REGULAR MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

 

 

FEBRUARY 11, 2008 – 104 GORE HALL

 

 

 

 

January 24, 2008

 

 

TO:                  Senators and Executives

 

FROM:            Jeffrey Jordan, Vice President  

                        University Faculty Senate

 

SUBJECT:       Regular Faculty Senate Meeting February 11, 2008

 

            In accordance with Section IV, paragraph 6 of the Constitution, the regular meeting of the University Faculty Senate will be held on Monday, February 11th at 4:00 p.m. in room 104 Gore Hall. 

 

I certify that hard copies of the approval page for each undergraduate and graduate studies academic item on the agenda are filed in the Faculty Senate Office with the appropriate signatures of approval up through the Chair of the Faculty Senate Coordinating Committee on Education.  The Agenda will be as follows:

 

AGENDA

 

 

I.                   Adoption of the Agenda

 

II.                Approval of the Minutes: December 3, 2007

 

III.             Remarks: Provost Dan Rich – Historical Overview of Strategic

                                          Faculty Indicators

                                                                             

IV.              Announcements: Senate President Alan Fox

 

V.                 Items For Information:

 

a.       Revise Policy for MEd in Exceptional Children and Youth (Checklist 14) (Policy 15) FOR SENATE INFORMATION ONLY

 

b.       Revise Policy for PhD in Education (Checklist 16) (Policy 17) FOR SENATE INFORMATION ONLY

 

VI.              Consent Agenda

 

1.      Announcements for Challenge: 

 

a.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the request to add an honors degree option for Dean’s Scholar students (attachment)

 

b.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the revision to the Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree program (attachment) (attachment) (attachment)

 

c.                         Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the request to add a new minor in Bioelectrical Engineering (attachment)

 

d.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the revision in degree requirement BS-Finance (attachment)

 

e.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the request to add a Concentration to articulate with the PharmD degree at Thomas Jefferson University (attachment) (attachment)

 

f.                          Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the revision to the major in Computer and Information Sciences BS (attachment)

 

g.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the revision to the major in Computer and Information Sciences BA (attachment)

 

h.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the revision to the minor in Computer and Information Sciences (attachment)

 

i.                          Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the revision to the major in Computer and Information Sciences – Info Systems (attachment)

 

j.                          Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the request to add a minor in Marine Studies (attachment)

 

k.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the request to revise Breadth requirements for all BA degrees in Marine and Earth Studies (attachment)

 

l.                          Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the revision to the major in Plant Protection (attachment)

 

m.                      Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the request to delete Collections Care Concentration and revise undergraduate major to include a name change of the major to Material Culture Preservation (attachment) (attachment)

 

n.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the revision to the Materials Culture minor (attachment) (attachment)

 

o.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the revision to the BA German major (attachment)

 

p.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the request to add a Foreign Language Brazilian Portuguese Certificate program (attachment)

 

q.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the revision to the major BFA Visual Communications (attachment) (attachment)

 

r.                         Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the revision to the History/FLL BA (attachment) (revised attachment)

 

s.                         Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the revision to the BS in Environmental Science degree program requirements  (revised attachment)

 

t.                          Recommendation from the Committee on Graduate Studies (Charles Mason, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the revision to the MEd in Reading (Checklist 02) (Policy 03)

 

u.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Graduate Studies (Charles Mason, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the disestablishment of a Concentration in Applied Family & Community Studies in the M.S. in Human Development & Family Studies (Checklist)

 

v.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Graduate Studies (Charles Mason, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the disestablishment of a Concentration in Early Childhood Development & Inclusive Education in the M.S. in Human Development & Family Studies (Checklist)

 

w.                       Recommendation from the Committee on Graduate Studies (Charles Mason, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the disestablishment of a Concentration in Risk and Disabilities in the M.S. in Human Development & Family Studies (Checklist)

 

 

2.      Resolutions: 

 

x.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the request to delete major in Educational Studies (attachment) (resolution attachment)

 

Whereas,          the Educational Studies major has little student enrollment, and


