Faculty Senate

Unfinished Business (postponed for new business)

New Business

• The summary of humanities curriculum proposals was presented by Professor Eglin. Items on the summary were approved with the exception of the following:

Several of the new courses approved have a new rubric (ENFM) for the Film Studies Option in English.  It was suggested that if the Option is not approved these courses would default to ENLT.  Also, a comment was made that ASCRC needs to assist English with working out the details of the Irish Studies Minor.

• The Social Sciences and Ethics Subcommittee presentations were postponed to next week.

Unfinished Business:

• The committee briefly discussed the numerous concerns with the proposed Certificate in Global and Multicultural Competence. In consideration for time constraints, Chair Szalda-Petree requested the subcommittee chairs send the concerns of their subcommittees to him and he would compile them and communicate them, rather than invite the author to ASCRC at this time. The proposal requires considerable rethinking and collaboration with campus departments prior to further review.
• The Education and Fine Arts Subcommittee met to discuss the Communicative Disorders proposal and voted 3 to 2 in favor. Professor Luckowski will be prepared at the next meeting with the concerns and comments of the subcommittee.
  
  The Forestry and Biomedical Science Subcommittee had mostly practical / space / issue concerns in relation to the courses offered by the College of Technology that were already functioning at full capacity.
  
  This is also the case for the psychology course listed.
  
  Chair Szalda-Petree requested that members take a look at the full proposal and separate their concerns from curricular standard issues and funding. A half hour will be set aside next week for discussion and guest will be invited to the meeting on 11/28.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m.