(1) Dr. Glenn, from the Undergraduate Honors Program, presented a proposal that would delete certain requirements for students graduating May 2001 and thereafter. {See attachment}.

Hearing no objections, the proposal was approved:

(2) The following courses were approved by Senate:

NEW GRADUATE COURSE

PSYC 511 - Substance-Related Disorders, 3 credits. Effective Summer 2001.

Changes to the credit requirements and choices of economics electives and required-related courses for the Political Economy option. Movement of ECON 215 (Money, Credit and Banking) from the core requirements to the approved electives list. Changing the number of credits of approved electives in the major from 9 to 12. Increasing flexibility in the required-related course block. Effective Fall 2001.

Changes in the Economics Department majors and minors. Addition of ECON 327 (Women and Global Economics Development), a Perspectives course, to the list of electives in the economics major and minor. Effective Fall 2001.

ESCI 385 - Global Change, 3 credits, Writing Across the Curriculum "W" course, requirement for the Geological Oceanography major in the Earth Sciences Department. Effective Fall 2001.

Proposal to designate the existing course Respiratory Care Techniques III (RESP 417) to be a non-G2 Writing-Across-the-Curriculum "W" course. Effective Spring 2001.

Change in designation of the following four courses to General Education G3 from Non-General education courses:

ECON 246 - Economics of Health and Healthcare, pre-existing course is already a "W" course, 3 credits. Effective Fall 2001.

ECON 316 - Public Finance, 3 credits. Effective Fall 2001.

ECON 325 - International Economics, 3 credits. Effective Fall 2001.

ECON 345 - Labor Economics, 3 credits. Effective Fall 2001.

Change in Biology major, Marine Option. There will be no change in the minimum total credits required. The major field requirements have been restructured to enhance marine focus and encourage majors to select the Oceanography Minor. The net effect of the proposal is to move BIOL 241 (Ecology) from an elective to a required course and to change the elective required-related mix to include ESCI 363/MS 331 (Chemical Oceanography). Effective Fall 2001.

ESCI 466 - Coastal Environmental Oceanography, 3 credits, a Perspectives "P" course, a requirement for Geological and Chemical Oceanography majors. Also numbered MSC 451/551 for the Marine Science Consortium. Effective Summer 2001.

Addition of 3 new courses to the Oceanography curriculum: ESCI 385 (Global Changes), ESCI 386 (Earth System Data Visualization and Modeling) and ESCI 466 (Coastal Environmental Oceanography). Changes will be made in the four sub-disciplines:

Students in Biological Oceanography will take more courses in biology, leading to a minor in biology. The remote sensing course (ESCI 380) is also added in the option since the incorporation of satellite data will be emphasized in coming decades.

Students in Chemical Oceanography will be required to take the new course ESCI 466 (Coastal Environmental Oceanography) and ESCI 485 (Air-Sea Interaction) and CHEM 375 (Environmental Chemistry).

The Geological Oceanography curriculum will add two geology courses: ESCI 325 (Stratigraphy) and ESCI 326 (Sedimentation) to strengthen the students' geology background. The students will also take the three new courses mentioned above and ESCI 485 (Air-Sea Interaction) to make the option multidisciplinary.

Students in Physical Oceanography will be required to take ESCI 485 (Air-Sea Interaction).

(3) Dr. Schreiber, from Geography, presented a proposal to recommend that Dr. Gary Hovinen be granted the title of Professor Emeritus of Geography. {See attachment}.

Dr. Schreiber moved that the proposal be approved. Dr. Heintzelman seconded the motion. The motion to approve passed unanimously.

(4) Nominations for Faculty Senate Chair was declared open. Joel Piperberg was nominated. Nominations were then closed. A Borger-Greco/Heintzelman motion was made. Hearing no objections, the motion passed that Joel Piperberg would again serve as Faculty Senate Chairperson.

(5) Nominations for Assistant Faculty Senate Chairperson was declared open. Dr. Rosenthal was nominated. Nominations were then closed. A Luek/Mowrey motion was made. Hearing no objections, the motion passed that Dr. Rosenthal would again serve as Assistant Faculty Senate Chairperson.

(6) Nominations for faculty Senate Secretary was declared open. Dr. Rosenthal nominated Jen Miller. Nominations were then closed. A Luek/Mowrey motion was made. hearing no objections, the motion passed that Jen Miller would again serve as Faculty Senate Secretary.

(7) GERC--Education Seat has two nominations: Dr. Garner from Psychology and Dr. Hossain from ELED. Ballots were collected at the end of the meeting. The results will be forthcoming.