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UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND FACULTY SENATE

Serial Number #98-99--12

TO: President Robert L. Carother s

FROM: Chairperson of the Faculty Senate

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Curricular Affairs Committee

is forwarded for your consideration.

2 . The original and two copies for your use are included.

3. This BILL was adopted by vote of the Faculty Senate on March 25. 1999.

4. After considering this bill, will you please indicate your approval or disapproval. Return the original or forward it to the Board of Governors, completing the appropriate endorsement below.

5. In accordance with Section 10, paragraph 4 of the Senate's By-Laws, this bill will become effective April 15. 1999 three weeks after Senate approval, unless: (1) specific dates for implementation are written into the bill; (2) you return it disapproved; (3) you forward it to the Board of Govemors for their approval; or (4) the University Faculty petitions for a referendum. If the bill is forwarded to the Board of Governors , it will not become effective until approved by the Board.

March 26. 1999 (date)

Chairperson of

ENDORSEMENT

TO: Chairperson of the Faculty Senate

FROM: President of the University

Retumed.

a. Approved _ .

b . Approved subject to final approval by Board of Govemors ~ ~ {tq\~q c. Disapproved _.

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Form revised 9/98

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND Kingston, Rhode Island

FACULTY SENATE

Faculty Senate Curricular Affairs Committee Three Hundred and Seventy-First Report

March 10, 1999

At the March 8, 1999 meeting of the Curricular Affairs Committee, the following matters were considered and are now presented to the Faculty Senate.

SECTION I

Informational Matters

A. Capstone Courses

ADD: The following capstone courses to the curriculum section of the UNIVERSITY CATALOG in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Three Hundred and Sixty-Seventh Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee:

a. College of Arts and Sciences B.S. in Computer Science - CSC 499 Project in Computer Science B.A. in Philosophy - PHL 490 Senior Seminar; PHL 499 Senior

Thesis

b. College of Engineering B .S . in Ocean Engineering- OCE 495 Ocean Systems Design

c. College of The Environment and Life Sciences B.S. Major in Dietetics - FSN 458 Nutrition Education B.S. Major in Food Science and Nutrition - FSN 435 Food Product

d . Feinstein College of Continuing Education B .G.S. Program - BGS 399 Senior Project B.G.S. in Applied Communications - BGS 398 Major Seminar B.G.S. in Health Services Administration - HSA 480 Advanced

Practicum B.G.S. in Human Studies - BGS 397 Major Seminar

e. College of Pharmacy Pharm.D. 5yr - PHP 484, 485 Externships; PHP 590 Advanced

Clinical Pharmacy Clerkship Pharm.D. 6yr- PHP 591,592 and 593 Clinical Clerkships and PHP

594 Tracking Practicum

B . College Level Examination Program (CLEP) Equivalencies

CHANGE: List of CLEP Equivalencies in the UNIVERSITY CATALOG to conform with the agreement between the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, the Community College of Rhode Island and the Office of Higher Education to read as follows:

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CLEP EXAMINATION EQUIVALENCIES GENERAL EXAMINATIONS

ACE RECOMMENDED SCALED SCORE RANGE: 420-500

3 credits

English Comp 420 w/Ess

WRT 101 & Communication

Elective

6 credits

Fine Arts & Literature Elective

6 cred its

MTH 107 and Math Elective

6 cred its

Natural 420 Sciences

Natural Science Elective

6 credits

Social Science 420 &

Histo Social Sci Elective

Letters Elective

6 credits

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CLEP EXAMINATION EQUIVALENCIES

Accounting Principles

Analyzing & Interpreting Literature

Calculus Elementary Function

ACC 201,202 6 credits

45*

ENG 110 & 3 credit elective 6 credits

47*

MTH 141 & 2 cr. Elective or

MTH 131 & 3 cr. Elective or

BAC 120 & 3 cr. Elective 6 credits

41*

*Score on CLEP Examination. ACE recommended score.

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Chemistry General

History, US II

-4-

CHM 101, 102/ 112,114 8 credits

HIS 142 3 credits

*Score on CLEP Examination. ACE recommended score.

47*

46*

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Info systems & CSC 101 or BAC 110 Computer App 3 credits

52*

Western Civilization HIS 114 I 3 credits

47*

*Score on CLEP Examination. ACE recommended score.

