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COURSE CHANGE FORM 

Complete 1a – 1f & 2a – 2c. Fill out the remainder of the form as applicable for items being changed. 

1. General Information. 

a. Submitted by the College of: Education Today’s Date: February 22, 2011 

b. Department/Division: Curriculum and Instruction 

c. Is there a change in “ownership” of the course? YES NO 

If YES, what college/department will offer the course instead? 

Science, Technology, Engineering, and 

Mathematics (STEM) Education 

d. What type of change is being proposed? Major Minor 1 (place cursor here for minor change definition)s 

e. Contact Person Name: 

Margaret Mohr- 

Schroeder and Jennifer 

Wilhelm 

Email: 

m.mohr@uky.edu 

and 

jennifer.wilhelm@u 

ky.edu 

f. Requested Effective Date: Semester Following Approval OR Specific Term 2 : 

2. Designation and Description of Proposed Course. 

a. Current Prefix and Number: Proposed Prefix & Number: 

b. Full Title: Proposed Title: 

c. Current Transcript Title (if full title is more than 40 characters): 

c. Proposed Transcript Title (if full title is more than 40 characters): 

d. Current Cross-listing: N/A OR Currently 3 Cross-listed with (Prefix & Number): 

e. 

Proposed – ADD 3 Cross-listing (Prefix & Number): 

Proposed – REMOVE 3, 4 Cross-listing (Prefix & Number): 

Phone: 257.3073 

Courses must be described by at least one of the meeting patterns below. Include number of actual contact 

hours 5 for each meeting pattern type. 

Current: Lecture Laboratory 5 Recitation Discussion Indep. Study 

Clinical Colloquium Practicum Research Residency 

Seminar Studio Other – Please explain: 

Proposed: Lecture Laboratory Recitation Discussion Indep. Study 

Clinical Colloquium Practicum Research Residency 

Seminar Studio Other – Please explain: 

f. Current Grading System: Letter (A, B, C, etc.) Pass/Fail 

Proposed Grading System: Letter (A, B, C, etc.) Pass/Fail 

1 

See comment description regarding minor course change. Minor changes are sent directly from dean’s office to Senate Council Chair. If Chair 

deems the change as “not minor,” the form will be sent to appropriate academic Council for normal processing and contact person is informed. 

2 

Courses are typically made effective for the semester following approval. No course will be made effective until all approvals are received. 

3 

Signature of the chair of the cross-listing department is required on the Signature Routing Log. 

4 

Removing a cross-listing does not drop the other course – it merely unlinks the two courses. 

5 

Generally, undergrad courses are developed such that one semester hr of credit represents 1 hr of classroom meeting per wk for a semester, 

exclusive of any lab meeting. Lab meeting generally represents at least two hrs per wk for a semester for 1 credit hour. (See SR 5.2.1.) 

Comment [OSC1]: Excerpt from SR 3.3.0.G.2 

Definition. A request may be considered a minor 

change if it meets one of the following criteria: 

a. change in number within the same hundred 

series*; 

b. editorial change in the course title or description 

which does not imply change in content or 

emphasis; 

c. a change in prerequisite(s) which does not imply 

change in content or emphasis, or which is made 

necessary by the elimination or significant alteration 

of the prerequisite(s); d. a cross-listing of a course 

under conditions set forth in SR 3.3.0.E; 

e. correction of typographical errors. 

*...for the specific purposes of the minor exception 

rule, the 600-799 courses are the same “hundred 

series,” as long as the other minor change 

requirements are complied with. [RC 1/15/09]

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g. Current number of credit hours: Proposed number of credit hours: 

h. Currently, is this course repeatable for additional credit? YES NO 

Proposed to be repeatable for additional credit? YES NO 

If YES: Maximum number of credit hours: 

If YES: Will this course allow multiple registrations during the same semester? YES NO 

i. Current Course Description for Bulletin: 

Proposed Course Description for Bulletin: 

j. Current Prerequisites, if any: 

Proposed Prerequisites, if any: 

k. Current Distance Learning(DL) Status: N/A Already approved for DL* Please Add 6 Please Drop 

*If already approved for DL, the Distance Learning Form must also be submitted unless the department affirms (by checking this 

box ) that the proposed changes do not affect DL delivery. 

l. Current Supplementary Teaching Component, if any: Community-Based Experience Service Learning Both 

Proposed Supplementary Teaching Component: Community-Based Experience Service Learning Both 

3. Currently, is this course taught off campus? YES NO 

Proposed to be taught off campus? YES NO 

4. Are significant changes in content/teaching objectives of the course being proposed? YES NO 

If YES, explain and offer brief rationale: 

5. Course Relationship to Program(s). 

a. Are there other depts and/or pgms that could be affected by the proposed change? YES NO 

If YES, identify the depts. and/or pgms: 

b. Will modifying this course result in a new requirement 7 for ANY program? YES NO 

If YES 7 , list the program(s) here: 

6. Information to be Placed on Syllabus. 

a. 

Check box if 

changed to 

400G or 500. 

