ACADEMIC PROGRAM APPROVAL

 

2-1-05                                                                                  CHECKLIST 

 

DOCUMENT  PREPARED BY J. WEHMILLER  

 

This form is a routing document for the approval of new and revised academic programs.  Page 2 will serve as an attachment to the Faculty Senate agenda.  Proposing department should complete form, attach as a cover page and forward to the college dean. Documentation should include copy of curriculum as it is to appear in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog.  Proposals must arrive to the Undergraduate/Graduate Committee by November in order to reach the Faculty Senate by March 1.   Proposals received after this date cannot be implemented the following year nor included in the catalog for that year.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              

1.        Proposed change leads to the degree of

 

(  ) Bachelor of Arts                                (  ) Master of Arts                  (  ) Doctor of Philosophy      

 

( X) Bachelor of Science         (  ) Master of Science              (  ) Other ______________________________________

 

2.   ( ) New major/curriculum                                                                                                                                                                                                               Title to be entered in record of students who select this program

 

       ( ) New minor                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Title to be entered in record of students who select this program

                               

 

       (  ) Change from provisional to permanent status.

 

 

3.   ( ) Revision of existing:         (  ) major             ( ) minor   (   ) concentration                 

 

Present title                             Geology

 

Records System Program Code                        GEOL

 

(   ) Add/delete required courses/credit hours

 

                ( X) Add concentration          Coastal and Marine Geoscience                                                                               Title

(  ) Delete concentration                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Title

 

4.  (  ) Deletion of existing/disestablish:    (  ) major               (  ) minor                 ( ) other _______________________________

 

Title                                                                                                                              Code______________________                                             

 

5.  (  )  Policy Change____________________________________________________________________________________

                                                Title/Department

 

ROUTING AND APPROVALS: (Please do not remove supporting documentation.)    

 

 

 

Department Chairperson  (Geology)                                                                                      Date                                       

 

Dean of College                                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Chairperson, College Curriculum Committee___________________________________Date_____________________

 

Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR Studies                                                                   Date                                       

 

Chairperson, Senate Coordinating Com.                                                                 Date                                       

 

Secretary, Faculty Senate                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Date of Senate Resolution                                                                                                      Date to be Effective               

 

Registrar                                                                  Program Code                                         Date                                       

 

Vice Provost for Academic Programs & Planning                                                                  Date                                       

 

Provost                                                                                                                                   Date                                       

 

Board of Trustee Notification                                                                                                                Date                                       

 

 

a.  Rationale for creation, revision, or deletion:

 

The creation of a concentration in Coastal and Marine Geoscience within the Geology BS degree represents one of three parallel actions being proposed to offer formal undergraduate curricular opportunities in marine science at the University of Delaware.  Another of these actions is the addition of a proposed Marine Environment track within the Environmental Science (ENSC) major, and the other of these actions is a proposed minor in Coastal and Marine Geoscience.  Both the proposed concentration and proposed minor will be administered within the Geology Department.  The Marine Environment track in the ENSC major will be administered jointly by Geography, Geology, Biology, and Marine Studies.*

 

These proposed programs represent a concerted effort on the part of several units to provide an opportunity for undergraduate students to study marine science.  The College of Marine Studies is interested in enhancing its undergraduate programs, and the A&S Environmental Science major (which already represents a major inter-departmental collaboration) provides an established format for creation of a Marine Environment track that will parallel the geological, biological, and atmospheric tracks that already exist within the ENSC major. The Coastal and Marine Geoscience concentration and minor provide a more focused opportunity for geologically oriented students to obtain marine science training.

 

There are frequent requests made by prospective students about opportunities in marine science, and these programs will make these opportunities available without requiring any new resources.

 

 

 

b.  Summary of program:

 

The proposed curriculum builds upon the existing BS Geology degree program and is modeled on other concentrations that exist within the geology major. The Coastal and Marine Geoscience concentration requires specific courses that are not required of other geology majors. These courses are: BISC 207/208 and ENWC/MAST 314, plus selected courses that have a particular marine or coastal focus (GEOL 431 and GEOL 434).  These latter two courses CAN BE taken by geology majors, but they are not required of geology majors.

 

 

 

 

Supporting documentation:

 

1) Memo from Douglas Tallamy, Chair of ENWC

 

2) History of meetings to develop and refine the proposed ENSC/Marine Environment track

 

 

 

*Professor John Wehmiller, Joint Faculty Geology and Marine Studies, serves as the CMS Program Director for Undergraduate Programs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Proposed BS – Geology – Concentration in Coastal and Marine Geoscience

 

(note inserted 1/20/05- this entire block of text and course listings would be inserted in the catalog to stand as a discrete unit, just as current concentrations in Geophysics and Paleobiology are presented)

 

 

University Requirements

ENGL 110      Critical Reading and Writing            3 credits

Multicultural Requirement                                        3 credits

 

College Requirements

Second Writing Course                                              3 credits

Foreign Language                                                      0-12 credits

Breadth Requirements

                        Group A                                              6 credits

                        Group B                                              6 credits

                        Group C                                              6 credits

 

Major Requirements

One of the following:

GEOL 107      General Geology                                4 credits

GEOL 105/115     Geologic Hazards and their         4 credits

                               Human Impact and Laboratory

GEOL 113      Earth Science                                     4 credits

 

GEOL 300      Earth’s Materials I:  Minerals                                 4 credits

GEOL 302      Earth’s Materials II:  Rocks                                    4 credits

GEOL 303      Earth's Surface I: Surficial Processes                      4 credits

GEOL 304      Earth’s Surface II:  Stratigraphy                              4 credits

GEOL 305      Earth’s Lithosphere I:  Structural Geology              4 credits

GEOL 306      Earth’s Lithosphere II:  Field Geology                    4 credits

GEOL 307      Earth’s History I:  Paleobiology                               4 credits

GEOL 308      Earth’s History II:  Earth System Science               4 credits

GEOL 431      Marine Geology                                                         3 credits

GEOL 434      Geology of Coasts                                                     3 credits

 

BISC 207/208      Introductory Biology I and II                               8 credits

CHEM 103/104     General Chemistry                                             8 credits

ENWC/MAST 314     Comparative Terrestrial and Marine Ecology         3 credits

MATH 241/242     Analytic Geometry and Calculus I and II          8 credits

MAST 482      Introduction to Ocean Sciences                                3 credits

PHYS 201/202 Introductory Physics I and II                                   8 credits

 

6 credits from the following list of courses or any other courses approved in writing by the Department

 

MAST 366 or 466      Independent Study                 maximum of 6 credits

(only by prior instructor approval)

 

MAST 464 Marine Science Summer Internship (3 credits)

OR

MAST 468 Undergraduate research (at least 3 credits)

 

 

MAST 602      Physical Oceanography                     3 credits

MAST 606      Ocean and Atmosphere Remote Sensing     3 credits

MAST 627      Marine Biology                                  3 credits

MAST 637      Geological Oceanography                 3 credits

MAST 646      Chemical Oceanography                   3 credits

GEOG/MAST 681   Remote Sensing of Environment        3 credits

 

 

 

 

Note 1/20/05  - at least 17 credits required for this concentration are different from those required of other geology majors