REGULAR MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE
TO: Senators and Executives
FROM: Belinda Orzada, Vice President
University Faculty Senate
SUBJECT: Regular Faculty
Senate Meeting
In accordance with Section IV, paragraph 6 of the Constitution, the regular meeting of the University Faculty Senate will be held on Monday, March 7, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. in 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:
I.
Adoption of the Agenda
II. Approval of the Minutes: February 7, 2011
III. Remarks: Provost Tom Apple
IV. Announcements: Senate President John Madsen
a. Calendar Survey Update: Hans-Jörg Busch, Chair, Adhoc Committee on Calendar Issues at UD
V. Consent Agenda
a. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to add a new minor in Music: Composition(0064) (attachment)
b. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the Elementary Teacher Education major (0016) (revised attachment 2-11-11)
c. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) and Graduate Studies (Robert Opila, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise graduate M.Ed. major to incorporate a 4+1 dual certification pathway for students completing a secondary education undergraduate program and re-designate existing specializations as concentrations (0013) (attachment) (attachment) (attachment)
d. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise University Breadth Requirements and Prerequisites – Nursing Accelerated Program (0020) (revised attachment 2-11-11)
e. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise Undergraduate Nursing Curriculum(0033) (revised attachment 2-11-11)
f. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the Special Education Concentration in the Elementary Teacher Education Major (0014) (revised 1-20-11)
g. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the minor in Human Development and Family Studies (0040) (revised attachment 1-21-11 form)
h. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the Latin American Studies major to include a capstone requirement (0056) (revised attachment 1-28-11)
i. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to add a minor in Global Enterprise Technologies (0034) (revised attachment 2-21-11) (revised attachment 2-21-11) (attachment support doc) (library support)
j. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the French Education Major(0079) (attachment)
k. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the German Education Major(0079) (attachment)
l. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the Italian Education Major(0079) (attachment)
m. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the Latin Education Major(0079) (attachment)
n. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the Spanish Education Major(0079) (attachment)
o. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies (Robert Opila, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the graduate degree (MUST) in Music (attachment)
p. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies (Robert Opila, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the graduate policy: Master of Engineering Mechanical MEM (attachment)
q. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies (Robert Opila, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the graduate policy: Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering MSME (attachment)
r. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies (Robert Opila, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the graduate policy: PhD in Mechanical Engineering (attachment)
s. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies (Robert Opila, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to add a MS degree in Neuroscience option to the PhD degree program (attachment)
t. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies (Robert Opila, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to add a concentration to the PhD in Art History: Curatorial Studies in Art History (attachment) (attachment) (attachment) (attachment support letters) (attachment museum letters) (attachment)
u. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies (Robert Opila, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to add a graduate certificate program in Cognitive Science (attachment) (attachment)
v. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies (Robert Opila, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to revise the MA program in Urban Affairs and Public Policy (attachment)
VI. Regular Agenda
1. Unfinished Business: None
2. New Business: None
3. Resolutions:
a.
Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate
Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence
of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the
Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to change the name of
a program from Latin American Studies to Latin American and Iberian Studies
(0056) (revised
attachment 1-28-11) (resolution)
WHEREAS, an academic understanding of Latin American
issues requires a Knowledge of Iberia’s historic role in their development; and
WHEREAS, the Latin American Studies curriculum
includes courses with significant trans-Atlantic and/or Iberian content; and
WHEREAS, the Latin American Studies faculty includes
members whose primary expertise is in Iberian studies; and
WHEREAS, the name of the Latin American Studies
program does not accurately and adequately reflect the faculty and program; and
WHEREAS, the Latin American Studies faculty
unanimously supports changing the program name from Latin American Studies to
Latin American and Iberian Studies to
more accurately reflect the program; be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate approves changing the
program name from Latin American Studies to Latin American and Iberian Studies,
effective March 1, 2011.
b. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to change name of a major from Material Culture Preservation back to Art Conservation (0078)(attachment) (resolution doc)
WHEREAS, the Department of Art Conservation has since 2008 had an undergraduate major called “Material Culture Preservation,” and
WHEREAS, since this name change we have experienced decreased enrollment numbers; and
WHEREAS, feedback from the admissions office indicates it appears high school students and their parents are confused by “material culture preservation;” and
WHEREAS, we have new competition (5 other programs added) and are no longer the only undergraduate program in the country therefore it is important to use art conservation in our title so that prospective students can find us more readily and we remain the program of choice at the undergraduate level; be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate recommends that the name of the Art Conservation Department undergraduate major “Material Culture Preservation,” be changed to “Art Conservation.”
c. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Jeff Jordan, Chair) and the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair) for the request to add a major Bachelor of Music BM: Composition (0063) (revised attachment 3-1-11)
WHEREAS, the Department Music has expressed the
intent to create a new degree program, Bachelor of Music with a major in Music
Composition, and
WHEREAS, the composition of music is a vital
activity that maintains our musical culture, and
WHEREAS, the study of music composition has
previously been an integral part of the music program within the degree
Bachelor of Music with a major in Music Theory and Composition, and
WHEREAS, the study of Music Composition
represents an endeavor that blends the academic and artistic in ways that differ
in emphasis from the study of Music Theory and Music History and Literature,
and
WHEREAS, the major in Composition has been a
highly successful program, graduating students that have gone on to prestigious
graduate programs and successful careers, be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate approves
provisionally, for five years, the establishment of a new major entitled Music
Composition within the degree Bachelor of Music, effective
a. Recommendation from Senators Galileo, Bruening, Hastings, Morgan and Izard concerning resolutions to change an existing policy or introduce a new policy within the University of Delaware Faculty Handbook with the concurrence of the Executive Committee (John Madsen, Chair).
WHEREAS, the
business brought before the University Faculty Senate is of vital importance to
the operation of the
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the University of Delaware that Faculty Senators make the most informed decisions possible at their meetings, and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the University of Delaware that Faculty Senate business is conducted in an efficient manner, and
WHEREAS, insofar as possible, Faculty Senate business should be conducted in an open, transparent and straightforward manner, and
WHEREAS, changes
made to the
RESOLVED, that
the following conditions must be met when a Resolution which changes an
existing policy or introduces a new policy in the
1) A proposed Resolution that changes an existing policy will have one attachment (referred to as “Attachment 1”) that states the original policy and contains a strikethrough of everything to be deleted from and underlines everything to be inserted into the original policy. Additional attachments may be provided as appropriate.
2) A Resolution that introduces a new policy will have an “Attachment 1” that states the proposed policy is new and not a modification of an existing policy. It will also contain the proposed policy.
3) If the proposed Resolution is amended on the Senate floor, it shall not be voted on at that meeting unless a two-thirds majority of the Senate members present agree to vote on the final amended Resolution. If the two-thirds threshold is not met, it shall be placed on the agenda of the next Faculty Senate meeting for reconsideration and will include a modified “Attachment 1” that incorporates the changes of the amendment.