Level I Program Form
I Summary of Proposed Changes
DBS/ Graduate Program in Cellular, Molecular, and Microbial Biology (CMMB)
Department/program
Retitling of MS and PhD degree options in CMMB
Summary
II Endorsements and Approvals
Please obtain approval from the Program Chair/Director, the Dean and the Associate Provost.
Requestor: Stephen Lodmell Phone: x6393
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Signature
Date
Dean’s Signature
Date
CMMB Program Chair/Director: Stephen Lodmell
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Signature
Date
Initial Review in Provost’s Office
date
Other affected programs: Grad Program in Biochemistry &
Biophysics
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Program Director: Bruce Bowler
Faculty Senate Review
date
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Signature
Date
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DBS Associate Dean’s Signature
Date
Provost
date
Are other departments/programs affected by this modification Please obtain signature(s) from the
because of
Chair/Director of any such department/ program
(a) required courses incl. prerequisites or corequisites,
(above) before submission
(b) perceived overlap in content areas
(c) cross-listing of coursework
III Type of Level I Proposal (please check the appropriate space)
(a) Re-titling existing majors, minors, options, or certificates
X
(b) Eliminating existing majors, minors, or options. (submit with BOR program termination checklist)
(c) Adding new minors or certificates where there is a major*
(d) Adding new minors or certificates where there is an option in a major*
(e) Departmental mergers and name changes
(f) Program revisions –for minor modifications use the program modification form*
(g) Distance delivery of previously authorized degree program
(h) Adding option within an existing major or degree *
(i) Eliminating organizational units such as departments, divisions and colleges or schools *
(j) Consolidating existing programs and/or degree *
*Requires BOR Curriculum Proposal Form submitted to the Provost’s Office (refer to
http://www.umt.edu/provost/policy/curriculum/default.aspx)
IV Catalog Language
If you are proposing a change to an existing program or
Please provide the proposed copy as you wish it
major, please cut and paste the requirements as they appear in to appear in the catalog. 
the current catalog below. www.umt.edu/catalog 
Please explain/justify the new proposal or change. 
We recently updated our regulations and procedures for our Graduate Program in Cellular, Molecular, and
Microbial Biology, and we are requesting retitling of the options associated with the degrees of M.S. and Ph.D. in
CMMB. Upon completion of the program, students receive their M.S. or Ph.D. in Cellular, Molecular, and
Microbial Biology, with an option in one of four categories. Although the new options are similar to the older ones,
the retitling better reflects the specific training students receive in each of the different options, and better describes
the research strengths we have in our Graduate Program. We are not requesting a name change in the parent M.S.
and Ph.D. degrees, only the options.
In particular, we wish to retitle both the CMMB M.S. and Ph.D. options as follows:
Old option title
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Microbial Ecology
Microbiology
Biochemistry
New option title
Cellular and Developmental Biology
Microbial Evolution and Ecology
Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Furthermore, because the relatively new Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Biophysics, which is jointly run by
DBS and Chemistry, offers the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biochemistry & Biophysics (with no options available),
the Biochemistry option within the CMMB Program was potentially confusing. The new M.S./Ph.D. option in
CMMB, which will be called Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, makes a clearer distinction with the newer
degrees in the Graduate Program in Biochemistry & Biophysics.
What other programs are affected by your proposal? Obtain
With the old CMMB option entitled
signatures as requested below.
Biochemistry, there was a perceived overlap
with the degree offered from the Graduate
Program in Biochemistry & Biophysics.
Retitling of this option to Molecular Biology
and Biochemistry will diminish the overlap
and better describes this sub-discipline.
We have enlisted the support of the Graduate
Program in Biochemistry & Biophysics for
our proposed retitling.
V Department Summary Required if several proposals are submitted. In a separate document list program
title and proposed change for all proposals.
VI Copies and Electronic Submission After all signatures have been obtained submit the signed
original, and electronic file to the Faculty Senate Office, UH 221.
Revised
7/13