MEMORANDUM
Joan Braddock, Dean, CNSM
Ron Davis, Dean, CLA
Doug Goering, Interim Dean, CEM
Mark Herrmann, Dean, SOM
James Huesmann, Dean, Libraries
TO:
Bernice Joseph, Vice Chancellor, CRCD
Carol Lewis, Dean, SNRAS
Eric Madsen, Dean, SOEd
Pete Pinney, Interim Director, CES
Denis Wiesenburg, Dean, SFOS
FROM:
Jayne Harvie, Office Manager
Governance Office
DATE:
March 31, 2008
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/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 SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
(Submitted by Natural Resources Management)
130. NEW COURSE: NRM 360 - GIS and Remote Sensing for Natural Resources, 3 credits (1.5+1.5);
to be offered Spring of even years, first offered Spring of 2010.
Graduate Courses:
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SUBMITTED BY SCHOOL OF FISHERIES AND OCEAN SCIENCES
(Submitted by Marine Science & Limnology)
NEW COURSE: MSL 601 - Professional Development, 1 credit (1+0); to be offered every Fall;
effective Fall 2008.
NEW COURSE: MSL 602 - Proposal Writing, 1 credit (1+0); to be offered every Fall or as
demand warrants; effective Fall 2008.
(Submitted by Fisheries)
NEW COURSE: FISH 603 - Writing for Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Workshop, 1 credit
(1+0); to be offered every Spring, effective Spring 2009.
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SUBMITTED BY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
(Submitted by Psychology)
CHANGE COURSE: PSY 638 - Proseminar in Community Psychology, 1-3 credits (1-3+0);
changing title, description and frequency; to be offered as demand warrants; effective Fall 2008.
CHANGE COURSE: PSY 652 - Practicum Placement - Clinical I, 1-3 credits (1-3+0); change
from 3 credits to 1-3 variable; offered Fall; effective Fall 2008.
CHANGE COURSE: PSY 653 - Practicum Placement Clinical II, 1-3 credits (1-3+0); change
from 3 credits to 1-3 variable; offered Spring; effective Spring 2009.
SUBMITTED BY SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES & AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
(Submitted by Natural Resources Management)
DROP COURSE: NRM 648 – Integrative Modeling of Natural and Social Systems, 3 credits
(3+0); course already exists as NRM 676 and is cross-listed with BIOL 676; no need for this
duplicate; effective Fall 2008.
SUBMITTED BY SCHOOL OF FISHERIES AND OCEAN SCIENCES
(Submitted by Marine Science & Limnology)
NEW COURSE: MSL 605 – Controversies in Marine Science, 1 credit (1+0); graded Pass/Fail;
not repeatable for credit; to be first offered Spring 2010; effective Spring 2009.
CHANGE COURSE: MSL 621 – Polar Marine Science, 3 credits (3+0); stack with MSL 431;
offered alternate Fall; effective Fall 2008.
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(Submitted by Fisheries)
CHANGE COURSE: FISH 642 – Bayesian Decision Theory for Resource Management, 4
credits (3+3); cross-list with STAT 642; offered Alternate Spring, effective Fall 2008.
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SUBMITTED BY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
(Submitted by Economics)
NEW COURSE: ECON 622 – Analytical Methods for Economics and Business, 3 credits (3+0);
letter grading; not repeatable; 6 hours of lecture per week for the first 7 weeks of each Spring
semester; to be first offered Spring 2009.
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(Submitted by Business Administration)
NEW COURSE: BA 651 – Fundamentals of Business, 3 credits (3+0); letter grading, not
repeatable; 6 hours of lecture per week for the first 7 weeks of each Fall semester; effective Fall
2008.
PROGRAM CHANGE: Masters, Business Administration; changes to the admission process,
foundation courses, and allowed electives; 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
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