Minutes of September 28, 1995 approved as amended. Add in

sentence two: Motion to approve by George Knight... Paragraph two

change: Chair of the Faculty.

 

Request from Larry Auld to renumber EDTC courses. EDTC 5020 to

6030; 5321 to 6110; 5374 to 6040; 5378 to 6120; 5492 to 6130; and

delete EDTC 5021. Motion to accept the revisions by George Knight

and seconded by Evelyn Powers. Motion passed.

 

Jim O. Smith presented request from the School of Business to

change prerequisites for MGMT 4482 and 4352. Motion to approve by

Janice Shea, seconded by Brian Harris. Motion passed.

 

School of Art submitted a request to add a 3 sh art elective to

the BFA Art Education degree program which would increase the

electives from 6 to 9 sh, and the degree hours from 131 sh to 134

sh. The Art school has an exemption for total program hours, up

to 134 sh. Since there was not a representative present a motion

to table the request was made by Bill Grossnickle; seconded by

Evelyn Powers. Motion passed. The Chair will request a

representative to attend the next meeting and provide

documentation related to accreditation percentage in the major.

 

Mark Friend and Elmer Poe from Industry and Technology presented

a request for Authorization to Plan a New Degree Program in

Industrial Engineering. A revised proposal was distributed which

deleted any Master's level content, only addressing BS request.

Motion to endorse the proposal made by Tijjani Mohammed; seconded

by Bob Joyner. Motion passed with one abstention.

 

Dot Muller, Undergraduate Studies, presented a request for

Authorization to Plan a New Degree Program in Multidisciplinary

Studies (Special Studies). Following extensive discussion a

motion was made by Evelyn Powers and seconded by Don Neal, to

endorse the request. Motion passed with one abstention. The

committee raised concerns about the FTE and gate-keeping issues

in implementing such a program.

 

Elmer Poe and Douglas Kruger, School of Industry and Technology,

presented a Request for Authorization to Plan a New Degree

Program in Construction Management. The authors were

congratulated on a well constructed proposal. Motion by Don Neal

and seconded by Tijjani Mohammed to endorse the proposal. Motion

passed.

 

The Committee reviewed the proposed response to the

Recommendations of the Implementation Committee on Diversity. The

Chair will forward the response to the Educational Policies and

Planning Committee.

 

Meeting adjourned at 4:10 P.M.

 

The next regularly scheduled meeting is Thursday November 9, 1995

at 1:30 P.M.

 

Carol G Cox Recording Secretary

 

 

 

Please note:  The catalog copy of this meeting is available by calling

              the Faculty Senate office at ext. 6537.  Thank you!