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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Curriculum Committee is looking at the Plant Sciences Curriculum, and amongst other things feels we might want to rethink the prerequisites for courses. Attached is a file, and I apologize for its length, but I just copied pages off of the university web site, so it is basically one course per page, listing our undergraduate courses (through 400 level). This is what is listed on the UA website. I also just copied the undergraduate courses where Plant Sciences is the lead department for cross-listed courses. If you teach one of these courses, now is the time to make changes in:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>The title; is there a more descriptive title for your course?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Prerequisites; what prerequisites are really needed? We should only list what is really a prerequisite for the course information, not every course we would like students to have taken before our course. In the new university system if a course is listed as a prerequisite, then a student cannot register for the course unless the instructor gives permission. How many times do you want to give permission? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Many of the prerequisites have just been moved forward historically. For instance, Pl S 130 and 240 are the same course. They were both listed so that students who had taken 130 before 240 was a course would meet the prerequisite. However, after a reasonable amount of time no one removed 130 from the prerequisites. This I will probably just do for all courses, but this is the explanation for why a course is listed that is no longer on the books.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Prerequisites can be general rather than specific. For instance, you might want to require Pl S 240, or MCB 181R or equivalent course. Or something like “an introductory biology course.” <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Course description; does the description still fit your course?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>I did not list the 500 level equivalents for 400/500 level courses, or any of the graduate level courses. If you teach a 400/500 level course, you might want to check the 500 level requirements to make sure that they also fit. For any course not listed in the attachment, and about which you are curious, all courses can be found at <a href="https://uaccess.schedule.arizona.edu/psp/uazsaprd2_1/UA_CATALOG/HRMS/c/ESTABLISH_COURSES.SSS_BROWSE_CATLG.GBL">https://uaccess.schedule.arizona.edu/psp/uazsaprd2_1/UA_CATALOG/HRMS/c/ESTABLISH_COURSES.SSS_BROWSE_CATLG.GBL</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please send any changes to Angelica Loreto, <a href="mailto:aloreto@email.arizona.edu">aloreto@email.arizona.edu</a>, and copy me. When all of this is done I will report it all to the Curriculum Committee.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dennis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>_______________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dennis T. Ray, Ph.D.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University Distinguished Professor</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bart Cardon Teaching Academy Fellow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Associate Director, School of Plant Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Forbes Bldg., Rm. 303</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>University of Arizona</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tucson, AZ 85721</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>520-621-7612 (teaching/research)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>520-626-6967 (administrative)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>520-621-7186 (fax)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:dtray@email.arizona.edu"><span style='color:blue'>dtray@email.arizona.edu</span></a> (email)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>