as well as the History department's evaluation
of how to best prepare our graduates for their prospective careers as social
studies teachers).C. Change in the History
BA/BS Major (Since students are no longer required to take U.S.
Experience in a World Context (900-120). The current major requirements
assumed that all prospective majors would have already taken this introductory
course. Because this can no longer be assumed, the newly designed minor
expands the number of required introductory courses (100-level courses).
D. Change in the History
Minor(Since students are no longer required to take U.S. Experience
in a World Context (900-120). The current minor requirements assumed that
all prospective minors would have already taken this introductory course.
Because this can no longer be assumed, the newly designed minor expands
the number of required introductory courses (100-level courses).
E. New Minor
BA/BS History Minor with Public History Emphasis(This emphasis provides students with an opportunity to
study the application of historical understanding, development, and presentation
of history outside the academy. The public history emphasis will help prepare
students for employment and volunteer opportunities in a growing number
of public history venues, including museums, public parks, historical societies,
and civic celebrations).
Geography and Geology
A. New track in Geography Major - Geology
Track within the Geography Major(The objective of the
proposed geology track within the geography major is to prepare UW-W students
for graduate work or careers in geology. Students who complete the required
and recommended portions of the program stated below with good grades should
have little trouble being accepted into graduate school; those who prefer
to enter the labor market directly will have the skills to compete with
students trained at other institutions which have a full geology major).