KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY FACILITY SENATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
COURSE CHANGE PROPOSAL
ACADEMIC UNIT:Biology, Division of Mathematics and Sciences
DATE PREPARED:4/12/2016
PRIMARY AUTHOR(S):Tamara Sluss
ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE FACULTY APPROVED: (Committee Chairperson's Signature)Image(Date)
CHAIRPERSON APPROVED: (Chairperson's)Image(Date)
CURRENT COURSE NUMBER:
BIO 410
CURRENT COURSE TITLE (Limited to 32 Spaces Including Blanks): Special Problems in Biology
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EXPLANATION/JUSTIFICATION FOR REQUESTED CHANGE(S). ENTER BOTH CURRENT AND PROPOSED DATA FOR EACH CHANGE (use additional pages as necessary):
The course will be listed as required for the Biotechnology Option (BIT) in the biology degree at KSU to aligned the BIT option with the other major options for the biology degree. The new proposed curriculum ladder including the requirement for BIT students. The former curriculum for BIT included a research and presentation course and be deleting that course and requiring the 401/410 sequence as required by other biology majors, the number of faculty needed to teach similar courses will be reduced.