The list below includes early arrivals received Spring 2013 that were being held for 2013-14 review cycle.

Trial Courses:

Trial course: COUN F694 - Ethnicity and Family Studies, 3 credits (3+0); prerequisite of COUN 666 or permission of instructor; letter graded; to be offered every spring, effective Spring 2014 upon approval.  (Also submitted as a new course.  [Posted 9/6/2013]

Trial course: PS F494 - Contemporary Political Philosophy, 3 credits (3+0); cross-listed as PHIL F494; prerequisites include PS F101, upper division standing or permission of instructor; letter graded; to be offered spring, even numbered years; effective Spring 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/19/2013]

Trial course: SPAN F294 - Intermediate Spanish Reading (h), 3 credits (3+0); prerequisite of SPAN F102 or equivalent, or permission of instructor; letter graded; to be offered every spring; effective Spring 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/19/2013]

Trial course: MSL F194 - Astrobiology: Planets, Oceans, and Life; 3 credits (3+0); no prerequisites; letter graded; to be offered every spring; effective Spring 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/19/2013]

Trial course: FISH F394 - Fish Nutrition, 3 credits (3+0); prerequisites include BIOL F116X, CHEM F106X, or permission of instructor; letter graded; to be offered fall of odd-numbered years; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/19/2013]

Trial Course: CHEM F494 - Introduction to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 1 credit (.5+1.5); prerequisite of CHEM F321 or permission of instructor; letter graded; to be offered spring semesters; effective Spring 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

Undergraduate New Courses

New Course: ART F271 - Beginning Computer Art (h), 3 credits (1+4); prerequisite of ART F161 or permission of instructor; letter graded; to be offered every fall; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. Submission received late spring 2013 and held for this cycle. [Posted 9/6/2013]

New Course: FISH F102 - Fact or Fishin': Case Studies in Fisheries, 1 credit (1+0); course restricted to first-year students or permission of instructor; letter graded; offered every fall; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/6/2013]

New Course: FISH F103 - The Harvest of the Sea, 2 credits (2+0); prerequisites of FISH F101 and FISH F102 or permission of instructor; letter graded; offered every spring; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/6/2013]

New Course: PS F414 - Contemporary Political Philosophy, 3 credits (3+0); cross-listed as PHIL F414; prerequisites include PS F101 and upper division standing, or permission of instructor; letter graded; to be offered spring of even-numbered years; first offering spring 2016; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

New Course: FISH F340 - Seafood Business, 3 credits (3+0); prerequisite of FISH F261 or permission of instructor; letter graded, to be offered each fall, effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

Course Change: MSL F660 - Chemical Oceanography, 3 credits (3+0); create stacked version of this course at undergraduate level: MSL F461; prerequisites include upper division standing, general chemistry and biology; letter graded; to be offered spring; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

New Course: RECR F160M - Advanced Fly Fishing and Fly Tying, 1 credit (0+3); prerequisites include RECR F140M or RECR F140N or permission of instructor; graded Pass / Fail; to be offered as demand warrants; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

New Course: RECR F160F - Introduction to Mountaineering, 2 credits with (0+3) credit distribution according to submission; no prerequisites; graded Pass / Fail; to be offered as demand warrants; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

New Course: PHYS F351 - Thermal Physics, 2 credits (2+0); prerequisites include PHYS F212, PHYS F220, PHYS F301, PHYS F341, or permission of instruction; letter graded; to be offered in spring; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

New Course: PHYS F451 - Statistical Physics, 2 credits (2+0); prerequisites include PHYS F213, PHYS F220; PHYS F301, PHYS F341, PHYS F342, PHYS F393, PHYS F421, or permission of instructor; letter graded; to be offered spring; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

Graduate New Courses

New Course: COUN F667 - Ethnicity and Family Studies, 3 credits (3+0); prerequisite of COUN F666 or permission of instructor; letter graded; to be offered spring semesters; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/6/2013]

New Course: FISH F681 - The North Pacific Fishery Management Council: A Case Study; 2 credits (1+0+1); proposal states Lecture 4 days X 5 hours = 20 hours (1.5 credit) plus practicum of 40 hours (.5 credit); prerequisite of permission of the instructors; restriction that students must attend in person; graded Pass/Fail; to be offered summer; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

