March 19, 2003

Professor Karen Stein

Chairperson

Coordinating Committee on Education

University of Delaware

Newark, DE 19716

Dear Professor Stein:

I write to clarify the Undergraduate Studies request and my response to the issue of changing our 800 level graduate courses to the 600 level. Our department will submit these course number changes through the appropriate Faculty Senate Committee channels during the Fall 2003 semester. We believe these changes will allow our courses to become more consistent with the University’s numbering system for graduate courses.

Please know that the Department of Nursing has never offered any doctoral level courses, and our 800 level courses have always been for our master’s students. Our Department does not offer a doctoral degree. In trying to research why the master’s courses were given an 800 sequence, I found no supporting documentation or faculty information.

I appreciate your attention to this need as our Department pursues a master’s degree program for registered nurses. Please let me know if you have any additional concerns.

Sincerely,

Lisa Ann Plowfield, PhD, RN

Chairperson