If changed to 400G- or 500-level course you must send in a syllabus and you must include the 

differentiation between undergraduate and graduate students by: (i) requiring additional assignments 

by the graduate students; and/or (ii) establishing different grading criteria in the course for graduate 

students. (See SR 3.1.4.) 

6 You must also submit the Distance Learning Form in order for the course to be considered for DL delivery. 

7 In order to change a program, a program change form must also be submitted.

General Information: 

Course Prefix and Number: 

Proposal Contact Person Name: 


Signature Routing Log 

Change in ownership of courses (See attached list) 

Margaret Mohr- Phone: 257- 

Schroeder 3073 

INSTRUCTIONS: 

Email: m.mohr@uky.edu 

Identify the groups or individuals reviewing the proposal; note the date of approval; offer a contact 

person for each entry; and obtain signature of person authorized to report approval. 

Internal College Approvals and Course Cross-listing Approvals: 

Reviewing Group 

STEM Education Dept. 

I G^rn cuV-^ "^1^*^ 

C4£ 

Extemal-to-College Approvals: 

Council 

Undergraduate Council 

Graduate Council 

Health Care Colleges Council 

Senate Council Approval 

Comments: 

Date Approved 

Contact Person (name/phone/email) 

Jennifer Wilhelm/ 257-1291 / 

iennifer.wilhelm@uky.edu 

Date Approved Signature 

University Senate Approval 

The STEM Education Dept was approved by the BOT on February 22, 2011. The department will be 

fiscally implemented on July 1, 2011. 

Signature 

s Councils use this space to indicate approval of revisions made subsequent to that council's approval, if deemed necessary by 

the revising council. 

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Approval of 

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Change in ownership of courses – GRADUATE – MAJOR COURSE CHANGE 

On February 22, 2011, the Board of Trustees approved the formation of the Science, Technology, 

Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Department. The STEM Education Department will be 

fiscally implemented on July 1, 2011. 

We are requesting a change in ownership for the mathematics and science education courses taught by 

STEM Education faculty be moved to the STEM Education Department as written in Appendix A 

(Attached) of the STEM Education Department Proposal. All of these courses currently reside in the 

Department of Curriculum & Instruction (EDC). 

There is no change to the content of the courses, just simply a change to the course Prefix. 

All courses listed below will go from EDC prefix to SEM prefix. This prefix was approved by Jeannine 

Blackwell and the Registrar’s office. 

Current Course Number and Title Proposed Course Number and Title 

EDC 603: Curriculum and Instruction in SEM 603: Curriculum and Instruction in STEM 

STEM Education 

Education 

EDC 604: History of STEM Education SEM 604: History of STEM Education 

EDC 613: Effective Use of Technology for SEM 613: Effective Use of Technology for 

Modeling-Based Inquiry in STEM Education Modeling-Based Inquiry in STEM Education 

EDC 631: Mathematics Pedagogy in the SEM 631: Mathematics Pedagogy in the 

Secondary School 


EDC 634: Science Pedagogy in the Secondary SEM 634: Science Pedagogy in the Secondary 

School 

School 

EDC 670: Advanced Study in the Teaching of SEM 670: Advanced Study in the Teaching of 

Elementary School Mathematics 

Elementary School Mathematics 

EDC 674: Advanced Studies in the Teaching SEM 674: Advanced Studies in the Teaching of 

of Elementary School Science 

Elementary School Science 

EDC 701: History of Mathematics Education SEM 701: History of Mathematics Education 

EDC 702: Theoretical Foundations of SEM 702: Theoretical Foundations of 

Mathematics Education 


EDC 703: Advanced Research in 

SEM 703: Advanced Research in Mathematics 


Education 

EDC 704: Designing Project-Enhanced SEM 704: Designing Project-Enhanced 

Environments in STEM Education 

Environments in STEM Education 

EDC 706: Research in STEM Education SEM 706: Research in STEM Education 

EDC 708: Engineering in STEM Education SEM 708: Engineering in STEM Education 

EDC 770: Special Topics in STEM Education SEM 770: Special Topics in STEM Education

APPENDIX A 

Current Courses Taught by STEM Education Faculty in Curriculum and Instruction and Future Courses 

Taught in STEM Education 

There are currently 96 courses on record within the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Twenty 

(21%) of these courses are taught by STEM Education Faculty Members. The following courses would be 

transferred to the STEM Education Department under “SEM” (as approved by registrar’s office) and 

remain the responsibility of the STEM Education Faculty Members. Courses taught within set programs 

such as the MIC, Elementary, and Middle School Programs will continue to be coordinated with the 

Program Faculty Chair as usual. (see table 4). No existing Curriculum and Instruction courses will be cut 

or planned to be cut. Table 5 represents new courses to be created within the new STEM Education 

Department to meet the needs of STEM PLUS, current certification programs, and our graduate 

students. See “Forecasted STEM Education Course Offering” (table 6) for future course offerings. 

