REGULAR MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE
MAY 6, 2013
– 104 GORE HALL
April 26, 2013
TO: Senators and Executives
FROM: Katherin Rogers, Vice President
University Faculty Senate
SUBJECT: Regular Faculty Senate Meeting May 6, 2013
In
accordance with Section IV, paragraph 6 of the Constitution, the regular
meeting of the University Faculty Senate will be held on Monday, May 6, 2013 at
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: April 2013
III.
Election of
Senate Officers and Selected Committee Members – A slate of nominations
prepared by the Committee on Committees and Nominations (Joerg
Busch, Chairperson) is presented in Attachment
1. Biographies of the nominees are
presented in Attachment
2. Senators are reminded that
additional nominations may be made from the floor, and that senators making
such nominations are responsible for determining that a nominee would serve if
elected.
A. President Elect – Fred Hofstetter (Statement)
B. Vice President – Martha Buell
C. Secretary – Karen Stein and Prasad Dhurjati
D. Committee on Committees Member At Large – Evelyn Hayes, Deena Burke and John Morgan
E. Committee on Committees Chairperson – Evelyn Hayes, John Morgan, Brian Hanson
IV. Presentation of the 2012 Faculty Senate Excellence Awards: Senate President Sheldon Pollack
V. Remarks: Provost Nancy Brickhouse
VI. Announcements: Senate President Sheldon Pollack
VII. Item for Information: Course Challenge Period Extended– The Course Challenge period will now be opened during the last week of Winter Session and remain opened through the end of free drop/add in the Spring Semester.
VIII.
Consent
Agenda
1.
Announcements
for Challenge:
a. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) and Graduate Studies (Andrew Teplyakov, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Deni Galileo, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Sheldon Pollack, Chair) for the request for the revision of the 4 + 1 BS in Fashion Merchandising MS Fashion and Apparel Studies (UGSGRD 0296)(attachment)
b. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Deni Galileo, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Sheldon Pollack, Chair) for the request to add a minor in Jewish Studies with Language (UGS0234) (revised attachment 4-19)
c. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Deni Galileo, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Sheldon Pollack, Chair) for the request to revise the concentration Family and Consumer Sciences Education of the Human Services Major (UGS0268) (attachment) (attachment revised 3-5-13)
d. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Deni Galileo, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Sheldon Pollack, Chair) for the request to add a concentration to Family and Consumer Sciences Education of the Human Services Major: Apparel Studies Concentration (UGS0268a) (attachment) (attachment revised 3-5-13) (revised attachment 3-18-13)
e. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Deni Galileo, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Sheldon Pollack, Chair) for the request to revise the History Classics: French, German, Russian, Spanish (UGS0233) (attachment)
f. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Deni Galileo, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Sheldon Pollack, Chair) for the request to revise the Honors History Classics: French, German, Russian, Spanish (UGS0233a) (attachment)
g. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies (Andrew Teplyakov, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Deni Galileo, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Sheldon Pollack, Chair) for the request to revise the master of science in Nursing (GRD0299)(attachment)
h. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies (Andrew Teplyakov, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Deni Galileo, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Sheldon Pollack, Chair) for the request to revise the MS in Fashion and Apparel Studies (GRD0297) (attachment)
i. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies (Andrew Teplyakov, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Deni Galileo, Chair) and the Executive Committee (Sheldon Pollack, Chair) for the request to revise the MS in Fashion and Apparel Studies to add a non-thesis option (GRD0298) (attachment)
IX.
Regular
Agenda
A. Unfinished Business:
1.
Recommendation
from the Executive Committee (Sheldon Pollack, Chair)
with the concurrence of the Promotion and Tenure Committee (Tom Kaminski,
Chair) for the revision to the Faculty Handbook section 4.4.4 regarding
Promotion and Tenure “Departmental Responsibilities” (attachment
1) (attachment
2)
WHEREAS, Section 4.4.4 (“Departmental
Responsibilities”) of the Faculty Handbook of the University of Delaware provides
that departments may elect to allow untenured faculty to serve voluntarily on
department promotion and tenure committees; and
WHEREAS, the same provision provides that a majority of
the faculty serving on a department promotion and tenure committee should be “at
or above the rank” to which the candidate seeks promotion; and
WHEREAS, in decisions involving the granting of tenure only
tenured faculty should vote on department promotion and tenure committees and in
promotion decisions only members of such committees who are “at or above the rank”
to which the candidate is seeking promotion should vote; be it therefore
RESOLVED, that Section 4.4.4 of the Handbook shall be
amended to provide that in departments that allow untenured faculty to serve on
the department promotion and tenure committee, voting on tenure decisions shall
be restricted to those faculty who hold tenure; and be
it further
RESOLVED, that Section 4.4.4 of the Handbook shall be amended to provide that in departments that allow faculty below the rank to which a candidate is seeking a promotion to serve on such committee, voting shall be restricted to those faculty who are “at or above the rank” to which the candidate is seeking promotion.
