TAMU Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda 

November 11, 2024

3:00pm, in 601 Rudder and via Zoom (link sent directly to Senators)

https://facultysenate.tamu.edu

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@tamufacultysenate4044/streams

CALL TO ORDER

SPEAKER COMMENTS

GUEST SPEAKER

MINUTES 

October 14, 2024 – Minutes – Attachment A

CONSENT AGENDA 

Graduate Council 

New Courses 

B.1      ALEC 650: Science Communication and Public Engagement

B.2      ALEC 651: Risk Communications in Science and Society

B.3      ANSC 632: Equine Industry Tour

B.4      ASTR 610: Scientific Writing for Astronomy

B.5      HIST 650: Research Seminar in American Legal History

B.6      MATH 635: Algebraic Geometry II

B.7      PBSI 619: Advanced Methods in Social Psychology

B.8      PBSI 632: Equity and Diversity Considerations for Scholars: A Critical Orientation to Research

B.9      PHSC 745: Advanced Pharmacology I

B.10    PHYS 610: Scientific Writing for Physics

Change in Courses  

B.11    ARCH 669: Foundations of Research in Architecture

B.12    COSC 624: Construction Accounting and Financial Management

B.13    COSC 650: Advanced Construction Visualization

B.14    COSC 670: Facilities Asset Management

B.15    LAND 684: Professional Internship

B.16    MARA 623: Maritime Economics Theory and Applications

B.17    MARA 664: Maritime Operations Management

B.18    NUEN 632: Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluation

B.19    PBSI 614: Practicum in Psychology

B.20    PBSI 621: Seminar in Social Psychology

B.21    PBSI 638: Clinical Interventions II

Change in Courses – Inactivation Proposal 

B.22    MARA 672: Global Maritime Trading System

B.23    PBSI 617: Analytical Psychology

B.24    PBSI 618: Psychology of Persuasion

New Programs

Bush School of Government and Public Service

Department of Public Service and Administration

B.25    CERT-PPAN: Public Policy Analysis - Certificate

New Programs

Bush School of Government and Public Service

Department of Political Science

B.26    MS-POLS: Master of Science in Political Science

Change in Programs 

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of History

B.27    BA-HIST/MA-HIST-LEN: History - 5-Year Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in History

Change in Programs 

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department of Soil and Crop Sciences

B.28    MS-AGRO: Master of Science in Agronomy

Change in Programs 

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department of Soil and Crop Sciences

B.29    PHD-AGRO: Doctor of Philosophy in Agronomy

Change in Programs – Inactivation Proposal

School of Public Health

Health Education Programs 

B.38    MS-HEED: Master of Science in Health Education

Miscellaneous Program Change Request 

B. 39 662: Revision to "Transfer of Coursework" and "Limitations..." Sections in Graduate Program Requirements

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 

New Courses -  

B.40    AGCJ 309: Data Storytelling in Agriculture & Life Sciences Communications

B.41    ANSC 235: Animal Welfare Judging

B.42    ANSC 432: Equine Industry Tour

B.43    ANTH 438: Ancient Egypt II

B.44    AREN 221: Engineering Mechanics - Statics and Dynamics for Architectural Engineers

B.45    BAEN 401: Bioprocess Systems Design

B.46    BAEN 432: Bioaerosols and Modeling

B.47    DCED 165: Fundamentals of Ballet

B.48    ECEN 430: Automotive Electronics

B.49    JOUR 208: Television Sports Production

B.50    RWFM 103: Introduction to Outdoor Enterprise Management

B.51    RWFM 344: Prinicples of Nature-Based Enterprises

B.52    RWFM 465: Managing Outdoor Enterprises

B.53    SCSC 317: Environmental Field Soil Judging

Change in Courses -

B.54    AGCJ 405: Design and Publication in Agriculture and Life Sciences

B.55    AGCJ 410: Risk Communications in Science and Society

B.56    AGCJ 455: Digital Storytelling in Agriculture and Life Sciences II

B.57    AGEC 416: Sales Management and Advanced Techniques in Professional Technical Selling for             AgriFood Firms