Table 4: Current Curriculum and Instruction Courses and the Future of the Course 

Course Number and Title Responsible Faculty Future of the Course 

EDC 328: Teaching Science 

in the Elementary School 

EDC 337: Teaching 

Mathematics in 

Elementary Schools 

EDC 345: Teaching 

Mathematics in the Middle 

School 

EDC 348: Teaching Science 

in the Middle School 

EDC 421: Survey of 

Secondary Mathematics 

Curriculum 

Christine Schnittka and/or 

Rebecca McNall Krall 

Molly Fisher and/or Christa 

Jackson 

Xin Ma 

Christine Schnittka or Jana 

Bouwma-Gearhart 

Margaret Mohr-Schroeder 

SEM 328: Will continue to be 

taught as a service course to 

the Elementary Education 

Program 



the Elementary Education 

Program 



the Middle School Program 



the Middle School Program 

SEM 421: This course will go 

through a major course 

change and become the first 

methods course in the STEM 

PLUS Program. It will be 

taught by Margaret Mohr- 

Schroeder, Jennifer Wilhelm, 

and/or Jana Bouwma- 

Gearhart.


EDC 603: Curriculum and 

Instruction in STEM 

Education 

EDC 604: History of STEM 

Education 

EDC 613: Effective Use of 

Technology for Modeling- 

Based Inquiry in STEM 

Education 

EDC 631: Mathematics 

Pedagogy in the Secondary 

School 

EDC 634: Science 

Pedagogy in the Secondary 

School 

EDC 670: Advanced Study 

in the Teaching of 

Elementary School 

Mathematics 

All STEM Education Faculty 




Jana Bouwma-Gearhart 

Molly Fisher or Christa 

Jackson 

SEM 603: This course was 

created by the STEM 

Education Faculty in Spring 

2010 for use in the Advanced 

Master’s STEM Education 

Program and the doctoral 

program 







program 







program 

The methods course for the 

MIC Program; will continue as 

SEM 631 

The methods course for the 

MIC Program; will continue as 

SEM 634 

SEM 670: Course is taken by 

graduate students in 

elementary, middle, STEM 

Education, and doctoral 

programs


EDC 674 Advanced Studies 

in Teaching Elementary 

School Science 

EDC 701: History of 


EDC 702: Theoretical 

Foundations of 


EDC 703: Advanced 

Research in Mathematics 

Education 

EDC 704: Designing 

Project-Based 

Environments in STEM 

Education 

EDC 706: Research in 


Rebecca McNall Krall 

Molly Fisher or Xin Ma 

Xin Ma or Margaret Mohr- 

Schroeder 

Xin Ma 

Jennifer Wilhelm 





2010 for use in the 

Elementary, Middle, 

Advanced Master’s STEM 

Education Program and the 

doctoral program 



Advanced Master’s STEM 

Education Program and 




Advanced Master’s in STEM 





Advanced Master’s in STEM 









program 







program


EDC 708: Engineering in 


EDC 746: Subject Area 

Instruction in the 


EDC 770: Special Topics in 


Christine Schnittka 


and Jana Bouwma-Gearhart 


Table 5: Courses to be created in the STEM Education Department 

Courses to be Created Responsible Faculty Reason 







program 

EDC/SEM 746: This course is 

the student teaching credit 

for students in the MIC 

Program. In addition, there is 

a seminar built within the 

course. This course will not 

be transferred, but rather the 

course will be cross-listed as 

EDC/SEM 746. 







program


SEM 110: Introduction to 

STEM Education (2 hrs) 

SEM 422: STEM Methods II 

(3 hrs) 

SEM 423: Assessment and 

Equity in STEM Education 

(2 hrs) 

SEM 435: STEM Student 

Teaching in the Secondary 

School (10 hrs) 

SEM 501: Teaching 

Internship (1-12 hours) 

All STEM Education Faculty This will be the introductory 

course to STEM Education and 

will be used as a recruiting 

tool for increasing our 

potential pool of STEM 

teachers. It will be a required 

course within STEM PLUS and 

will contain a field experience 

component. 

Jennifer Wilhelm, Margaret 

Mohr-Schroeder, and/or Jana 


Christa Jackson, Margaret 

Mohr-Schroeder, Jennifer 

Wilhelm, or Jana Bouwma- 

Gearhart 

Jennifer Wilhelm, Margaret 

Mohr-Schroeder, and/or Jana 


The second in a sequence of 

two methods courses for the 

STEM PLUS program. Specific 

sections will be created based 

on the current student 

population. 

A required course within the 

STEM PLUS Program. Taken 

concurrently with SEM 435. 

Student credit for student 

teaching experience. Will 

include 4 observations, 

midterm and final assessment 

reviews, and final project 

review. 

This course is a supervised 

practice teaching course 

under competent leadership. 

It is part of the Alternative 

Certification Program in 

Mathematics and Science and 

also serves as a general 

practicum course for students 

in special circumstances. It 

can be taken by 

undergraduate and graduate 

students.


SEM 767: Dissertation 

Residency Requirement 

SEM 781: Independent 

Study in STEM Education 

DGS/Advisor Residency credit of 

dissertation research after the 

qualifying exam. Students 

may register for this course in 

the semester of the qualifying 

examination. A minimum of 

two semesters are required as 

well as continuous enrollment 

(Fall and Spring) until the 

dissertation is completed and 

defended. 

All STEM Education 

Faculty/Consent of DGS 

An independent study course 

for graduate students.

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