Present:

Present: C. Burns, J. Murphy, K. Carico, D. Dietz, S. Brown, F. Chua, D. Crowder, J.Floyd, M. Gaballa, S. Holderby, C. Hoy, V. Jenkins, P. Junius, W. Keeth, T. Kiessling, P. Keller, A. Johnson, T. Murphy, I. Newman, C. Pérez, P. Savoye, K.Thorne, D. Seigart, R. Stanley (for M. Jones), R. Stender, D. Werner

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Committee and Other Reports

A.

Academic Planning (P. Savoye)

Two new concentrations in the Phil. Program. Would not have to hire others. Overhaul of Music Merchandising; now Music Industry. Tomorrow’s meeting: Major changes in Library Science Program and changes in Accounting Minor and Accounting Major.

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Academic Affairs (J. Floyd)

See motions below.

Motions from AAC

AAC Motions of Nov 22

Communications Department

1. Distance Education: COM 4455 Film and Society
2. Distance Education: COM 4455 Gay and Lesbian Film Images

T Murphy: 4455 the experimental number, then why is it before the Senate? Do we normally vote on exp., but b/c it is distance ed. No need to consider these items. Not Senate business.

Health Sciences and Physical Activities

3. New Course: NUR 5500 Advanced Physical Assessment and Pathophysiology across the Life Span (3 credits)
   Motion carries.
   
4. Program Change: Add NUR 5500 as a permanent course in MSN program; Make NUR 5550 The Nurse in Academe: Issues in Higher Education an elective

Rationale: There are more nurses who want to do staff development in a hospital, not in an educational setting.
Motion carries.

English and Modern Languages

5. New Course: ENG 1175: Nature of Language
   Block 2 General Education "I" designation
   Covers similar topics as upper-division course. Not voting on I or Gen Ed; only the course. Other committees will take care of this.
   Motion carries.
6. New Course: ENG 2209: Readings in Shakespeare
   Motion carries.
7. Block 2 General Education
   Course Change: ENG 2202, 3312, 3314, and 3316 (Creative Writing courses): Request Block 2 General Education status.
   Notifying they went to AAC. No vote needed from Senate.
8. Course Change: For ENG 3268, 3269, 3278, and 3280 (British and American survey courses): Add sentence to catalog description for each course: "This course is NOT a Block 2 General Education course."
   Update catalog description (3280 only): Change "Survey of late nineteenth and twentieth-century American writers" to read: "Survey of American writers from the late nineteenth-century to the present."
   T. Murphy: Not designed as Gen. Ed. courses.
   Motion carries.
9. Course Change: ENG 3307 (Lit. in English from Around the World):
   Request "G" (Global) status and Block 2 General Education status.
   Gen. Ed. No action needed.
10. Course Change: ENG 3350, 3351, 3356, 3359, 3360 (British period courses): Add following prerequisites to each course (1112W is current prerequisite): ENG 1112W and (ENG 1130W or ENG 1115 or ENG 2207 or ENG 2209). (NB: 2209 is a proposed new lower-division Shakespeare course.) Request G (Global) status for ENG 3350 and 3359 (3351, 3356, and 3360 are already "G")
    Motion carries
    
    Course Items 11-15 voted on together.
    
11. Course Change: Update catalog description: ENG 3350: Old and Middle English Literature
    Study of major British writers and works from the Anglo Saxon period to 1500. Selections may include Old English lyric and narrative poetry (like Beowulf) in translation, and Middle English romances, allegories, bawdy tales, plays, songs, and mystical writings, some in the original language, some in translation. Authors may include Chaucer, Julian of Norwich, Langland, Malory, and that most prolific of medieval authors, Anonymous. Prerequisites: ENG 1112W and (ENG 1130W or ENG 1115 or ENG 2207 or ENG 2209). Offered fall of even years.
12. Course Change- Update catalog description: ENG 3351: English Renaissance Literature
    A study of major writers from 1500 to 1660, the Reformation through the English Civil War. Authors include Sydney, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, and Milton. Prerequisites: ENG 1112W and (ENG 1130W or ENG 1115 or ENG 2207 or 2209). Offered spring of even years.
13. Course Change- Update catalog description: ENG 3356: Eighteenth-Century British Literature
    A study of major British writers from 1660 to 1800. The course will address both primary texts and literary criticism addressing the literature of the period. Includes authors such as Behn, Defoe, Pope, Richardson, Fielding, Smith, and Radcliffe. Prerequisites: ENG 1112W and (ENG 1130W or ENG 1115 or ENG 2207 or 2209). Offered spring of odd years
14. ENG 3359: Nineteenth-Century British Literature
    A study of major British writers from the Romantic and Victorian eras. May include such authors as Burns, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, Bronte, Carlyle, Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, and Wilde. Prerequisites: ENG 1112W and ENG 1130W or (ENG 1115 or ENG 2207 or ENG 2209). Offered fall of odd years.
15. ENG 3360: Twentieth-Century British Literature
    A study of major writers of the twentieth century such as Yeats, Joyce, Woolf, Eliot, Beckett, Winterson, and Rushdie. Topics of study include modernism, postmodernism, literary responses to cultural upheaval such as World War II, and post-colonialism. Prerequisites: ENG 1112W and (ENG 1130W or ENG 1115 or ENG 2207 or ENG 2209). Offered fall of even years.
    
