Resolution 02-22: MA IN MODERN LANGUAGES DEGREE
| Number | 02-22 |
| Description | Modern Languages proposal |
| Authored by |
Tara Brignac Chris Canon Brad Rollins |
| Sponsored by |
Josh Warren |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, November 12, 2002 |
| Committee | Rules and Appropriations |
| Result | n/a |
| Remarks | No further information is available about this resolution. |
| Whereas | The administration has decided to eliminate the master's degree programs in French and German, citing a lack of graduates and the need to allocate university resources more appropriately; and |
| Whereas | Enrollment in the French and German Masters of Arts programs has increased 70 percent in the past year and is projected to increase further with a growing undergraduate enrollment in the department and additional recruiting efforts; and |
| Whereas | The chairman of the Modern Languages department has said that elimination of the French and German master's degrees would most probably increase costs by having to hire adjunct faculty, as opposed to graduate teaching assistants, in order to cover the remaining undergraduate courses that cannot be physically taught by tenured faculty in French and German. In addition, elimination of the aforementioned graduate programs will result in a loss of revenue generated by graduate student tuition; and |
| Whereas | Elimination of the degrees would be a disservice to Metroplex residents who take graduate courses to continue their education with no intention of pursuing a corresponding degree; and |
| Whereas | The faculty of the Modern Languages department has drafted, with great expenditure of time and labor, a proposal for an MA in Modern Languages with concentrations in French, German and Spanish, thereby addressing the concerns of the administration and maintaining graduation quotas set forth by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | The proposal by the Modern Languages faculty be accepted by the University in order to assure the future of modern languages degrees that are a vital component of the university's academic environment. |