Millersville University, Faculty Senate
Attachment C
Faculty Senate Minutes
October 1, 2002
To: |
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Faculty Senate |
From |
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Department of Government and Foreign Affairs |
Re: |
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International Studies Curriculum Committee |
Date |
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1 October 2002 |
Proposal:
As a result of the August 2002 administrative transfer of the
International Studies program from the Office of International Affairs to
the Department of Government and Political Affairs, the Government
Department petitions for the discontinuation of the existing International
Studies Curriculum Committee (ISCC) as a standing Faculty Senate committee
with its current chair/membership structure and election process. In its
place will be a same called department affiliated committee with identical
reporting lines and curricular functions but with an expanded faculty
membership structure (see rationale below).
Rationale:
- As the IS program is now administratively affiliated with the
Department of Government, a new curricular committee would replace the
current Faculty Senate standing committee. The Senate committee has a
faculty senate member as chair and the traditional Faculty Senate
Committee election process/membership formula. As it exists, membership
is distributed across academic units but without consideration given to
the 12 contributing departments1 or faculty who possess
International Studies related-discipline background.
- In its place would be an enhanced curricular governance structure
whereby all contributing departments (defined as contributing one or more
courses) to the International Studies program will have an automatic
committee representative. The contributing department will choose a
faculty member(s) to serve on the committee from among its faculty pool
who offer courses included in the International Studies program. The
contributing department roster will be reviewed on a semester basis in
order to continually update committee membership. Each department will
have an equal vote and decisions will be made by a simple majority.
- While the chair of this committee will be a GOVT faculty member
who also contributes International Studies program courses and coordinates
the International Studies program on behalf of the Department of
Government and Political Affairs, the new International Studies Curriculum
Committee will NOT report to or require approval from the Government
Department's curricular committee or Department as a whole regarding
curricular matters. It will report directly, as it currently does, to the
curriculum committee(s) of the appropriate school(s), the University
Course and Program Review Committee and Faculty Senate. Interdepartmental
curricular ownership of the International Studies program is therefore
guaranteed; a situation which does not exist currently.
1The contributing departments are the following:
Biology; Business Administration; Earth Sciences; Economics; Educational
Foundations; Foreign Languages; Geography; Government and Political Affairs;
History; Music; Philosophy; and Sociology and Anthropology;
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