The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #106 on February 4,  2002:

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to approve a M.A. degree program in Applied Linguistics which includes four new courses.  

	EFFECTIVE:  	Fall 2002 or 
				Upon Board of Regents' Approval

	RATIONALE: 	See full program proposal #3-6 and #7 on file 
				in the Governance Office, 312 Signers’ Hall.

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	(Submitted by Linguistics, ANLP, English, and Foreign Languages)
3.	NEW COURSE:  LING 603 - Phonetics and Phonology (3+0) 
	3 credits; offered Alternate Fall; first offered Fall 2004.  
4.	NEW COURSE:  LING 604 - Morphology & Syntax (3+0) 3 credits; 
	offered Alternate Spring; first offered Spring 2003.  
5.	NEW COURSE:  LING 652 - Linguistic Applications (3+0) 3 credits; 
	offered Alternate Year; first offered Fall 2003.
6.	NEW COURSE:  LING 660 - Internship, 3 credits; offered once a 
	year; first offered Spring 2004.
7.	NEW DEGREE PROGRAM:  MA, Applied Linguistics - Consists of 
	4 new core courses, LING 603, LING 604, LING 652, LING 660.  
	Program will require minimum of 30 credits including a 6 credit 
	Thesis or Applied Language Project.  Effective Fall 2002 or upon 
	BOR approval.   

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M.A., Applied Linguistics

The Linguistics Program, with the Alaska Native Language Center, the English Department, and the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department, proposes a Master of Arts degree in Applied Linguistics with emphases in Language Teaching and Materials Development.  This degree program will allow UAF to meet the growing need statewide for qualified language teachers in Native languages, world languages, and English as a second language.  The primary candidates for the degree program are students who intend to teach adults at the community college level, to work on materials and curriculum for Alaska Native languages, or to teach abroad--jobs for which K-12 certification is not required.  Additionally, the proposed program will appeal to language teachers who already are certified and who seek a Masters of Arts degree.  

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State Needs

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University of Alaska New Program Approval

Board of Regents Summary Form

MAU:  	UAF

Title and brief description:   Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics

The Linguistics Program, in consort with the Alaska Native Language Program, the English Department, and the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department, proposes a Master of Arts degree in Applied Linguistics with emphases in Language Teaching, Materials Development, and Language Policy and Planning.

Objectives:  
●	To provide theoretical and practical foundations in second language acquisition and pedagogy, as well as grammatical explication, for students wishing to teach Alaska Native languages, world languages, or English as a second language. 
●	To provide a cadre of Master’s Level language instructors to meet a growing need at UAF, both in World Languages and in Alaska Native Languages.  
●	To create opportunities for distance delivery or summer offerings of the graduate courses in the Program

Target Admission date: Fall, 2002

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How does the program relate to the Education Mission of the University of Alaska?

The proposed program emphasizes interdisciplinary research and scholarship on language in the North.  For example, the Alaska Native Language Center is world renowned for its documentation and comparative research on Alaska Native and other Northern languages.  This program will help prepare graduates to take important roles in language policy and planning for Alaskan communities.  It also will provide more qualified teachers, interpreters, and translators of world languages, thus meeting state, national, and global needs.  

Describe the State Needs being met by this program.

There is a growing need within Alaska to provide qualified language teachers.   An Anchorage, Alaska survey revealed that 86 different languages were spoken in the schools.   The demand is for qualified teachers of indigenous Native languages in Alaska, English as a second language, and for world languages.   Language planning is vital to addressing the needs and opportunities for each of these language groups.

What are the Student opportunities and outcomes?  The enrollment projections?

The type of organizations that responded to a survey revealed that language teachers are required in public school settings, universities, non-profit tribal colleges, and adult education programs.   There are opportunities for students to teach, to conduct research, and to develop language policies in Alaska.  In a student survey, 23 people stated they would apply to a UAF Master’s degree program in Applied Linguistics with an emphasis on language teaching if it were offered.   The enrollment projection is 10 students per academic year.

Describe the Research opportunities, if applicable.

The proposed program would allow graduate students to work with scholars in ANLC, Linguistics and Anthropology, Foreign Languages and English to carry out research projects utilizing the resources and expertise available on these languages and cultures.  The proposed MA in Applied Linguistics would provide opportunities for faculty and students to create language teaching materials.

Identify any additional Faculty and Staff requirements as well as any existing expertise and resources that will be applied.

One full-time faculty member will be requested.  This position is expected to be jointly appointed in Linguistics and one of the other disciplines (ANL, Foreign Languages, English).  One half-time administrative support position is being requested.  Three TA-ships will be requested.  The TA- ships will be coordinated through the new program but the student will provide teaching assistance in ANL, Foreign languages, and English as a second language.  

Identify the impacts on existing Technology & Facilities as well as projected needs.

One additional faculty office space is needed, as well as a space for the administrative assistant.

The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #106 on February 4,  2002:

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to request that the Chancellor delay by one semester the schedule of implementation of the Draft Master Plan to allow modifications based on recommendations and comments from faculty, staff and students.

	EFFECTIVE:  	Immediately

RATIONALE:  	The full draft of a new Master Plan was presented to the university community in October of 2001.  The Faculty Affairs Committee took up the review of this draft and produced a review in December.  The Master Planning Committee has a January date for publication of the hard-copy version of the Master Plan.  This publication schedule does not allow for adequate consideration of new comments and recommendations.  Faculty Affairs met with representatives of the Master Planning Committee in December and January and in each case was informed that it was really too late to consider any substantive changes to the Plan.  The Faculty Affairs Committee has received numerous comments about the new draft plan and introduces this motion to ensure adequate review before implementation of any new Master Plan.  Given the usual pace of university governance, the Faculty Affairs Committee views the inadequate time for review a shortfall in the master plan process.