Specific Major Requirements Proposed Change

After looking at other universities and to maintain the high standards of biologist, Dr. Christensen proposed changing the major requirements to include two different courses at the 400 level. It was proposed two different course rather than hours to allow students to take BIOS 498 at any number hours they choose.

An ACE 10 would be one of the courses. Wendy said that students are already doing this so it would not add a hardship to the students. Wendy agreed to talk to the Registrar to ensure this change could be made in the degree audits.

The SBS curriculum committee voted to approve the proposed changes and forward the proposal to the School of Biological Sciences faculty meeting. The Faculty approved of the major change in January 2014.
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We changed the "65-hour" to "junior or senior" standing partly in response to the change in total hours for graduation made previously, and partly for the sake of clarity. It is not a substantive change.

The Career Preparation language is added to signal to majors the commitment of the department to career preparation and to encourage them to take advantage of the new ENGL 100 course and other career preparation activities. We do not require this course in our distribution requirements, but want to encourage students to take it. As part of our recruitment strategy, we are trying to tackle head on the perception that an English major is not good preparation for a career.
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