UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

Executive Committee Minutes

April 22, 2002

I.          There was no agenda.  Items from the Coordinating Committee Meeting agenda were used as a template.

II.          There were no minutes of the April 8, 2002

            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 (Attachment)

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)

            Old Business:

A.        Recommendation for revised policy: Examination and Test Conflicts (Attachment)