B.58    AGLS 225: Life Sciences Learning Community II

B.59    AGLS 492: Cooperative Education in Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy

B.60    ANSC 111: Animal Production Systems

B.61    ANSC 302: Basic Beef Cattle Production

B.62     ANTH 436: Ancient Egypt I

B.63    ARCH 105: Design and Visual Communications Foundations I

B.64     BIOL 388: Principles of Animal Physiology

B.65    BIOL 405: Comparative Endocrinology

B.66    BIOL 413: Cell Biology

B.67    BIOL 434: Regulatory and Behavioral Neuroscience

B.68    BIOL 444: Neural Development

B.69    BMEN 425: Biophotonics

B.70    BMEN 431: Biomolecular Engineering

B.71    COMM 446: Communication, Organizations and Society

B.72    DCED 215: Pilates Apparatus I

B.73    ECCB 304: Conservation Biology

B.74    ECEN 399: High Impact Professional Development

B.75    ECEN 475: Introduction to VLSI Systems Design

B.76    EDCI 353: Early Childhood through Adolescent Education

B.77    EDCI 358: Instructional Methods in Engineering and Technology Education

B.78    ENGL 462: Rhetoric in Cultural Context

B.79    FIVS 308: Forensic Implications of Inheritance

B.80    FIVS 316: Biotechnology and Forensics

B.81    FIVS 415: Practice and Principles of Science and Law

B.82     FIVS 420: Controlled Substances

B.83    FIVS 422: Crime Scene Investigation

B.84    FIVS 435: Case Studies in Problem Solving

B.85    FIVS 481: Seminar

B.86    FSTC 316: Food Biomanufacturing and Cellular Agriculture

B.87    FSTC 430: Innovative Functional Food Ingredients

B.88    GEOL 110: Disasters and Society

B.89    GEOP 341: Fundamentals of Geophysics

B.90    GEOP 361: Geophysical Signal Processing

B.91    GEOP 413: Near-surface Geophysics

B.92    GEOP 421: Seismology

B.93    GLST 402: Global Perspectives on Environmental Humanities

B.94    GLST 406: Humanities Studies in Science and Technology

B.95     GLST 407: Migration, Indigeneity, and Diaspora

B.96     GLST 413: Race, Gender, and the Environment

B.97     HMGT 291: Research

B.98     HMGT 491: Research

B.99     INTA 473: Chinese Politics

B.100   KINE 282: Culture of Wellness

B.101  KINE 307: Lifespan Motor Development

B.102  KINE 406: Motor Learning and Skill Performance

B.103  KINE 407: Motor Control and Learning Lab

B.104  KINE 427: Therapeutic Principles

B.105  RDNG 465: Reading in the Middle and Secondary Grades

B.106  RDNG 467: Reading and the Language Arts

B.107  RDNG 470: Reading/Language Arts Methods in Middle Grades Education

B.108  SOCI 450: Social Entrepreneurship

B.109  TEFB 322: Teaching and Schooling in Modern Society

B.110  TEFB 324: Teaching Skills II

B.111  TEFB 406: Science in the Middle and Secondary School

B.112  TEFB 407: Mathematics in the Middle and Senior School

B.113  TEFB 412: Mathematics in the Elementary School

B.114  TEFB 413: Science in the Elementary School

B.115  UGST 492: Cooperative Education in Public Policy

B.116  VIST 484: Summer Internship

B.117  VIST 494: Internship

B.118  VTPP 423: Applied Biomedical Physiology I

B.119  VTPP 427: Applied Biomedical Physiology II

New Programs 

College of Agriculture and Life Science

Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management

B.120  BS-RWFM-OEM: Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management - BS, Outdoor Enterprise Management Track

New Programs 

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Sociology

B.121  MINOR-CRIM: Criminology - Minor

New Programs 

College of Education and Human Development

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture

B.122  MINOR-SECT: Secondary Education - Clinical Teaching Minor

Change in Programs

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Economics

B.123  BA-ECON: Economics - BA

Change in Programs

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications

B.124  BS-AGCJ: Agricultural Communications and Journalism - BS

Change in Programs

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications

B.125  BS-AGED: Agricultural Education - BS

Change in Programs

College of Engineering

Department of Biomedical Engineering

B.126  BS-BMEN: Biomedical Engineering - BS

Change in Programs

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology

B.127 BS-ECCB-ECB: Ecology and Conservation Biology - BS, Ecology and Conservation Biology Track

