UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Kingston, Rhode Island

Faculty Senate

February 3, 2004

Faculty Senate Curricular Affairs Committee

Four Hundred Twenty-First Report

At the January 26, 2004 meeting of the Curricular Affairs Committee the following matters were considered and are now presented to the Faculty Senate.

SECTION I

Informational Matter

College of the Environment and Life Sciences

Department of Community Planning and Landscape Architecture

CHANGE: Course code for "CPL 302" to "GEG 302X Global Urban Geography."

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S E C T I O N II

Curricular Matters Which Require Confirmation by the Faculty Senate

A. College of Business Administration

CHANGE: English Communication requirement for all majors to:

WRT 227 and one of the following courses: COM 100, WRT 104, 105, 106, 201 or 333.

B. REMOVED

C. College of the Environment and Life Sciences

1. Department of Community Planning and Landscape Architecture

CHANGE: English Communication requirement for the B.L.A. to one course in oral communication and one course in writing.

2. Department of Community Planning and Landscape Architecture and Department of Marine Affairs

TRANSFER: Responsibility for geography courses, the geography code (GEG) and the geography minor from the Department of Marine Affairs to the Department of Community Planning and Landscape Architecture.

3. Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Science

CHANGE: English Communication requirements for the B.S. in Animal Science and Technology and the B.S. in Aquaculture and Fisheries Technology to: "One course in oral communication and WRT 104, 105 or 106."

4. Department of Natural Resources Science

CHANGE: English Communication requirements for the major in Wildlife and Conservation Biology and the major in Environmental Science and Management to: "COM 100 and WRT 104 or 105".

5. Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences

CHANGE: English Communication requirements for the B.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics to: "COM 100 and WRT 105."

D. Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Continuing Education

CHANGE: Prerequisite communications courses for the B.G.S. in Applied Communication to "COM 100 and WRT 105."

E. College of Human Science and Services

1. All programs

CHANGE: English Communications requirement of COM 101 or COM 103 to COM 100.

2. All programs except elementary education

CHANGE: English Communication writing requirement to "WRT 104, 105 or 106."

3. Elementary Education program

CHANGE: English Communication writing requirement to "WRT 104 or 105."