January 8, 2004
TO: Faculty, Staff and Students
FROM: Betty L. Siegel, President
SUBJECT: Final Actions from Fall 2003 of the Undergraduate Policies and Curriculum Committee, the
Graduate Policies and Curriculum Committee, and the Senate.
APPROVED UNDERGRADUATE POLICIES AND CURRICULUM COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS:
These approvals will be reflected in the 2004-2005 Undergraduate Catalog and the 2003-2004 on-line
catalog (Spring 2004 updates); copies are on file in the Office of Academic Affairs and the Horace W.
Sturgis Library.
School of the Arts
> B.A. in Music adds a new course to its major elective list—MUSI 3302. Vocal Literature: Musical
Theatre.
> B.A. in Music eliminates the ‘secondary applied’ component of the degree program for cost and delivery
reasons and provide that the Bachelor of Arts voice major must take diction.
> Theatre major proposes change in name of major from Theatre to Theatre and Performance Studies. The
department officially changed its name to Theatre and Performance Studies and the courses have already
been revised to incorporate performance studies scholarship and perspectives.
> Department of Theatre and Performance Studies changes their course prefix from THTR to TPS. This
change will take effect Summer 2004.
Coles College of Business
> B.B.A. in Management adds MGT 4124-Franchise Management and MGT4210-Service Operations Management as
courses that may be used as major field electives. This allows all 4000-level courses offered by the
Management and Entrepreneurship Department to be used as Major Field Electives.
> B.B.A. in Professional Sales makes MKTG 4750 Advanced Selling a required course for the major. This
change increases the major field requirements from 15 to 18 credit hours, thereby reducing the required
field electives from nine credit hours to six credit hours.
College of Health and Human Services
> Correction made in Human Services concentration name to Human Services Case Management.
> HS 4490 -Special Topics to Human Services Case Management Concentration is added to Human Services
Case Management concentration.
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
> A new Bachelor of Arts in Modern Language and Culture degree is being offered through the Department of
Foreign Languages. This degree contains two major field options (French or Spanish) and four
concentration options – (I. Second Language and Culture, II. Foreign Language Education, III. Applied
Business, or IV. Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives.) This new B.A. program replaces the previous B.A.
programs in French and Spanish and the B.S. Foreign Language Education programs in French and Spanish
that are being discontinued (see discontinuation of degree programs below). This new program is pending
final approval from the Board of Regents’.
•Discontinuation of Degree Programs•
> Bachelor of Arts in French
> Bachelor Arts in Spanish
> Bachelor of Science in Foreign Language Education -French
> Bachelor of Science in Foreign Language Education - Spanish
> Bachelor of Science in Chemistry Education
* New Undergraduate Courses *
BUSA 3600.Introduction to International Business. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: Business Majors: Sophomore GPA
requirement. Non-business majors: 60 credit hours.
COM 4495.Public Relations Study Tour. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: 60 credit hours and COM 3335; if 3335
has not been completed, permission of instructor is necessary.
FL 2209. World Languages and Cultures. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: ENGL 0099 and READ 0099 if required.
FREN 3200. Critical Reading and Applied Writing. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: FREN 2002 or the equivalent.
FREN 3304. Literature and Culture I. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: FREN 3200 and FREN 3303.
FREN 3305. Literature and Culture II. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: FREN 3200 and FREN 3303.
FREN 4402. Contemporary Culture. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: FREN 3304 or FREN 3305.
FREN 4434. Topics in Language, Literature, and Culture. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: FREN 3304 or FREN 3305.
FREN 4456. Advanced Grammar and Linguistics. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: FREN 3302 and FREN 3303.
MUSI 3302. Vocal Literature: Musical Theatre. 2-0-2. Prerequisites: ENGL 1101 and permission of
instructor.
NURS 4403. Project Development for Nurses. 1-0-1. Prerequisites: NURS 4402 or RN status.
NURS 4428. Survivorship: The Cancer Model. 3-0-3. Prerequisite: Junior status or permission of faculty.
SPAN 3200. Critical Reading and Applied Writing. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: SPAN 2002 or the equivalent.
SPAN 3304. Literature and Culture I. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: SPAN 3200 and SPAN 3303.
SPAN 3305. Literature and Culture II. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: SPAN 3200 and SPAN 3303.
SPAN 4402. Contemporary Culture. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: SPAN 3304 or SPAN 3305.
SPAN 4434. Topics in Language, Literature, and Culture. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: SPAN 3304 or SPAN 3305.
SPAN 4456. Advanced Grammar and Linguistics. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: SPAN 3302 and SPAN 3303.
* Undergraduate Course Changes *
CHEM 4300. Change in prerequisite to “C” or better grade in CHEM 2800 and “C” or better grade in CHEM
3050 or CHEM 3601. Corequisite: CHEM 4300L.
DANC 3713. Course description change.
ENGL 3260. Prerequisite change to ENGL 2270.
ENED 4414.Change in prerequisite to add ENGL 3391 and course description change.
ENED 4498.Change in course description.
EXC 3304. Change in course description.
HPS 4250. Change in course description.
HPS 4430. Change in prerequisite to HPS 3550, HPS 3650, and permission of the HPE faculty.
HS 2233. Change in prerequisite to ENGL 0099 and READ 0099 if required and course description change.
HS 2244. Change in course description.
HS 3313. Prerequisite change to HS 2233 or permission of the department.
HS 3396. Prerequisite change to Approval of Human Services Department Co-Op Coordinator and course
description change.
