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OFFICE OF THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND PROVOST
November 9, 2009
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Cheng-i Wei
Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
John Townshend
Dean, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
FROM:
Elizabeth Beise @6
Interim Associate Provost for Academic Planning and Programs
SUBJECT:
Proposal to Modify the Politics and Policy Concentration for the B.S. in
Environmental Science and Policy (PCC log no. 09007)
At its meeting on November 6,2009, the Senate Committee on Programs, Curricula and
Courses approved your proposal to modify the Politics and Policy concentration for the B.S. in
Environmental Science and Policy. A copy of the approved proposal is attached.
The changes are effective Spring 2010. The College should ensure that the changes are
fully described in the Undergraduate Catalog and in all relevant descriptive materials, and that all
advisors are informed.
MDC/
Enclosure
cc:
Alex Chen, Chair, Senate PCC Committee
Sarah Bauder, Office of Student Financial Aid
Reka Montfort, University Senate
Erin Howard, Data Administration
Donna Williams, Institutional Research & Planning
Anne Turkos, Archives
Linda Yokoi, Office of the Registrar
James Dietz, Undergraduate Studies
Bruce James, Environmental Science and Policy
Wendy Whittemore, Environmental Science and Policy
Martha Geores, Geography
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
PROGRAM/CURRICULUM PROPOSAL
DlRECTIONS:
• Provide one tornl with original approval signatures in lines 1 - 4 tor each proposed action. Keep this torm to one page in length.
• Early consultation with the Office of the Associate Provost tor Academic Planning & Programs is strongly recommended ifthere are
questions or concerns. particularly with new programs.
• Please submit the signed torm to Claudia Rector. Office of the Associate Provost tor Academic Planning and Programs. 1119 Main
Administration Building. Campus.
• Please email the rest of the proposal as an MSWord attachment to pcc-submissionsi(1)umd.edu
DATE SUBMITTED
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DEPARTMENTIPROGRAM GVPT/ENSP
PROPOSED ACTION (A separate form for each) ADD_ _ DELETE_ _ CHANGE X
DESCRIPTION (Provide a succinct account ofthe proposed action. Details should be provided in an
attachment. Provide old and new sample programsfor curriculum changes.)
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Remove GVPT 309 and GVPT 221/etc. as requirements.
Add GVPT 419B and ENSP 330 as requirements.
Replace ECON 381 (which is no longer offered) with AREC 240.
Adjust Restricted Electives to confonu to campus course offerings and what students are actually taking.
JUSTIFICATIONIREASONSIRESOURCES (Briefly explain the reasonfor the proposed action. Identify the
source ofnew resources that may be required Details should be provided in an attachment.)
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The departure of Dennis Pirages and Miranda Schreurs limits what we can offer in tenus of environmental courses, making it
hard in particular to staff GVPT 309 Comparative Environmental Politics.
One of the required courses no longer includes substantial environmental content.
Development of new courses in GVPT and ENSP gives us an opportunity to strengthen the upper-level offerings.
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Replacing GVPT 221 with GVPT 419B will have no net impact on seats at the departmental level.
Replacing GVPT 309 with ENSP 330 will reduce demand on seats in GVPT by about 12-15 students per year. Since GVPT
===_ s~PI1 :ering 309, we have been using various GVPT course~~tives,particularly 282.
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS & POLICY - CURRENT
Reviewed: 12.8.08
UM Core: ENGL 101___________, (HL)_____________, (HA) _____________, (HL/HA/HO/IE) ______________, (SH) ______________, Diversity _____________
Adv. Writing ____________, Adv. Studies_____________ , (SB)_____________ , (SB/IE) ______________.
Grading Policy: Environmental Science and Policy students must earn C grades or higher in all ENSP core courses and in all required courses and restricted electives of the selected area of concentration.
