Vol. 19, No. 14

Dec. 9, 1999

Faculty Senate approves honors entry policy

A formal admission procedure for upper-level students to enter UD's Honors Program was approved Monday by the University Faculty Senate. Students were admitted only as freshmen or transfer students. Robert Brown, chairperson of the Undergraduate Committee on Education, said upper-division students who qualify for the program now will be eligible for honors housing and will have greater ease enrolling in honors courses. They also may work toward an Advanced Honors Certificate. Under the resolution, the minimum qualifications for admission are completion of at least a full freshman year of college, a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0 for all courses at UD (including honors courses) and at least six honors credits completed at UD. Students may apply until the end of their junior year. A formal application for honors status must include written recommendations from two UD faculty members with whom the student has completed honors courses carrying three or more credits. Admission applications will be reviewed in January and in June by a committee of honors faculty. Appeals of the committee's decision may be made to the director of the honors program. In other business, the senate voted to rename the major in the Department of Health and Exercise Science, changing it from physical education to exercise science. A master of arts degree in physical education also was disestablished. The senate voted to relocate future meetings to 104 Gore Hall. Senate President Mark Huddleston reminded senators that two open hearings on the proposed changes to the general education requirements are scheduled Thursday, Dec. 9, and Monday, Dec. 13, from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in 103 Gore Hall.