2023-24 Senate Documents
2023-24 Faculty Senate Legislation
SD0123F: Standing Rules and Rules of Order (2023-24) (FS1)
SD0223F: Revise Faculty Handbook Guidelines for Program Changes Faculty Handbook Section 5.4.2 (FWDC 1)
SD0323F: Change credit hours 1and revise description for IST 325 (APC 1)
SD0423F: Require the First-Year Seminar to be taken during the first semester, and revise the FYS 178 description to reflect the change (APC 2)
SD0523F: Revise the Academic Standing Policy (APC 3)
SD0623F: Change the title of PSYC 208 (APC 4)
SD0723F: Revise Guidelines for First Year Experience Advisory Committee Faculty Handbook Section 10.4.37 (FWDC 2)
SD0823F: Revise the Honors Program Description Faculty Handbook Section 11.2 (FWDC 3)
SD0923F: Adding new course, POLS 313, US Census: The Politics of Counting (APC 5)
SD1023F: Add new course, ART 480: B.A. Exhibition Preparation (APC 6)
SD1123F: Revise the ECON elective requirement in the Concentration in Pure Mathematics (MATH) (APC 7)
SD1223F: Change the demonstration of competency in Mathematics (APC 8)
SD1323F: Addition of new course, ANTH 346, Medical Anthropology (APC 9)
SD1423F: Addition of new course, SSCI 360, Poverty Law Practicum (APC 10)
SD1523F: Proposed Academic Calendar: (Appendix 1 2024-2025 Final draft) and (Appendix 2 2025-2026 Preliminary draft) (APC 11)
SD1623F: Advising Responsibilities for Faculty Revision of Faculty Handbook Section 3.1.4.5 (FWDC 4)
SD1724S: New Program Request to Establish M.S. in Climate Resilience (APC 20) Request to Establish
SD1824S: Delete SPHG 705, MPH Practicum; Add new course: PUBH 729, Migration and Health; Add new course: PUBH 743, Climate Change and Human Health; Revise the listing of courses required for the MPH (APC 21)
SD1924S: Petition for CHEM prefix and major credit hour exemption for BS Chemistry Major, required for major changes (APC 12)
SD2024S: Delete CHEM 312, replacing it with CHEM 317, 318, 319, and 320 (APC 13)
SD2124S: Delete CHEM 380, replacing it with CHEM 395 (APC 14)
SD2224S: Change the major requirements for the BA and BS degrees in Chemistry (APC 15) SD2224S Appendix A SD2224S Appendix B
SD2324S: Add new course, ECON 265 Race and Economic Opportunity; Add new course, ECON 359: Climate Finance (APC 16)
SD2424S: Add new minor in the Economics department: Minor in Finance (APC 17)
SD2524S: Add new course, PSYC 341, Positive Psychology (APC 19)
SD2624S: Revise Faculty Handbook Guidelines for Election Schedule Faculty Handbook Section 10.2.1.3 (FWDC 7)
SD2724S: B.A. in Elementary and Inclusive Education: Request for Preliminary Authorization (IDC 1) Request for Preliminary Authorization Education Budget
SD2824S: Transfer Credit Policy revision (Elimination of the 10-year old credit rule) (APC 22)
SD2923S: Add new course MATH 295: Math for Machine Learning (APC 23)
SD3024S: Delete CSCI 312 and 412, replacing with new topical course, CSCI 339: Topics in AI and Machine Learning; Change prerequisite and offering pattern for CSCI 346, Computer Graphics (APC 24)
SD3124S: Add a minor in Data Science to be administered by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics (APC 25)
SD3224S: Revise the requirements for the Computer Science major (APC 26)
SD3324S: Revise the requirements for the minor in Professional Writing and Rhetoric (APC 27)
SD3424S: RAnnual Evaluation of Chair and Program Directors Faculty Handbook Section 3.4.4 (APC 28)
SD3524S: Changing the Physics Major Competency Requirement (APC 28)
SD3624S: Changing the offering pattern for PHYS 310 (APC 29)
SD3724S: Change Service-Learning to Community Engaged Learning; Change the criteria for Community Engaged Learning designation on courses; Update the Explanations of Criteria for Community Engaged Learning Designated Courses; Update the criteria for graduating with the designation of Community Engaged Scholar; Update the Explanation of Community Engaged Scholars’ Community Engaged Projects (APC 30)
SD3824S: Revise the catalog description of the Key Center for Community Engaged Learning; Revise the catalog entry for Community Engaged Scholar (APC 31)
SD3924S: Delete HWP 190, Foundations of Health Promotion; Delete HWP 380, Internship in Health and Wellness Promotion; Delete HWP 480 Advanced Internship in Health and Wellness Promotion Add HWP 327 Kinesiology & Biomechanics (APC 32)
SD4024S: Change title for HWP 245, Research Methods in Health and Wellness Promotion; Change description for HWP 326, Food is Medicine; Delete HWP 425, Exercise Prescription, Fitness, and Lifestyle Assessment, replacing it with repeatable HWP 354; Change title and description for HWP 459, Senior Capstone in Health and Wellness Promotion (APC 33)
SD4124S: Change the name of the Health and Wellness Promotion department and the major and minor to Health Sciences; Change prefix of Health and Wellness Promotion department and major and minor to HS (APC 34)
