ࡱ > bjbj x x = @ @ 8 4 \ . _ ( n > $ 1 ! L " n 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 мlN ` ^ 6 n 0 6 " $ " 6 " 6 8 6 T " @ I : Graduate ProgramsPROGRAM CHANGE REQUESTUGPC Approval _____________ UFS Approval _______________ Catalog____________________Department: GeoscienceCollege: ScienceProgram Name: Combined Bachelor of Arts with Major in Geography Effective Date (provide term/year) FALL 2012 ____________________Please explain the requested change(s) and offer rationale below and/or attached: This is a fast track bachelors of arts to masters of arts degree. Students apply the first semester of their senior year, and take graduate level versions of required undergraduate courses or other graduate courses in their senior year. These courses count towards both degrees. They earn their BA at the end of the senior year, and are admitted to the MA program with 9-12 credtis completed. A total of 120 credits are needed for the BA, and a minimum of 22 additional graduate credits would be taken. Students would have 34 credits of graduate coursework at the end of the program, which would be completed no more than 18 months after they finished the BA degree. Faculty contact, email and complete phone number: Dr. Charles Roberts, HYPERLINK "mailto:Croberts@fau.edu" Croberts@fau.edu 297-3254Consult and list departments that might be affected by the change and attach comments. None, this is internal to the Geoscience program. Approved by:Date:Department Chair: ____________________________________________________________________________College Curriculum Chair: ______________________________________________________________________College Dean: ________________________________________________________________________________UGPC Chair: _________________________________________________________________________________Graduate College Dean: ____________________________________________________ UFS President: ___________________________________________________________ Provost: _____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________ ____________________ Email this form and syllabus to HYPERLINK "mailto:UGPC@fau.edu" UGPC@fau.edu one week before the University Graduate Programs Committee meeting so that materials may be viewed on the UGPC website prior to the meeting. FAUprogramchangeGradRevised November 2012 - . 0 e f g n s ǻtdTdMI5 &hy hq 5:CJ OJ QJ ^J aJ h<