THE BATTALION
MONDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1978
Page 5
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Course changes require time
By CANDICE HILL
Battalion Reporter
ding a new course to the cur-
Califo un at Texas A&M University is
lied Pr () U 'laltjob. The process takes a lot
mizationf ie anc ^ ^ ar< ^ WOI 'l < f° r those in-
|( | |^ quests for additions, withdraw-
' s anc - changes in course or changes
rnia i rriculum are first made at the
dirt aS »L rtraental level. The depart-
^ ^ s must fill out a form, which is
tr i sent to ^l 16 department com-
'ouKiS 6 lov t app r o ^ 1 hy the f hea f d , of
"department. I he request is then
to the college’s curriculum
" " ‘ -nittee for approval. If it is ap-
' t,ul Ka5 ,(1 by them it is then sent to the
, of the college for his approval.
..ia sta P Slr < requests are then sent to Sue
11 lon la, assistant to the dean of ad-
1,1 S,no ' :in ?ons and records. Matula is also
^ spedfitijgcl-etary for the University
wrs wouldjj cu j um Committee. This com-
< ach COBiie, e B. ons i s ts of a representative
e 8 ov enmui eac h college, one from the
sense. Pr ia t e college and two student
s 1 esme '‘sentatives.
Dr. J.M. Prescott, vice president
for academic affairs, is chairman of
the committee. Dean Haskell Mon
roe, Dean Edwin Cooper and
Matula are standing members of the
committee. Monroe is the dean of
faculties and associate vice presi
dent for academic affairs. Cooper is
the dean of admissions and records.
When enough requests have been
submitted, a committee meeting is
called. At the first meeting the
committee goes over every detail
“with a fine-toothed comb,” Matula
said.
In a meeting held Wednesday
many new proposed courses were
discussed, such as Agronomy 430
(Turf Grass Operations). This prop
osal was sent back to the depart
ment for what Prescott called “a bet
ter course description and a better
name. Engineering Technology
350 (Electronic Devices) and En
glish 335 (Literature of the Sea)
were approved as proposed and will
be voted on at the next meeting.
The committee holds a second
meeting to vote on the proposed
courses.
After the curriculum committee
approves courses they are sent to
the Academic Programs Council for
approval. This council consists of all
the college deans. Prescott is the
chairman.
Next, the Academic Council must
approve the courses. The members
of this council are all the deans, the
department heads and elected fa
culty members. There are approxi
mately 150 people on the council.
If the course makes it through all
these steps it is put into the catalog.
But this is not the end of the pro
cess. The new coures go to the
Coordinating Board for Texas Col
leges and Universities in January, so
all new courses are subject to
change. No course may be taught if
it is not listed in the catalog.
The process is about the same at
the graduate level, Matula said.
Graduate courses must go through
the Graduate College and then to
the Graduate Instruction Commit
tee and to Dean George Kunze,
Graduate College dean.
Finance seminar
executive aid
it last repot
f $5 million
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Executives from all over North America congregated at Rudder
t. but said JW er last week for a seminar designed to help develop business
o inanufcctidlls.
» fight theie The College of Business Administration, in cooperation with the
ffice of Continuing Education, held its 16th seminar on "Financial
poll’' sh nalysis for Decisionmaking. It was the largest of the three seminars
tis year.
•rolhbited a "You can almost measure the business environment by the number
md dentistf pm ticipants at our programs,” said Dr. Bill Adams, seminar direc-
s, business i r ) He said when business is intense, corporations are not as likely to
rs and pubpnd a representative.
Tin' 58 participants attended sessions directed by professors from
ikers, thei&exas A&M University’s College of Business. Dr. Holm C. Groth,
smokers r r . Wayne Etter, Dr. Marvin Tummens and Dr. Earl D. Bennett
ected. istructed participants in various techniques in accounting and eco-
'PPressivi: -^niics.
smess. Al James, operations manager of Appalachian Drilling Co. in Char-
potential ston, W.Va., said, “It was worth the money. They (the instructors)
nt attenboc-e brilliant people. They do a very good job. They meet well with
1 propert) verylxxly and make you feel at ease. The seminar fee was $325 per
he impartiKecutive.
0,000 to mi Bill Matson represented the Western Company in Fort Worth. He
public buik'lt the seminar was good, although he said much of it was review for
contend im.
Society, G Jerry Denman, credit analyst at Federal Intermediate Credit Bank
iation, view Houston, felt the seminar was geared more to service and oil
impanies.
ling second “It was different subject matter than I’m concerned with,” he said,
imfort in ie also complained about the 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. sessions, which he said
imoke will ere too long.
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&M testing voltage
ne accident device
car skids on rain-slick pave-
it, leaves the road and strikes a
er line pole.
U '. , mi igb voltage power lines drop to
airlmen g roun( j a near by substation,
lique new device senses the hi
ts the< . n t ;ln( J de-energizes the lines.
Kill pi.: l ie device, based on a totally
ise they, concept, is in development at
ipment as A&M University through an
tig and Petrie Power Research Institute
s are Ie ect headed by Dr. Don Russel
he Electrical Engineering de
hat argument,
ist in over
t< i ll!< !:'
will remove the hazard as-
KX) hounl a *- e ^ w ilb accidents in which
1977 c«® r lines are grounded.
and O Offhe problem has been around 75
for airfe-s, ever since utility companies
ted distributing electricity,’’
ell said. "Present protective
ems are incapable of detecting
y faults.”
he device will utilize mi-
omputers “in what we antici-
will be a very inexpensive aji-
monitor electrical distrubution
feeders and detect changes in the
system. In the event of an outage or
high impedance fault, it will shut
down the affected part of the system
at the substation.
As envisioned, the system will
employ several of the faul t detectors
at each substation.
Development and testing of the
device by Russell and two graduate
students, Tom Talley of Fort Worth
and Mik Aucoin of New Orleans, is
funded through the Texas A&M Re
search Foundation and the Univer
sity’s Electric Power Institute.
The $225,000, two-year project
includes prototype construction and
testing in a utility system.
The Electric Power Research In
stitute (EPRI) at Palo Alto, Calif, is
the nation’s largest power systems
research institution. EPRI is spon
sored by most of the public utilities
in the United States and channels
research money primarily to indus
try for work on specific power prob
lems.
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