Attachment A
Faculty Senate Agenda
May 15, 2003

M.A. in Economics

• Slight changes to the program description
• Currently, the core course sequence requires the completion of ECON 201 (i.e., Development of Economic Theory). We wish to replace this with ECON 241 (i.e., Applied Econometric Analysis).
• Currently, the M.A. program requires the completion of a thesis. We wish to modify this component by offering two options: (A) completion of a thesis or (B) completion of a project and passage of an oral examination.

Community Health Education and Occupational Health and Safety concentration areas in Kinesiology and Health Science

Description of changes:

• Revise the required and/or elective courses in the Community Health Education and Occupational Health and Safety concentration areas.
• Change the units required for the major from 67-70 units to 67 to 71 units.
• Change the units required for the Occupational Health and Safety Concentration from 31 to 33 units to 30 to 34 units.

Justification:

• The change to the Community Health Education concentration provides the students with another course from which to select an elective.
• The changes to the Occupational Health and Safety concentration provide students with additional options so that they can pursue an entry level position as an Environmental Health Specialist or Industrial Hygienist.

Major requirements in Criminal Justice

This change creates the status of pre major and pre minor and restricts designated upper division courses to Criminal Justice majors and those students with instructor permission. This change also provides for a Criminal Justice assessment examination and writing sample.

M.S. in Criminal Justice

This change in our admission requirements was approved unanimously by the faculty of the Criminal Justice Division. This proposal involves changing the standards for admission to the MS in Criminal Justice. Specifically, the proposal provides for the replacement of the 2.8 GPA in the last attempted sixty units to a 3.0 GPA. The 3.0 GPA requirement for the undergraduate major remains the same. Secondly, this change proposes the addition of a requirement that applicants to the MS in Criminal Justice attain a score of 4 or better on the Graduate Records Examination’s (GRE) Analytical Writing Section of the test.

Multiple Subject Teacher Preparation Program in Teacher Education (Attachment A-1) [This item is in Adobe (.pdf) format.  You must have version 5.0 to successfully access this file.  Go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html to download the latest version.)]

M.A. in Counseling Psychology Concentration

This Substantive Program Change proposal clarifies the required courses for the Psychology MA, Counseling Psychology Concentration program, streamlines the curriculum from a programmatic and units perspective, and maintains compliance with new and existing Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) requirements for program certification. The 17 program changes include one new course proposal and several modifications and deletions of existing courses. These course level changes are justified largely because they allow us to offer all BBS required courses while still remaining within the 60 unit maximum required by the University. They are programmatically justified because they continue to reflect the breadth and depth of knowledge associated with the field of Counseling Psychology. Examples of course level changes include the addition of a graduate level psychopharmacology course and the combining of couples counseling, spousal/partner abuse, and human sexuality topics into a single three unit course. We also propose to eliminate the catalog section ‘Additional Courses for MFT License’ and incorporate the topics therein into the catalog section ‘Required Courses’. This change is justified by the need to bring degree program requirements and BBS requirements into complete alignment.

Deletion of the Secondary Teaching Minor Option in Kinesiology and Health Science

The current secondary minor is not in compliance with the California Commission of Teacher Credentialing accreditation guidelines and is to be replaced with the Supplementary Authorization in Physical Education-Minor Option. The new minor will enable the holder of a valid teaching credential to add physical education to his or her credential as a supplementary authorization in compliance with the state CTC standards.

Deletion of the Elementary Teaching Minor Option in Kinesiology and Health Science

The current elementary minor is not in compliance with the California Commission of Teacher Credentialing accreditation guidelines and is to be replaced with the Supplementary Authorization in Physical Education-Minor Option. The new minor will enable the holder of a valid teaching credential to add physical education to his or her credential as a supplementary authorization in compliance with the state CTC standards.

New Supplementary Authorization in Physical Education Minor, Kinesiology and Health Science

The holder of a valid teaching credential may have physical education added to his or her credential as a supplementary authorization by completing this minor. The student is asked to complete a minimum of 18 semester units with a grade of “C” or higher. The Commission of Teacher Credentialing requires that the subject matter fulfills the following areas: team sports and games; fundamental and creative movement skills; human movement, motor development, and/or motor learning; and individual, dual, non traditional and global sports and games.