MEMORANDUM

TO: 	Joan Braddock, Dean, CNSM	Bernice Joseph, Vice Chancellor, CRCD	
	Ron Davis, Dean, CLA	Carol Lewis, Dean, SNRAS	
	Doug Goering, Interim Dean, CEM	Eric Madsen, Dean, SOEd	
	Mark Herrmann, Interim Dean, SOM	Pete Pinney, Interim Director, CES	
	James Huesmann, Dean, Libraries	Denis Wiesenburg, Dean, SFOS	

FROM:		Jayne Harvie, Office Manager
		Governance Office

DATE:		January 30, 2008

SUBJECT:	Undergraduate Course Approvals

Attached are hard copies of approval forms for course requests approved by the Curriculum Review Committee of the Faculty Senate and acted on by the Provost's Office.  (The electronic version of this memorandum posted online only provides the summary of the undergraduate and graduate course requests listed below.)  Please share the actions for your school/college with the appropriate departments.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 474-7964.  

Summary:
	Undergraduate Courses:
	COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
	(Alaska Native Language Program)
2.	CHANGE COURSE:  ANL 401 - Alaska Native Language Apprenticeship (h), 5 credits (5+10+10); change grading system to Pass/Fail; remove repeatability; effective Fall 2008.
3.	CHANGE COURSE:  ANL 402 - Alaska Native Language Apprenticeship (h), 5 credits (5+10+10); change grading system to Pass/Fail; remove repeatability; effective Fall 2008.

	(Submitted by Journalism)
7.	PROGRAM CHANGE: B.A., Journalism - Add JRN 403 to list of electives; in Photojournalism emphasis replace JRN 402 with JRN 403; effective Fall 2008.  

	SUBMITTED BY SCHOOL OF FISHERIES & OCEAN SCIENCES
	(Submitted by Fisheries)
47.	CHANGE COURSE:  FISH 401 W O/2- Fisheries Management, 3 credits (3+0); cross-listed NRM 401; change number to: FISH/NRM 487, change description, change prerequisites; change frequency of offering ; effective Fall 2008.  
48.	DROP COURSE:  FISH 400 - Fisheries Science, 3 credits (3+0); cross-listed NRM 400; effective Fall 2008.

	SUBMITTED BY SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
	(Submitted by Geography)
61.	NEW COURSE:  GEOG 312 - People, Places, and Environment:  Principles of Human Geography, 3 credits (3+0); offered Alternate Spring; effective Fall 2008.  
62.	NEW COURSE:  GEOG 410 - Geography of the Pacific Rim, 3 credits (3+0); offered Fall; effective Fall 2008.  
63.	NEW COURSE:  GEOG 411 - Pattern and Process in Sub-Arctic and Arctic, 4 credits (3+3); offered Fall; effective Fall 2008.  
64.	NEW COURSE:  GEOG 412 - Geography of Climate and Environmental Change, 3 credits (3+0); offered Spring; effective Fall 2008.  
65.	NEW COURSE:  GEOG 488 - Geographic Assessment and Prediction of Natural Hazards, 3 credits (3+0); offered Spring; effective Fall 2008.  
66.	NEW COURSE:  GEOG 489 - Senior Practicum:  Field Studies in Landscape Analysis and Climate Change Studies, 3 credits (0+0+3); offered Fall, effective Fall 2008.  
67.	PROGRAM CHANGE:  B.A., Geography - Change 5 foundation courses, refine focus to emphasize the Circumpolar North and Pacific Rim; effective Fall 2008.  
68.	PROGRAM CHANGE:  B.S., Geography - Change 5 foundation courses, expand options to include Environmental Studies (existing), Landscape Analysis and Climate Change Studies, and Geographic Information Science and Technology; effective Fall 2008.

	(Submitted by Plant, Animal, and Soil Sciences) 
69.	PROGRAM CHANGE:  B.S., Natural Resource Management (Plant, Animal and Soil Sciences concentration) - Add NRM 312 to list of major requirements; add NRM 466 as option for NRM 480 or 485; change the list of NRM electives so that NRM 102 and any NRM course at the 200 level can be used to fulfill the NRM elective requirement; effective Fall 2008.  

