Biology, Professional Preparation Track, B.S.

X2023-2024 Undergraduate Revise Program Request

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Introduction
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  • Welcome to the University of West Georgia's curriculum management system. 

    Your PIN is required to complete this process. For help on accessing your PIN, please visit here.

    The link to the shared governance procedures provides updates on how things are routed through the committees. Please visit  UWG Shared Governance Procedures for Modifications to Academic Degrees and Programs for more information.

    If you have any questions, please email curriculog@westga.edu.

    **CHANGES TO PROGRAMS MUST BE SUBMITTED 9-12 MONTHS IN ADVANCE OF THE DESIRED EFFECTIVE TERM*

  • Modifications (Check all that apply)*
    Explanation related to one or more of the check boxes above should be included here.
  • Desired Effective Semester *
    Scroll to the bottom of the list and choose either Fall, Spring, or Summer.
    Desired Effective Year *
Routing Information
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  • Routes cannot be changed after a proposal is launched. 

    Please be sure all fields are filled out correctly prior to launch. If a routing error is made it can result in the proposal being rejected and a new proposal will be required. 

    Please refer to this document for additional information: UWG Shared Governance Procedures for Modifications to Academic Degrees and Programs.

    If there are any questions or concerns regarding the routing of your proposal please contact curriculog@westga.edu.

  • School/ Department*
  • Is this a School of Nursing or School of Communication, Film and Media course?*
    Is this a College of Education Program?*
  • Is the addition/change related to core, honors, or XIDS courses*
  • Is this an Accelerated Bachelors to Masters program related proposal?*
  • Is this a Senate ACTION or INFORMATION item? Please refer to the link below.*

  • List of Faculty Senate Action and Information Items

Program Information
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  • Select Program below, unless revising an Acalog Shared Core.

  • Type of Program*
  • If other, please identify.

  • IMPORTANT: To remove a course from the program, you must first remove it from the curriculum schema. Then, you can delete it from the list of courses.

    NOTE: The fields below are imported from the catalog. Edits must be made in these fields in order for the changes to be updated correctly in the catalog. 

    • Program Name
    • Program Description
  • Program Name*
    Biology, Professional Preparation Track, B.S.
    Biology, Professional Preparation Track, B.S.
  • Program ID - DO NOT EDIT*
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    20
    This loads once you import. It is internal to the curriculog system.
  • Program Code - DO NOT EDIT
    20
    20
    This loads once you import. It is internal to the curriculog system.
  • Program Type*
  • Degree Type*
  • Program Description*
    Biology, General Biology Track, B.S. The general track for the B.S. degree in Biology is the appropriate track for any student who plans to pursue a graduate degree in any area of biological sciences or for students who plan to seek employment in industry, government, or environmental laboratories. Biology, Professional Preparation Track, B.S. The professional preparation track prepares students for further advanced study in medical, dental, veterinary, physical therapy, or other allied health fields. Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Degree pathway in Biology (Non-thesis Track) The Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s Degree Pathway in Biology (Non-thesis Track) at the University of West Georgia allows outstanding students who major in Biology to begin earning credit toward a graduate degree while completing their Bachelor’s degree. The ABM in Biology (Non-Thesis Track) allows exceptional students to count up to six (6) hours in the M.S. Biology (Non-Thesis Track) toward both degrees. The Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s Degree Pathway offers the opportunity to simultaneously satisfy partial degree requirements for a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in an accelerated program of study. Upon completion of the undergraduate B.S. in Biology, with a satisfactory undergraduate grade point average and a grade of “B” or better in all graduate courses completed, the student may move to full graduate status in the Master’s program in M.S. in Biology (Non-Thesis Track) and the graduate-level courses taken as an undergraduate will be applied toward the graduate degree. Students applying for the ABM Pathway in Biology (Non-Thesis Track) must: Have completed at least 90 hours toward a B.S. in Biology. Have completed at least 30 hours of the 90 hours of coursework at the University of West Georgia. Have a UWG GPA of 3.2 or higher and must maintain that GPA while they are undergraduates. Have taken BIOL 2108+BIOL 2108L. Meet all admission requirements for the M.S. in Biology (Non-Thesis Track) with the exception of the complete B.S. in Biology. Students applying for the accelerated program will not be required to take standardized admissions tests. The list below shows the graduate courses for which students can receive credit towards both the graduate and undergraduate degrees, along with the undergraduate courses which they would replace. Students in the pathway may receive credit for two such courses in the M.S. Biology (Non-Thesis Track) which requires 30 hours of coursework. Undergraduate students admitted to the ABM pathway should take at least one (1) 4000-levle course before taking any of the 6000-level courses listed below. Graduate Course followed by Undergraduate Course which is being replaced: 1) BIOL 6503 Biological Perspectives: Biochemistry for BIOL 4503 Biological Perspectives: Biochemistry 2) BIOL 6983 Graduate Research for BIOL 4983 Senior Biology Research
    This loads once you import from the catalog.
  • Status*
  • Program Location*
Curriculum Information
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  • Prospective Curriculum*