Required from ENSP Core (33-35 credits):
Course
All three:
ENSP 101 (PS)
ENSP 102
ENSP 400 (AS)
Title
Cr
Offered
Intro. to Environmental Science
Intro. to Environmental Policy
Capstone in Env. Sci & Policy
3
3
3
F
Sp
Sp, F
Calculus I (recommended)
Elementary Calculus I
4
3
Introduction to Biometrics
Economic Statistics
Introduction to Quant. Methods
Statistical Methods in Psychology
Intro. Statistics for Sociology
Applied Prob and Statistics I
Prerequisites
Grade
Completed
Notes
Senior year; ENSP 101 and 102
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_________
_________
_________
__________
__________
__________
Sp, F, Su
Sp, F, Su
dept. perm. or MATH 115 w/C or better
dept. perm. or MATH 113, or 115
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___
_________
_________
__________
__________
3
3
3
3
4
3
Sp, F
Sp, F
F, Sp
Sp, F, Su
Sp, F, Su
Sp, F, Su
MATH 115
ECON 200, 201, MATH 220
PSYC 100, MATH 111 or 140 or 220
SOCY 100 and MATH 111 or equiv.
MATH 141
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___
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_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
__________
__________
__________
__________
__________
_________
Principles of Micro-Economics
4
Sp, F
MATH 113 or higher recommended
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_________
__________
Intro. to Environmental Politics
3
Sp
GVPT 170 or ENSP 102 (recommended)
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_________
__________
Calculus:
MATH 140 (MS) or
MATH 220 (MS)
Statistics (one):
BIOM 301
ECON 321
GEOG 306
PSYC 200
SOCY 201
STAT 400
Economics:
ECON 200 (SB)
Govt & Politics:
GVPT 273
And: One (1) course from 3 of the following 4 groups (BSCI
106, GEOG 201/211 and GEOG 130 recommended):
Biology:
BSCI 106 (LL)
Principles of Biology II
4
Sp, F, Su
placement in MATH 110 or higher
General Chemistry I
3/1
Sp, F, Su
placement in MATH 113 or higher
Fundamentals of Soil Science
Physical Geology/Lab
Environmental Geology/Lab
Geography of Env. Systems/Lab.
Weather and Climate/Lab
4
3/1
3/1
3/1
3/1
Sp
Sp, F, Su
Sp, F, Su
Sp, F
Sp, F
CHEM 131/132 or dept. perm.
MATH 110 or 115.
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___
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
__________
__________
__________
__________
__________
Intro to Geography
Causes and Impl of Global Chng
Developing Countries
Coastal Environments
World in Cultural Perspective
3
3
3
3
3
F, Su
Sp
Sp
F
Sp
-
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_________
_________
_________
_________
__________
__________
__________
__________
Chemistry:
CHEM 131/132 (PL)
Earth Sciences:
ENST 200 (LL)
GEOL 100/110 (PL)
GEOL 120/110 (PS)
GEOG 201/211 (PL)
AOSC 200/201 (PL)
Geography:
GEOG 100 (SB)
GEOG 123 (PS)
GEOG 130 (SB/D)
GEOG 140 (PS)
GEOG 202 (SB)
Required for POLITICS & POLICY (25 credits):
Course
Description
ECON 201
ECON 381*
GVPT 170
GVPT 200
GVPT 280
GVPT 306
GVPT 309 **
Select one:
ECON 451
GVPT 221
GVPT 321
GVPT 428 **
Principles of Macro-Economics
Environmental Econ - DELETE
American Government
International Political Relations
Comparative Politics and Government
Global Ecopolitics
Comp Environ Politics - DELETE
- DELETE THIS SECTION
Public Choice and Public Policy
Theories of Political Beh & Politics
Intermed. Formal Theories of
Political Behavior and Politics
Topics in Formal Th. of Political
Beh..
Cr
Offered
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
Sp,F,Su
Sp F
Sp,F,Su,W
Sp,F,Su,W
Sp
Fa
**
3
3
3
Sp, F
Sp, F
F
Prerequisites
Grade
Completed
Notes
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_________
____________
____________
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____________
Grade
Completed
Notes
Math placement of 115 or higher.
ECON 200 or perm. of dept.
GVPT 100 or ENSP 102
ENSP 102 fills GVPT 100 prerequisite.
