FACULTY SENATE MEETING

Minutes

August 13, 2007

3:15 p.m., 601 Rudder Tower

http://facultysenate.tamu.edu

 

Present:   Louise Abbott, Wendi Arant-Kaspar, Guy Battle, Robert Bednarz, Tahir Cagin, Antonio Cepedo-Benito, Richard Feldman, Rainer Fink, Timothy Hall, Paul Harms, James Heilman, Richard Hise, Arthur Hobbs, Larry Kelly, Andrew Kirkendall, Andrew Klein, Curtis Lard, Clint Magill, Lanny Martindale, David Peterson, Angie Hill Price, Sanjay Reddy, Roger Reese, Robert Shandley, John Stallone, Robert Stewart, Jyotsna Vaid, Arnie Vedlitz, Tom Vogel, Hank Walker, Robert Warden, Jim Woosley

 

            Watson (Dean of Faculties)

 

Inactive Status: Derya Akleman, Carisa Armstrong, Karl Aufderheide, Wolfgang Bangerth, Kishore Gawande, Antonio LaPastina, Clint Machann, Rosana Moreira, Cynthia Riccio, Elisabeth Rich, Roger Schultz, William Stein, Douglas Thornton, Ellen Toby, Michael Ward

                 

Absent:     James Aune, Hassan Bazzi, Michael Benedik, Tom Blasingame, James Boyd, Richard Carlson, Esther Carrigan, Sila Cetinkaya, Keith Chaffin Greg Cobb, Richard Curry, Christopher Ellis, Joselito Estrada, John Fike, Anat Geva, Melinda Grant, Edward Harris, Phil Hobson, Nancy Ing, , Ann Kenimer, Thomas Linton, Martha Loudder, Alesandra Luiselli, R.N. Mahapatra, Robert McGeachin, Peter McIntyre, Mary Meagher, William Merrell, Michael Messina, Fredric Pearl, Doug Slack, Robin Smith, Kathleen Speed, Susan Stabile, Richard Stadelmann, Emil Straube, Bob Strawser, Hamid Toliyat, John Valasek, Nancy Volkman, Gwendolyn Webb-Johnson, Jane Welsh, Mathew Whiteacre, Kirk Winemiller, Richard Woodman

 

 

Call to Order:

The meeting was called to order at 3:20 by Speaker Angie Hill Price.

 

Speakers Comments:

Speaker Price announced 601 Rudder Tower is now fully equipped for teleconferencing and Galveston and Qatar Senators are now able to attend the meeting from the comfort of their own facilities.   She also noted the overhead microphones which support the system are extremely sensitive so conversations away from the standing microphones will be heard in Galveston and Qatar.

 

She also reminded everyone of the Faculty Senate Retreat on August 23 at 9:30 am at Christopher’s World Grille.  This is for incoming, outgoing, and current Senators.

 

The July 9, 2007 Minutes were approved with an editorial change. Motion Passed F.S. 25.22

                                                                                  Attachment A

 

 

Consent Agenda

All consent agenda items were accepted as presented:

 

University Curriculum Committee                                                Motion Passed F.S. 25.23

                                                                                                      Attachment B

New Courses – July 13, 2007

                        FINC 427         Titans of Investing

                        SENG 430       Engineering Risk Analysis

                        SENG 460       Quantitative Risk Analysis

 

Change in Courses – July13, 2007

                        SOCI 323        Sociology of Black Americans

                        Course title

            From:  Sociology of Black Americans.

            To:       Sociology of African Americans.

           

            SOCI 403        Sociology of Mexican Americans

                        Course title

            From:  Sociology of Mexican Americans.

                        To:       Sociology of Latinos.

 

Change in Curriculum – July13, 2007                                          Motion Passed F.S. 25.24

                                                                                                     Attachment C

                        College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

                        Department of Soil and Crop Sciences

                                    B.S. in Agronomy

                                                Agro-Industry Option

                                                Soil and Crop Management Option

                                                Turfgrass Management Option

 

Change in Curriculum – July13, 2007                                          Motion Passed F.S. 25.25                                

                                                                                                     Attachment D

                        College of Liberal Arts

                        Department of European and Classical Languages and Cultures

                           B.A. in Classics

 

New Courses – June 8, 2007                                                       Motion Passed F.S. 25.26

                                                                                                      Attachment E

                        AGSC 405       Facilitating Complete Secondary Agricultural Science Programs

                        ALED 125        Leadership Learning Community I

                        ALED 225        Leadership Learning Community II

ECEN 411       Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

                        MATH 471       Communications and Cryptography II

                        MUSC 283       University Student Orchestra

 

Change in Courses – June 8, 2007   

                        AGSC 436       Student Teaching in Agricultural Education

            Course title

            From:  Student Teaching in Agricultural Education.

