The meeting was called to order at 3:06 p.m. All departments were in attendance except Academic & Student Development, Athletics, History, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Physics.
II. Proposed Courses and Programs
(1) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
Art: BA/BFA/BSE majors, Art History/Studio Art minors. Proposal to change degree requirements to accommodate splitting of Art History into two courses was approved without dissent.
(2) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
ESCI 347: Satellite Meteorology, 3 credits. Proposal to revise the catalog description, change the pre-requisites, and remove G2 label was approved without dissent.
(3) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
PSYC 211: Principles of Statistics and Experimental Design I, 4 credits, W. Proposal to add a W label was approved without dissent.
(4) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE COURSE
ESCI 202: Earth in Space, 3 credits, G2, web. Proposal to revise the course credits from 4 to 3, remove the lab component, modify pre-requisites, and convert to online delivery was approved without dissent.
(5) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
BS Speech Communication. Proposal to require a grade of C or better in COMM 401 for degree was approved without dissent.
It was noted that this aligns with expectation in other core courses and that only a few students do not meet this restriction.
(6) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE POLICY
Proposed changes to the Approval Process for Courses and Programs to improve mechanisms for campus notification when departments drop General Ed labels or remove courses from the catalog was approved with 2 abstentions.
(7) CHANGE TO UNDERGRADUATE POLICY
Proposed changes to the Major and Minor Course and/or Program Change Procedures to improve mechanisms for campus notification when departments drop General Ed labels or remove courses from the catalog was approved with 2 abstentions.
III. Report of the Faculty Senate Chairperson
Chair Börger-Greco reminded chairs of Senate committees to submit annual reports and reported on the budget letter sent from PASSHE faculty senates. She also announced results from the faculty vote on General Education changes: dropping the open elective and counting P courses were approved; reducing number of W courses and removing the two-from-one department restriction were not approved. (See point of order raised September 4, 2012) Discussion was held regarding the voting on GenEd:
IV. Report of the Student Senate President
V. Report of the Graduate Student Association
VI. Report of the Administrative Officers
VII. Reports of the Faculty Senate Standing Committees
(1) NEW GRADUATE COURSE
ENGL 614: The Profession of English Studies, 3 credits. Proposal for course that reviews history and present state of English studies as an academic discipline.
It was noted that the pdf is missing page 2, including the course objectives. This will be corrected.
(2) CHANGE TO GRADUATE CURRICULUM
MA/MEd English. Proposal to broaden the allowed courses that count for requirements.
(3) CHANGE TO GRADUATE CURRICULUM
MA/MEd English. Proposal to allow ESL courses to count as linguistic requirement.
(4) CHANGE TO GRADUATE CURRICULUM
MA/MEd English. Proposal to number the Writing Institute courses to allow counting within degree requirements.
(5) CHANGE TO GRADUATE CURRICULUM
MA/MEd English. Proposal to require a course in writing pedagogy within programs.
(6) CHANGE TO GRADUATE CURRICULUM
MA/MEd English. Proposal to eliminate linguistic courses as an alternative for English education electives.
VIII. Reports of the Faculty Senate Special Committees
IX. Faculty Emeriti
Meeting was adjourned at 4:51 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Aimee L. Miller
Faculty Senate Secretary