UMM
Curriculum Committee
Form A
Rev: 07/2004
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this form to:
Appropriate
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Office
University of Minnesota, Morris
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UMM Curriculum Committee Form A Rev: 07/2004 |
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Route
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Division
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Curriculum Committee
Form A: Discipline Summary
All changes become effective with the 2005-2007
catalog.
Discipline/Division: French/Humanities
Statistical Summary of Proposed Changes:
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The Major |
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courses required for a major**: |
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credits required for a major**: |
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The Minor |
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courses required for a minor**: |
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credits required for a minor**: |
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General Education |
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Entire Discipline |
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*"Present" counts are to
be taken from the current 2003-2005 catalog and "Proposed" counts
from copy for the new 2005-2007 catalog.
The "Net Change" may reflect changes made earlier between
catalogs.
**Includes required courses from
other disciplines.
***Does not include Directed Studies or Senior Honors Projects.
If individual course changes are part of an overall plan for change
within the discipline's curriculum,
please summarize the intent of the changes in the space below.
We have eliminated all Honors courses to reflect the
current structure of the Honors program.
We have eliminated all Variable Topics
courses per the curriculum committee's requirements.
We have changed the major requirements to
require students to take a course in the Early Modern period, the Modern Period
and in Francophone Studies. This was done to give our students a broader
exposure to different periods and cultures. To facilitate this new requirement,
we have designed three new course clusters: an Early Modern Studies cluster; a
Modern Studies cluster; and a Francophone Studies cluster. Most course
offerings in French will now be clustered and marked to inform students of how
they fit into these requirements.
We have increased the requirements for
the minor by one course, because we have found that our students' skills were
not sufficiently strong under the current requirements.
We have added a Certificate Program,
which encourages students who would like to continue past the language
requirement, but do not have room in their schedules to complete a minor.