	COLLEGE OF RURAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
	(Submitted by Math/Science Division - Environmental Sciences)
92.	NEW COURSE:  ENVS 101 - Introduction to Environmental Science, 3 credits (3+0); offered Spring; effective Fall 2008. 

	(Submitted by Rural Development/Alaska Native Studies)
99.	CHANGE COURSE:  RD 100 - Preparing for College and Student Success, 1 credit (1+0); drop cross-listed ANS 100; change title to:  College Seminar; change description; change grading system from Pass/Fail to Letter grade; effective Fall 2008.  

	(Submitted by Drafting)
101.	NEW COURSE:  DRT 112 - Introduction to GIS, 3 credits (2+2); offered As Demand Warrants; effective Fall 2008.  

	SUBMITTED BY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
	(Submitted by Art)
103.	NEW COURSE:  ART 233 - Beginning Field Painting (h), 1 credit (0.5+1.5); course format 3-4 day workshop; offered Summer, As Demand Warrants; effective Summer 2008.  
104.	NEW COURSE:  ART 333 - Intermediate Field Painting (h), 1 credit (0.5+1.5); course format 3-4 day workshop; offered Summer, As Demand Warrants; effective Summer 2008.  
105.	NEW COURSE:  ART 433 - Advanced Field Painting (h), 1 credit (0.5+1.5); course format 3-4 day workshop; offered Summer, As Demand Warrants; effective Summer 2008.  

	SUBMITTED BY COLLEGE OF RURAL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
	(Submitted by Allied Health)
114.	NEW COURSE:  DH 211 – Current Periodontal Therapies II, 2 credits (2+0); offered Fall; effective Fall 2008.
115.	NEW COURSE:  DH 212 – Techniques III for Dental Hygienists, 3 credits (1+4), offered Fall; effective Fall 2008.
116.	NEW COURSE:  DH 214 – Pathology of Oral Tissues, 2 credits (2+0); offered Fall; effective Fall 2008.
117.	NEW COURSE:  DH 224 – Principles of Dental Health, 3 credits (2+0+3); offered Spring; effective Fall 2008.
118.	NEW COURSE:  DH 283 – Clinical Practicum II for Dental Hygienists, 5 credits (0+0+15); offered Fall; effective Fall 2008.
119.	NEW COURSE:  DH 284 – Clinical Seminar II, 1 credit (2+0); offered Fall; effective Fall 2008.
120.	NEW COURSE:  DH 285 – Clinical Practicum III for Dental Hygienists, 6 credits (0+0+18); offered Spring; effective Fall 2008.
121.	NEW COURSE:  DH 286 – Clinical Seminar III, 1 credit (2+0); offered Spring; effective Fall 2008.
122.	NEW COURSE:  DH 310 – Oral Pain Control for Dental Hygienists, 3 credits (1.5+3); offered Fall; effective Fall 2008.
	SUBMITTED BY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
	(Submitted by History)
124.	COURSE CHANGE (MAJOR):  HIST  275 – Drop “s” designator.

	(Submitted by Music)
125.	PROGRAM CHANGE:  Academic Minor in Music – Clarify in the next course catalog that “Mus. 190 Recital Attendance (two semesters)” is mandatory for both options.

	(Submitted by Philosophy and Humanities)
126.	COURSE CHANGE (MAJOR):  PHIL 402 -  Cross-list course with BIOL  402(w), and change title, description and frequency of offering. 
	(Submitted by Philosophy & Humanities)
127.	PROGRAM CHANGE: B.A., Minor in Philosophy – remove an eliminated course, PHIL 483, from options for degree requirements; effective Fall 2008.  
128.	PROGRAM CHANGE: B.A., Major in Philosophy – remove eliminated courses from options for degree requirements, change foreign language requirement, and eliminate senior thesis as a degree requirement; effective Fall 2008.

Attachments for hard copy distribution:  Signature Approval Sheet copies

cc:	Deanna Dieringer, Registrar
	Melissa McGinty, Graduation Office
	Michelle Bartlett, Summer Session
	Rick Caulfield, Tanana Valley Campus