TO:	Dr. Joel Piperberg Faculty Senate Chairperson
FROM:	Edward C. Shane Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
DATE:	December 17, 2003
SUBJECT:	APPROVAL OF FACULTY SENATE CURRICULAR RECOMMENDATIONS

As the President's designee, I am informing you of the approvals of the following Faculty Senate Curricular Actions.

Faculty Senate action at November 4, 2003, meeting:

Changes in Courses/Curricula:

CHEM 102 - The Science of Chemistry 2

• Current semester hours: 4 (3 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory). Reduce semester hours to 3 (2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory)
• Revise title to The Science of Chemistry
• Existing General Education Liberal Arts Core designation (G2, L)
• No credit toward chemistry major

COMMENT: The course has been revised to meet the needs of all Millersville students who need a lower-level laboratory chemistry course that has no pre-requisites. The revised structure and content will make the course attractive to students who wish to take two Chemistry courses as part of their general education requirements.

Approved, effective Summer 2004

Faculty Senate action at November 18, 2003, meeting:

New Undergraduate Course(s):

ENVI 330 - Environmental Statistics and Risk Assessment

• 3 credit hours
• Pre-requisites: MATH 130 or MATH 235 or MATH 238 or BIOL 375
• Required course for Environmental Policy and Regulation and Industrial Environmental Health minors.
• Faculty Load: To be scheduled within existing complement(s). CBA guidelines apply for a team-taught course.

Approved, effective Spring 2004

ENVI 495 - Environmental Clinic

• 3 credit hours
• Pre-requisites: 12 semester hours in Environmental Science Minor
• Required course for Environmental Policy and Regulation, Industrial Environmental Health, Land Use, Quantitative Methods in Environmental Science and Water Resources minors.
• Faculty Load: To be scheduled within existing complement(s). Three faculty members from different departments will teach the course. CBA guidelines apply for a team-taught course.

Approved, effective Spring 2004

New Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Environmental Science Minor(s):

A Task Force for Undergraduate Environmental Education was created at the request of the Science and Mathematics School Council and the Millersville University Environmental Institute during the 1999-2000 academic year. The task force was charged with exploring ways to enhance and encourage environmental studies at the University. The outcome of the task force's effort was to create environmental minors that emphasized environmental specialties rather than academic disciplines.

Rationale:

• Environmental science is an inherently multi-disciplinary study.
• The minors were created as topical areas in that environmental firms are traditionally organized around a specific specialty, whether that is watershed restoration or industrial air quality.

Approved - The following interdisciplinary environmental science minor proposals will be recommended to the Council of Trustees and Board of Governors. Effective date to be determined when notification of State System approval is received, which is estimated to be approximately one year from now.

COMMENT: The subject code "ENVI" will be used as the subject designation for the interdisciplinary Environmental Science minors. Other existing courses that may count in the minors will retain the subject code of the department offering the course.

Minor - Environmental Policy and Regulation

Curriculum - Total credits: minimum 21 credits
Core Courses: ECON 207 - Environmental Economics ENVI 330 - Environmental Statistics and Risk Assessment OSEH 220 - Legal Aspects of Safety and Hygiene OSEH 435 - Environmental Technology ENVI 495 - Environmental Clinic Choose two of the following courses: ECON 316 - Public Finance GEOG 372 - Urban and Regional Planning SOCY 313 - Social of Disaster

Minor - Industrial Environmental Health

Curriculum - Total Credits: minimum 21 credits

Core Courses: OSEH 321 - Environmental and Industrial Hygiene I OSEH 435 - Environmental Technology ENVI 330 - Environmental Statistics and Risk Assessment BIOL 356 - Functional Human Anatomy ENVI 495 - Environmental Clinic Choose one of the following courses: CHEM 232 - Organic Chemistry II CHEM 235 - Short Course in Organic Chemistry CHEM 375 - Environmental Chemistry (w/Lab-4 credits) ESCI 349 - Chemistry of the Atmosphere

Minor - Land Use

Curriculum - Total Credits: minimum 21 credits

Core Courses: ECON 207 - Environmental Economics GEOG 295 - Geographic Information Systems GEOG 372 - Urban and Regional Planning BIOL 241 - Principles of Ecology ENVI 495 - Environmental Clinic Choose one of the following courses: GEOG 230 - Physical Geography ESCI 225 - Geomorphology Choose one of the following courses: GEOG 227 - Urban Geography GEOG 305 - Geography of Energy GEOG 333 - Biogeography GEOG 434 - Hydrology ESCI 426 - Groundwater Geology OSEH 220 - Legal Aspects of Safety and Hygiene

Minor - Quantitative Methods in Environmental Science

Curriculum - Total Credits: minimum 21 credits

Core Course: ENVI 495 - Environmental Clinic Choose one course from Statistical Methods: ENVI 330 - Environmental Statistics and Risk Assessment BIOL 375 - Biometry Choose one course from Visualization and Modeling: ESCI 386 - Earth System Data Visualization and Modeling GEOG 295 - Geographic Information Systems Choose four courses from Quantitative Scientific Specializations: ESCI 267 - Field Methods in Oceanography ESCI 349 - Chemistry of the Atmosphere ESCI 426 - Groundwater Geology ESCI 447 - Meteorological Instruments, Measurement, and Observing Systems CHEM 265 - Quantitative Analysis CHEM 375 - Environmental Chemistry (with or without lab) CHEM 476 - Environmental Chemistry II BIOL 449 - Plant Communities OSEH 321 - Environmental and Industrial Hygiene I ITEC 465 - Instrumentation and Control

Minor - Water Resources

Curriculum - Total Credits: minimum 22 credits
Core Courses: GEOG 304 - Water Resources Management GEOG 434 - Hydrology CHEM 375 - Environmental Chemistry (w/Lab 4 credits) ESCI 329 - Aqueous Geochemistry ESCI 426 - Groundwater Geology BIOL 445 - Aquatic Biology ENVI 495 - Environmental Clinic

Graduate Academic Policy

Policies Governing Graduate Courses - Academic Appeals

• Existing Policy

  Students who believe that an academic injustice has occurred should try to resolve the problem at the lowest appropriate level of authority. If the problem is not resolved at this level, the case should be presented to progressively higher levels of authority for further consideration. The levels of authority, from lowest to highest are the individual faculty member, department chairperson and/or department grievance committee, school dean and, lastly, the provost/vice president for academic affairs.

• Revised Policy

  Students who believe that an academic injustice has occurred must try to resolve the problem at the lowest appropriate level of authority. The levels of authority from lowest to highest are: individual faculty member; department graduate coordinator and department graduate committee (if existing); department chairperson; Dean of Graduate Studies, and lastly, the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs. The case should be presented to progressively higher levels of authority until resolved.

Approved, effective Summer 2004

Changes in Graduate Course Proposal Form

COMMENT: Additional changes suggested by the Registrar's Office provides detailed information about new courses, faculty load and minor cosmetic changes.

Approved, effective Spring 2004

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