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: _____Lynn Worden__________phone number____831-1922____________

                               

Department:  __Human Development and Family Studies___email address__worden@udel.edu

                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 

Action:  _________Revise the Early Childhood Education Major___________________________________

(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___________BS_____________________________________________________

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

 

Proposed change leads to the degree of: _________BS________________________________

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

 

 

Proposed name:_______N/A_____________________________________________________

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

                                                                                (if applicable)

 

Revising or Deleting: 

 

Undergraduate major / Concentration:___Early Childhood Education BS__________

                                                                                    (Example:  Applied Music – Instrumental  degree BMAS)

 

Undergraduate minor:____________________________________________________

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

 

Graduate Program Policy statement change:_________________________________

                                                                  (Must attach  your Graduate Program Policy Statement)

 

            Graduate Program of Study:______________________________________________

                                 (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/

 

The proposed changes will primarily impact goal number 5: Understand the diverse ways of thinking that underlie the search for knowledge in the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences. Early Childhood Education (ECE) majors will have the opportunity to take a wider variety of courses within the four content areas listed within goal 5.

 

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 majority of the changes will involve breadth requirements and will align with the requirements adopted by the Faculty Senate that will be implemented beginning in the fall of 2010. Accreditation requirements both for the state of Delaware and for standards for the National Association for the Education of Young Children and for the Council for Exceptional Children (the two specialty professional organizations for the ECE program) do not require specific content courses for teacher education programs. The revised program changes will allow ECE majors to choose from a wider variety of courses in the four breadth areas. Students will be able to transfer more easily into the major, as well as being able to have more AP courses count towards specific requirements.

 

The two primary math courses (MATH 251 and MATH 252 or 253) that have been required in the past will continue to be required. However, students will now be required to earn a C- or better in MATH 251. Previously, students only had to pass the course. This change was in response to data that showed that a large number of ECE majors were not demonstrating competencies in the content this math course covers. The third math elective will no longer be required because it did not provide ECE majors with math content knowledge that was essential for teaching young children.

 

 

The final change is that HDFS 101 Introduction to Human Services and Cultural Competence will no longer be the required Freshman Year Experience course for ECE majors. This course will no longer be offered because the content is covered in other courses within the ECE major.

 

MUED 390 Music in Early Childhood will be replaced by a choice of courses that will be available in the HDFS department office and will be called a “Focused Elective.” The choices will be from a list of courses that will allow ECE majors to select a course that covers a topic of interest to them. ECE majors will complete a form to select the course prior to taking it.

 

 

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.)

 

Current Requirements

English Literature course (see HDFS department for approved list)                                                                                         3

Second Writing Course (3 Credits) chosen from courses satisfying the Arts and Sciences Second Writing Requirement. This requirement may be fulfilled through a course taken to complete other course requirements. 

College of Arts and Sciences Group A Course or Foreign Language Course (including: CHIN, FREN, GREK, GRMN, HEBR, ITAL, JAPN, LATN, PORT, RUSS, SPAN)           3

 

 

 

LING 101 Introduction to Linguistics                                   3

MUED 390 Music in Early Childhood                                  3

 

 

PSYC 100 General Psychology

or

Sociology course                                                                   3

American History course                                                       3

or

POSC 150 American Political System                                  

History elective (World/Non-western)                                   3

 

Geography course                                                                   3

 

BISC 105 Human Heredity and Development                     3

Earth Science course (GEOL 105 and GEOL 115, GEOL 107, or GEOL 113)                                                                       4

Physical Science course (SCEN 101, SCEN 102; PHYS 104 and PHYS 139 or PHYS 133)                                               4

 

MATH 251 K-8 Math: Numbers and Operations                  3

Choose two of the following math courses                            3

MATH 252 K-8 Math: Rationals and Probability

MATH 253K-8 Math: Geom., Alg., and Measurement

Mathematics elective

 

HDFS 101 Intro to Human Services and

Cultural Competence                                                          1

 

[Remaining requirements will stay the same.]

Revisions for F10

English Literature course (see HDFS department for approved list)                                                                                         3

Second Writing Course (3 Credits) chosen from courses satisfying the Arts and Sciences Second Writing Requirement. This requirement may be fulfilled through a course taken to complete other course requirements. 

Creative Arts and Humanities

or Foreign Language (including: CHIN, FREN, GREK, GRMN, HEBR, ITAL, JAPN, LATN, PORT, RUSS, SPAN, if Creative Arts and Humanities requirement is fulfilled by English Literature course)                                                      3

 

LING 101 Introduction to Linguistics                                    3

Focused Elective                                                                     3

(See HDFS Department for list of approved courses)

 

PSYC 100 General Psychology

or

Sociology course                                                                    3

History and Cultural Change                                                  6

 

 

 

 

Social and Behavioral Sciences                                              3

 

BISC 105 Human Heredity and Development                         3

Two courses from Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Technology w/labs                                                                    8

 

 

MATH 251 Numbers and Operations for K-8 Teachers

 (C- or better required)   

                                                          3

MATH 252 K-8 Math: Rationals and Probability

or

MATH 253K-8 Math: Geom., Alg., and Measurement           3

 

 First Year Experience (FYE)                                                   1

 

 

 

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

 

Department Chairperson                                                                                                        Date                                       

 

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 10/23/2007   /khs