HS 3398. Change in course description.
HS 3540. Change in course title to Grant Writing and Fundraising and course description change.
HS 4410. Prerequisite change to HS 2233 and HS 3200.
HS 4415. Prerequisite change to HS 2233 or PSYC 2201.
HS 4420. Prerequisite change to HS 2233 or PSYC 2201.
HS 4425. Prerequisite change to HS 2233 or PSYC 2201.
HS 4498. Change in course description.
NURS 3301.Change in credit hours to 2-0-2.
NURS 4412.Change in credit hours to 2-3-5.
TPS 2713. Prerequisite change to None and course description change.
* Undergraduate Discontinued Courses *
BUSA 3396.
BUSA 3398.
BUSA 4400.
FREN 3300.
FREN 3301.
FREN 3310.
FREN 3311.
FREN 4410.
FREN 4430.
FREN 4432.
FREN 4455.
MGT 4123.
SPAN 3300.
SPAN 3301.
SPAN 3310.
SPAN 3311.
SPAN 4410.
SPAN 4430.
SPAN 4432.
SPAN 4455.
APPROVED GRADUATE POLICIES AND CURRICULUM COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS:
These approvals will be reflected in the 2003-2004 Graduate Catalog and the 2003-2004 on-line
(Spring 2004 updates); copies are on file in the Office of Academic Affairs and the Horace W.
Sturgis Library.
Master of Education in Educational Leadership
> Transfer Credit policy is changed to read as follows “Graduate courses taken at other accredited
institutions must be evaluated and approved by the program coordinator or department chair. A
maximum of nine semester hours of transfer credit (with grades of B or better) may be applied
toward a degree program. No courses will be accepted for transfer credit if they are more than
five years old at the time of evaluation. Transfer credit includes all course work accepted into
the M.Ed. program prior to admission in full standing (maximum nine semester hours), whether
earned at another institution or at Kennesaw State University.”
> EDL 6980. Practicum in the M.Ed. in Educational Leadership program is changed from the 5 credit hours
(750 work hours) to 2 credit hours (300 work hours). This proposed change frees up time for program
participants to work on portfolio development, yet still meet the Interstate School Leaders Licensure
Consortium (ISLLC) standard (minimum of 150 work hours of practicum experience of leadership program
participants).
> EDL 6980. Practicum for the Add-on Program in Educational Leadership is changed from 3 credit hours (450
work hours) to 2 credit hours (300 work hours). This proposed change frees up time for program
participants to work on portfolio development, yet still meet the Interstate School Leaders Licensure
Consortium (ISLLC) standard (minimum of 150 work hours of practicum experience of leadership program
participants).
Master of Public Administration
> MPA revises admission criteria as follows:
- Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a 2.75 grade point average.
- A minimum combined score of 900 on the verbal and quantitative portions with a 3.5 minimum score on the
analytical writing section of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or a combined score of 450 on the
Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT);
- ……(Students submitting scores for the GRE taken prior to October 1, 2002, must submit a minimum
combined score of 1350 on the verbal, quantitative, and analytical portions of the Graduate Record
Examination.)
*New Graduate Courses*
BISM 8470. Contemporary Issues in Information Resource Management. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: BISM 2100
or equivalent.
BLAW 8340. Business Negotiation. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: Admission to the Career Growth MBA or
Macc program.
BISM 8450. Information Systems and Organizations: A Managerial Approach. 3-0-3. Prerequisites:
BISM 2100 or equivalent microcomputer proficiency.
BISM 8460. Managerial Support Systems. 3-0-3. Prerequisites: BISM 2100 or equivalent microcomputer
proficiency.
EDL 6797. Portfolio I. 1 semester hour. Prerequisite: Admission to the M.Ed. program or Add-on
program of Educational Leadership.
EDL 6798. Portfolio II. 2 semester hours. Prerequisite: Completion of Portfolio I.
PAD 7390. Public Financial Management. 3-0-3-/ Prerequisites: PAD 6350.
*Graduate Course Changes*
EDL 6980- Credit hour change to 1 (to be taken in 2 semester hours with a total of 2 credit hours)
PAD 6700. Course title change to Human Resource Management in Public Service.
PAD 7250. Change in course title to Leadership and Ethics in Public Service and course description
change.
PAD 7985. Course description change.
* Discontinued Graduate Courses*
PRWR 6700.
PRWR 6450.
FINAL ACTIONS ON RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNIVERSITY SENATE ACTIONS-SPRING 2003:
The final version of the Senate Resolution, which includes the Diversity Statement reads as follows:
Whereas, Kennesaw State University is committed to serving our increasingly diverse community, and
Whereas, a number of different bodies on campus are working to address diversity issues, and
Whereas, conflicting definitions for diversity may cause confusion and inability to implement the
university’s diversity related goals,
We acknowledge the work conducted by the Diversity in the Curriculum Committee in Academic Affairs to
develop a comprehensive diversity definition and instructional diversity mission statement, which reads as
follows:
Diversity Statement
The KSU population reflects differing backgrounds and experiences including but not limited to age,
disability, ethnicity, family structure, gender, geographic region, language, race, religion, sexual
orientation, and socioeconomic status. It is our goal to foster a community in which every human
being is treated with dignity, respect, and justice. The KSU experience will provide the opportunity
to gain knowledge and experiences necessary to thrive in a diverse, global environment and we further
support the publication of this statement on KSU web pages and the use of the definition in all
diversity-related work of the university and its various constituent bodies.
The University Senate
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