Date Approved: 01-28-2025
To ensure the safety of our students, faculty and staff, the University will open at 10 a.m. on Tues., March 17. All in-person classes starting before 10 a.m. will not meet. Students are advised to check Blackboard and campus e-mail for messages and/or assignments from faculty regarding classes before 10 a.m.
Employees should report to campus for 10 a.m. Some personnel necessary to the operation of the University, including those who work in the Physical Plant, Dining Services, the Falcon Center, and Public Safety, are considered essential employees and are expected to report to campus.
Please take caution when traveling to and from campus. Additional weather updates will be communicated through our emergency alert system, social media, and the University website.
Note that due to this weather system, we anticipate closure of the top deck of the parking garage for the next few days. (This location accounts for a significant portion of winter slip, trip, and fall injuries on campus. To support the integrity of the structure, salt or other ice melting agents cannot be used. Structural deterioration from de-icers can lead to major repairs costing hundreds of thousands of dollars.) The University will alert motorists via large yellow signs posted at the traffic circle, near Turley Center, and at the top of the hill.
Remove HLTA 3310: School Health Content, Curricula, & Programming from the Physical
Education
curriculum and add PHED 3324: Performance Based Assessment.
Program justified by: growth in outdoor recreation nationally and in WV; expanding experience-based university programming; entrepreneurial opportunities in businesses like trail development; statewide/local park and recreation demand; and integration of outdoor leadership with safety and law enforcement training.
Required for the new major; a first-level experience in a campus-based activity, facility, or program to build foundational skills.
24-25-02b -This is a required course for the new Outdoor Leadership major. All students
in the major will take the
course. There are other practicum courses on campus, however none of them addresses
the unique outdoor environment required by this major. This is a second-level experience
focused on leadership in the field that will take place in a university based outdoor
program.
24-25-02c - This is a required course for the new Outdoor Leadership major. All students
in the major will take the
course. This a revision of a current course (RECR 2220) to align the upper-level content
with appropriate numbering and revisions to description and course outcomes.
24-25-02d - This is a required course for the new Outdoor Leadership major. All students
in the major will take the
course. There are other internship courses on campus, however, none of them addresses
the unique outdoor environment required by this major.
24-25-02e - Not found within document
Summary: Writing is integral to safe, effective practice in outdoor leadership; designation emphasizes evidence-based thinking, reflection, and professional communication.
Implied: Comply with the expecation of a writing intensive course in each program.
Adds an elective showing how psychology applies to everyday life via the study of humor; builds critical‐thinking around psychological concepts.
Explores how psychological topics are represented in movies and how film affects human behavior.
Adds BIOL 3398 (Immunology) and FORS 3301 (Human Osteology) as Biology electives to increase flexibility and meet demand.
New Course: Formalizes a popular special topics offering and a commonly recommended course for health professions; supports elective capacity.
Updates the minor (including course sequence/options) to better serve students and align offerings.
New Course: Establishes the first course of a physics sequence (mechanics/energy/oscillations) supporting the revised Physics minor and STEM pathways.
New Course: Continues the sequence with electricity & magnetism to complete the revised pathway for physics/STEM students.
New Course: Replaces PHYS 3325 (Advanced Physics I) as a required minor course to better match curriculum needs.
New Course: Adds a modern physics course (relativity/quantum foundations etc.) to strengthen upper-level options in the revised program.
Aligns math sequencing with Middle College High School goals/constraints and clarifies flexibility across cohorts.
New Cours: First-year seminar tailored to Middle College students to orient them to Fairmont State and develop college success skills.
Updating Math and science substitutions in the program. Changes will reduce the number of course substitution memos required for the mathematics and science courses.