A B. Dorman/M. Rosenthal motion passed which allowed the Faculty Senate to discuss holding a campus-wide faculty referendum on SSHE policies. This discussion will continue at a future Faculty Senate meeting. Discussion centered on the questions to be included in the referendum and the mechanism for conducting the referendum.
The following item was altered to indicate that the rule determining the order of agenda items was suspended and that a special order was passed to place the Bremer proposal on the agenda before the Proposed Courses and Programs agenda item.
A T. Kevorkian/S. Luek motion to suspend normal Faculty Senate rules relating to the agenda for the next Faculty Senate meeting passed. A T. Kevorkian/S. Luek motion for a Special Order allowing consideration of the F. Bremer proposal dealing with the procedure for obtaining a G1, G2 or G3 course label passed. The Special Order motion specified that the Bremer proposal will be considered before the Proposed Courses and Programs agenda item.
A R. Wismer/J. Fenwick motion passed which reversed the earlier proposal (December 3, 2002 meeting) to delay approval of the four Chemistry degree options introduced in December until May 2003. Passage of the motion allowed the proposed changes in the Chemistry degree options to be considered at the present meeting (March 18, 2003).
A R. Wismer/B. Dorman motion passed which amended the proposal for the Environmental Chemistry degree option in the Chemistry Department to include Acompetency equivalent to Biology 100@ as part of the requirements for the degree program.
A R. Wismer/E. Blazer motion passed which amended the proposal for the Biochemistry degree option in the Chemistry Department to include Acompetency equivalent to Biology 100@ as part of the requirements of the degree program and also changed wording from Achoose one additional course from the Required Related list to choose two courses from the Required Related list.
A C. Heintzelman/T. Kevorkian motion, which allowed the Faculty Senate to discuss the F. Bremer proposal dealing with the G1, G2, and G3 approval process passed.
A B. Stengel/B. Dorman motion specifying that the proposal would not apply to courses already approved by UCPRC passed.
A B. Dorman/B. Stengel motion to postpone a vote on the proposal until the April 1 meeting passed. F. Bremer, who wrote the proposal, stated that prior to the April 1, 2003 meeting he would rework the proposal to reflect major concerns raised during the discussion.
Proposed Courses & Programs
Faculty Senate approved the following course and program proposals:
(1) CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
B. S. in Biology--Optometry
Reduction in credits transferred from Pennsylvania College of Optometry
from 24 credits to 23 credits. Desired effective date--Fall 2003. Done
to meet the 120-credit mandate.
(2) CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
B. S. in Biology--Environmental Biology
Change Biology electives from 6-7 credits to 5-6 credits. Desired
effective date--Fall 2003. Done to meet the 120-credit mandate.
(3) CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
B. S. Nursing
Change in the total of lower division nursing credits awarded upon
admission to Millersville University to 28, an addition of one credit to
bring the total number of credits up to 120 credits instead of 119, which
was attained when the G4 requirement was deleted. Desired effective
date--Fall 2003.
(4) CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
B. S. in Chemistry - changes in electives to comply with the 120-credit
hour graduation requirement. Change Chemistry electives from 8-10 to 8
credits. Decrease the credit requirements in the Physics, Mathematics
and/or Computer Science electives from 6-8 credits to 4 credits. Change
Physics to any course numbered 233 or higher, except for Perspectives (P)
courses. Desired effective date--Fall 2003
(5) CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
B. S. in Chemistry--Biochemistry - changes in electives to comply with
the 120-credit hour graduation requirement. Reduce requirements in
Chemistry Electives from 4 to 2 credits, reduce Required Related biology
section from 13 - 14 to 10-11 credits by changing the second section
from "Select two." To "Select one additional." Desired effective date--Fall
2003.
Amended in Faculty Senate - Competency equivalent to BIOL 100 to be added
to the requirements for the option. Also under Required Related, the
wording should be returned to "Select two additional courses from the
following" from "Select one additional course from the following".
(6) CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
B. S. in Chemistry--Environmental Chemistry - changes in electives to
comply with the 120-credit hour graduation requirement. Change Chemistry
Electives from 3-4 credits, delete 7 required Biology credits from the
Required Related block, change electives requirement to a minimum of 9 s.
h. by changing the second section to "Select 3 courses from the following
(min. 9 credits). Delete BIOL 211 and 221. Desired effective date--Fall
2003.
Amended in Faculty Senate - Competency equivalent to BIOL 100 to be
added to the requirements for the option.
(7) CHANGES IN COURSES/CURRICULA
B. S. in Chemistry--Polymer Chemistry - changes in electives to comply
with the 120-credit hour graduation requirement. Increase Chemistry and
related electives from 7 to 8 credits. Desired effective date--Fall
2003.
The following proposed course changes were postponed indefinitely on the passage of a B. Stengel/A. Borger-Greco motion.
EDFN 211--Foundations of Modern Education, 3 credits. Existing Non-Gen Ed course requesting a G3 label. Desired effective date--Fall 2003. This G3 classification goes out of effect the September following the report from the General Education Task Force or September 2005, whichever comes earlier.
EDFN 241--Psychological Foundations of Teaching, 3 credits. Existing Non-Gen Ed course requesting a G3 label. Desired effective date--fall 2003. This G3 classification goes out of effect the September following the report from the General Education Task Force or September 2005, whichever comes earlier.