Paying for college:
| Drop course | Undergraduate |
| Course Prefix & Number | Descriptive Title | Cr. Hours |
| A221 | Typographic Structures | |
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Justification for dropping the course: Justification for dropping the course: The deletion of A 221 is part of a larger program change that will shift all studio art courses from 3 to 4 credits. This change will align our program with other art programs in Oregon, and will help transfer students transition more successfully into a major or minor in Art or Visual Communication Design in the Art Department. The Art 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 students who started their studies at WOU. Material taught in A221 will be moved into several courses that are expanding in content as a result of the change to four credit courses. A220, Introduction to Typography, will incorporate more basic page structure in project work, additive color theory and information for working in CMYK and RGB will be introduced, and students will begin working in page layout software. Grid structures for single and multiple page formats will be expanded in the A320/A321/A322 graphic design sequence. These changes in 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 21 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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