The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its' Meeting #53 on
November 14, 1994:
MOTION PASSED (1 nay )
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to approve the following changes to
the M.A. in Professional Communication:
SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN THE M.A. IN PROFESSIONAL WRITING
A change to broaden the degree to a M.A. in Professional
Communication has been endorsed by the Departments of
Communication, English, Art, and Journalism & Broadcasting. The
restructured degree retains the requirement that students complete
course work in professional writing and editing in addition to the
requirement of demonstrating their professional expertise in the
completion of a thesis. When the Departments of English and
Journalism & Broadcasting originally developed the degree, the plan
was to have both faculties fully involved with the delivery of the
degree. With the addition of the faculty in the Department of
Communication and the support of faculty in Art, the degree has been
changed to offer expanded offerings to students wishing advanced
study in Professional Communication. In addition to the writing,
editing, and thesis requirements, all candidates for the degree will
be required to complete courses in communication theory and
communication methodologies. Having completed these courses,
students will specialize in either a Journalism & Broadcasting Track
or a Communication Track. Each track requires two specialty core
courses in addition to their respective editing course and two
elective courses. The elective courses can be drawn from discipline
specific courses or from within the other track as well as from
other approved disciplines.
Following is how the revised M.A. degree in Professional
Communication would appear in the UAF catalog:
Degree Requirements:
1. Complete the general university requirements and master's
degree requirements.
2. Pass a written, comprehensive examination which is to be
taken no later than student's fourth semester of work.
3. Students may advance to candidacy when their advisory
committee deems that they have made satisfactory progress
in both academic and writing areas.
4. Pass an oral defense of the thesis.
Course Requirements (30-33 credits) for Journalism & Broadcasting
and Communication Tracks:
Complete a minimum of 24 credits at the 600 level (a maximum of
6 credits of approved 300-400 level courses may be included in the
30-33 credit requirements):
Required courses (15 credits):
ENGL 687 - Writing Professional Prose 3
COMM/JB 625 - Communication Theory 3
COMM/JB 601 - Communication Methodologies 3
COMM/JB 699 - Thesis 6
Journalism & Broadcasting Track Additional
Courses (15 credits):
Required Courses (9 credits):
JB 623 - Advanced Editing for Professionals 3
JB 680 - Diversity and the Media 3
ART/JB 684 - Multimedia Theory and Practice. 3
Elective Courses (6 credits):
JB 605 - Advanced Photography Seminar 3
JB 611 - Advanced Writing for Publication. 3
JB 613 - Advanced Mass Media
Law and Regulation 3
JB 633 - Public Relations Theory and Practice 3
JB 640 - Ethics and Reporting 3
JB 641 - Comparative Media Systems 3
Communication Track Additional Courses (15 credits):
Required Courses (9 credits):
COMM 675 - Training & Development Communication 3
COMM 680 - Communication Diversity
in the Professional World. 3
ENGL 689 - Editing Prose 3
Elective Courses (6 credits):
COMM 622 - Interpersonal Interaction 3
COMM 631 - Team Building 3
COMM 635 - Organizational Culture and Communication 3
COMM 682 - Seminar in Communication 3
(Alternatively, students in either the JB or the
Communication Tracks may take 300, 400, and 600
level courses in Art, Education, English, JB,
Communication, Marketing, Business Administration,
and Northern Studies as well as graduate level independent
studies to fulfill the 6 credit elective requirement, if approved
by the student's committee.
Students will also be able to apply up to 6 credits of
appropriate graduate level course work from other universities
in the elective area if approved by the student's
committee.)
Additional Requirement for Teaching
Assistants (3 credits):
COMM 685 - Teaching College Communication 3
NOTE: The UAF Graduate Council approved the changes
at their October 14, 1994 meeting.
EFFECTIVE: Upon Board of Regent's Approval
Signed: Colin Read, President, UAF Faculty Senate Date: 11/15/94
Approved: Joan Wadlow, Chancellor Date: 11/15/94
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The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its' Meeting #53 on
November 14, 1994:
MOTION PASSED AS AMENDED (unanimous)
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to approve the following changes on
evaluating minor and major course changes.
The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend the policy on
evaluating minor and major course changes and dropping
courses to include a requirement of notification of all
departments for which the subject course is cross-listed.
This policy shall be implemented by appending Change Course
(Minor) Format 2A and Change Course
9. Is this course cross-listed? ________
If yes, Dept. _______ No. ______
(Requires written notification of each department and dean
involved. Please attach a copy of written notification.)
EFFECTIVE: Fall 1995
RATIONALE: The current forms do not require any
notification of cross-listed departments. Problems
have occurred in our evaluation process because this
omission.
Signed: Colin Read, President, UAF Faculty Senate Date: 11/2/94
Approved: Joan Wadlow, Chancellor Date: 11/15/94
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The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its' Meeting #53 on
November 14, 1994:
RESOLUTION AS AMENDED PASSED (unanimous)
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WHEREAS, over one hundred faculty members participated in
program assessment, and
WHEREAS, Professors Brian Barnes, Sukumar Bandopadhyay, and
Patricia Kwachka worked closely with faculty governance
to represent faculty concerns to the Coordinating Committee,
and
WHEREAS Professors Larry Duffy, Eric Heyne, Clifton Lando, John
Leipzig, Jeannette Morton, and David Smith worked closely
with faculty governance to represent faculty concerns to the
Central Committee on academic program assessment, and
WHEREAS, Professors Charles Geist, Greg Goering, Mary Lindahl, John
Morack, Gerald Shields, Stephen D. Sparrow, Dennis Stephens,
Dana Thomas and Joan Worley, participated in academic
program assessment over the summer of 1994, and
WHEREAS, each one of these individuals undertook many hours of
study and deliberation, and
WHEREAS, The UAF Faculty Senate wishes to acknowledge the
outstanding service rendered by the program assessment
teams for the entire University community, and
WHEREAS, their work is now concluded, now
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the UAF Faculty Senate
acknowledges the contributions of the foregoing faculty
members and expresses its appreciation for their exemplary
service.
Signed: Colin Read, President, UAF Faculty Senate
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