MEMORANDUM

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

FROM:	Jayne Harvie, Office Manager
		Governance Office

DATE:	December 6, 2007

SUBJECT:	Undergraduate/Graduate Course Approvals

Attached are hard copies of approval forms for course requests approved by the Curriculum Review Committee and the Graduate Academic & Advisory 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:
	SUBMITTED BY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
	(Submitted by Asian Studies)
1.	PROGRAM CHANGE:  Minor, Asian Studies - Add HIST 333 and HIST/WMS 414 to list of courses; add statement about combining a Japanese Studies major with the Asian Studies minor; effective Fall 2008.  
	
	(Alaska Native Language Center)
4. 	NEW COURSE:  ESK 100 - Introduction to Inupiaq Eskimo, 1 credit (1+0); offered Fall and Spring; effective Fall 2008

	(Submitted by Communication)
5.	PROGRAM CHANGE: B.A., Communication - Add COMM 353 and 380 to list of electives; minor edit in statement; effective Fall 2008.  

	(Submitted by Journalism)
6.	NEW COURSE: JRN 403 - Inkjet Printing, 3 credits (2.5+2); offered Fall; effective Fall 2008.

	(Submitted by Linguistics)
8.	CHANGE COURSE:  LING 402/602 - Second Language Acquisition, 3 credits (3+0); unstack the LING 602 and keep as separate course; change frequency of offering to As Demand Warrants; effective Fall 2008.  
9.	CHANGE COURSE:  LING 410/610 - Theory and Methods of Second Language teaching, 3 credits (3+0); unstack the LING 610 and keep as separate course; change frequency of offering to Alternate Fall; effective Fall 2008.  
10.	PROGRAM CHANGE: B.A., Linguistics - Delete LING 216, Ling/ED 303, LING 402, and LING 440 from list of courses, add "or other upper division LING electives"; effective Fall 2008.  

	SUBMITTED BY COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS
	(Submitted by Biology & Wildlife)
25.	DROP COURSE:  BIOL  300W - Research Ethics, 3 credits (3+0); effective Fall 2008.
26.	DROP COURSE:  BIOL 407 - Aquatic entomology (n), 3 credits (2+3); effective Fall 2008.
27.	DROP COURSE:  BIOL 442W O/2 - Advanced Microbiology (n), 4 credits (2+6); effective Fall 2008.
28.	DROP COURSE:  BIOL 444 - Reproductive Biology, 3 credits (3+0); effective Fall 2008.
29.	DROP COURSE:  BIOL 461 - Cell Biology (n), 4 credits (3+3); stacked with BIOL 661 and cross-listed with CHEM 461/661; effective Fall 2008.
30.	DROP COURSE:  BIOL 484 - Molecular Ecology (n), 3 credits (2+4); stacked with BIOL 684; effective Fall 2008.
31.	PROGRAM CHANGE: B.A., B.S., Biological Sciences - Add PHYS 103 as required for the B.A.; add PHYS 103 and 104 or PHYS 211 and 212 as requirement for the B.S.; delete other electives from B.S.; effective Fall 2008. 

	(Submitted by Chemistry & Biochemistry)
34.	DROP COURSE:  CHEM 452 - Biochemistry Laboratory, 3 credits (1+6); effective Fall 2008.
35.	PROGRAM CHANGE:  B.S., Chemistry (Concentrations:  Biochemistry/Molecular Biology; Environmental Chemistry, and Forensic Chemistry) - Add CHEM 450 as option for CHEM 451; effective Fall 2008.  

	(Submitted by Computer Science) 
36.	DROP COURSE:  CS 290 - Student Internship, 1-3 credits; effective Fall 2008.
	(Submitted by Physics)
37.	DROP COURSE:  PHYS 113 - Concepts of Physics (n), 1 credit (1+0) effective Fall 2008.  

	Graduate Courses:
	SUBMITTED BY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
	(Submitted by Linguistics)
3.	CHANGE COURSE:  LING 602/402 - Second Language Acquisition, 3 credits (3+0); unstack the LING 402 and keep as separate course; change frequency of offering to Fall; effective Fall 2008.  
4.	CHANGE COURSE:  LING 610/410 - Theory and Methods of Second Language teaching, 3 credits (3+0); unstack the LING 410 and keep as separate course; change frequency of offering to Spring; effective Fall 2008.  
8.	PROGRAM CHANGE:  M.A., Applied Linguistics - Separate requirements into three concentrations:  General Applied Linguistics, Language Documentation, and Second Language Acquisition Teacher Education; change credits to 30-36; effective Fall 2008.  

	SUBMITTED BY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & MINES
	(Submitted by Civil & Environmental Engineering)
9.	NEW COURSE:  CE 664 - Sediment Transport, 3 credits (3+0); offered Alternate Spring; effective Fall 2008. 

	SUBMITTED BY COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS
	(Submitted by Atmospheric Sciences)
10.	CHANGE COURSE:  ATM 644 - Synoptic Analysis and Forecasting, 3 credits (3+0); stack with ATM 444; `effective Fall 2008.  

	(Submitted by Physics)
14.	PROGRAM CHANGE:  Ph.D., Physics - Delete requirement for demonstrate competency in a foreign language; effective Fall 2008.  
15.	PROGRAM CHANGE:  Ph.D., Space Physics - Delete requirement for demonstrate competency in a foreign language; effective Fall 2008.  

	SUBMITTED BY SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
16. 	NEW COURSE:  ED 606 - Alaska Native Education, 3 credits (3+0); stacked with existing ED/ANS 420; offered Fall; effective Fall 2008.
17.	PROGRAM CHANGE: Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Elementary Post Baccalaureate Licensure Program - Change course numbers for ED 310, ED 327, and ED 410; effective Fall 2008.
18.	PROGRAM CHANGE: Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Secondary Post Baccalaureate Licensure Program - Correct total number of credits, change incorrect date, change program admission requirements, add new course options; effective Fall 2008.
19.	PROGRAM CHANGE: Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Secondary Post Baccalaureate Licensure Program with M.Ed., Secondary Education option - Correct total number of credits, change incorrect date, change program admission requirements, add new course options; effective Fall 2008.
20.	PROGRAM CHANGE:  M.Ed., Education - Editorial changes to the general description of the M.Ed. degree; effective Fall 2008.  
21.	PROGRAM CHANGE:  M.ED., Language and Literacy - Change program requirement and delete Language Education Endorsements Only areas; effective Fall 2008. 
22.	PROGRAM CHANGE:  M.Ed., Counseling - Editorial changes to admission procedures, change undergraduate GPA requirement; effective Fall 2008.  

	SUBMITTED BY COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS
	(Submitted by Mathematics & Statistics)
27.	PROGRAM CHANGE:  M.S., Statistics - Change required number of credits for STAT 698 from 6 to 3, add STAT 621 and 641 to list of electives; effective Fall 2007.  

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