UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS
Academic Program Approval
This form is a routing document for the approval of new and revised academic programs. Proposing department should complete this form. For more information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.
Submitted by: ___Dr. Steven Hastings__________phone number__831-1318_______
Action: ___________Add
Sustainable Development Concentration to Resource Economics Major_______
(Example: add major/minor/concentration, delete
major/minor/concentration, revise
major/minor/concentration, academic unit
name change, request for permanent status, policy change, etc.)
Effective
term_____Fall 2006_________________________________________________________________
(use format
04F, 05W)
Current
degree___B.S.___________________________________________________
(Example: BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Proposed
change leads to the degree of: _____________________________________
(Example: BA,
BACH, BACJ, HBA,
Proposed
name:___Resource Economics / Sustainable
Development Concentration_
Proposed new name for revised
or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit
(if
applicable)
Revising
or Deleting:
Undergraduate major / Concentration:____
Resource Economics _/B.S.____
(Example:
Applied Music – Instrumental
degree BMAS)
Undergraduate
minor:______________________________________________
(Example: African
Studies, Business Administration, English, Leadership, etc.)
Graduate Program Policy statement change:____________________________
(Attach your Graduate
Program Policy Statement)
Graduate Program of
Study:__________________________________________
(Example: Animal Science:
MS Animal Science: PHD
Economics: MA Economics: PHD)
Graduate minor /
concentration:______________________________________
List program changes for curriculum revisions:
Creation of Sustainable Development Concentration (in the Resource Economics major (undergraduate))
The requirements for the major in Resource Economics must be met.
In addition, the following six courses must be taken………18 credit hours
FREC 100 Issues in Natural Resources and the Environment
FREC 410 International Agricultural Trade and Marketing
FREC 424 Resource Economics
FREC 429 Community Economic Development
FREC 444 Economics of Environmental Management
ENWC 201 Wildlife Conservation and Ecology
In addition, one of the following courses must be taken……3 credit hours
ANTH 330 Development and Underdevelopment
ECON 311 Economics of Developing Countries
GEOG 422 Resources, Development, and the Environment
POSC 311 Politics of Developing Nations
SOCI 460 Women in International Development
List
new courses required for the new or revised curriculum:
(Be aware that approval
of the curriculum is dependent upon these courses successfully passing through
the Course Challenge list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)
none
Other
affected units:
(List other departments affected by this new or revised
curriculum. Attach permission from the
affected units. If no other unit is
affected, enter “None”)
Anthropology, Economics, Political
Science and Sociology have approved course listed. We will delete the Geography course if
necessary. See attached.
Rationale:
(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the
curriculum or program.)
Creation of new concentration to meet
demand of requests for sustainable resource coursework at the
Program
Requirements:
(Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the
Course Catalog. If this is a revision,
be sure to indicate the changes being made to the present curriculum.)
See attachment.
ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION: (Please do not remove supporting
documentation.)
Department Chairperson Dr. Thomas Ilvento Date
Dean of College Dr. Robin Morgan__ Date
Chairperson, College Curriculum Committee____Dr. David Frey___________________Date____________________
Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR
Studies Date
Chairperson, Senate Coordinating
Com. Date
Secretary, Faculty Senate Date
Date of Senate Resolution Date
to be Effective
Registrar Program Code Date
Vice Provost for Academic Programs
& Planning Date
Provost Date
Board of Trustee Notification Date
Revised
UNDERGRADUATE
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
79
DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MAJOR: RESOURCE ECONOMICS
CURRICULUM CREDITS
UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS
ENGL 110 Critical
(with a minimum grade of C-) . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Three credits in an approved course
or courses stressing multi-cultural, ethnic,
and/or gender-related course content
(see p. 62-65) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Agricultural and Biological Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 9
Minimum of one course in three of the
following areas: Food Science, Engineering
Technology, Animal Science,
Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, Plant and Soil
Sciences, or Biology.
Social Sciences and Humanities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 6
Minimum of one course in two of the
following areas: Anthropology, Black
American Studies, Criminal Justice,
Education, Geography, History, Philosophy,
Political Science, Psychology,
Sociology, Women’s Studies, or courses cross-listed
in these departments.
