Actions taken by Academic Policies & Procedures: 2004 - 2005

During the 2004-2005 academic year, partially in response to Program Review during the previous year, the Radford University Department of Mathematics and Statistics developed four new introductory level courses. These new courses more effectively link their subject matter to students’ majors. It is hoped that the new courses will better facilitate student learning and student success in mathematics. These courses were approved last spring as meeting general education requirements for students who would matriculate during fall 2005 and later. However, hundreds of continuing students have enrolled and will continue to enroll in these courses so that they, too, might be successful in mathematics. Moreover, two of the math courses commonly used to meet general education requirements, MATH 103 and MATH 109, while still “on the books,” are not currently being offered, severely limiting the options for students who have not yet met their math requirements. While I recognize that pre-fall 2005 matriculants could request through the Academic Petition process that these courses meet their general education requirement, given the sheer number of students in this situation, to require them to submit positions would create an onerous burden upon them, their advisors and advising centers, and your staff in the Registrar’s Office. Therefore, it is my strong recommendation that all Radford University students, regardless of their semester of matriculation, be permitted to use any of the following courses to partially fulfill their general education requirement in Area 6: MATH 111: Math and Human Development I MATH 112: Math and Human Development II MATH 114: Math and Human Society MATH 116: Math and Humanity