Tuesday, 8 September 2009
2:00 p.m., EB 162
Meeting 2010-01

Roll sign-in

Approval of the May 2009 minutes

Special order of the day

  1. Election of the Vice President, the Secretary, and the Steering Committee of the Senate (More information from Bylaws)

Individual reports

  1. Chancellor DePaolo
  2. President of the Senate McKinney
  1. Associate Vice Chancellor for Advancement Marla Rice Evans

Committee reports

  1. The Faculty Senate Steering Committee makes the following motions, amending the Bylaws (insertions and deletions):

Duties: To review existing and proposed content of Basic Studies curriculum and catalog copy.  To coordinate efforts to refine Basic Studies offerings to promote the academic mission of the university.  To work with academic units to ensure that Basic Studies courses are offered on a reasonable and regular basis.

Membership: Nine faculty members, including at least four from the College of Arts and Sciences and at least one from each of the professional schools, and two other from the faculty at large.  Term of membership shall be three years with staggered term so that one-third of the committee terms expire in a given year.  A member may serve a second consecutive term.  At the initial Fall meeting the Committee shall elect a vice-chair who will normally assume the role of chair in the following year.  The chief academic officer, the Dean of the University College, and a representative from the library faculty, and the Early College Liaison shall be ex-officio non-voting members.   

[Motion 10-01-02] University Curriculum Committee

Duties. To review all proposals for the following: the establishment, dissolution, division, or consolidation of academic departments or other degree-granting entities; the establishment or dissolution of academic degrees, including majors, minors, and certificate programs; the revision of academic degrees when these revisions directly affect any academic unit outside of the revising department's school or college; policies for maximum and minimum hours required for majors, minors, and certificates; total number of hours required for graduation; basic studies requirements; university-wide competency requirements; course prefixes; any curricular conflicts between schools and/or colleges; and other general curricular policies which have total university impact. The committee shall submit all such proposals, along with the committee's recommendations, to the Senate for consideration. [Revised January 2001; January 2005. See previous duties.]
[A description of the process of curricular change is found in the Faculty Handbook.]

Membership. Nine faculty members, including at least four from the College of Arts and Sciences and at least one from each of the professional schools, and two others from the faculty at large. Term of membership shall be three years with staggered terms so that one-third of the committee terms expire in a given year. A member may serve a second consecutive term. At the initial Fall meeting the Committee shall elect a vice-chair who will normally assume the role of chair in the following year. The chief academic officer, the Director Dean of the University College, and a representative from the library faculty, and the deans of the professional schools and college (or their delegates) shall be ex-officio non-voting members. [revised April, 2001. See previous membership.]

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