  • PROGRAM CURRICULUM

    **IF NO COURSES OR CORES APPEAR IN THIS SECTION WHEN YOU IMPORT, DO NOT PROCEED. Contact curriculog@westga.edu for further instruction.​

    This section allows departments to maintain the curriculum schema for the program which will feed directly to the catalog. Please click here for a video demonstration on how to build your program curriculum.​

    Follow these steps to propose courses to the program curriculum. 

    Step 1 - Deleting Courses from the Program

    In order to delete courses that you are removing from your program, please follow these steps:

    • First, delete the course from the core it is associated within the curriculum schema tab. For removing courses click on the  and proceed.
    • Next, delete the course from the list of curriculum courses tab. For removing courses click on the  and proceed.

    Step 2 - Adding New Courses to the Program 

    In order to add courses to your program, you must first add all courses to be included in the program of study through the view curriculum courses tab

    • If this new program proposal includes the UWG undergraduate General Education Curriculum, scroll to the top of this form and click on the ​ icon to import the "University of West Georgia General Education Requirements."
    • For courses already in the catalog, click on "Import Course" and find the courses needed.
    •  For new courses going through a Curriculog Approval Process click on "Add Course"-- a box will open asking you for the Prefix, Course Number and Course Title.

    NOTE: A New Course Request proposal must also be submitted along with the New Program Proposal if the course is new. 

    Step 3 - Adding Courses in the Curriculum Schema

    To add courses to the cores (sections of the program of study, e.g., Requirements, Additional Information, etc.) in the curriculum schema  click on  "View Curriculum Schema."  Select the core that you want to add the course to.  When you click on "Add Courses" it will bring up the list of courses available from Step 2.

Justification and Assessment
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  • Rationale*
    The Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's (ABM) Degree Pathway at the University of West Georgia allows outstanding students to begin earning credit toward a M.S. in Biology (Non-Thesis Track) while completing their B.S. in Biology by allowing these exceptional students to count up to 6 hours for both degrees. Upon completion of the B.S. in Biology with a satisfactory undergraduate grade point average and a grade of "B" or better in all graduate courses completed, the student may move to full graduate status in the M.S. in Biology (Non-Thesis Track), and the courses taken as an undergraduate will be applied toward the graduate degree.
    Max 400 characters
  • If making changes to the Program Learning Outcomes, please provide the updated SLOs in a numbered list format.

  • SACSCOC Substantive Change

    Please review SACSCOC Substantive Change Considerations for Curriculum Changes
    Send questions to kgwaltney@westga.edu.

  • Check all that apply to this program*
  • Check all that apply to this program*
  • SACSCOC Comments

  • REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS

    ATTACH the the following required documentsl by navigating to the Proposal Toolbox and clicking  in the top right corner.​

    1.) Program Map and/or Program Sheet

    For advising purposes, all programs must have a program map. Please download the program map template from here, and upload.

    Make sure to upload the new program sheet that reflects these changes. If you'd like to update both the old and new program new for reference, please ensure that you distinctly mark them and upload as one document.

    3.) Academic Assessment Plan/Reporting

    All new major programs must include an assessment plan. Stand-alone minors must have an assessment plan as well.  A stand-alone minor is a minor that can be earned in a program that does not offer an undergraduates degree with a major in that discipline (for example, a student can earn a minor in Africana Studies but cannot complete a bachelor's degree with a major in Africana Studies). Minors in a discipline where a corresponding major is offered, are not required to include an assessment plan.

    Please download the Academic Assessment Plan/Reporting template and attach to this proposal.

    4.) Curriculum Map Assessment

    Please download the Curriculum and Assessment Map template and attach to this proposal.

  • Program Map*
  • Assessment Plan*

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