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)[F31] [F2]
CHAIRPERSON APPROVED: (Chairperson's)
  1. CURRENT COURSE NUMBER: BIO 431
  2. CURRENT COURSE TITLE (Limited to 32 Spaces Including Blanks): Biotech I: Tissue Culture Proposed Title: Biotechnology I
  3. Starting With
  4. x_ Fall, _ Spring, ___ Summer, 2017 Year
  5. CROSSLISTING DEPARTMENTS (attach supporting letters) a)___ c)___ b)___ d)___
  6. CHECK ITEM(S) BELOW FOR CHANGES DESIRED:
  7. Course Number X Credits XPlanned Offering Course Level X Course Title Grading System XCatalogue Description Required Status
  8. ___X Course Title ___Grading System ___XCatalogue Description ___Required Status
  9. ___ Crosslist Status ___ XPrerequisites ___ Delete Course
  10. ___ Other
  11. EXPLANATION/JUSTIFICATION FOR REQUESTED CHANGE(S). ENTER BOTH CURRENT AND PROPOSED DATA FOR EACH CHANGE (use additional pages as necessary):
  12. As a part of a revision and revitalization of the B.S. Biology: Biotechnology Option (BIT), this course should be modified. The course was a part of a sequence of four-three hour courses that will be converted to a sequence of two-four credit hour courses with more laboratory time, to reduce the number of faculty needed to teach different courses, reduce the number of courses in the catalog, and to minimize, as much as possible, sequences that can affect the time until graduation for students in the BIT option. Prerequisites BIO 111 and CHE 301 and CHE 310. Four credit hours: two hours of lecture, four hours of lab per week.

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