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DOCUMENTS OF THE GENERAL FACULTY
PROTEST TO PROPOSED ADDITION OF INFORMATION FOR NON-COMMUNICATION STUDIES
MAJORS IN THE COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION CHAPTER OF THE UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG,
2004-2006
Linda Reichl (physics) and Lawrence Abraham (curriculum and instruction),
voting members of the Council, have filed protests to the proposed addition
of information for non-communication studies majors in the College of Communication
(D
2776-2777). The reasons for the protests are stated below. This item
will be introduced at the regular meeting of the Faculty Council on December
8, 2003.
John R. Durbin, Secretary
The Faculty Council
PROTEST TO PROPOSED ADDITION OF INFORMATION FOR NON-COMMUNICATION STUDIES
MAJORS IN THE COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION CHAPTER OF THE UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG,
2004-2006
From Professor Lawrence (Larry) Abraham (curriculum and instruction):
My reading of the latest submission from the College of Communication
is not that they propose to eliminate the "communications studies
major" but rather to eliminate the "communications studies
option" within the "communication studies major."
There appear to be several other options within the communication studies
major that will be preserved, and they will largely be fulfilled by
taking communications studies (CS) courses. Thus it appears that minors
and
majors will still be an issue. I feel that in light of the information
I have available on both this issue and the fine arts issue, these
proposals should be explained and discussed in a Faculty Council meeting.
They both appear to affect course offerings for students in other colleges,
and the implications for those students are not clear. In the case
of the communications studies proposal, I do not understand the intention
or logistics of the prohibition on a student with a minor seeking to
become a major. Nor do I think the restriction on courses taken for
a
minor is feasible to monitor or implement.From Professor Linda Reichl
(physics):
The statement in the proposed catalog change for the College of Communications
which reads
"Students who declare a minor in communication studies may not declare
a major in communication studies at a later date."
seems a bit drastic and I have heard expressions of concern about it.
For this reason I am protesting its inclusion in the catalog without
further discussion by the Faculty Council. Can the authors of the proposed
change explain to the Council why they want to do this?
This legislation was posted on the Faculty
Council Web site on December 2, 2003. Paper copies are available on request from the Office
of the General Faculty, FAC 22, F9500.
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