Whereas,          resources for the program are neither present nor

forthcoming, be it therefore


Resolved,         that the Faculty Senate recommends the major be

disestablished, effective Fall 2008

 

y.                        Recommendation from the Committee on Graduate Studies (Charles Mason, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the request  for a  new MEd Major in School Leadership (Checklist 09) (Policy 10) (memo attachment) (resolution attachment)

 

Whereas,          the School of Education currently has an Ed. in

Educational Leadership with formal concentrations in School Leadership and Adult/Post-Secondary education, and

 

Whereas,          the focus of the concentration in School Leadership is to prepare PK-12 school principals and assistant principals, and

 

Whereas,          this program has national accreditation through the National Council on Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and

 

Whereas,          changes in the accreditation standards has necessitated a separate program in School Leadership, and

 

Whereas,          the proposed M.Ed. program in School Leadership has been unanimously approved by the University Council on Teacher Education, and

 

Whereas,          the proposed M.Ed. program in School Leadership has been approved by the Graduate Curriculum Committees in the School of Education and the College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy, be it therefore

 

Resolved,         that the Faculty Senate recommends that this degree

be established provisionally for five years in the School of Education.    

 

z.                         Recommendation from the Committee on Graduate Studies (Charles Mason, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the request for a new MEd Major in Higher Education Administration (Checklist 13) (Policy 11) (Support Letter 12)

 

Whereas,          the School of Education currently has an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership with formal concentrations in School Leadership and Adult/Post-Secondary Education, and

 

Whereas,          the focus of the concentration in Adult/Post-Secondary Education is to prepare individuals for careers in colleges, universities, and the teaching of adult students, and

 

Whereas,          changes in the accreditation standards of the School Leadership concentration has necessitated the establishment of a separate degree program in School Leadership that will result in no common courses with the Adult/Post-Secondary Concentration, and

 

Whereas,          The School of Education has recognized the great need for a masters program to reach potential students not being served by current degrees, and

 

Whereas,          the proposed M.Ed. program in Higher Education Administration has been approved by the Graduate Curriculum Committees in the School of Education and the College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy, be it therefore

 

Resolved,         that the Faculty Senate recommends that this degree be established provisionally for five years in the School of Education.   

 

aa.                     Recommendation from the Committee on Graduate Studies (Charles Mason, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the request to disestablish Educational Leadership Major for MEd (Checklist 18)

Whereas,          the M.Ed. in Educational Leadership currently contains two formal concentrations in School Leadership and Adult/Post-Secondary Education, and

 

Whereas,          the School of Education is revising each of these concentrations and petitioning to create as separate M.Ed. degree out of each concentration, and

 

Whereas,          this program revision is necessitated by changes in national accreditation standards for the School Leadership program, and

 

Whereas,          the revised programs will have no courses in common, and

 

Whereas,          the current faculty members in the School of Education supports disestablishing the program, be it therefore

 

Resolved,         that the Faculty Senate recommends that the M.Ed. in Educational Leadership be disestablished.

 

bb.                    Recommendation from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (John Madsen, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Amy Johnson, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Alan Fox, Chair) for the request for permanent approval of the Information Systems BSAS (attachment) (attachment) (attachment) (attachment) (attachment) (attachment) (attachment) (attachment)

 

Whereas,          the Bachelor of Science in Information Systems degree was provisionally approved for five years in March of 2002, and

 

Whereas,          the review for permanent status was conducted in February of 2007, and was positive noting the success in meeting their goals and objectives, and

 

Whereas,          it has attracted its projected number of students with above average SAT scores, be it therefore

 

Resolved,         that the Faculty Senate recommend the Bachelor of Science in Information Systems degree be granted permanent status.

                       

VII.           Regular Agenda

 

1.      Old Business:  None

2.      New Business: None

 

VIII.              Introduction of New Business

Such items as may come before the Senate.  (No motion introduced under new business, except a motion to refer to committee, shall be acted upon until the next meeting of the Senate.)

 

  

 

/khs