1. |
Course and Program Approvals |
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Senate approved three undergraduate and two graduate
courses: |
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MATH 269: Calculus and Actuarial Science Problem Solving
Seminar, a new one credit hour course to be first offered Spring
1998. |
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HIST 209: Women in United States History, a new three credit
hour G3 General Education Writing (non-liberal arts core) course first
offered as a topics course in the Spring and Fall of 1995 and to be first
offered Spring 1998. |
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WSTU 491: Topics in Women's Studies, a one to four credit hour
new non-general education elective topics course to be first offered in
the Fall of 1997 or Spring of 1998. |
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Graduate Courses |
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PSYC 517: Tests and Measurements, a new three credit hour
graduate elective course to be first offered in the Spring of 1997. |
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BIOL 647:Chesapeake Bay System, a new four credit hour graduate
course to be first offered in the Fall of 1997. |
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New Program |
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Applied Mathematics Option |
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2. |
Report of the General Education Task Force |
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Senate recommended to the General Education Task Force that "If the
faculty fails to approve a revised general education curriculum by Fall,
1999, that resolves the issue of whether or not some or all label require
ments should be kept, C, Q, W, and QARC label requirements will be
maintained as of Fall 1999." |
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3. |
Expansion of the Academic Standards Committee |
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Senate will hold elections at the 1 April 1997 meeting to elect four new
members of the Academic Standards Committee. |
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4. |
Nominations for Fall Senate Elections |
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Senate voted to open nominations for its
Fall elections on 1 April 1997. |
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5. |
Faculty Emeritus |
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Senate recommended Sarojini Lotlikar as Assistant Professor of
Librarianship emeritus and Linus Czap as Professor of Special Education
emeritus. |
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6. |
Election Results |
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Senate elected I. Wheeler of the Counseling and Human Development
Department to the University Theme Committee, a nonschool position ending
in 1998. |