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General education
Incoming freshmen now will
I select courses that meet require
• ments in three areas: foundations,
• approaches and connections.
Foundations courses are simi
lar to the general college require
ments now in place. Students will
. take English 101 and 102 for
, merly English 11 and 12 —as well
as seven hours of foreign language,
three hours of a quantitative rea
soning course and a one-hour life
time fitness course.
The quantitative reasoning com
ponent mirrors the current math
requirement but is broader, and
i students will have a greater selec
tion of courses to complete it.
The lifetime fitness requirement
■ replaces the two required physical
■ activity classes and the swim test.
•The new courses will include an
(academic component, said Bobbi
>Owen, senior associate dean for
education.
t “About a quarter of the courses’
\ content would be about strategies
jfor healthy lives,” she said.
J “Approaches” requirements will
•replace perspectives, mandating
that students take courses in phys
ical and life sciences, social and
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ties and fine arts for a total of 25
credit hours.
As students select classes for
those requirements, they must
take courses in eight specific areas
or the “connections” require
ments, which include areas such
as communication, U.S. diversity
and the world before 1750.
Those courses also can count
toward other requirements, includ
ing some for majors. That creates a
more connected and cohesive cur
riculum, said Jay Smith, associate
dean for undergraduate curricula.
“A single course can satisfy a
major requirement and as many
as two or three (general education)
requirements,” he said.
Another of the connections
requirements is a course in global
issues. “We’re trying to make stu
dents more aware of the global envi
ronment,” Smith said, highlighting
a major component of Chancellor
James Moeser’s administration.
The large number of courses
that can fulfill multiple require
ments might seem more confus
ing than in the old curriculum, but
several administrators said they
don’t see this as a major concern.
“The new opportunities out
weigh the small increase in things
to keep track of,” said Laurie
McNeil, chairwoman of the cur-
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riculum review steering commit
tee, which drafted the revision.
Another benefit of the curricu
lum is that it’s more compressed,
Smith said. The new require
ments total 51 hours of course
work instead of the 57 in the old
curriculum.
And the curriculum changes
aren’t confined to general educa
tion requirements. Students now
will be able to declare up to three
“in-depth” areas of study such as
two majors and one minor or one
major and two minors.
Course numbering
The most significant surface
change for continuing students is
the overhaul of the course-num
bering system, which takes effect
in fall 2006.
All courses at UNC will have
new numbers, adhering to a num
bering allotment decided upon by
the registrar’s office.
First-year seminars and other
special courses will have numbers
in the 50-99 range. The 100-199
range will consist of introductory
level undergraduate courses, while
other undergraduate courses will
be in the 200-399 range.
The 400-699 range will be
reserved for courses open to grad
uate and undergraduate students.
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Graduate courses will occupy the
700-999 range.
Aside from that general num
bering scheme, there aren’t any
guidelines for determining the
number for a specific course.
“We left it up to the departments
to decide how they wanted to
organize the numbers,” said Kelly
Rowett-James, assistant registrar.
A list of the new course numbers
and the old numbers to which they
correspond is available on Student
Central, and the Registrar’s Office
is working on adding old course
numbers to next semester’s direc
tory of classes.
“We’ve provided sufficient
guides so that there’ll be the least
disruption possible for the regis
tration process,” Rowett-James
said.
She recommends that students
check the course titles as they reg
ister, as many old numbers now
correspond to different classes.
The new system will give
departments more numbers to use
and will allow cross-listed courses
to have the same numbers in dif
ferent departments.
Continuing studies
While the changes primar
ily affect students who enter the
University in the fall semester and
later, continuing students also will
experience some changes.
Students still working on per
spectives requirements will be
offered a greater choice of courses
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“They’ll be able to ... offer that
veteran perspective.”
A selection committee compris
ing student government officials
reviewed applications and conduct
ed interviews, completing its work
March 9- Allred then chose from a
list of recommendations.
Allred declined to release the
names of the other applicants,
but said one application each was
received for secretary and senior
adviser; three were received for chief
of staff and vice president; and four
were received for secretary.
“I chose to take the No. 1 recom
mended person by the committee
for each of the positions,” he said.
Cunningham, Mohanty and
Phelps were members of Allred’s
campaign staff, while Weiss and
Schossow have had limited contact
with him until now.
Weiss ran unsuccessfully
for senior class president, and
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to fulfill perspectives, as they can
take courses from those approved
in the old curriculum or pick from
approved courses for the new cur
riculum.
For example, a sophomore need-,
ing to fulfill the cultural diversity
requirement could choose a course
from the approved list for the U.S.
diversity connection.
Numerous courses were
reviewed to generate the new lists,
which contain many that previ
ously did not satisfy any general
education requirements.
“You’ll have a greater flexibility,”
Smith said.
This year’s graduating class will
be the last group of students to
take the swim test the require
ment was removed from the cur
riculum after much debate.
Continuing students still will
need to take two physical activi
ties courses, though one now can
be a lifetime fitness course, which
would count for an hour of aca
demic credit.
But due to space, the new cours
es will be open only to freshmen
next year, Owen said. She said she
anticipates the physical activities
classes will continue to be offered
for years to come.
“We expect that the physical
activities program will still be
strong,” she said.
Another change is that
Communications 9, a course
required of those placing out of
English 11 and English 12, will not
be offered starting next year.
Schossow is a member of The
Daily Tar Heel’s advertising staff.
Phelps, Mohanty and Schossow
will appear before the rules and
judiciary committee of Student
Congress on Tuesday. The full
Congress will meet March 28, and
a two-thirds majority vote will be
needed before they can take office
along with Allred on April 4.
Phelps, who previously served as
co-chairman of the academic affairs
committee and executive assistant
to current vice president Adrian
Johnston, said he would like to
help set policy and streamline the
external appointment process.
“I want to make it easier for more
students to get involved ... and
make it more efficient,” he said.
Mohanty, chairwoman of
Congress’ finance committee, said
she hopes to create records of the
student fee process to help guide
fixture treasurers “so students can
see what the arguments were for
or against in the past.”
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Any student still needing to meet
that requirement must instead take
a course approved for the commu
nication-intensive component of
the new curriculum. U "
Supplemental requirements
■
Another new requirement will
go into effect for students work
ing on bachelor’s degrees in the
College of Arts and Sciences, man
dating an additional nine hours of
credit.
Students will have two ways of
meeting that requirement: “distrib
utive” and “integrated” options.
The distributive option consists
of three non-introductory courses
outside the student’s major, while
the integrative option is a cluster
program in which the three cours
es’ contents are linked and focus
on a single theme.
The distributive option is
designed to give students the
opportunity to explore several
different subjects; the integra
tive option provides the chance
to study a subject in depth. The
various cluster programs are
being designed by faculty mem
bers.
“Study in depth and study in
breadth are very important,” Owen
said.
More information on curricu
lum changes can be viewed at
www.unc.edu/depts/uc.
Contact the News Editor
at vdesk@unc.edu.
Campus Ys Big Buddy committee,
said he plans to be active with the
Cabinet and committees, as well as
to help publicize student govern
ment successes. “I think it would
really help to get our accomplish
ments out there.”
After losing the senior class
election, Weiss said he wanted to
remain active with a large number
of student organizations.
“I really felt that this position...
allows me to be in touch with the
whole student population,” he said.
Cunningham has worked on the
attorney general staff as a counsel
and a managing associate. She
stated in an e-mail Sunday night
that she hopes to help ensure
Allred’s platform is fulfilled.
Allred said the new officers will
meet tonight to prepare and “to
make sure that everyone has a very
clear picture of what they’re going
to be responsible for.”