Physical Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Minimum of eight credits selected
from Chemistry, Physics, Geology, or Physical
Science.
Professional Studies
MATH 115 Pre-Calculus
(MATH 221 or higher is strongly
recommended) . . . . . . . . . . . 3
COMM 212 Oral Communication
in Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 (Karren Helsel-Spry edited this typo from 312
to 212)
ENGL 312 Written Communications in
Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
One foreign language course . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
ECON 151 Introduction to
Microeconomics: Prices and Markets . . . . . . . . 3
ECON 152 Introduction to
Macroeconomics: National Economy . . . . . . . . 3
ECON 300 Intermediate Microeconomic
Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ECON 302 Banking and Monetary Policy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ECON 303 Intermediate Macroeconomic
Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Two additional courses offered by the
at the 300-level or higher . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Students interested in an Economics
minor should see the
Economics section in this catalog.
FREC 135 Introduction to Data
Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
FREC 150 Economics of Agriculture and
Natural Resources . . . . . . . . . . . 3
FREC 201 Records and Accounts . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
FREC 240 Quantitative Methods in
Agricultural Economics . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Seven courses at the 400-level or
above with at least two in each of
the following three areas: . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-22
1. Theory
FREC 404 Food and Fiber Marketing
FREC 410 International Agricultural
Trade and Marketing
FREC 424 Resource Economics
FREC 444 Economics and Environmental
Management
FREC 471 Futures and Options Markets
2. Methods
FREC 408 Research Methods I
FREC 409 Research Methods II
FREC 427 Agribusiness Financial
Management
FREC 480 Geographic Information
Systems in Natural Resource Management
3. Policy
FREC 406 Agriculture and Natural
Resource Policy
FREC 420 Agriculture in Economic
Development
FREC 429 Community Economic
Development
FREC 450 Topics in Environmental Law
A maximum of three credits of
Independent Study in Food and Resource Economics
and a maximum of six credits of
Independent Study in all areas, including Food
and Resource Economics, may be
counted toward a degree.
AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNDERGRADUATE
80
ELECTIVES
After required courses are completed,
sufficient credits must be taken to meet the
minimum credits required for the
degree. Only four credits of HESC 120 activity or
four credits of performing Music
credit may be counted toward the degree.
CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 124
DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MAJOR: RESOURCE ECONOMICS
CONCENTRATION: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The requirements for the
major in Resource Economics must be met.
In addition, the following
six courses must be taken: . . . . . . . . . 18
FREC
100 Issues in Natural Resources and the
Environment
FREC
410 International Agricultural Trade and Marketing
FREC
424 Resource Economics
FREC
429 Community Economic Development
FREC
444 Economics of Environmental Management
ENWC
201 Wildlife Conservation
and Ecology
In
addition, one of the following courses must be taken……3 credit hours
ANTH
330 Development and Underdevelopment
ECON
311 Economics of
Developing Countries
GEOG
422 Resources, Development, and the
Environment
POSC
311 Politics of Developing Nations
SOCI
460 Women in International Development
CREDITS TO TOTAL A MINIMUM
OF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005
14:11:45 -0500
From: "Hoffman,
Saul" <hoffmans@lerner.udel.edu>
To: Steven E Hastings
<hastings@UDel.Edu>
Subject: RE:
Approved. Please be aware that the requested course
(ECON311) is very heavily demanded and not all student requests are
accommodated in any given semester.
Saul D. Hoffman
Professor and Chair,
Department of Economics
302-831-1907
302-831-6968 (Fax)
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven E Hastings [mailto:hastings@UDel.Edu]
Sent: Wednesday, November
02, 2005 2:07 PM
To: Joel G Best; Daniel J
Leathers; James J Magee; Saul D Hoffman; Karen Rosenberg
Cc: Tom Ilvento
Subject:
The
Department of Food and Resource Economics is proposing a new
Sustainable Development
Concentration to our Resource Economics Major. A copy of the concentration
requirements is attached.
As
part of the requirements we would like to list one of your Department's courses
as an option in a list of alternative courses. We seek your permission to list
your Department's courses.
