FACULTY SENATE MEETING
AGENDA
October 12, 2009
3:15 p.m., 601 Rudder Tower
http://facultysenate.tamu.edu
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Call to Order
Guest Speaker
Dr. R. Bowen Loftin, Interim President Texas A&M University
Speaker Comments
| Approval of September 14 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes | Attachment A | |
| Consent Agenda | ||
| GRADUATE COUNCIL | ||
| New Courses - September 3, 2009 | ||
| ATMO 677 | Introduction to Geophysical Data Assimilation | Attachment B1 |
| BIOL 622 | Microbial Physiology | Attachment B2 |
| BIOL 698 | Special Topics Behavior, Genes, and Evolution | Attachment B3 |
| BMEN 604 | FDA Good Laboratory and Clinical Practices | Attachment B4 |
| ECEN 600 | Experimental Optics | Attachment B5 |
| ECEN 699 | Advances in VLSI Logic Synthesis | Attachment B6 |
| ECEN 730 | CMOS RFIC Engineering | Attachment B7 |
| ECEN 770 | Organic Semiconductor | Attachment B8 |
| GEOL 651 | Paleoecological Community Analysis | Attachment B9 |
| MEEN 616 | Foundation of Continuum Mechanics | Attachment B10 |
| MEEN 672 | Introduction to Finite Element Method | Attachment B11 |
| MEEN 686 | Composite Materials Processing and Performance | Attachment B12 |
| MEEN 688 | Advanced Solid Mechanics | Attachment B13 |
| OCNG 677 | Introduction to Geophysical Data Assimilation | Attachment B14 |
| OCNG 678 | Costal Dynamics | Attachment B15 |
| SCSC 623 | Natural Resources and Agricultural Sustainability in UK | Attachment B16 |
| STAT 618 | Statistical Aspects of Machine Learning and Data Mining | Attachment B17 |
| WGST 603 | The Contemporary Family | Attachment B18 |
| Change in Courses- September 3, 2009 | ||
| MARB 681 | Seminar | Attachment B19 |
| MARS 681 | Seminar | Attachment B20 |
| MEEN 601 | Advanced Machine Design | Attachment B21 |
| OCNG 641 | Marine Chemistry | Attachment B22 |
| OCNG 681 | Seminar | Attachment B23 |
| WMST 685 | Directed Studies | Attachment B24 |
| WMST 689 | Selected Topics in an Identified Area of Women’s and Gender Studies | Attachment B25 |
| UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE | ||
| New Courses - September 11, 2009 | Attachment C | |
| AFST 204 | Introduction to African-American Literature | |
| AFST 205 | Introduction to Africana Literature | |
| AFST 300 | Blacks in the United States, 1607-1877 | |
| AFST 301 | Blacks in the United States Since 1877 | |
| AFST 317 | Racial and Ethnic Relations | |
| AFST 323 | Sociology of African Americans | |
| AFST 327 | Popular Musics in the African Diaspora | |
| AFST 329 | African-American Literature Pre-1930 | |
| AFST 339 | African-American Literature Post-1930 | |
| AFST 344 | History of Africa to 1800 | |
| AFST 345 | Modern Africa | |
| AFST 346 | History of South Africa | |
| AFST 357 | Out of Africa: The Black Diaspora and the Modern World | |
| AFST 393 | Studies in Africana Literature and Culture | |
| AFST 401 | Slavery in World History | |
| AGEC 434 | Rural Financial Markets & Financial Planning | |
| ANTH 305 | Fundamentals of Anthropological Writing | |
| DCED 160 | Ballet I | |
| DCED 171 | Modern Dance I | |
| DCED 402 | Dance Composition III | |
| ENTO 210 | Global Public Health Entomology | |
| KINE 201 | Pilates Apparatus | |
| KINE 260 | Movement Lab: Ballet I | |
| KINE 271 | Movement Lab: Modern Dance I | |
| KINE 305 | Sport Nutrition | |
| KINE 361 | Movement Lab: Ballet II | |
| KINE 372 | Movement Lab: Modern Dance II | |
| KINE 403 | Dance Wellness | |
| KINE 462 | Movement Lab: Ballet III | |
| KINE 473 | Movement Lab: Modern Dance III | |
| NUEN 472 | Operational Health Physics of Advanced Reactors | |
| WMST 315 | The Marriage Institution | |
| Change in Courses - September 11, 2009 | ||
| AGSM 440 | Management of Agricultural Systems | |
| DCED 161 | Visual and Performing Arts – Ballet II | |
| DCED 162 | Visual and Performing Arts – Ballet III | |
| DCED 172 | Visual and Performing Arts – Modern Dance II | |
| DCED 173 | Visual and Performing Arts – Modern Dance III | |
| DCED 303 | Health Practices for Dancers | |
| NUTR 211 | Scientific Principles of Foods | |
| NUTR 304 | Food Service Systems Management | |
| SPAN 303 | Composition and Conversation | |
| SPAN 331 | Spanish Literature to 1700 | |
| SPAN 332 | Spanish Literature from 1700 to 1936 | |
| SPAN 341 | Spanish-American Literature from 1492 to 1821 | |
| SPAN 342 | Spanish-American Literature from 1821 to 1935 | |
| SPAN 410 | Hispanic Film | |
| SPAN 411 | Contemporary Hispanic Society and Culture | |
| SPAN 412 | Hispanic Writers in the U.S. | |
| SPAN 413 | Hispanic Culture through Art | |
| SPAN 421 | Spanish Language Poetry | |
| SPAN 445 | Cervantes | |
| SPAN 450 | Contemporary Spanish and Spanish-American Literature | |
| College of Liberal Arts Women’s and Gender Studies Program WMST course prefix change to WGST |
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| Change in Curriculum - September 11, 2009 | Attachment D | |
| College of Liberal Arts Department of Performance Studies B.A. in Theatre Arts |
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| W-COURSES - September 16, 2009 | ||
| W Certification: | Attachment E | |
| BMEN 450 | Biomedical Case Studies | |
| FRSC-GEOG 462 | Advanced GIS for Natural Resource Management | |
| HORT 301 | Garden Science | |
| HORT 445 | Horticulture Therapy | |
| NUEN 405 | Nuclear Reactor Experiments | |
| WMST 401 | Feminist Theory | |
| C Certification: | ||
| BIOL 388 | Principles of Animal Physiology | |
| PHYS 420 | Concepts, Connections, and Communication | |
| __________________________________________End of Consent Agenda__________________________________________________ | ||
| Committee Reports |
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| GRADUATE COUNCIL | ||
| Special Consideration - September 3, 2009 | Attachment F | |
| Women’s Studies – Graduate Course Prefix Change | ||
| UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE | ||
| Special Consideration - September 11, 2009 | Attachment G | |
| College of Education and Human Development Department of Health and Kinesiology B.S. in Kinesiology Request for a Dance Science Track |
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| EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | ||
| EEOC Resolution | ||
| Teaching Evaluations Item Bank | Attachment I | |
| Unfinished Business | ||
New Business |
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Committee of the Whole |
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| Adjourn | ||
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