    T. Murphy: Move that we modify our decision on Items to 10-15 to place an open parenthesis in front of ENG 1130W and a closed parenthesis at the end.
    
    Motion carries.
    
    Course Changes
16. For ENG 3362, 3363, and 3364 (American period courses): Add following prerequisites to each course (1112W is current prerequisite): ENG 1112W and (ENG 1130W or ENG 1115 or ENG 2208).
    
    Friendly amendment: Item 16 with () added.
    Motion carries.
    
    J. Murphy: Will this affect class size in the future? T. Murphy: Reflects what ought to be happening, but isn’t. Lower-level students should not be able to take the upper-division courses without previous literature course. Also, majors have not been able to get in classes b/c of enrollment.
    
    P. Junius: Gen. ed students are being allowed in 300-level courses. It is a problem in other depts.
    
17. Title: (ENG 3362 only):
    Change title from "American Romanticism" to "American Romanticism and Transcendentalism"
    Motion carries.
18. Update catalog description:
    ENG 3362: American Romanticism and Transcendentalism
    A study of American Romanticism and Transcendentalism, focusing on the work of such writers as Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, Whitman, Melville, Hawthorne, and Poe. Prerequisites: ENG 1112W and (ENG 1130W or ENG 1115 or ENG 2208). Offered spring of even years.
    Motion carries with addition of parentheses.
19. Update catalog description: ENG 3363: American Realism and Naturalism
    Study of American literature written between the Civil War and World War I. Possible authors include: Dickinson, Twain, James, Chopin, Crane, Chesnutt, Wharton, Dreiser, Wilkins Freeman, and Orne Jewett. Prerequisites: ENG 1112W and (ENG 1130W or ENG 1115 or ENG 2208). Offered fall of odd years.
    Motion carries with addition of parentheses.
20. Update catalog description: ENG 3364: Twentieth-Century American Literature A study of major American writers since World War I, such as Wharton, Faulkner, Williams, Baldwin, Morrison, and Erdrich. Topics include modernism, postmodernism, race, and gender. Prerequisites: ENG 1112W and (ENG 1130W or ENG 1115 or ENG 2208). Offered spring of odd years.
    Motion carries with addition of parentheses.
21. ENG 3352 (Shakespeare): Delete from list of Block 2 General Education courses. Add following prerequisites (there are no existing prerequisites): ENG 1112W and (ENG 1130W or ENG 1115 or ENG 2207 or ENG 2209). Offered fall semester. (NB: 2209 is a proposed new lower-division Shakespeare course.)
    Motion carries with addition of parentheses.
22. ENG 3376 (Major Genre): Delete from list of Block 2 General Education courses. Add following prerequisite (ENG 1112W is current prerequisite): ENG 1112W and ENG 1130W
    Motion carries.
23. ENG 3381 (History of Literary Theory and Criticism): Add to list of approved Block 2 General Education courses.
    No action needed.
24. 24. ENG 3382 (Contemporary Literary Theory and Criticism): Add following prerequisite (ENG 1112W is current prerequisite): ENG 1112W and ENG 1130W
25. For ENG 3385 (Major Author): Add following prerequisite (ENG 1112W is current prerequisite): ENG 1112W and ENG 1130W
    Motion carries for #24 and #25.
    