GVPT 200
GVPT 280
ECON 306
GVPT 170
GVPT 221 or permission of dept.
* ECON 381 no longer exists; therefore, AREC 240 will be used to fill this requirement.
** Check with P&P advisors about availability and/or acceptable substitute course.
Restricted Electives (18 credits): Select 6 courses from the following list, not more than 2 from GVPT.
Course
AREC 332
AREC 365
ANTH 450
ENSP 386
GEOG 373
GEOG 431
GEOG 435
GVPT 376
GVPT 377
GVPT 388
GVPT 401
GVPT 473
LARC 450
SOCY 305
SOCY 410
Description
Introduction to Natural Resource Policy
World Hunger, Pop., & Food Supplies
Theory and Prac of Env Anthropology
Internship
Geographic Information Systems
Culture and Nat Resource Management
Population Geography
Applied Field Res in GVPT - DELETE
Seminar for Academic Interns - DELETE
Topical Investigations
Problems of World Politics
Legislatures and Legislation
Environmental Resources - DELETE
Scarcity and Modern Society
Social Demography
Advisor notes, approved course substitutions, etc.
Cr
Offered
3
3
3
3-6
3
3
3
6
3
1-3
3
3
3
3
3
Sp
Sp, F
F
Sp, Su, F
F, W
Su, F
Sp
Sp
Sp
Sp, Su, F
Sp
Sp, Su, F
F
Sp, Su, F
Sp, F
Prerequisites
AREC 240
Junior standing.
Internship proposal approved
GVPT 170. Corequisite: GVPT 377
GVPT 170. Corequisite: GVPT 376
GVPT 200
GVPT 170
ENST 200 or permission of dept.
3 credits of sociology or ENSP 102
3 credits of sociology and ENSP 102
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS & POLICY - PROPOSED
Updated: 4.13.09
UM Core: ENGL 101___________, (HL)_____________, (HA) _____________, (HL/HA/HO/IE) ______________, (SH) ______________, Diversity _____________
Adv. Writing ____________, Adv. Studies_____________ , (SB)_____________ , (SB/IE) ______________.
Grading Policy: Environmental Science and Policy students must earn C grades or higher in all ENSP core courses and in all required courses and restricted electives of the selected area of concentration.
Required from ENSP Core (33-35 credits):
Course
All three:
ENSP 101 (PS)
ENSP 102
ENSP 400 (AS)
Title
Cr
Offered
Intro. to Environmental Science
Intro. to Environmental Policy
Capstone in Env. Sci & Policy
3
3
3
F
Sp
Sp, F
Calculus I (recommended)
Elementary Calculus I
4
3
Introduction to Biometrics
Economic Statistics
Introduction to Quant. Methods
Statistical Methods in Psychology
Intro. Statistics for Sociology
Applied Prob and Statistics I
Prerequisites
Grade
Completed
Notes
Senior year; ENSP 101 and 102
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_________
_________
_________
__________
__________
__________
Sp, F, Su
Sp, F, Su
dept. perm. or MATH 115 w/C or better
dept. perm. or MATH 113, or 115
___
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_________
_________
__________
__________
3
3
3
3
4
3
Sp, F
Sp, F
F, Sp
Sp, F, Su
Sp, F, Su
Sp, F, Su
MATH 115
ECON 200, 201, MATH 220
PSYC 100, MATH 111 or 140 or 220
SOCY 100 and MATH 111 or equiv.
MATH 141
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___
___
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_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
__________
__________
__________
__________
__________
_________
Principles of Micro-Economics
4
Sp, F
MATH 113 or higher recommended
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_________
__________
Intro. to Environmental Politics
3
Sp
GVPT 170 or ENSP 102 (recommended)
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_________
__________
Calculus:
MATH 140 (MS) or
MATH 220 (MS)
Statistics (one):
BIOM 301
ECON 321
GEOG 306
PSYC 200
SOCY 201
STAT 400
Economics:
ECON 200 (SB)
Govt & Politics:
GVPT 273
And: One (1) course from 3 of the following 4 groups (BSCI
106, GEOG 201/211 and GEOG 130 recommended):
Biology:
BSCI 106 (LL)
Principles of Biology II
4
Sp, F, Su
placement in MATH 110 or higher
General Chemistry I
3/1
Sp, F, Su
placement in MATH 113 or higher
Fundamentals of Soil Science
Physical Geology/Lab
Environmental Geology/Lab
Geography of Env. Systems/Lab.
