Vol. 19, No. 18

Feb.3, 2000

Faculty Senate Agenda, Mondy, Feb. 7

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

  1. Revision of communication major, College of Arts and Science
  2. Proposed concentration within the Department of English, creative writing, College of Arts and Science
  3. Revision to the M.F.A. in theatre, College of Arts and Science
  4. Revision to the graduate program in geology, College of Arts and Science
  5. Change of name from Economics for Educators to Economics and Entrepreneurships for Educators, College of Business and Economics
  6. 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
  7. Change of name of the M.B.A. concentration from technology and innovation management to innovation management, College of Business and Economics
  8. Revision to the anthropology education major
  9. 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
  10. 1Revision to the biology education major
  11. Revision to the chemistry education major
  12. Revision to the B.A. and B.S. majors in computer and information sciences
  13. Revision to the Earth science major
  14. 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
  15. Revision to the economics education major
  16. Revision to the English education major
  17. Revision to the environmental science major
  18. Revision to the foreign language education majors (French, German, Latin, Italian, Russian and Spanish education)
  19. Revision to the geography education major
  20. Revision to the geology B.A. major
  21. Revision to the geology B.S. major
  22. Geology B.S. major–add concentration in paleobiology
  23. Geology B.A. major–delete concentration in paleobiology
  24. Geology B.S. major–add concentration in geophysics
  25. Revision to the geology minor
  26. Revision to the history education major
  27. Add concentration in classics–Latin education major
  28. Revision to the mathematics education major
  29. Revision to the nursing major
  30. Revision to the philosophy major
  31. Revision to the physics education major
  32. Revision to the political science major
  33. Recommendation to establish five concentrations in the political science major–American government, global studies, politics and journalism, public law and public policy and public administration
  34. Revision to the political science majors–French, German or Spanish
  35. Revision to the political science minor
  36. Revision to the public administration minor
  37. Revision to the political science education major
  38. Revision to the psychology education major
  39. Revision to the sociology education major
  40. Revision to the sociology major–health services concentration

V. Old business: None

VI. New business

  1. Recommendation to establish a minor in leadership, College of Human Resources, Education and Public Policy
  2. Recommendation for permanent status for the Master of Music Degree Program, College of Arts and Sciences
  3. Recommendation for discontinuation of International Honors Certificate, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
  4. Recommendation for permanent status of the Master for Arts with a major in economics for educators degree program, College of Business and Economics
  5. Recommendation for changes to election procedure for officers of the Faculty Senate
  6. Recommendation to disestablish the geophysics B.S.
  7. Recommendation for a new B.S. major in mathematics and economics, College of Arts and Science

VII. Introduction of new business