    PROGRAM CHANGE
26. For ENG BA and BSE programs:
    A. Change "Major Genre/Major Author" requirement to "Major Genre/Major Author/Contemporary Theory" requirement.
    B. Add the following element to the existing English Program Assessment Portfolio Requirement: "The Writing Lesson Plan from ENG 3324: Composition Theory and Practice (BSE only)."
    Motion carries.

Education, Special Education and Art Education

New Course

27. ED 2606/ED 5506 Field Experience: Special Topics
    Rationale: To provide opportunities for concentrated site-based field experiences, in the student’s field of study, during university break periods.
    J. Floyd: One week course would total 45 hours.
    J. Murphy: On faculty member’s yearly 24-hour load?
    P. Keller: It’s exploratory at this point. No one knows right now how this will impact loads.
    Motion carries.
    
    Course Changes
28. ED 2220 Child Development (3 credits) Add prerequisite: PSY 1101 Introduction to Psychology
29. ED 2205 Educational Psychology (3 credits) Add prerequisite: PSY 1101 Introduction to Psychology
    
    #28 and #29: Motion carries.
    
30. Change catalog description: ED 3310 Content Area Reading and Writing. Add to description: ... may be offered in a modular format. Co requisite: ED 3320
31. Change catalog description: ED 3320 Observation and Participation-Secondary Add to description: ...may be offered in a modular format. Co-requisite: ED 3310
    
    #30 and #31: Motion carries with friendly amendment to delete “timeframe.”
    
    

AAC Motions of 11-29-05 to University Senate

Philosophy

32. Program change: Add two areas of concentration to Philosophy major - Pre-Law concentration and Applied Philosophy and Professional Ethics concentration
    Rationale for change: This change will provide options for students who are not interested in pursuing philosophy at the Graduate School level, but want to use a philosophy degree for other career opportunities and/or personal enrichment
    
    Brief discussion:
    J. Murphy: If we allow these students to opt out of these more challenging courses, will there be a critical mass to make the courses viable?
    I. Newman: No way to predict.
    J. Murphy: How many philosophy majors are there? Between 10 and 20.
    I. Newman: Other reasons: B/c of our staff, we cannot offer the history of philosophy majors more than every two years. It is way to offer flexibility w/out requiring students to take the major.
    S. Brown: The under-enrolled courses are not closed out?
    I. Newman. : No.
    Motion carries.
33. New Course: PHL 2350 Philosophy of Popular Culture 3 credits
    New Course Description:
    Using a variety of contemporary examples and case studies from American culture, the course will demonstrate Philosophy’s relevance in the mainstream, popular culture. Course emphasizes development in critical thought, analysis and communication skills, and written assignments from class can be used to fulfill general education portfolio requirement necessary for graduation.
    Motion carries.

Request: General Education- Group 1

Music

34. Program Change: Bachelor of Music in Music Industry
    Music business concentration and addition of music technology concentration
    Rationale: Expand the existing music business program to a two- track program with concentrations in music business and music technology.
    Defining a technology concentration; therefore, have to define the other concentration (business).
    Motion carries.
    
    New Courses
35. MU 4414: Recording Arts 3 credits
    Purpose and Nature of Course:
    Upper division course in music technology, focused on professional sound recording studio techniques. This course is integral to the proposed “Bachelor of Music in Music Industry: Music Technology Track.”
    Course Description for Catalog
    Seminar in digital audio workstation (DAW) recording: emphasis will be placed on sound recording, editing, and mixing processes through hands-on experience. Students will collaborate to produce high-quality recordings within several musical genres. Prerequisites: MU 3313
    Co-requisites: MU 44__ Studio Production Techniques (see associated new course proposal)
    Added “13” to MU 44
36. MU 4413 Studio Production Techniques 3 credits
    Purpose and Nature of Course: Upper division course in music technology, focused on professional sound recording studio techniques and equipment. This course is integral to the proposed “Bachelor of Music with Concentration in Music Technology.” Description: An introduction to recording studio hardware and software, including interface modules, processors, sound modules (samplers and synthesizers), studio wiring and networks, MIDI control, mixing consoles, and studio etiquette. Prerequisites: (Courses which MUST be completed prior to taking this course) _ MU 3313 Co-requisites: (Courses which must be taken prior to or simultaneously with) _COM 3270
37. (Deleted #37; delayed until it goes to Grad. Council.)
    Motion carries.
    
