Paying for college:
| Drop course | Undergraduate |
| Course Prefix & Number | Descriptive Title | Cr. Hours |
| A231 | Introduction to Drawing | |
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Justification for dropping the course: The deletion of A 231 is part of a larger program change that will shift all studio art courses in the Art Department from 3 to 4 credits. Part of this realignment includes the cancellation of three foundation courses from the art curriculum. Key content from A 231, along with content from A135 will be shifted into A 230. The Art department has observed that students who transfer in from outside institutions into 300-level coursework at WOU are missing fundamental information that we teach in our second introductory level course. Transfer students are typically behind WOU students in understanding of core concepts: this necessitates that we re-teach these concepts to transfer students at the 300-level, duplicating information, and taking individual time away from WOU students. Merging the two introductory level courses will help our university better align itself with other Oregon universities who offer only one introductory course at the 200-level before advancing to the 300-level. |
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Students/Program affected: Art majors, Art minors, BFA students. |
| Step | Approver | Decision | Timestamp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - Department | Jodie Garrison | Approved | February 17 2012 |
| 2 - Division | Scott Grim | Approved | February 19 2012 |
| 3 - Division Curriculum | Jodie Garrison | Approved | March 06 2012 |
| 5 - Curriculum Committee | Thaddeus Shannon | Approved | April 18 2012 |
| 6 - Faculty Senate | Gavin Keulks | Approved | May 08 2012 |
| 7 - Dean | Stephen Scheck | Approved | May 09 2012 |
| 8 - Provost | Kent Neely | Approved | May 10 2012 |
| A231_Drop_Course.pdf | Download |
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