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Course Name: Second Year Language Review 
Course Prefix: FL (ASL, FRCH, GRMN, JPNS, SPAN)
Course Number: 2030
             Submitted by (Name & E-Mail):  Tom Mathews, tmathews@weber.edu

Current Date:  1/5/2010
College: Arts & Humanities
Department:   Foreign Languages                              
From Term: Fall  2010 

Substantive

new 

Current Course Subject N/A
Current Course Number

New/Revised Course Information:

Subject:  FL            

Course Number: 2030

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Course Title: Second Year Language Review

Abbreviated Course Title: Second Year Language Review

Course Type:  LEC

Credit Hours:  3  or if variable hours:    to

Contact Hours: Lecture 45  Lab    Other

Repeat Information:  Limit 0   Max Hrs 0 

Grading Mode:  standard

This course is/will be: a required course in a major program
a required course in a minor program
a required course in a 1- or 2- year program
elective

Prerequisites/Co-requisites:

FL HU 2020 is a prerequisite, although FL HU2020 and FL 2030 be taken concurrently.

Course description (exactly as it will appear in the catalog, including prerequisites):

FL 2030 Second Year Language Review (3) NH This course will prepare students who wish to continue language study. Emphasis on conversational skills and a review of language structure and usage. Prerequisites: FL HU2020, though may be taken concurrently.

Justification: This course is necessary in conjunction with the department's proposal to reduce credit hours in 1010, 1020, 2010 and 2020. We believe that this reduction will encourage more students to begin the study of foreign languages and that they will have a more successful experience. By doing so, however, we leave a gap between the completion of second year and the beginning of a major or minor in a foreign language. Currently, students complete 16 hours (or demonstrate equivalent proficiency at the Intermediate-Low level) before they enroll in upper-division courses. With the reduction in 1010, 1020, 2010 and 2020, they will complete only 12 hours. This proposed course, FL 2030, will close that gap. In addition, FL 2030 will be directed toward students who wish to continue language study or to complete a major or minor, permitting some expectations and activities that may not be appropriate for a more general student population.

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1. Did this course receive unanimous approval within the Department?

true

If not, what are the major concerns raised by the opponents?

2. If this is a new course proposal, could you achieve the desired results by revising an existing course within your department or by requiring an existing course in another department?

We do not currently have a language course between 2020 and upper-division work. (FL 2550, FL 2600 are taught in English while FL 2851 and FL 2852 are reserved for study abroad).

3. How will the proposed course differ from similar offerings by other departments? Comment on any subject overlap between this course and topics generally taught by other departments, even if no similar courses are currently offered by the other departments. Explain any effects that this proposal will have on program requirements or enrollments in other department. Please forward letters (email communication is sufficient) from all departments that you have identified above stating their support or opposition to the proposed course.

There are no similar courses in any other departments.

4. Is this course required for certification/accreditation of a program?

no

If so, a statement to that effect should appear in the justification and supporting documents should accompany this form.

5. For course proposals, e-mail a syllabus to Faculty Senate which should be sufficiently detailed that the committees can determine that the course is at the appropriate level and matches the description. There should be an indication of the amount and type of outside activity required in the course (projects, research papers, homework, etc.).