English, B.A. (Accelerated Bachelors to Masters (ABM) in English Education Track)

X2023-2024 Undergraduate Revise Program Request

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  • Modifications (Check all that apply)*
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    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.

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

  • Type of Program*
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  • 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*
    English, B.A. (Accelerated Bachelors to Masters (ABM) in English Education Track)
    English, B.A. (Accelerated Bachelors to Masters (ABM) in English Education Track)
  • Program ID - DO NOT EDIT*
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  • Program Code - DO NOT EDIT
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  • Program Type*
  • Degree Type*
  • Program Description*
    The Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Degree Track in English at the University of West Georgia allows outstanding students who major in English or English Education to begin earning credit toward a graduate degree while completing their Bachelor's degree. Exceptional undergraduate students admitted to the program may register for a limited number of graduate courses and may count up to six (6) hours 30-hour in the M.A. capstone and thesis track or twelve (12) in the 36-hour M.A. non-thesis track toward both the undergraduate and graduate degrees. Upon completion of the undergraduate B.A. in English or B.A. in English Education, 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.A in English graduate program, and the graduate-level courses taken as an undergraduate will be applied toward the graduate degree. Eligibility Requirements Students applying for the ABM track in English must: Have completed at least 90 hours toward a B.A. in English or B.A. in English Education. Have completed at least 30 hours of the 90 hours of coursework at the University of West Georgia. Have a UWG GPA of 3.5 or higher or an English major GPA of 3.75 or higher and must maintain that GPA while they are undergraduates. Have taken English 3000. Meet all admission requirements for the M.A. in English with the exception of the complete B.A. in English or B.A. in English Education. The student must apply to the graduate program and be conditionally accepted to take graduate classes as an undergraduate student. Students applying for the accelerated track program will not be required to take standardized admissions tests. Application Process Meet with your advisor to discuss the track. This should take place when the student has reached a minimum of 60 hours and completed all Area F coursework. Complete an application form for the Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Degree (ABM) Track. This should take place in the semester before the student earns 90 hours. Complete a graduate application for the graduate degree program and submit all required documents for admission. This should occur at the same time that a student applies for the ABM Track. Acceptance to the Track Once a student has been accepted to the ABM track, the student should follow the prescribed plan of study and take only the courses approved for the ABM track. (Visit the department to obtain a full program sheet.) A student in the ABM track will be classified as an undergraduate. Once a student has earned the bachelor's degree with a satisfactory undergraduate grade point average and has earned a grade of "B" or better in graduate coursework, the student's classification will be changed to graduate student. Approved Graduate Courses for the Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's Track   The table 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 program may receive credit for two such courses (in the M.A. capstone track or thesis track, which both require 30 hours of coursework) or four such courses (in the M.A. non-thesis track, which requires 36 hours of coursework). Undergraduate students admitted to the ABM track should take at least two (2) 4000-level courses before taking any of the 6000-level courses listed below.    Graduate Course Replaced Undergraduate Course ENGL 6105-Seminar in British Literature I ENGL 4000-Studies in British Literature I ENGL 6110-Seminar in American Literature I ENGL 4003-Studies in American Literature I ENGL 6115-Seminar in British Literature II ENGL 4002-Studies in British Literature II ENGL 6120-Seminar in American Literature II ENGL 4005-Studies in American Literature II  
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  • Status*
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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.

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    Step 1 - Deleting Courses from the Program

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    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."
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    •  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*
    This proposal removes EDUC 2110, EDUC 2120, and EDUC 2130 from the major requirements for the ABM in English, Secondary Education track. The USG Board of Regents no longer requires these courses for non-BSED degrees, and the UWG College of Education has stated that they are now optional. Additionally, EDUC 2110 will no longer be offered at UWG. In the English Secondary Education program, our required pedagogy courses for majors, especially ENGL 3400 and 4295, cover the learning outcomes and activities previously covered in EDUC 2120 and 2130, including teaching observation, diversity and inclusion in schooling, implicit bias, theories of learning and development, and classroom planning, instruction, and assessment.
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  • 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*
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  • 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.

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