UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE
The following items were approved:
Undergraduate
A. Request for extension for permanent status to the major in
Latin American Studies (Attachment)
B. Creation of new minor in Computational Biology, Department of
Biology (Attachment)
C. Creation of new minor in Bioinformatics in the Department of
Computer and Information Sciences (Attachment)
D. Creation of Honors B.S. in Mathematics and Economics (Attachment)
E. Creation of new concentration “Women in Global Perspective”
in Women’s Studies
F. Request for revision to existing concentration in Mechanical Engineering (Attachment)
Graduate:
A. Request for change of name from Biopsychology to Behavioral
Neuroscience in Psychology Department (Attachment)
B. Request for revision to the major programs in Linguistics (Attachment)
C. Request for revision to the candidacy examination policy for
the majors in Mathematics and in Applied Mathematics (Attachment)
D. Request for revision to M.S. in Individual and Family
Studies and Ph.D. in Family Studies (Attachment)
A. Recommendation for revised policy: Examination and Test
Conflicts (Attachment)