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Faculty Senate approves minor, two grad degrees 2:05 p.m., March 18, 2004--The University Faculty Senate approved a new language minor and two new graduate degrees at its monthly meeting, March 1. All three resolutions were passed without debate and now go to the Board of Trustees for approval. Increasing enrollments in the current courses in Chinese language, literature and culture caused the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures to seek a new minor in Chinese. The resolution noted that Chinese faculty in the department already contribute to the University’s presence in China by cosponsoring a Winter Session trip with the East Asian Studies Program. Establishment of an MBA/MS dual degree program in organizational effectiveness, development and change was approved in the Lerner College of Business and Economics, and a master’s of science program in wildlife ecology was established in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology. Both graduate degrees were established on a provisional basis and will be reviewed after five years. Twenty-four items listed under the challenge agenda also passed without discussion. Most items revised requirements of existing majors, minors and concentrations, but two recommended name changes were approved: The Department of Fine Arts and Visual Communications was created, replacing the Department of Art, and the Center for American Material Culture Studies was renamed the Center for Material Culture Studies. Earlier in the meeting, Senate President Karen Stein announced a new charge to the senate’s Faculty Welfare and Privileges Committee, asking it to develop procedures expanding the formal harassment adjudication process in the Faculty Handbook. Recent court decisions have extended the standards applying to sexual harassment to include several other types of discrimination and discriminatory harassment, encompassing that based on race, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other group protected by law. The committee will report its recommendations to the senate. Carmine Balascio, associate professor of bioresources engineering, will head a new senate executive committee to research recycling programs at other universities, determine how they are organized and supported and determine how such an expanded recycling program could be implemented at Delaware. Article by Cornelia Weil To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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