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)