Resource
Economics is a very small major. We do not anticipate this concentration to be
used by more that 1 or 2 student per year.
Please
reply to me with your approval asap.
Thanks
- Steve Hastings
DR. STEVEN E. HASTINGS
PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE
CHAIR Phone: 302-831-1318
FOOD AND RESOURCE
ECONOMICS Fax: 302-831-6243
209 TOWNSEND HALL
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005
14:30:27 -0500
From: Joel Best
<joelbest@UDel.Edu>
To: Steven E Hastings
<hastings@UDel.Edu>
Subject: Re:
I approve.
Joel Best. Chair
Dept. of Sociology and Criminal
Justice
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005
14:21:49 -0500
From: James Magee
<jjmagee@UDel.Edu>
To: Steven E Hastings
<hastings@UDel.Edu>
Subject: Re:
Steve, this is fine with
me. POSC 311 is offered every semester
and is fairly large, so I don't see any problem. Jim
Steven E Hastings wrote:
>
> The Department of Food and Resource
Economics is proposing a new
> Sustainable Development
Concentration to our Resource Economics Major. A copy of the concentration
requirements is attached.
>
> As part of the requirements we would like
to list one of your
> Department's courses as
an option in a list of alternative courses. We seek your permission to list
your Department's courses.
>
> Resource Economics is a very small major.
We do not anticipate
> this concentration to
be used by more that 1 or 2 student per year.
>
> Please reply to me with your approval asap.
>
> Thanks - Steve Hastings
>
> DR. STEVEN E. HASTINGS
> PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE
CHAIR Phone: 302-831-1318
> FOOD AND RESOURCE
ECONOMICS Fax:
302-831-6243
> COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AND NATURAL RESOURCES Email:
hastings@udel.edu
>
> 209 TOWNSEND HALL
>
>
From: Daniel Leathers [mailto:leathers@UDel.Edu]
Sent: Tuesday, November 22,
2005 10:41 AM
To: Ilvento, Tom
Subject: GEOG 422...
Hi Tom:
I just got your voice mail
about listing this course. Sorry about
missing the e-mail from
Sorry again for the tardy
reply.
Dan
Dr. Daniel J. Leathers
Chair, Dept. of Geography
Center for Climatic Research
302-831-8764
leathers@udel.edu
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005
08:43:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Steven E Hastings
<hastings@copland.udel.edu>
To: Karen Rosenberg
<krr@UDel.Edu>
Subject: Re: your mail
Thanks
very much.
DR. STEVEN E. HASTINGS
PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE CHAIR Phone: 302-831-1318
FOOD AND RESOURCE
ECONOMICS Fax: 302-831-6243
209 TOWNSEND HALL
On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Karen
Rosenberg wrote:
> This should be no
problem. You have our permission to list
our
> courses for this major.
>
>
> On Wed, 2 Nov 2005,
Steven E Hastings wrote:
>
>>
>> The Department of Food and Resource Economics
is proposing a new
>> Sustainable Development
Concentration to our Resource Economics
>> Major. A copy of
the concentration requirements is attached.
>>
>> As part of the requirements we would like to
list one of your
>> Department's
courses as an option in a list of alternative courses.
>> We seek your
permission to list your Department's courses.
>>
>> Resource Economics is a very small major. We
do not anticipate this concentration to be used by more that 1 or 2 student per
year.
>>
>> Please reply to me with your approval asap.
>>
>> Thanks - Steve Hastings
>>
>> DR. STEVEN E.
HASTINGS
>> PROFESSOR AND
ASSOCIATE CHAIR Phone:
302-831-1318
>> FOOD AND RESOURCE
ECONOMICS Fax: 302-831-6243
>>
>> hastings@udel.edu
>>
>> 209 TOWNSEND HALL
>>
>>
>
New Concentration: Resource Economics, Sustainable Development, Bachelor of Science
Whereas the establishment of this concentration would benefit students in the
Department of Food and Resource Economics and
Whereas the establishment of this concentration has been endorsed by the
Department of Food and Resource Economics and
Whereas establishment of such a concentration does not require the addition of any
Courses, be it therefore
Resolved that this concentration be established in the Department of Food and Resource Economics