UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

SUMMARY OF AGENDA

February 7, 2000

 

 

I. Adoption of the Agenda

II. Approval of the Minutes: December 6, 1999

III. Remarks by Provost Schiavelli

IV. Announcements:

Faculty Senate President: Mark W. Huddleston

Announcements for Challenge -

1. Revision of Communication major, College of Arts and Science

2. Proposed concentration within the Department of English, Creative Writing, College of Arts and Science

3. Revision to the MFA in Theatre, College of Arts and Science

4. Revision to the graduate program in Geology, College of Arts and Science

5. Change of name from Economics for Educators to Economics and Entrepreneurships for Educators, College of Business and Economics

6. Revision to the Master of Arts in Foreign Language and Literatures and the Master of Arts in Foreign Languages and Pedagogy, College of Arts and Science

7. Change of name of the MBA concentration from Technology and Innovation Management to Innovation Management, College of Business and Economics

8. Revision to the Anthropology Education major

9. Deletion of the fibers discipline, illustration discipline, and the metals discipline from the BA, the BFA in Fine Arts and the Art minor. Addition of the illustration discipline to the BFA in Visual Communications

10. Revision to the Biology Education major

11. Revision to the Chemistry Education major

12. Revision to the BA and BS majors in Computer and Information Sciences

13. Revision to the Earth Science major

14. Revision to the Economics BS and BA (Business & Economics) and the BA (Arts & Science) majors; establishment of two concentrations: Economic Theory and Econometrics; Applied Economics

15. Revision to the Economics Education major

16. Revision to the English Education major

17. Revision to the Environmental Science major

18. Revision to the Foreign Language Education majors (French, German, Latin, Italian, Russian, and Spanish Education)

19. Revision to the Geography Education major

20. Revision to the Geology BA major

21. Revision to the Geology BS major

22. Geology BS major--add concentration in Paleobiology

23. Geology BA major--delete concentration in Paleobiology

24. Geology BS major--add concentration in Geophysics

25. Revision to the Geology minor

26. Revision to the History Education major

27. Add concentration in Classics--Latin Education major

28. Revision to the Mathematics Education major

29. Revision to the Nursing major

30. Revision to the Philosophy major

31. Revision to the Physics Education major

32. Revision to the Political Science major

33. Recommendation to establish five concentrations in the Political Science major--American Government, Global Studies, Politics and Journalism, Public Law, Public Policy and Public Administration

34. Revision to the Political Science majors--French, German, or Spanish

35. Revision to the Political Science minor

36. Revision to the Public Administration minor

37. Revision to the Political Science Education major

38. Revision to the Psychology Education major

39. Revision to the Sociology Education major

40. Revision to the Sociology major--Health Services concentration

V. Old Business - None

VI. New Business -

A. Recommendation to establish a minor in Leadership, College of Human Resources, Education, and Public Policy

B. Recommendation for permanent status of the Master of Music Degree Program, College of Arts and Sciences

C. Recommendation for discontinuation of International Honors Certificate, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature

D. Recommendation for permanent status of the Master of Arts with a major in Economics for Educators degree program, College of Business and Economics

E. Recommendation for changes to election procedure for officers of the Faculty Senate

F. Recommendation to disestablish the Geophysics B.S.

G. Recommendation for a new BS major in Mathematics and Economics, College of Arts & Science

VII. Introduction of New Business