CURRICULUM PROPOSAL FORM #2
UNIVERSITY
OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER
CHANGE
IN A DEGREE, MAJOR, OR SUBMAJOR
Check
Exactly One:
Change In: Degree Major X Submajor
Deletion
of Major Submajor
Total Number of Credits in Program (if change in):
22 Before Change 22 After
Change
Program Title: Biology Minor
Sponsor(s):
Lance Urven
Department(s):
Biological Sciences
College(s):
Letters and Sciences
Other
Programs Affected: none
Effective
Term: Spring, 2001
I. Exact description of request
3.
Update the language of requirement # 2.
FROM:
1.BIOL
630-141, 630-142 AND 630-251
2.SELECT
9 CREDITS FROM BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY IN CONSULTATION WITH ADVISER.
THE
FOLLOWING COURSES DO NOT APPLY FOR CREDIT TOWARD THE MINOR: 630-120, 630-214
AND 630-300.
TO:
1.BIOL
630-141, 630-142 AND 630-251
2.SELECT
10 CREDITS FROM BIOLOGY IN CONSULTATION WITH ADVISER.
THE
FOLLOWING COURSES DO NOT APPLY FOR CREDIT TOWARD THE MINOR: 630-120, 630-200,
630-214 AND 630-300.
II. Relationship to mission and strategic plan
of institution, and/or College/Department goals and objectives.
Correcting
and updating APR and Catalogue copy will assist in meeting all goals relating
to effective advising.
III. Rationale
1. The recent number
change of Writing in Biology has made the previous course list
inaccurate.
2. Credits in 630-141,
630-142, and 630-251 have been changed from a total of 13 to a total of
12. This increases the number of
elective credits available.
3. Many biology courses
emphasize themes in structure and function using examples from plants, animals,
protists, fungi and bacteria, rather than focusing exclusively on either plants
or animals.
“Selection of credits from Botany and Zoology” is a vague, unnecessarily
limiting, non-constructive requirement.
None of these changes
are substantive.
IV. Cost implications
None