Millersville University Faculty Senate
Action Summary
Faculty Senate Meeting
June 15, 2010

The minutes of the April 20, 2010 meeting of the Faculty Senate were approved as written.

(1) NEW GRADUATE POLICY
Dual-Numbered Course Policy. Proposal to require a separate syllabus and clear specification of different expectations or assessment relevant for students at the graduate level was approved without dissent.

(2) NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
RESP 461: Clinical Practicum I, 1 credit. Proposal for a course providing 60 hours of supervised clinical experience was approved without dissent.

(3) NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
RESP 462: Clinical Practice II, 2 credits. Proposal for a course with clinical and diagnostic skill labs in critical care therapeutics and patient management followed by a supervised clinical practice rotation was approved without dissent.

(4) NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
RESP 463: Clinical Practicum II, 2 credits. Proposal for a course providing 120 hours of supervised clinical experience was approved without dissent.

(5) NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
RESP 464: Clinical Practicum III, 10 credits. Proposal for a course providing 600 hours of supervised clinical experience devoted to refinement of skills through practice was approved without dissent.

(6) NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
BIOL 140: Introductory Ecology, 4 credits, G2, L. Proposal for course studying the interactions of living organisms with the environment was approved without dissent.

(7) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
BS, Allied Health Technology, options in Medical Technology, Nuclear Medicine Pre-Athletic Training. Proposal to align courses with new biology curriculum, reduce credits to meet 120-credit limit, and add minimum grade pre-requisites for BIOL100/101 was approved without dissent.

(8) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
BS, Allied Health Technology, option in Respiratory Therapy. Proposal to align courses with new biology curriculum, reduce credits to meet 120-credit limit, and waive the Perspectives requirement was approved without dissent.

(9) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
BS, Biology, option in Respiratory Therapy. Proposal to align the clinical courses with the BS ALHT Respiratory Therapy option was approved without dissent.

(10) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
BS, Biology, option in Medical Technology. Proposal to correct oversight of PHYS131 in approved curriculum revision and reduce biology elective credits from 9 to 8 was approved without dissent.

(11) NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
ERCH 315: Family and Community: Aspects of Diversity, 3 credits, W, D. Proposal for course focused on collaborative relationship building between home, school, and community that positively impacts child development was approved without dissent.

(12) NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
ENGL 241H: Explorations in World Literature, 3 credits, G1, W. Proposal for a course investigating connections among a selection of literary works from diverse traditions, periods, and cultures to be required for all students entering the University Honors College was approved without dissent.

(13) CHANGE TO GRADUATE COURSE
EDTE 590: Information Literacy Through Guided Inquiry, 3 credits. Proposal to allow EDTE 590 to be offered in online format was approved without dissent.

(14) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
HIST 206: World to 1500, 3 credits, W. Proposal to retain the W label for HIST 206 was approved without dissent.

(15) NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
SSCI 203H: Explorations in the History of Ideas, 3 credits, G3, W. Proposal for a course studying topics in intellectual history, with an emphasis on the development of the ‘West’ and its interactions with other civilizations and cultures was approved without dissent.

(16) CHANGE IN UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
ITEC 351[456]: Digital Imaging, 3 credits. Proposal to renumber ITEC 456 to ITEC 351 and revise/update the syllabus to serve as a replacement for the ITEC 350 elective for Communications majors was approved without dissent.

(17) CHANGE IN UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
ITEC 355: Contemporary Printing, 3 credits. Proposal to change the course title and revise/update the syllabus was approved without dissent.

(18) NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
ITEC 357: Packaging & Specialty Printing, 3 credits. Proposal for a course to study the problems and processes related to printing and converting in package, label and specialty printing industries was approved without dissent.

(19) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
BS, ITEC major, Graphic Communication option; BS, ITEC major, General Industrial Technology option; AT, ITEC major, Graphic Communication option; BSE, Technology Education major; ITEC minor, Graphic Communication option; ITEC minor, General Industrial Technology option. Proposal to modify ITEC programs to incorporate new and revised courses was approved without dissent.

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