FORMAT 8
Submit originals and one copy and electronic copy to Governance/Faculty Senate Office
(email electronic copy to fysenat@uaf.edu) 
REQUEST FOR CORE NATURAL SCIENCE DESIGNATOR

SUBMITTED BY:
Department	
 	
College/School	

Prepared by	
 	
Phone	

Email Contact	
 	
Faculty Contact	

	
See http://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/faculty/cd for a complete description of the rules governing curriculum & course changes.
1.  COURSE IDENTIFICATION: 
Dept	
 	
Course #	
	
No. of Credits	

COURSE TITLE	

 CONTACT HOURS PER WEEK:	
	
LECTURE
hours/weeks	
	
LAB
hours /week	
	
OTHER
specify type	

Note: To meet the natural science requirement, courses must have 4 credit hours and include a laboratory. See http://www.uaf.edu/uafgov/faculty/cd/credits.html for more information on number of credits.

Existing Course	
	
New Course Pending Approval* 	

*Must be approved by appropriate Curriculum Council.)	

2.  CURRENT CATALOG DESCRIPTION AS IT APPEARS IN THE CATALOG: including dept., number, title and credits

	

JUSTIFICATION FOR ACTION REQUESTED
The purpose of the department and campus-wide curriculum committees is to scrutinize course designator applications to make sure that the quality of UAF education is not lowered as a result of the proposed change.  Please address this in your response.  This section needs to be self-explanatory.  Use as much space as needed to fully justify the proposed change and explain what has been done to ensure that the quality of the course is not compromised as a result.

	

ALONG WITH THIS FORM PLEASE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWNG: 

A	
A course syllabus (see page 24)	

B	
Titles of all laboratory exercises.	

C	
Title of a representative textbook.	

D	
Detailed outline of 3 laboratory exercises.  Please attach an explanation of how these laboratory exercises have been designed to familiarize students with methods for the acquisition and expansion of scientific knowledge, including:  a) data collection and analysis, b) hypothesis building, and c) experimentation.	

E	
A list of the major scientific concepts that the course will convey.  The attached syllabus should make it clear that the course is organized around these major concepts rather than their application.  	

F	
An explanation of how the relationship between science and society will be explored in the course.  Identify where the course public science policy and its development are discussed.	

G	
A plan for its effectiveness evaluation.  	

APPROVALS:

Date	

Signature, Chair, Program/Department of:	

	
Date	

Signature, Chair, College/School Curriculum Council for:	

	
Date	

Signature, Dean, College/School of:	

	

ALL SIGNATURES MUST BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO SUBMISSION TO THE GOVERNANCE OFFICE

Date	

Signature, Chair, Senate Core Review Committee