Millersville University, Faculty Senate
Action Summary
Faculty Senate Meeting
November 20, 2001

Dr. Wismer introduced a resolution that was distributed by e-mail to the Senate prior to the meeting. The resolution grants Dr. Stager Advisor to Faculty Senate Emeritus status. The resolution was seconded by a number of Senators and passed without dissent.

Proposed Courses and Programs
  1. NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
    THEA 240 - Script Analysis, 3 credits, and course will be a requirement for the Theatre Option in the Department of Communications and Theatre. Effective Fall 2002. The course was approved without dissent.

  2. NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
    THEA 170 - Theatre Performance Workshop, 1 credit, and course will be a requirement in the Theatre Option of the Department of Communications and Theatre and in the Theatre Minor. Effective Spring 2002. The course was approved without dissent.

  3. CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
    Change in the name of THEA 412 from Advanced Topics in Technical Theatre to Topics in Theatre. Effective Fall 2001. The change was approved without dissent.

  4. CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
    Change in the name of THEA 220 from Advanced Lighting and Sound to Lighting and Sound. Prerequisites also removed. Effective Fall 2001. The change was approved without dissent.

  5. NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
    THEA 160 - Theatre Production Workshop, 1 credit, and course will be a requirement in the Theatre Option of the Department of Communications and Theatre and in the Theatre Minor. Effective Fall 2001. The course was approved without dissent.

  6. CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
    Revision of curriculum sheet for the Theatre Major. Effective Fall 2001. The changes were approved without dissent.

  7. CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
    Revision of curriculum sheet for the Theatre Minor. Changes to Required Courses. Removal of THEA 110 (Introduction to Theatre Technology), 3 credits and THEA 112 (Play Production), 3 credits. Addition of THEA 217 (Theatre Appreciation), 3 credits and either THEA 130 (Acting I) or THEA 120 (Stagecraft), 3 credits. Also addition of THEA 160 (Theatre Production Workshop), 1 credit or THEA 170 (Performance Workshop), 1 credit. THEA 160/170 may be repeated for a total of 2 credits. Total credits in Required Courses go from 12 to 14 credits.

    Effective Fall 2001. The changes were approved without dissent.

  8. NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
    SOCY 329 - Topics in Sociology, 3 credits, a W course. Effective Fall 2002. The course was approved without dissent.

  9. NEW GRADUATE COURSE
    EDMU 561 - Post-Baccalaureate Student Teaching Course, 12 credits. Effective Fall 2002. The course was approved without dissent.

  10. NEW GRADUATE COURSE
    EDFN 561 - Post-Baccalaureate Student Teaching, 6 - 12 credits. Effective Fall 2001. The course was approved without dissent.

  11. NEW GRADUATE COURSE
    EDSP 561 - Post-Baccalaureate Student Teaching, 6 - 12 credits. Effective Fall 2001. The course was approved without dissent.

  12. CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
    Revision of requirements for the B. S. in Industrial Technology and alteration of curriculum sheet.
    1. Add BUAD 251 as a required Management Core course (currently required in G3 block for ITEC majors.
    2. Delete ITEC 100 as a required course in the Technology Literacy Core.
    3. Delete ITEC 493 from Elective courses in Management block.
    4. Add ITEC 300 and ITEC 400 to Elective courses in Management block.
    5. Delete one technical elective from CADD Technical Option, Electronics Technical Option and Mechanical Technical Option blocks, thereby reducing credits to 27 for each option.
    6. Delete ITEC 242 from Manufacturing Technical Option block. Effective Spring 2002. The changes were approved without dissent.

  13. CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
    Change in requirements for the Master's Degree in Special Education. The proposal formally documents the past practice of mandatory required-related course, EDFN 545 (Advanced Educational Psychology) in addition to the Graduate Core. The requested action is done to remediate an apparent error in recording curriculum requirements for the Special Education Masters degree. In addition to the 9 credits of Graduate Core requirements for the University, Special Education has required EDFN 545 (Advanced Educational Psychology) of its degree-seeking students, a practice that has been in force since 1989. The purpose of this proposal is to document and formalize the practice Effective Spring 2002. The changes were approved without dissent.

Dr. Kerper presented a resolution to grant Dr. Edward Beardslee the honorary title of professor of Elementary and Early Education Emeritus. The Kerper/Luek motion passed without dissent.

Dr. Kerper presented a resolution to grant Dr. Michael Dianna the honorary title of Professor of Elementary and Early Education Emeritus. The Kerper/Stein motion passed without dissent.

There was a Blazer/Dorman motion to gather further information about how other schools handle the selection of their teaching awards and other issues related to such an award. The motion passed without dissent

Paul Studdard was elected to the Non-School seat on the General Education Review Committee.

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