SD4224S: Update the narrative and the major and minor requirements for Health and Wellness Promotion (Health Sciences) (APC 35)
SD4324S: Reinstate HON 492; Update the requirements and description of the Honors Program, codifying Recognition as an Honors Scholar (APC 36)
SD4424S: Change the course description for HIST 451, increasing the credit hours; Change the requirements for the Major in History and History with Teacher Licensure (APC 37)
SD4524S: Change the name and description of HIST 303 (APC 38)
SD4624S: Change Course Title, and Description for AME 420 (APC 39)
SD4724S: Change the name of the Arts Management and Entrepreneurship concentration and minor to Arts and Markets; Revise the requirements for the major concentration and minor in Arts and Markets; Change the AME prefix to AM throughout the catalog (APC 40)
SD4824S: Add new course, BIOL 299: Scientific Community Engagement; Reinstate BIOL 336: Parasitology, adding it to the Evolution and Critical Thinking and Quantitative Analysis categories (APC 41)
SD4924S: Change the narrative for the Environmental Studies catalog entry; Change the Earth Science concentration name to Geoscience; Change the Ecology & Environmental Biology concentration name to Ecology (APC 42)
SD5024S: Change the name of the Department of Environmental Studies to the Department of Environmental Science; Change the Environmental Studies major to an Environmental Science major; Change the Environmental Studies minor to an Environmental Science minor (APC 43)
SD5124S: Proposal to Revise the IST-Individual Degree Concentration requirements (APC 44)
SD5224S: Add Service While on Full Leave Faculty Handbook Section 4.2.3 within Section 4.2 (FWDC 5)
SD5324S: Revise Faculty Handbook Procedure for Annual Evaluation of Faculty Faculty Handbook Section 3.4.2 (FWDC 6)
SD5424S: Faculty Mentoring Program Coordinators Membership Revision of Faculty Handbook Section 10.5.12 (FWDC 9)
SD5524S: New Academic Degree Program Request for Preliminary Authorization: BS Astronomy (IDC 2)
SD5624S: Revise the Major in English requirements for K-6 and Creative Writing Teaching Licensure (APC 45)
SD5724S *SD5724S document: Petition for Exemption to SD2015F, Department of Atmospheric Sciences (ATMS) (APC 46)
SD5824S: Establish new course, ATMS 201, Map Discussion; Update the ATMS minor requirements to exclude the use of ATMS 201 from the electives for the minor (APC 47)
SD5924S: Change offering pattern for ATMS 230; Establish new course, ATMS 235, Python for Atmospheric Scientists (APC 48)
SD6024S: Establish new courses: ATMS 265, Mountain Meteorology ATMS 337, Applied Numerical Weather Prediction ATMS 428, Severe Weather Field Experience (APC 49)
SD6124S: Change description and prerequisite for ATMS 315, Radar and Satellite Meteorology; Change prerequisite for ATMS 316, Mesoscale Meteorology (APC 50)
SD6224S: Update the narrative for the Atmospheric Sciences department; Change requirements for the ATMS Broadcast Meteorology concentration; Update the computer programming requirement for all concentrations (APC 51)
SD6324S: Delete the following courses from the BUS curriculum: BUS 130, 343, 380, 407, 453, and 481 (APC 52)
SD6424S: Add new BUS major curriculum courses and assign permanent numbers to special topics courses: BUS 225, 310, 320, 352, 364, 388, 392 (APC 53)
SD6524S: Increase the credit hours and/or change course titles and/or Amended descriptions for BUS 230, 250, 300, 366, 368, 386, 398, 405, 458, 480, and 489
SD6624S: Change the departmental narrative and the requirements for a Major or Minor in Business (APC 55)
SD6724S: Change the requirements for the Accounting major; Remove BUS 130 as a prerequisite for ACCT 216 (APC 56)
SD6824S: Change titles and descriptions of MUSC 263 and 264 (APC 57)
SD6924S: Change the requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Music Technology major (APC 58)
SD7024S: Change the title of MUSC 366, History of Music in Film (APC 59)
SD7124S: Change the title of MUSC 367; Change the title and remove prerequisite for MUSC 368 (APC 60)
SD7224S: Update Course Descriptions for MUSC 386 and MUSC 387; (APC 63)
SD7324S: Revise Academic Policy Related to Alerts and Clarity of Timing of Evaluation of Student Work (APC 61 / FWDC 10)
SD7424S: Change the name of Undergraduate Research Program to Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Program (APC 62)
SD7524S: Change the name of the Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Program (URCAP) by Revising Guidelines for Faculty Handbook Section 11.3 (FWDC 11)
SD7624S: Change the name of the Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Program (URCAP) by Revising Guidelines for Faculty Handbook Section 10.5.5 (FWDC 12)
SD7724S: Change the name of the Undergraduate Research Program (URP) to the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Program (URCAP) by Revising Faculty Handbook Section 10.4.23 (FWDC 13)
SD7824S: Academic Program Review Policy (IDC 3)