Millersville University Faculty Senate
Action Summary
Faculty Senate Meeting
May 1, 2012

The minutes of the April 17, 2012 meeting of the Faculty Senate were approved as written.

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.

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