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Faculty Senate approves unique doctorate 12:09 p.m., April 15, 2005--At its April 11 meeting, the University Faculty Senate approved a new interdisciplinary doctorate in preservation studies that will draw its faculty from 17 departments, centers and programs within six colleges. Thought to be the only program of its kind in North America, the new doctorate’s curriculum will include philosophies, research methods and preservation studies focused on art, architecture, landscapes and material culture. It will be administered by the Center for Material Culture Studies within the College of Arts and Sciences. Established on a provisional basis and subject to review in the seventh year, the new preservation studies program will include concentrations in historic preservation planning, preservation technologies, conservation research and technical studies and heritage management. Senators also approved a new master’s degree in marine management on a provisional basis. Intended for mid-career professionals working at state and federal environmental agencies, the degree can be completed within one academic year, and no thesis is required. The program will be mainly located on the Newark campus. The senate also recommended the merger of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Bartol Research Institute into a single unit, effective July 1. One degree was renamed. The current master’s of education in college counseling and student affairs practice in higher education was changed to the master of arts in counseling in higher education, providing more clarity and consistency between the curriculum and the degree awarded. Senators also passed a resolution allowing students who have earned the master’s degree in school psychology and completed an additional 30 hours to be awarded an educational specialist degree (Ed.S.) degree. The master of arts degree in school psychology and the post-master’s specialist certificate are qualifications for certification as a school psychologist. The senators then voted to set or extend timetables for reviews of provisional graduate and undergraduate programs seeking permanent status. As passed, the resolution requires that all provisional doctoral programs must be reviewed during the seventh academic year and all provisional master’s and bachelor’s programs must be reviewed for permanent status during their fifth academic year. In addition, the resolution requires that interim status reports must be submitted to the Graduate Studies Committee within the fourth year for doctoral programs and within the third year for master’s programs. Any provisional program that does not submit program review materials in a timely manner may be subject to disestablishment by the Faculty Senate, according to the resolution. Finally, in May 2004, the Faculty Senate passed a resolution requiring that by the fall semester 2005, all entering students would complete successfully a “first-year experience.” As a follow-up to that earlier resolution, senators gave the authority for certifying courses as fulfilling a first-year experience to the Undergraduate Studies Committee of the Faculty Senate. Earlier in the meeting, Jeff Jordan of the Undergraduate Studies Committee presented a summary of the first multicultural recertification process in which departments were asked to submit about half of their multicultural courses for review. Jordan said there are 216 courses on the approved list and 72 courses were submitted. About 15 percent of the submitted courses were decertified after review, he said. The deadline for the second round of reviews is Oct. 1. Article by Cornelia Weil To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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