Weather and Climate/Lab
4
3/1
3/1
3/1
3/1
Sp
Sp, F, Su
Sp, F, Su
Sp, F
Sp, F
CHEM 131/132 or dept. perm.
MATH 110 or 115.
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___
___
___
___
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
__________
__________
__________
__________
__________
Intro to Geography
Causes and Impl of Global Chng
Developing Countries
Coastal Environments
World in Cultural Perspective
3
3
3
3
3
F, Su
Sp
Sp
F
Sp
-
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___
___
___
_________
_________
_________
_________
__________
__________
__________
__________
Chemistry:
CHEM 131/132 (PL)
Earth Sciences:
ENST 200 (LL)
GEOL 100/110 (PL)
GEOL 120/110 (PS)
GEOG 201/211 (PL)
AOSC 200/201 (PL)
Geography:
GEOG 100 (SB)
GEOG 123 (PS)
GEOG 130 (SB/D)
GEOG 140 (PS)
GEOG 202 (SB)
Required for POLITICS & POLICY (26 credits):
Course
ECON 201
AREC 240
GVPT 170
GVPT 200
GVPT 280
GVPT 306
GVPT 419B
ENSP 330
Description
Cr
Offered
Principles of Macro-Economics
Intro to Econ and Environment - ADD
American Government
International Political Relations
Comparative Politics and Government
Global Ecopolitics
Adv Topics in Env Policy Anal - ADD
Environmental Law - ADD
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
Sp,F,Su
Sp, F
Sp,F,Su,W
Sp,F,Su,W
Sp
Fa
Fa
Fa
Prerequisites
Grade
Completed
Notes
Grade
Completed
Notes
Math placement of 115 or higher.
Math 220 recommended
GVPT 100 or ENSP 102
ENSP 102 fills GVPT 100 prerequisite.
GVPT 200
ENSP 101 and 102 recommended, and
junior standing. Dept perm.
Restricted Electives (18 credits): Select 6 courses from the following list, not more than 2 from GVPT.
Course
AREC 332
AREC 365
AREC 455
ANTH 450
ECON 306
ECON 451
ENSP 386
GEOG 373
GEOG 415
GEOG 431
GEOG 435
GVPT 309/459
GVPT 388
GVPT 401
GVPT 473
HIST 405
PHIL 261
SOCY 305
SOCY 410
Description
Cr
Offered
Introduction to Natural Resource Policy
World Hunger, Pop., & Food Supplies
Economics of Land Use - ADD
Theory and Prac of Env Anthropology
Intermed Microeconomics - ADD
Public Choice and Public Policy - ADD
Internship
Geographic Information Systems
Land Use, Climate Chg, and Sust - ADD
Culture and Nat Resource Management
Population Geography
Special Topics
Topical Investigations
Problems of World Politics
Legislatures and Legislation
Environmental History - ADD
Philos of the Environment - ADD
Scarcity and Modern Society
Social Demography
3
3
3
3
3
3
3-6
3
3
3
3
3
1-3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Sp
Sp, F
F
F
Sp, Su, F
Sp, F
Sp, Su, F
F, W
F
Su, F
Sp
AREC 240
ECON 306 or 326
Junior standing.
ECON 200, ECON 201, MATH 220
ECON 326 or (ECON 306 and dept. perm.)
Internship proposal approved
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Sp, Su, F
Sp
Sp, Su, F
F
F
Sp, Su, F
Sp, F
GVPT 200
GVPT 170
Advisor notes, approved course substitutions, etc.
Prerequisites
-
3 credits of sociology or ENSP 102
3 credits of sociology and ENSP 102