Course Name:    Biochemistry I Lab 
Course Prefix: Chem
Course Number: 3075
             Submitted by (Name & E-Mail):  Barry Lloyd, blloyd@weber.edu

Current Date:  12/7/2010
College: Science
Department:   Chemistry                              
From Term: Fall  2010 

Substantive

new 

Current Course Subject N/A
Current Course Number

New/Revised Course Information:

Subject:  CHEM            

Course Number: 3075

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Course Title: Biochemistry I Lab

Abbreviated Course Title: Biochemistry I Lab

Course Type:  LAB

Credit Hours:  1  or if variable hours:    to

Contact Hours: Lecture   Lab 3   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:

Prerequisites: CHEM 2310 and CHEM 2315.

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

CHEM 3075. Biochemistry I Lab (1)
Stand-alone biochemistry laboratory course course designed to accommodate transfer students from other universities that have taken the equivalent of CHEM 3070, Biochemistry, without the laboratory component. CHEM 3075 registration will be allowed only by special permission from the Chair of Chemistry. Prerequisites: CHEM 2310, CHEM 2315, and CHEM 3070 without laboratory.

Justification for the new course or for changes to an existing course. (Note: Justification should emphasize academic rationale for the change or new course. This is particularly important for courses requesting upper-division status.)

CHEM 3070 (Biochemistry I) is a 4 h class that incorporates a lab. Students occasionally transfer from other universities where they have taken an upper division lecture only biochemistry course without a lab experience. Such courses are not currently transferable to WSU. Lab only courses (CHEM 1055, 1115, 1125, 1215, 1225, 2315, 2325, etc.) have been established to accomodate transfer students for most of our courses. The absence of CHEM 3075 is an oversight in the course listing that should be corrected. Upon successful completion of CHEM 3075, the transfer office would transfer CHEM 3070 to student's transcripts, similarly as for the other CHEM XXX5 courses above.

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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?

No other department offers anything like this lab course.

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.

No new content is proposed -- it already exists as part of chem 3070.

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

yes

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.).