    Course Change
38. Old Course Title: MU 4489 INTERNSHIP: MUSIC MERCHANDISING
    New Course Title: MU 4489 INTERNSHIP: MUSIC INDUSTRY
    Purpose and nature of change:
    Change the title (only) of the music business internship to better reflect the diversity and nature of internships pursued by students in the music business program.
    Course Description for Catalog:
    A 14-week internship in the music industry intended as a capstone experience for the Industry program. Internships may take place in the fields of music products retail and wholesale, arts management, marketing, promotions, recording, and/or production. Students are encouraged to make contact with potential internship programs well before their internship semester.
    Prerequisites: MU 4481
    Enrollment restrictions: Limited to majors in the music industry program who have completed all other coursework for the degree.
    Motion carries.

Social Work, Sociology and Anthropology

New Course

39. SOC 3333/3336 Political Sociology 3 credits
    Purpose: To expose sociology/anthropology students to politics and public policy and to expose political science students to sociology.
    Course Description: Covers the intersection of sociology and politics. Investigates the development of policy issues, people's reactions and responses to them, and resolution of the issues in the public arena. Focuses on the dynamics of power and influence in the social relations: who has the power, who does not and why.
    Cross listed with: PSC 3333 3336
    
    Motion carries.
    
    Course changes:
40. Purpose: To provide better course descriptions in the catalog.
    Old Description:
    SOC 3301 Organizational Behavior 3 credits
    Examines the social dimensions of work organizations including formal and informal interaction patterns, leadership, and organizational culture.
    New Description: Overview of the major concepts, theories, and research findings in the field of organizational behavior. Examines the sociological analysis of organizations in modern society, the social dimensions of high performance organizations, and how to direct and lead individuals, groups and organizations.
41. SOC 3308 Research Methods II: Analysis, Interpretation and Application
    Purpose: To provide better course descriptions in the catalog.
    Old Description: Techniques and procedures for processing social science data. Ability to develop and evaluate research reports and to judge how findings may be applied to improve social work practices are primary goals of the course. Previous training in statistics strongly recommended.
    New Description: Covers how social scientists handle quantitative data, and previous training in statistics strongly recommended. Reviews the scientific method, causality, the types of variables encountered in social research, and how data informs social theory. The focus is on learning basic techniques for describing social science data and testing for relationships between variables. Includes training in a statistical software package and student-driven applied research projects.
    #40 and #41: AAC will postpone the motion until next week.

History
New Courses

42. HST 3275: History of South and Southeast Asia
    Historical study of the peoples of South and Southeast Asian countries from ancient to the present. Also covers the indigenous religions of the region. Includes the Indian subcontinent and SE Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
43. HST 3325: History of Witches and Witch Hunts
    This course explores one of the darkest periods in history, the witch hunts which occurred in Europe and Salem in the early modern period. The course focuses on the intellectual, economic, and social forces which allowed people to believe in witches and to accuse their family members and neighbors of witchcraft. The course also addresses issues of gender and its impact on the witch hunts both in Europe and Salem.
44. HST 3326: History of Women and Television
    Through a study of both former and present television programs, this course explores the changing roles of American women. We will consider how television both reflects and influences the cultural understanding of gender in our society. The course will include discussions from a historical perspective on the impact of women in the workplace, the women’s movement and its backlash. The importance of these events and their reflection in television programs throughout the television age will be discussed.
45. HST 3395: The Cold War
    This course covers the period of the Cold War, from its origins late in the Second World War to its end with the revolutions of 1989 and the demise of the Soviet Union in December, 1991. We will especially look at the major events, international relations, and cultural impact of the Cold War.
    
    #42-#45: Motion carries.
    
    Course Changes
46. HST 3316: Teaching Secondary Social Studies
    Title change to have course title match area of certification.
    Motion carries.
47. HST 3357: History of England
    Remove course from moratorium.
48. HST 3361: Early Modern Europe
    Remove course from moratorium.
    
    #47 and #48: Motion carries.
49. HST 4415: Modern American Diplomacy
    Remove prerequisite so that it matches the prerequisite for the PSC cross- list.
    Motion carries.

VII.

Adjournment at 4:45: (T. Murphy/S. Brown)

Respectfully submitted,
Kathleen Carico
Interim Senate Secretary