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C. Service Learning

ADD: The *service learning designation to the following courses as recommended by the CAC Subcommittee on Community Service in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Three Hundred and Sixty-Eighth Report of the Curricular Mfairs Committee:

CPL 510 Community Planning and Community and Social Change ELS 200 English Language Fellows Training Course ELS 201 Content-Based English language Studies HDF 380 Field Experiences in Community Agencies HDF 381 Field Experience Seminar HSS 140 Ways of Knowing in Human Science and Services I HSS 141 Ways of Knowing in Human Science and Services II LAR 444 Landscape Architecture Studio III (Professor Green) LAR 445 Landscape Architecture Studio N MAF 490 Field Experience in Marine Mfairs (Professor Krausse) NRS 309 Wildlife Management Techniques Laboratory NUR 224 Practicum in Health Promotion Nursing NUR 443 Nursing of Vulnerable Populations at Home and the

Community NUR 443 Practicum in Nursing of Vulnerable Populations PLS 407 Environmental Education: Theory and Experiential Education PSC 487 Rebuilding Our Communities: Theory and Practice

Note: In addition to the courses listed above, specific topics in other courses and some temporary courses may a[so carry the *service learning designation but wm not appear in the CATAWG.

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SECTION II

Curricular Matters Which Require Confirmation by the Faculty Senate.

A College of Arts and Sciences

1. Department of History

ADD: The following courses:

1) HIS 389 Exploration, Commerce and Conflict in the Atlantic World, 1415-1815 (II, 3) The Atlantic world from the fifteenth to early-nineteenth century. Voyages of exploration, cultural contact, Atlantic economy, piracy, smuggling, fishing, naval warfare, imperialism, migration, and life at-sea in the Age of Sail. (Lee. 3} Mather

2) HIS 390 The Atlantic World in the Age of Iron, Steam and Steel (II, 3) The Atlantic world in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Maritime technology, seaborne commerce, naval warfare, imperialism, migration, whaling, the slave trade, piracy, and life at-sea. (Lee. 3} Mather

2. Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

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a . ADD: POR 200 Portuguese for Spanish Speakers (I or II, 3) An accelerated course in Portuguese for Spanish speakers. (Lee. 3} Pre: SPA 205 or the equivalent. Intendedfor students in the Spanish International Engineering Program. Staff

b . CHANGE: Requirements for the B.A. degree in Spanish:

1) Delete the statement "In addition, students must spend a minimum of one semester (12 credits) in an approved study abroad program ... "

2) Add the following paragraph after the paragraph beginning "A summer field workshop ... ":

Students in the International Engineering Program (IEP) are required to take SPA 325, 312, 321 , 316, 317, and a four-hundred level engineering curse taught in Spanish. IEP students beginning their study of Spanish at the 200 level or higher may opt to take six credits of Portuguese toward the completion of the major in Spanish. IEP students do not have to take three 400-level courses in Spanish, but must take at least one 400-levelliterature course in Spanish. Note: SPA 316, 31 7 , 321, 412 do not count toward the regular major in Spanish. The 6-credit Portuguese option is available to IEP students only. Students in the Intemational Engineering Program may use three credits of Spanish literature toward the Fine Arts and Literature Basic Liberal Studies requirement. In addition, students in this program are exempt from the one-course-per-discipline rule in Letters, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences.

B . College of the Environment and Life Sciences

l. Department of Community Planning and Area Development

*CHANGE: Name of Department to "Department of Community Planning and Landscape Architecture" by combining the faculty and programs in Community Planning and Landscape Architecture.

2. Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veteminary Sciences

DELETE: The following courses:

1) RDE 244 Introduction to Agricultural and Extension Education

*2) RDE 444 Teaching of Agribusiness and Natural Resources

3 . Department of Plant Sciences

ADD: ENT 387 Insects of Turf and Omamentals (II, 3} Biology, ecology, and management of insects affecting turfgrasses, trees, and omamental plants. (Lee. 3} Pre: PLS 200 or permission of instructor. Alm

*No action by Graduate Council. Not for graduate credit.

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C . College of Human Science and Services

1. School of Education

*DELETE: EDC 444 Teaching of Agribusiness and Natural Resources

2. Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science

CHANGE: Course code for HLT 123 and HLT 172 to "PEX 123" and "PEX 172."

D. University College

*1. CHANGE: Name of the Feinstein Center for Service Learning and University Year for Action to the "Feinstein Center for Service Leaming."

2 . CHANGE: Name of the University Year for Action Program to the "Office of Internships and Experiential Education;

3. CHANGE: Title of the course listing from University Year for Action Intemship Program (UYA) to "Internships and Experiential Education (INT)"

4. CHANGE: Course code for UYA 301, 302, 303, and 304 to "INT 301, 302, 303, 304."

These changes will be reflected in URI publications, including the relevant sections of the UNIVERSI1Y MANUAL and the CATALOG.

*May require approval by the Board of Governors for Higher Education.