| DATE: | 12 April 1996 | |||
| TO: | Members of the Faculty Senate | |||
| FROM: | Marvin Margolis, Secretary | |||
| SUBJECT: | Meeting of the Faculty Senate 16 April 1996, 4:05-5:45 p.m. | |||
| Chryst Hall, room 210 |
| I. | Minutes of the 2 April 1996 meeting | |||
| II. | Report of the Faculty Senate Chairperson | |||
| III. | Report of the Student Senate President | |||
| IV. | Reports of the Administrative Officers | |||
| V. | Reports of the Faculty Senate Standing Committee | |||
| VI. | Special Reports of the Faculty Senate Committees | |||
| VII. | Faculty Emeritus | |||
| VIII. | Proposed Courses and Programs | |||
| Two meetings to challenge courses: | ||||
| ESCI320: Roads West: Geology, Technology, Society and the American Experience, a new three credit hour General Education and Perspective course to be in effect Fall 1995 and to be first offered Fall 1996 if approved. | ||||
| HPED350: Sport in America, a new three credit hour General Education and Writing course to be first offered in Spring 1996 if approved. | ||||
| One meeting to challenge courses: | ||||
| BUAD201: Introduction to International Business, a new three credit hour course to be first offered in the Fall of 1996. | ||||
| BUAD344: International Finance, a new three credit hour course to be first offered in the Fall of 1996. | ||||
| Agenda Items for the 2 April 1996 Meeting | ||||
| Retention-in-the-Major Policy for Earth Science Majors changes to take place for freshment entering Fall 1996. | ||||
| EDTE591: Experiences in the School-to-Work Transition, a new three credit hour graduate course. | ||||
| MATH536: Statistical Methods II, a new three credit hour graduate course to be first offered Spring 1996 if approved. | ||||
| IX. | Faculty Senate Elections | |||
| The following senate committee positions are currently vacant: | ||||
| Humanities and Fine Arts representative to the Academic Policies
Committee, and Social Sciences representatives to the Academic Outcomes Assessment Committee, Academic Policies Committee, and the UCPRC, and an Alternate to the International Selection Committee |
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| X. | The Millersville University Grading System | |||
| Y Soong/C. Stameshkin have moved that Millersville University have plus and minus (+/-) additions on B, and C grades and an A-0 grade. The motion has been amended twice, once to add plus and minus D grades and second to determine numerical values for the various plus and minus grades. | ||||
| XI. | Proposal for a Change in MU's Withdrawal Policy | |||
| The Academic Policies Committee has recommended changes in MU's withdrawal policy (see Attachment A of the 5 March 1996 senate minutes). |