UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS

 

Academic Program Approval

 

This form is a routing document for the approval of new and revised academic programs.  Proposing department should complete this form.  For more information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.

 

 

Submitted by: ____Fred Adams and Jeffrey Heinz___phone number___6706____fa@udel.edu

                               

Department:  __Linguistics and Cognitive Science___email address____2924_________

 

Date:   _________10/29/09___________________________________

 

Action:  ____doctoral degree name change ______________________________________________

(Example:  add major/minor/concentration, delete major/minor/concentration,  revise major/minor/concentration,  academic unit name change, request for permanent status, policy change, etc.)

 

Effective term_____10F__________________________________________________________________________

                                                (use format 04F, 05W)

 

Current degree___PhD Linguistics________________________________________

                                    (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

Proposed change leads to the degree of: ___PhD Linguistics and Cognitive Science___

                                                                                             (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

Proposed name:____PhD Linguistics and Cognitive Science______________________

                                            Proposed new name for revised or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit

                                                                                (if applicable)

 

Revising or Deleting: 

 

Undergraduate major / Concentration:______________________________________

                                                                                    (Example:  Applied Music – Instrumental  degree BMAS)

 

Undergraduate minor:____________________________________________________

                                   (Example:  African Studies,  Business Administration,  English, Leadership, etc.)            

 

Graduate Program Policy statement change:_____see attached   _______________

                                                                  (Must attach  your Graduate Program Policy Statement)

 

            Graduate Program of Study:____PhD Linguistics and Cognitive Science______

                                 (Example:  Animal Science: MS  Animal Science:  PHD  Economics: MA Economics: PHD)

 

 

                Graduate minor / concentration:___________________________________________

 

Note: all graduate studies proposals must include an electronic copy of the Graduate Program Policy Document, highlighting the changes made to the original policy document.

 

List new courses required for the new or revised curriculum. How do they support the overall program objectives of the major/minor/concentrations)?

 (Be aware that approval of the curriculum is dependent upon these courses successfully passing through the Course Challenge list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)

None

 

Explain, when appropriate, how this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/

N/A

 

Identify other units affected by the proposed changes:

(Attach permission from the affected units.  If no other unit is affected, enter “None”)

 

None.

 

Describe the rationale for the proposed program change(s):

(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.)

 

The change in name of the Phd Degree is designed to reflect actual practices that currently exist in the department.  Linguistics is a major branch of cognitive science. In 2006 Adams and Andreasan joined the department from Philosophy, and in 2007 Hestvik and Heinz joined the department. With these additional faculty members, the department builds on existing strengths in theoretical and descriptive linguistics (syntax, semantics, phonology, phonetics), especially from the perspective of underdescribed and endangered languages, while expanding faculty expertise into additional areas of cognitive science (experimental psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, animal and embodied cognition). Like the faculty, students are now working in Linguistics and Cognitive Science, and so the name of the degree reflects what they are actually doing.

 

Also, in 2004 the MA in Linguistics was changed to a MA in Linguistics and Cognitive Science. In Fall 2007 the department changed its name to Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science, and established a undergraduate program in Linguistics and Cognitive Science.

 

The change from three required 800 level seminars to four brings the catalog language in line with the official grad policy, which is now in line with actual requirements. Likewise, the changes in requirements for admission for foreign students also brings the catalog language in line with actual requirements. These changes are independent of the name change.

 

 

Program Requirements: 

(Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the Course Catalog.  If this is a revision, be sure to indicate the changes being made to the current curriculum and include a side-by-side comparison of the credit distribution before and after the proposed change.)

 

see attached catalog language and grad policy language

 

 

 ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION:        (Please do not remove supporting documentation.)

 

Department Chairperson        Fred Adams                                            Date        10.29.09                 

 

Dean of College                                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Chairperson, College Curriculum Committee___________________________________Date_____________________

 

Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR Studies                                                                   Date                                       

 

Chairperson, Senate Coordinating Com.                                                                 Date                                       

 

Secretary, Faculty Senate                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Date of Senate Resolution                                                                                                      Date to be Effective               

 

Registrar                                                                  Program Code                                         Date                                       

 

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs & International Programs                                               Date                                       

 

Provost                                                                                                                                   Date                                       

 

Board of Trustee Notification                                                                                                                Date                                       

 

Revised 02/09/2009   /khs