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Volllllle 371 Number 6
Friday, Dec. 3, 1982
PE
Requirements to be reduced
by Bu UFnm Major changes. including a reduced PE requirement, are being made in requ1rcmcnls and degrees offered by NIC. but revisions may not be insiltuted by next fall. according to Owen Cargo!, director of planning. The controver~iaJ four-<Tcd11 PE requirement will be reduced to two credits of any PE course. Cargol slid that the reason for this change is that no other Idaho sdlool has a four-credit requiremenl. that s~udents need lifetime sports and not just l>asics and that the majority of students dislike curren1 requirement. Ca rgol also said that the nssociote of ants. associate of science and associa1c or liberal ans degrees arc being rcvi.sed and condensed into new A.S. and A.A. degrees. The associate of applied sdence degree has not been changed. The A.A. degree is for students who wish to transfer to a four-year school and work townrds a bachelor of a.rts degree. The new A.A. degree is ba.sed on the old A.L. A. requircment with several modifit atlonJi. ' 'The new A.A. is designed to replace the transfer requirements of the A.L.A.," Cargol said. An cight•credil foreign language requirement will be added to the A.A. degree because mnny four-year schools require it, Cargol said. Because or the Increased dcmnnd for foreign lnngunges that this 11,,j}J cre11te, some new IMgungcs m11y be offered. Both of the new degree~ h11ve some other common changes in addition 10 the PE change. Pou r credits or ~peech in 1wo different areas will also be required for both degrees. Two credits must be in public speaking. and two are elective credit.:. of either interpersonal speech or lbtcning skills. The: current three-credit Philosophy 120 course on logic 11.1.IJ be another required class for the: A.A. iind A.S. Cargo! said that the dass 1s needed to teach \ludcnl~ how 10 onaly1e problems and to come to conclu~ion!> in n log,cnl mnnner. He pointed out th nt other schools ,uch ns Gonzaga 11nd Central Wnshmgton Un,vcr~ity require similnr course< for their degrees A onc,crcdit clBSs called NIC Sun cy \\ 111 be rcquu'Cd and \\ill teach library and ~1ud)' ~ldlb. career cAplorat,on, computer lttenC) 110d profc~,ionnl prcpnrntion. Cargo! said the cout'Se 15 needed because n 1cnchc:s ,•nlu.able ~kills that mt1ny students do not already hnvc The current rcquircml'llt'> call for between eight and 12 credit!> m the math(·m~,k~ and scu:mcc or-cos but docs nol specif) how man.,. of each. The new requ irement~ specify thnt nt lel»t three cred11s must bc in math. Ca rgo! S111d 1111'1 done 10 in!lurc thnt l.tudent!I tal.e Q math cou~c:. instead or JU!>t 12 credits of science-. For the A.S. degree. student~ have II choice: between a required computer ~cicncc: or dnta processing t'lass. Cargo! s:ud !hilt students need nn understanding of computers 10 perform m the modern \\Orld. "Computer lhcm1cy is a su.rvh•al illll th11.t will be needed regardless of what profcs~1on our grnduotcs choose to pursue," he s:ud. C~r~ol spent the last year in ten ie\\ ing s1udcnts, £;,cult) :ind odmtms1rators to nnd out what change~ needed to be made. The cha nges are pan or lhc ne" NIC Long.Range Plan and no" he in the hand~ of Presi~ent Barry Schuler. who "111 decide when to put the new requirements 1nt0 effect. Cargo) said i1 m11y not be feasible to incorporate changes by nen fall because of the increased <'Osts. instructors a.od classroom ~ nee~. Cargo! said that lf h is put into effect beginning next fall, students that arc currently enrolled 11.lll ha,•e a choice bet\\cc:n the nC\\ a.nd old rcqu1rcments.
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