Change in Programs

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology

B.128  BS-ECCB-EIF: Ecology and Conservation Biology - BS, Ecoinformatics Track

Change in Programs

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology

B.129  BS-ECCB-FRS: Ecology and Conservation Biology - BS, Forest Resources Track

Change in Programs

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology

B.130 BS-ECCB-VZY: Ecology and Conservation Biology - BS, Vertebrate Zoology Track

Change in Programs

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Economics

B.131  BS-ECON: Economics - BS

Change in Programs

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism

B.132 BS-HMGT-ETM: Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism - BS, Event, Tourism and Recreation Management Track

Change in Programs

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department of Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism

B.133  BS-HMGT-HRT: Hospitality, Hotel Management and Tourism - BS, Hotel and Resort Management Track

Change in Programs

College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies

Department of Marine Engineering Technology

B.134  BS-MARR: Marine Engineering Technology - BS

Change in Programs

College of Engineering 

B.135  CERT-ENCC: Engineering Concept, Creation, and Commercialization - Certificate

Change in Programs

College of Engineering

Department of Biomedical Engineering

B.136  MINOR-BMEN: Biomedical Engineering - Minor

Change in Programs

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Economics

B.137  MINOR-ECON: Economics - Minor

Change in Programs

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

B.138  MINOR-GENE: Genetics - Minor

Change in Programs

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Geology and Geophysics

B.139  MINOR-GEOL: Geology - Minor

Change in Programs

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications

B.140  MINOR-IDAG: International Agricultural Development - Minor

Change in Programs – Inactivation Proposal

College of Engineering

Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution

B.141  BA-ITSV: Information Technology Service Management - BA

Change in Programs – Inactivation Proposal – Qatar Campus

Qatar Campus - College of Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

B.142  BS-MEEN-QT: Mechanical Engineering - BS, Qatar Campus

Change in Programs – Inactivation Proposal

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Global Languages and Cultures

B.148  MINOR-ASNS: Asian Studies - Minor

Change in Programs – Inactivation Proposal

College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts 

B.149  MINOR-DANC: Dance - Minor

W&C Courses

Courses with C – Certification 

NONE

Courses with C – Recertification 

NONE

Courses with W – Certification 

B.152  ANTH 409-W: Science, Pseudoscience and Critical Thinking in Anthropology

B.153  FSCI 428-W: Coastal Development and Human Health

B.154  PETE 336-W: Petroleum Technical Presentation I

Courses with W – Recertification 

B.155  AGSC 402-W: Designing Instruction for Secondary Agricultural Science Programs

B.156  ATMO 459-W: Tropical Meteorology

B.157  COMM 431-W: Rhetoric of Social Movements

B.158  MARB 435-W: Marine Invertebrate Zoology

B.159  MAST 345-W: Texas Maritime Culture and History

End of Consent Agenda_____________________________

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Core Curriculum Council October Report – Attachment C

          Core Curriculum Recertification: 

          Foundational Core Component Area:  Creative Arts

            INTA 216-GE: World Cinema and International Politics

          Foundational Core Component Area:  Language, Philosophy, and Culture

          ENGL 306-GE: Transnational Literature and Culture

          ENGL 330-GE: Arthurian Literature

          Foundational Core Component Area:  Social and Behavioral Sciences

          INST 222-GE: Foundations of Education in a Multicultural Society

          Foundational Core Component Area:  Cultural Discourse (CD)     Designation

            AFST 325-CD: Africana Humanities

          Foundational Core Component Area:  International and Cultural      Diversity (ICD) Designation

            RWFM 420-ICD: Ecology and Society

NEW BUSINESS

Graduate Faculty Guidelines Revision – Attachment D

INORMATIONAL ITEM

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

ADJOURN