            To:       Professional Teaching Internship in AGSC.

                        Course description

From:  Planning for and teaching vocational agriculture in selected high schools in Texas; includes one-half semester student teaching.

To:       Planning for and teaching secondary agricultural science in selected high schools in Texas; includes 12 weeks of professional teaching experience under the guidance of a university supervisor and a cooperating teacher in the school.

 

      ECEN 350 Computer Architecture and Design

      Lab hours and credit hours

      From:        (3-0). Credit 3

      To: (3-3). Credit 4

 

 

Change in Curriculum – June 8, 2007                                          Motion Passed F.S. 25.27

                                                                                                      Attachment F

 College of Education and Human Development

                        Department of Educational Psychology

                           B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies – Hispanic Bilingual Education

 

 

Change in Curriculum – June 8, 2007                                          Motion Passed F.S. 25.28

                                                                                                      Attachment G

College of Liberal Arts

                        Department of Anthropology

                           B.A. in Anthropology

 

 

Change in Curriculum – June 8, 2007                                          Motion Passed F.S. 25.29

                                                                                                      Attachment H          

College of Liberal Arts

                        Department of European and Classical Languages and Cultures

                           B.A. in French

                           B.A. in German

                           B.A. in Russian

 

Change in Curriculum – June 8, 2007                                          Motion Passed F.S. 25.30

                                                                                                      Attachment I

College of Liberal Arts

                        Department of Hispanic Studies

                           B.A. in Spanish

 

Change in Curriculum – June 8, 2007                                          Motion Passed F.S. 25.31

                                                                                                      Attachment J           

College of Liberal Arts

                        Department of Psychology

                           B.A. in Psychology

                           B.S. in Psychology

 

Change in Curriculum – June 8, 2007                                          Motion Passed F.S. 25.32

                                                                                                      Attachment K

College of Liberal Arts

                        Department of Sociology

                           B.A. in Sociology

                           B.S. in Sociology

 

 

New Course - May 10, 2007 – Revised July 11, 2007                 Motion Passed F.S. 25.33

                                                                                                      Attachment L

                        SPSC 398       Interpretation of Aerial Photographs

 

Committee Reports

 

Executive Committee

All committee items were accepted as presented:

 

University Curriculum Committee  

Special Consideration – July13, 2007                                          Motion Passed F.S. 25.34

                                                                                                      Attachment M                      

College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

                        Biomedical Sciences Program

                           University Studies Degree

                                 Area of Concentration – Biomedical Sciences

 

 

Special Consideration – June 8, 2007                                          Motion Passed F.S. 25.35

                                                                                                      Attachment N

College of Education and Human Development

                           Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture

                                    Minor in Applied Learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

                                

 

Special Consideration – Certificate Change – July13, 2007        Motion Passed F.S. 25.36

                                                                                                      Attachment O

Dwight Look College of Engineering

                        Systems Safety Engineering Specialty Certificate

 

 

 

Special Consideration – May 10, 2007                                         Motion Passed F.S. 25.37

                                                                                                      Attachment P

College of Architecture

                        Department of Architecture

                                    University Studies Degree

                                    Areas of Concentration – Global Arts, Planning, Design and Construction

                                   

Old Business

There was no old business.

                   

Committee of the Whole

Senator Magill raised concerns about various rules regarding international students.  Dr. Watson mentioned she had been in some meetings with a group headed by Mario  Rojo-Del-Busto, Director of International Services, discussing the problem of the constantly changing federal regulations regarding international students.  She suggested that it would be good for Mario to meet with the Faculty Senate or some committee of Faculty Senators to discuss this.  Senator Woosley mentioned that he should meet with the Executive Committee.  Senator Vogel made note that the TAMU website now uses Google for their maps and this is very unsatisfactory.   Senator Hall raised questions about security cameras.  Dr. Watson explained some of the parameters regarding the cameras.   This seemed to alleviate Senator Hall’s concern.  Speaker Price gave a brief summary of the Executive Committee’s discussion with personnel from MARS.

 

 

Adjourn

The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 pm.