Paying for college:
| Drop course | Undergraduate |
| Course Prefix & Number | Descriptive Title | Cr. Hours |
| A281 | Introduction to Painting | |
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Justification for dropping the course: Justification for dropping the course: The deletion of A 281 is part of a larger program change that will shift all studio art courses in the Art Department from 3 to 4 credits. Art students choosing painting as a concentration area previously had two terms of Introduction to Painting (A280 and A281). Consolidation of the program has required that key content from A281 will be absorbed into A280. Comparable colleges and universities offer one introductory studio course before moving into upper division coursework. Additionally, our department has observed that students who transfer in from outside institutions into 300-level coursework at WOU are missing key 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 19 2012 |
| 2 - Division | Scott Grim | Approved | February 22 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 |
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