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Program Change:
P00922
Program Title: Geography
Undergraduate
Describe the proposed degree program change(s) in terms of how the changes differ from the program as currently approved and published in the latest WOU catalog (specify the latest catalog date).
Proposal: Add GEOG 380: Environmental Conservation and GEOG 411: Cultural Geography to the list of options in the "Culture & Politics" concentration within the major.
Rationale:
*The content of these courses matches the purpose of the concentration and are comparable to currently listed courses.
*These are courses that students have asked to substitute for listed requirements.
*Adding GEOG 380 fulfills the intent of providing our students with an education that is both broad and offers opportunity for focus.
*Not including GEOG 411 in the original list was a mistake from the last reform of the Geography major in 2007.
*Will widen the pool of faculty that students with this concentration will have courses with.
Describe the reasons for making this change:
Current description of the concentration:
Culture and politics (16) Choose four:
GEOG 207 Geography and Film
GEOG 327 Popular Culture in Global Perspective
GEOG 420 The West and the American Imagination
GEOG 421 The Changing American West
GEOG 433 Political Geography
GEOG 435 U.S. and Canadian Geopolitics
GEOG 480 Nature and the American West
Proposed description:
Culture and politics (16) Choose four:
GEOG 207 Geography and Film
GEOG 327 Popular Culture in Global Perspective
GEOG 380 Environmental Conservation
GEOG 411 Cultural Geography
GEOG 420 The West and the American Imagination
GEOG 421 The Changing American West
GEOG 433 Political Geography
GEOG 435 U.S. and Canadian Geopolitics
GEOG 480 Nature and the American West
For Dean Review only:
How and when will the effectiveness of these changes be determined?
The goal of this change is to expand student choice in making progress towards graduation. This can be measured in terms of fewer requests for course substitutions towards fulfillment of the concentration.
Approval Queue
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Decision |
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1 - Department |
Mark VanSteeter |
Approved | December 14 2011 |
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2 - Division |
John Rector |
Approved | December 15 2011 |
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3 - Division Curriculum |
Mark Henkels |
Approved | December 15 2011 |
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4 - Library Dean |
Mark Henkels |
Approved | December 15 2011 |
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5 - Curriculum Committee |
Thaddeus Shannon |
Approved | January 18 2012 |
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6 - Faculty Senate |
Gavin Keulks |
Approved | January 20 2012 |
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7 - Dean |
Stephen Scheck |
Approved | January 25 2012 |
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8 - Provost |
Kent Neely |
Approved | January 25 2012 |
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9 - President |
Dianna Nickelson |
Approved | January 25 2012 |
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