Undergraduate Course Changes

Course Change: ART F371 O - Digital Photography and Pixel Painting (h), 3 credits (1+4); course is already cross-listed as JRN F371 and FLM F371; change title to "Digital Imaging"; add to the existing prerequisites the following: ART F161 or ART F284 or FLM F290 or JRN F204 or JRN F290, or permission of instructor; add Humanities designation (h); effective Fall 2014 upon approval. Submission received late spring 2013 and held for this cycle. [Posted 9/6/2013]

Course Change: MSL F660 - Chemical Oceanography, 3 credits (3+0); create stacked version of this course at undergraduate level: MSL F461; prerequisites include upper division standing, general chemistry and biology; letter graded; to be offered spring; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

Course Drop: CHEM F313 - Chemical Analysis of Dynamic Systems, 2 credits (1+4); course material has been integrated into CHEM F212; effective Fall 2014 upon approval.  [Posted 9/27/2013]

Graduate Course Changes

Course Change: BIOL F615 - Systematic and Comparative Biology, 3 credits (3+0); add a laboratory to the course and change the number of credits to 4 (3+3); effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

Undergraduate Program Changes

Program Change: Minor - Art: Add new course Art F271, reflect course title change to ART F472, and remove ART F371 O from the requirements; effective  Fall 2014 upon approval. Submission received late spring 2013 and held for this cycle. [Posted 9/6/2013]

Program Change: BA - Art: Add new course Art F271 to elective options, and remove ART F371 O from the elective options; effective  Fall 2014 upon approval. Submission received late spring 2013 and held for this cycle. [Posted 9/6/2013]

Program Change: BFA - Art: Add new course Art F271 to course requirements, and remove ART F371 O; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. Submission received late spring 2013 and held for this cycle. [Posted 9/6/2013]

Program Change: OE - Entry Level Welder:  change program name to "Welder, Entry Level" to facilitate finding the program in the Catalog; add WMT F150 to required courses; increase total credits from 21 to 24 credits; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. Submission received late spring 2013 and held for this cycle. [Posted 9/6/2013]

Program Change: BA - Fisheries: add option of ENGL F414 W to requirements; add two new courses - FISH F102 and FISH F103; add FISH F487 W O as a capstone course; add GEOG F312 or SOC F440 as options to FISH F411; add degree concentrations of Fisheries Business and Social Science, and Rural and Community Development; add new course FISH F340 to the Fisheries Business and Social Science concentration; reduce total credits required from 125 to 121 credits; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/6/2013]

Program Change: BS - Fisheries Science: Add two new courses - FISH F102 and FISH F103 to the degree requirements; add existing course FISH F261 to requirements;  remove FISH F301 - Biology of Fishes which is not taught; and reduce additional science electives from 15 credits to 9 credits; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/6/2013]

Program Change: Minor in Marine Science: reallocate elective credits from 6 (MSL only) and 2 (MSL or other department) to 3 (MSL only) and 5 (MSL or other department); remove elective course FISH F301 which is no longer offered; add elective options from MSL and other departments; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

Program Change: BS - Physics: Remove PHYS F313 (4 credits) which is being replaced with two new courses (submitted) - PHYS F351 and PHYS F451 (2 credits each); effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

Graduate Program Changes

Program Change: PhD - Natural Resources and Sustainability: increase credit requirements from 18 to 26 credits total (of which 18 are thesis credits); modify application requirements; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. Submission received late spring 2013 and held for this cycle. [Posted 9/6/2013]

Program Change: MS and PhD - Geophysics: add language to clarify the minimum required credits for the degrees; require MATH F302 for MS degree (removing it from recommended courses); remove GEOS F434/F634 and GEOS F484/F684 and ATM F413 from Remote Sensing concentration options; for the PhD clarify number of credits required from the MS coursework, add MATH F421 to Mathematical Methods coursework; effective Fall 2014 upon approval. [Posted 9/27/2013]

New Programs - Undergraduate and Graduate

New Program: M.M. - Master of Music in Performance: requires a total of 36 credits consisting of 8 credits from MUS F625, MUS F601, and MUS F632), 6 credits of MUS F698 Research, 14 credits of MUS F661 - Advanced Private Lessons,  4 credits of MUS F606 - Advanced Chamber Music, and 4 credits of MUS F606 - Advanced Chamber Music (large ensemble); effective Fall 2014 pending all approvals including Faculty Senate, Board of Regents, and NWCCU. [Posted 9/26/2013]

Program Deletions - Undergraduate and Graduate

Program Deletion: Master of Arts in Music: the program is proposed to be eliminated as the department is restructuring its graduate degree program.  Effective date will depend upon GAAC, Faculty Senate and BOR actions.  [Posted 9/26/2013