Course Proposal ModifyCourse Proposal: Modify Course

This proposal will change the following elements of the course.
   Course Description      
      Credit Hours   

1.  Course prefix and number: GOL 131L

2.  Effective Term/Year: FALL 2014

3.  CIP CODE/10 digit program code:   No Change

4.  Short Course Title: Introductory Geology Laboratory

    Modified Short Course Title: 

5.  What is the primary reason you are modifying this course?
    Aligning course with new university core requirements.

6.  Enter course description exactly as it now appears in the general/graduate bulletin.
    n/a - no description of lab sections currently in general bulletin.

    Enter modified course description exactly as it will appear in the general/graduate bulletin?
    Introductory Geology Laboratory - One semester hour, two hours lab per week.  Lecture and laboratory grades are computed into one grade and the same grade is recorded for both lecture and lab. Co-requisite: GOL 131. Lab fee required.

7.  Current Prerequisites: No Change
    

    Modified Course Prerequisites:
    

8.  College: College of Science and Mathematics

9.  Department Teaching Course: Geology

10a. Instruction Type: Lab  

10b. Credit Hours:  
      Current - Maximum:  0  Minimum:  0  Maximum Hours counted toward degree:  0
      Modified- Maximum:  1  Minimum:  1  Maximum Hours counted toward degree:  1

11a. Second Instruction Type: ns No Change

11b. Second Credit Hours:  
      Current - Maximum:    Minimum:    Maximum Hours counted toward degree:  
      Modified- Maximum:    Minimum:    Maximum Hours counted toward degree:  

12. Maximum contact hours each week fall semester:  
    Lecture:  0  Lab:  2  Other:  0

13. May this course be taken more than one time each semester: No

14. Grade Type: Regular: A-F No Change

15. Describe the place of the modified course within your current curriculum. Will it be
    elective or required? Part of a major or a minor? (Enter NA if no change is being made.)
    NA

16. How does the modified course differ from similar courses being offered at Stephen F. Austin?
    (Enter NA if no change is being  made.)
    NA

17. Syllabus: Course Learning Goals
    List course objectives; describe what students who complete the course will know or be able to do.
    (Enter NA if no change is being made.)
    NA

18. Syllabus: Course Outline
    List the topics that the modified course will cover and indicate the approximate proposed amount
    of time to be devoted to each, either by percent of course time or number of weeks. Please indicate
    which topics will be required in all sections of the course and which  may vary.
    (Enter NA if no change is being  made.)
    NA

19. Syllabus: Modified Textbook/Assigned Reading Materials for course.
    NA

20. Any Other Information
    NA


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