FACULTY SENATE MEETING
AGENDA
November 9, 2009
3:15 p.m., 601 Rudder Tower
http://facultysenate.tamu.edu

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Call to Order


Guest Speaker
Dr. Jeffrey R. Seemann, Vice President for Research


Speaker Comments


Approval of October 12 Faculty Senate Meeting  Minutes Attachment A
 
Consent Agenda  
GRADUATE COUNCIL  
New Courses - October 8, 2009 Attachment B
AGEC 610 Economics of Biosecurity  
BAEN 601 Advanced Agricultural Systems Analysis  
GENE 629 Applied Animal Genomics  
INTA 617 Deterrence and Coercion  
INTA 620 International Security  
INTA 621 Chinese Foreign Policy  
INTA 622 Chinese Strategic Thought  
PETE 627 Well Completion and Workover  
PETE 638 Production Logging  
PETE 640 Models for Simulation of Flow and Transport of Fluids and Heat in Porous Media  
PETE 641 Models for Simulation of Advanced Coupled Processes in Geologic Media  
POSC 630 Applied Animal Genomics  
PSAA 603 International Non-Governmental Organizations  
PSAA 604 Emergency Management and Homeland Security  
PSAA 605 Homeland Security Policies, Strategies, and Operations  
PSAA 606 Environmental Policy and Management  
     
Change in Courses- October 8, 2009  
ESSM 663 Applied Spatial Statistics  
HORT 611 Urban Landscape Ecology  
SCSC 663 Applied Spatial Statistics  
     
     
UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE  
New Courses - October 9, 2009 Attachment C
AGEC 415 Food & Agribusiness Strategic Market Planning  
AGEC 460 Cross-Cutting Issues in Agricultural Economics  
ECEN 403 Electrical Design Laboratory I  
ECEN 404 Electrical Design Laboratory II  
EHRD 477 Project Management in Organizations  
ENGR 270 Engineering Projects in Community Service  
ENGR 470 Engineering Projects in Community Service  
FSTC 369 Experimental Nutrition & Food Science Laboratory  
NUEN 418 Fuel Assembly and 3-D Reactor Core Design and Modeling  
NUTR 369 Experimental Nutrition & Food Science Laboratory  
     
Change in Courses- October 9, 2009  
ECEN 303 Random Signals and Systems  
ECEN 447 Digital Image Processing  
NUEN 430 Computer Applications in Nuclear Engineering  
   
New Course - Revised from September 11, 2009 Meeting Attachment D
ECEN 419 Genomic Signal Processing  
   
   
Change in Curriculum - October 9, 2009 Attachment E
Dwight Look College of Engineering
   Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering
      B.S. in Chemical Engineering		  
     
Change in Curriculum - October 9, 2009 Attachment F
Dwight Look College of Engineering
   Department of Computer Science and Engineering
   Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
      B.S. in Computer Engineering
         Computer Science Track
         Electrical Engineering Track		  
     
Change in Curriculum - October 9, 2009 Attachment G
Dwight Look College of Engineering
   Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
      B.S. in Electrical Engineering		  
     
Change in Curriculum - October 9, 2009 Attachment H
College of Geosciences
   B.S. in Environmental Geoscience		  
     
Change in Curriculum - October 9, 2009 Attachment I
College of Geosciences
   B.S. in Environmental Studies		  
     
     
W-COURSES - October 16, 2009 Attachment J
W Certification:    
AERO 302 Aerospace Engineering Laboratory I  
FIVS 481 Seminar  
NVSC 402 Leadership and Ethics  
PHIL 332 Social and Political Philosophy  
PHIL 334 Philosophy of Law  
     
C Certification:    
ENTO 435 Case Studies in Problem Solving  
     
W Recertification:  
AGEC429 Agricultural and Food Policy  
     
     
__________________________________________End of Consent Agenda__________________________________________________
Committee Reports
  
GRADUATE COUNCIL  
Special Consideration - October 8, 2009 Attachment K
College of Education and Human Development
      Request to change graduate course prefix EPSY to BIED		  
     
Special Consideration - October 8, 2009 Attachment L
Proposed 2010-2011 Academic Calendar  
     
Special Consideration - October 8, 2009 Attachment M
Proposed Abbreviated Academic Calendar 2011-2012  
     
Special Consideration - October 8, 2009 Attachment N
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
      Request for approval of Master of Science Degree in Biological and Agricultural Engineering		  
   
Special Consideration - October 8, 2009 Attachment O
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
      Request to add the IDP Masters of Plant Protection degree to the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences		  
   
Special Consideration - October 8, 2009 Attachment P
College of Liberal Arts Women’s and Gender Studies Program
      Request to change the name of graduate certificate to Women’s and Gender Studies		  
   
   
UNIVERSITY CURRICULUM COMMITTEE  
Special Consideration - October 9, 2009 Attachment Q
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
   Department of Horticulture Sciences
      B.S. in Floriculture
         Request to discontinue degree		  
   
Special Consideration - Revised from October 12, 2009 FS Meeting Attachment R
College of Education and Human Development
   Department of Health and Kinesiology
      B.S. in Kinesiology
         Request for a Dance Science Track		  
     
     
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE  
Academic Affairs Committee Report  
Accept and Endorse Teaching and Learning Road Map Recommendations Attachment S
     
Unfinished Business  
     
     

New Business

  
 
   

Committee of the Whole

  
     
     
Adjourn