REGULAR MEETING OF
THE
Meeting Minutes
March 5, 2007
104 Gore Hall
Members excused:
I.
Adoption of the
Agenda
Approved
II.
Approval of the
Minutes: February
5, 2007
Approved
III.
Remarks: Provost Dan Rich
None
IV.
Announcements: Senate President Dallas Hoover
None
V.
Items for
Information
A.
Art History Graduate Policy Document
Revision (attachment)
B.
VI.
Consent Agenda
A.
Announcements for
Challenge:
1.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to add a one-credit course to
the History Education Program in the Department of History (attachment)
2.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to add concentrations to the
major in History Education in the Department of History (attachment)
3.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive Committee
(Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise the name of a concentration
from Global History to World History in the Department of History (attachment)
4.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to change the Mathematics
requirement in the Department of Biological Sciences (attachment)
5.
Recommendation
from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the
concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and
the Executive Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to add an Honors
Track for BA and BM majors: all Concentrations in Applied Music and Music
Education in the Department of Music (attachment)
6.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) request to add a minor in Entrepreneurial
Studies in the Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems (attachment)
(attachment)
(attachment)
(attachment)
7.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise a major in the
Department of Communication (revised
attachment)
1.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to add an undergraduate minor
in Journalism in the Department of English (attachment)
2.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise the concentration in
Creative Writing in the Department of English (attachment)
3.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise the concentration in
Drama in the Department of English (attachment
revised 2-22-07)
4.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise the concentration in
Film in the Department of English (attachment)
5.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise the concentration in
Ethnic and Culture Studies in the Department of English (attachment)
6.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise the
major/concentration in Literary Studies in the Department of English (attachment)
7.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise the
major/concentration in Professional Writing in the Department of English
(revised attachment
2-21-07)
8.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise the English minor in
the Department of English (attachment)
9.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to add a minor in Materials
Science and Engineering: Nanoscale Materials Minor in
the Department of Materials Science (attachment)
10.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise the major in
Accounting and MIS for the BS with a major in Management Information Systems (attachment)
11.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating
Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Dallas
Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise the major in Health and Physical
Education in the Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences (revised
attachment 1-07)
12.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise major and
concentration: Exercise Science/Exercise Physiology in the Department of
Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences (revised
attachment 1-07)
13.
Recommendation
from the Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the
concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and
the Executive Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise major
and concentration: Health Behavior Science/Fitness Management in the Department
of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences (revised
attachment 1-07)
14.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive Committee
(Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise a concentration in Pediatrics
in the Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences (Revised
Attachment 2-16-07)- (attachment
added 2-21-07)
15.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to remove E110 waiver from
catalog (attachment)
(attachment)
16.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise the Major in
Psychology Education in the Department of Psychology (attachment)
17.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise the major in German
Education in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (attachment)
18.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to add a minor in Islamic
Studies in the Department of Political Science and International Relations (Revised
attachment 2-12-07) (new
attachment clarifications 2-12-07
19.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to add an Islamic Studies
minor with Language in the Department of Political Science and International
Relations (attachment)
20.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request for the revision of the minor
in Art in the Department of Art (revised
attachment 2-13-07)
21.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to revise the major in
Art- delete Art 114/115 degree requirement in the Department of Art (revised
attachment 2-19-07)
22.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Graduate Studies (Charles Mason, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request for a New Certificate program
in the Department of Fashion and Apparel Studies (attachment
1) (attachment
2)
23.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Graduate Studies (Charles Mason, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating
Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Dallas
Hoover, Chair) for the request MSEG PhD Degree Name Change in the Department of
Materials Science (attachment
1) (attachment
2, policy)
24.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Graduate Studies (Charles Mason, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request of a Marine Studies
concentration name change to Marine Biosciences in the College of Marine and
Earth Studies (attachment)
25.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Graduate Studies (Charles Mason, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request of a Combined BA-MBA Statement
for Music in the Department of Music (attachment)
Consent agenda adopted.
A.
Resolutions:
1.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Undergraduate Studies (Amy Johnson, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating
Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Dallas
Hoover, Chair) for the request for Linguistics Department Name to be changed to
Linguistics and Cognitive Science (attachment)
(resolution
attachment)
Whereas, the
Department of Linguistics is broadening its academic focus to include teaching
and research in both linguistics and the cognitive sciences generally, and
Whereas, the
Department of Linguistics currently has an M.A. program in “Linguistics and
Cognitive Science,” and
Whereas, that
broader emphasis needs to be recognized in order to effectively recruit
students and faculty for the new department, and
Whereas, the
Department is currently proposing (simultaneously with this name change) an
undergraduate major in Cognitive Science, be it
Resolved, that
the Faculty Senate recommends that the name, Department of Linguistics, be
changed to Department of “Linguistics and Cognitive Science.”
Resolution approved.
2.
Recommendation from the Committee on
Graduate Studies (Charles Mason, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Coordinating Committee on Education (Alan Fox, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Dallas Hoover, Chair) for the request to disestablish MA in the
Department of Art (attachment
1) (attachment
2, resolution)
Whereas, the
MFA is accepted as the terminal degree in Art, and
Whereas, the
Department of Art’s limited resources: studio space and teaching efforts must
be committed to the MFA program, and
Whereas, the
current MA program in Art has only enrolled eight students in the last nine
years, and
Whereas, those
eight students all enrolled in Ceramics under a now retired faculty member, and
Whereas, the current faculty member in Ceramics
supports disestablishing the program, be it therefore
Resolved, that the MA in Art be disestablished.
Resolution approved.
VII. Regular Agenda
A.
Old
Business: None
B.
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.)
No new business.
Meeting adjourned
at
Submitted by Donald Lehman