B. New Business:
1. Confirmation of Appointments: Attachment 3
2. Standing Committee Annual Reports: Attachment
3. Resolutions:
a. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate
Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) and
Graduate Studies (Andrew Teplyakov, Chair) with the concurrence of the Coordinating
Committee on Education (Deni Galileo, Chair) and the Executive Committee
(Sheldon Pollack, Chair) for the request to add a 4 + 1 program to the MS - Statistics UGSGRD0271 (revised
attachment 3-18-13) (attachment
resolution 3-18-13)
WHEREAS, the proposed 4 + 1 Bachelor of Science /Master of Science in Statistics offers an expedient route for highly qualified students to obtain both a Bachelors of Science and a Master of Science, and
WHEREAS, Statistics is a growing major at both the undergraduate and graduate levels nationally, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Applied Economics and Statistics already provides all the courses and administrative framework for such a degree, and
WHEREAS, the proposed program contributes to the University’s “Path to Prominence” to become a premier research and graduate university and to achieve excellence in professional education; be it therefore
RESOLVED, that
the Faculty Senate recommends approval of the establishment of a new 4+1
Bachelor of Science /Master of Science in Statistics in the Department of
Applied Economics and Statistics.
b. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Coordinating
Committee on Education (Deni Galileo, Chair) with the concurrence of the
Graduate Studies Committee (Andrew Teplyakov, Chair) and the Executive
Committee (Sheldon Pollack, Chair) for the request to approve the online education policy for the course catalog and the
Professional and Continuing Studies (PCS) website (attachment)
WHEREAS, the Senate Coordinating Committee on
Education is charged with providing a large context for the examination and
preparation of educational proposals and with helping to formulate and assess
educational policies and practices; and
WHEREAS, the Faculty Senate recently has passed a new
Faculty Handbook policy on “Use of Innovative Technology and Online Course
Formats,” in which use of such technology is determined by the faculty member
and their academic unit (department or college curriculum committee); and
WHEREAS, guidelines for student enrollment in online courses also are best
determined by individual departments, programs, or majors; and
WHEREAS, online courses require special considerations
for the administration of proctored examinations, especially when given at a
distance (e.g., in another state); be it therefore
RESOLVED, that enrollment in undergraduate or graduate
online course sections may be restricted by departments, programs, or majors as
specified in their undergraduate or graduate program policy documents (e.g., a
minimum GPA requirement, number of online courses, no online courses in a
major, etc.). Proctored exams, if required, must be taken at a UD-approved
testing site or through a UD-approved online authentication and proctoring
service in cases where a student does not have reasonable access to an approved
testing facility (e.g., in another state); and be it further
RESOLVED, that this policy shall supersede any and all
existing policies that restrict student enrollment in online course sections
that are not specified in undergraduate or graduate program policy documents of
a department, program, or major; and be it further
RESOLVED, that this policy shall be stated in the UD Academic Catalog where appropriate,
and on the websites of the Registrar and the Division of Professional and
Continuing Studies wherever online course restrictions are noted.
c.
Recommendation
from the Faculty Senate Coordinating Committee on Education
(Deni Galileo, Chair) with the concurrence of the Executive Committee (Sheldon
Pollack, Chair) for the request to approve
a policy for review of certificate programs (attachment)
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees has assigned to the
Faculty the responsibility of providing for the establishment of curricula and
courses as well as for the establishment of a program of extra-curricular
education; and
WHEREAS, the Faculty have established their Senate to
exercise all the powers vested in the Faculty by the Board of Trustees and to
determine the duties that it will delegate to faculty committees; and
WHEREAS, the Senate Coordinating Committee on
Education is charged with providing a large context for the examination and
preparation of educational proposals and with helping to formulate and assess
educational policies and practices; and
WHEREAS, the University offers several non-credit academic certificates,
which entail courses, curricula, faculty, and graduation events; and
WHEREAS, these certificate programs are not approved
by the Faculty through their Senate as are all other degrees, certificates, and
academic programs; be it therefore
RESOLVED, that all non-credit certificate programs
offered by the University of Delaware first must be approved by the Senate
Coordinating Committee on Education.
d.
Recommendation from the Faculty
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the
concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Deni Galileo, Chair)
and the Executive Committee (Sheldon Pollack, Chair) for the request for
permanent approval of the BS major in
Quantitative Biology (attachment) (attachment
Dean’s Letter) (resolution)
(attachment
review team)
WHEREAS, present and future research in life
sciences will benefit from a multidisciplinary approach, including biology,
chemistry, mathematics and physics, and
WHEREAS, current undergraduate biology education
does not adequately prepare students for a multidisciplinary research
environment, specially in quantitative aspects of the
discipline, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Mathematical Sciences and
the Department of Biological Sciences have collaborated enthusiastically in
designing this program, and
WHEREAS, the program is having significant impact in
furthering knowledge in biological and life sciences, and
WHEREAS, this program does not require major
additional resources in order to run successfully, and
WHEREAS, the Quantitative Biology program, in its
first five provisional years, has graduated exceptional students that meet the
original program objectives, and
WHEREAS, the Quantitative Biology programs continues
to attract top-notch students interested in becoming leaders in biomedical
research, be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate recommends that the
BS major in Quantitative Biology be granted permanent status in the College of
Arts and Sciences.
e.
Recommendation from the Faculty
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Fred Hofstetter, Chair) with the
concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education (Deni Galileo, Chair)
and the Executive Committee (Sheldon Pollack, Chair) for the request for
permanent approval of the BS major in
Psychology (UGS 0212) (attachment)
(original
proposal attachment) (revised
resolution 1-9-2013) (report
review team) (attachment)
(attachment)
WHEREAS, the BS major in Psychology attracts students
who are particularly likely to choose careers in Psychology and helps increase
their competitiveness for entrance into top level graduate programs, and
WHEREAS, the BS major in Psychology meets the needs of
students with strong science backgrounds and interests who choose Psychology or
change majors to Psychology because of changing career aspirations, and
WHEREAS, the BS major in Psychology offers dedicated
students the opportunity to engage in depth in the rigorous scientific approach
to Psychology advocated by the faculty, and to conduct independent research,
and
WHEREAS, the internal review of the BS major by the
Department of Psychology has judged the major to be successful in meeting its
goals, be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate recommends that the BS
in Psychology be granted permanent status in the College of Arts and Sciences.
VII.
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