First Reading                               November 19, 1996

        Second Reading                              December 3, 1996

        Referred back to committee                  December 3, 1996

           See Article IV, Section 5



        Senate Sponsor                              Academic Affairs

                                                    Jorge Ballester, Chair





I. Purpose: This bill provides E.S.U. students with a clear prior assurance that

            course work pursued at another tertiary institution will apply to their

            current program.  It extends a current policy from "summer or non-term"

            to all semesters and terms.  It also clarifies that the course equivalency

            approval is granted by the chair of the division offering the course at E.S.U.



II. Previous Senate Action:   None



III. Definition of Terms: None but see current E.S.U. Undergraduate Catalog, page 25;

                          sample proposed form is attached.



IV.  Bill:   

                                   FSB 96003

                     Clarification of Prior Approval Policy



1 E.S.U. students who wish to take course work at another institution must

   

2 complete a prior approval form and obtain the required signatures to ensure that



3 such course work is transferable to E.S.U.  Prior approval forms are available in



4 the Registar's office.  Approval is provided by the E.S.U. chairperson of the



5 division in which the E.S.U. equivalent course is offered.



6 This prior approval process would become effective with the publication of the



7 next Undergraduate Catalog.