CURRICULUM PROPOSAL FORM #4
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER

   CHANGE IN OR DELETION OF EXISTING COURSE

Type of Action
 
  Course Deletion   Requisite Change
  Course Revision   Repeatability Change
  Description Change   Diversity Option
X Title Change   General Education Option
  Number Change   area:
  Contact Hour Change   Computer Requirement
  Credit Change   Writing Requirement
  Add Cross-listing   Other  

 
Effective Term: Autumn 2001  
   
New/Current Course Number: 260 - 442  Crosslist Number: - /

 
New/Current Course Title: Logistics
Old Course Title: Physical Distribution Systems Analysis
   
15 Character Abbreviation: Logistics
25 Character Abbreviation: Logistics
Sponsor(s): Jimmy Peltier
Department(s): Marketing
College(s): Business and Economics
Other Programs Affected: None

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Detailed explanation of changes (use FROM/TO format): From Physical Distribution Systems Analysis to Logistics

Justification for action

The term physical distribution is no longer the norm in marketing. The industry has shifted to the use of the term logistics to describe the activities of the course. The textbooks in this area have already responded to this change in terminology.