| I. Adoption of the agenda
II. Approval of the minutes: Dec. 6
III. Remarks by Provost Mel Schiavelli
IV. Announcements: Faculty Senate President Mark W. Huddleston
Announcements for Challenge
- Revision of communication major, College of Arts and Science
- Proposed concentration within the Department of English, creative writing, College of Arts and Science
- Revision to the M.F.A. in theatre, College of Arts and Science
- Revision to the graduate program in geology, College of Arts and Science
- Change of name from Economics for Educators to Economics and Entrepreneurships for Educators, College of Business and Economics
- Revision to the master of arts in foreign languages and literatures to the master of arts in foreign languages and pedagogy, College of Arts and Science
- Change of name of the M.B.A. concentration from technology and innovation management to innovation management, College of Business and Economics
- Revision to the anthropology education major
- Deletion of the fibers discipline, illustration discipline and the metals discipline from the B.A., the B.F.A. and the art minor. Addition of the illustration discipline to the B.F.A. in Visual Communications
- 1Revision to the biology education major
- Revision to the chemistry education major
- Revision to the B.A. and B.S. majors in computer and information sciences
- Revision to the Earth science major
- Revision to the economics B.S. and B.A. (business and economics) and the B.A. (arts and science) majors; establishment of two concentrations: economic theory and econometrics; applied economics
- Revision to the economics education major
- Revision to the English education major
- Revision to the environmental science major
- Revision to the foreign language education majors (French, German, Latin, Italian, Russian and Spanish education)
- Revision to the geography education major
- Revision to the geology B.A. major
- Revision to the geology B.S. major
- Geology B.S. majoradd concentration in paleobiology
- Geology B.A. majordelete concentration in paleobiology
- Geology B.S. majoradd concentration in geophysics
- Revision to the geology minor
- Revision to the history education major
- Add concentration in classicsLatin education major
- Revision to the mathematics education major
- Revision to the nursing major
- Revision to the philosophy major
- Revision to the physics education major
- Revision to the political science major
- Recommendation to establish five concentrations in the political science majorAmerican government, global studies, politics and journalism, public law and public policy and public administration
- Revision to the political science majorsFrench, German or Spanish
- Revision to the political science minor
- Revision to the public administration minor
- Revision to the political science education major
- Revision to the psychology education major
- Revision to the sociology education major
- Revision to the sociology majorhealth services concentration
V. Old business: None
VI. New business
- Recommendation to establish a minor in leadership, College of Human Resources, Education and Public Policy
- Recommendation for permanent status for the Master of Music Degree Program, College of Arts and Sciences
- Recommendation for discontinuation of International Honors Certificate, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
- Recommendation for permanent status of the Master for Arts with a major in economics for educators degree program, College of Business and Economics
- Recommendation for changes to election procedure for officers of the Faculty Senate
- Recommendation to disestablish the geophysics B.S.
- Recommendation for a new B.S. major in mathematics and economics, College of Arts and Science
VII. Introduction of new business |