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Nature of course request C02604 :

Prerequisite change 400/500 course

From:
Course Prefix & Number Descriptive Title Credits/Hours
LING 450/550 Grammar and Writing 4 - 0
 
To:
Course Prefix & Number Descriptive Title Credits/Hours
LING 450/550 Linguistic Analysis of Style and Genre 4 - 0




Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces)
Style and Genre

Current Course Description:
Analysis of style and genre from a linguistic perspective. Topics to be covered include the history of style/genre in the context of language instruction and writing assessment; sentence fluency and syntactic development in the context of genre-specific texts; stylistic punctuation.

New Course Description:
Analysis of style and genre from a linguistic perspective. Topics to be covered include the history of style/genre in the context of language instruction and writing assessment; sentence fluency and syntactic development in the context of genre-specific texts; stylistic punctuation. Prerequisites: LING 210, and LING 315, or consent of instructor.

Justification for changing the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.):
The prerequisites were accidentally omitted when the change in description was approved; the class has always had prerequisites and it was never the intent of the LING faculty to remove the prerequisites.
Students/Program affected:
English majors; Lg. Arts majors.


Approval Queue C02604
Step Approver Decision Timestamp
1 - Department David Hargreaves ApprovedApril 04 2013
2 - Division David Hargreaves ApprovedApril 04 2013
3 - Division Curriculum Uma Shrestha ApprovedApril 10 2013
5 - Graduate Committee Kimberly Jensen ApprovedApril 16 2013
5 - Curriculum Committee Thaddeus Shannon ApprovedApril 16 2013
Comments: The proposal is just a prerequisite change, not a title change.
6 - Faculty Senate Keller Coker ApprovedMay 14 2013
7 - Dean Diane Tarter ApprovedMay 16 2013
8 - Provost Stephen Scheck ApprovedMay 17 2013


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