Signature of the joint PASSHE faculty senate advocacy letter by Chair Börger-Greco was approved without dissent.
(1) NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
ART 202: Survey of Art History I: Prehistory to c. 1400 C.E., 3 credits, G1. Proposal to establish a course exploring art history during the time prior to 1400 C.E was approved without dissent.
(2) NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
ART 203: Survey of Art History II: 1400 through the 20th Century, 3 credits, G1. Proposal to establish a course exploring art history during the time from 1400 to the 20th century was approved without dissent.
(3) NEW UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
MUSI 371: Foreign Language Diction, 3 credits. Proposal to establish a course to introduce music students to diction of Italian, German, and French languages was approved with one abstention.
(4) NEW GRADUATE COURSE
EDUC 565: Language & Literacy Interventions: Clinical Practicum, 6 credits. Proposal for clinical practicum where students gain and apply understandings of language and literacy development for English language learners was approved without dissent.
(5) CHANGE TO GRADUATE COURSE
EDUC 564: Assessment, Policies & Practices in Teaching English Language Learners, 3 credits. Proposal to modify course content to meet current PDE competency requirements was approved without dissent.
(6) CHANGE TO GRADUATE CURRICULUM
Certificate program: Program Specialist-ESL. Proposal to modify program requirements for students pursuing certification as a Program Specialist in ESL was approved without dissent.
(7) CHANGE TO GRADUATE CURRICULUM
Masters of Language & Literacy, ESL concentration. Proposal to modify program based on new courses addressing PDE competencies was approved without dissent.
A GCPRC request to waive the two-meeting rule for changes to Masters of Education in Mathematics and Masters of Language & Literacy and/or Reading Specialist Certification was approved without dissent.
(8) CHANGE TO GRADUATE CURRICULUM
Masters of Education in Mathematics. Proposal to add a field experience component as required by NACTE and PDE for accreditation and to add a capstone component as required by PASSHE: Policy 1990-06-A was approved without dissent.
(9) CHANGE TO GRADUATE CURRICULUM
Masters of Language & Literacy and/or Reading Specialist Certification. Proposal to modify reading specialist programs based on new courses addressing PDE competencies was approved without dissent.
A UCPRC request to waive the two-meeting rule for the CHEM111 change was approved without dissent.
(10) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
CHEM 111: Introductory Chemistry I, 4 credits, G2, L. Proposal to change pre- or co-requisite of MATH101 to be a pre-requisite of MATH101 with a grade of C- or better was approved with two dissenting votes.
Previous nominations were distributed and the floor opened for additional nominations. An Anderson/Cardwell motion to close nominations and cast a unanimous vote for each unopposed candidate was approved without dissent.