PROGRAM CHANGES

 WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY

 

                                   

Submission Date:                   November 11, 2009

 

College:                                  Science

 

Department:                           Mathematics

 

Program Title:                       Mathematics Teaching Minor

 

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

 

Course Requirements for Mathematics Teaching Minor

Mathematics Courses Required (26 credit hours)

 

Check all that apply: 

 

___  New course(s) required for major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.

_X__Modified course(s) required for major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.

____Credit hour change(s) required for major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.

____Credit hour change(s) for a course which is required for the major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.

____Attribute change(s) for any course.

____Program name change.

_X__Deletion of required course(s).

____Other changes (specify) _________________________________________________________________

 

If multiple changes are being proposed, please provide a summary.   Use strikeout (strikeout) when deleting items in the program and highlight (highlight) when adding items.

 

Submit the original to the Faculty Senate Office, MC 1033, and an electronic copy to kbrown4 @weber.edu

 

JUSTIFICATION:

The state (Utah State Office of Education) wants a calculus prerequisite for the probability and statistics course they require for a level 3 certification (our minor), and Math 2410 didn’t really have a calculus prerequisite, and calculus was not used in the course.  Our Math 3410 does have a calculus prerequisite, and the only reason we first introduced Math 2410 was so students could be exposed to more statistics.  That is not required by the state.                  

 

 INFORMATION PAGE

 

Attach a copy of the present program from the current catalog and a revised version (exactly as you wish it to appear in the catalog).

Current catalog:

 

Course Requirements for Mathematics Teaching Minor

Mathematics Courses Required (26 credit hours)

 

Revised Version:

Course Requirements for Mathematics Teaching Minor

Mathematics Courses Required (26 credit hours)

 

 

Did this program change receive unanimous approval within the Department? Yes_   If not, what are the major concerns raised by the opponents?

 

 

Explain any effects this program change will have on program requirements or enrollments in other departments including the Bachelor of Integrated Studies Program.  In the case of similar offerings or affected programs, you should include letters from the departments in question stating their support or opposition to the proposed program.

It will not affect other programs.

 

Indicate the number of credit hours for course work within the program.  (Do not include credit hours for General Education, SI, Diversity, or other courses unless those courses fulfill requirements within the proposed program.)            

26 credit hours.

 

Indicate the number of credit hours for course work within the current program. (Do not include credit hours for General Education, SI, Diversity, or other courses unless those courses fulfill requirements within the current program.) __26 credit hours__