UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER

CURRICULUM PROPOSAL FORM #2

(if "change in" is checked - even if credits remain the same)

Program Title: Electronic Media                                                                      

Sponsor(s): Peter Conover, Wilfred Tremblay                                                 

Department(s): Communication                                                                       

College(s): Arts and Communication                                                               

Other Programs Affected: None

Effective Term: Spring 2002

Submit the following:

I. Exact description of request

Electronic Media majors may select EITHER 166-236 Introduction to Cinema (3) OR 166-339 History of Cinema (3) to count toward their six (6) credits of General Electronic and Mass Media Courses in the major. Currently both three-credit courses may satisfy this six-credit general electronic and mass media requirement.

II. Relationship to mission and strategic plan of institution, and/or College/Department goals and objectives

Strategic Priority 2: UW-Whitewater will deliver state of the art programs and services.

Students will be exposed to a broader range of media to better prepare them for the challenges of their professional careers.

III. Rationale

This change will insure that students will be exposed to more than one mass media area. It will also help to increase enrollments in other upper level courses in this Mass Media sequence.

IV. Cost implications