TAMU Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda
October 14, 2019
3:00pm
Rudder 601
CALL TO ORDER
GUEST SPEAKERS
Ross Bjork, Athletic Director
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Heather Wilkinson, Associate Dean of Faculties
PRESENTATION OF RESOLUTION HONORING DR. ROBERT KNIGHT
SPEAKER COMMENTS
MINUTES – Attachment A
Approval of September 9, 2019 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes
CONSENT AGENDA
GRADUATE COUNCIL
New Courses – Attachment B
ECEN 718 Neuro-electronics System
ECEN 719 Advanced Digital System Design
ECEN 776 Unconditionally Secure Electronics
FILM 643 Sex, Gender and Cinema
IDIS 651 Distribution Customer Experience
IDIS 652 Digital Distribution
INTA 698 Advanced Analytic Tradecraft
ITDE 610 Introduction to Engineering Innovation in Medicine
ITDE 614 Journal Club for Engineering Innovation in Medicine
ITDE 684 Professional Internship
MEEN 696 Bio-inspired Design
OCNG 626 Ocean Pollution
SYEN 684 Professional Internship
TCMT 639 Team Leadership Coaching
Change in Courses – Attachment C
ANTH 605 Conservation of Archaeological Resources I
ANTH 606 Conservation of Archaeological Resources II
BICH 656 RNA World
CSCE 625 Artificial Intelligence
CSCE 705 Introduction to Computing Systems
CSCE 710 Fundamentals of Software Analysis
CSCE 713 Software Security
ECMT 678 Advanced Topics in Econometrics
EPSY 689 Special Topics in…
PETE 681 Seminar
SPSY 691 Research
Change in Programs – Attachment D
Mays Business School
Department of Information & Operations Management
CERT-CG68 Business Intelligence and Analytics - Certificate
Change in Programs – Attachment E
College of Dentistry
Department of Comprehensive Dentistry
CERT-PROS Prosthodontics - Certificate
Change in Programs – Attachment F
College of Medicine
Department of Medicine
MD-MDMD Doctor of Medicine
Change in Programs – Attachment G
College of Education & Human Development
Department of Teaching, Learning & Culture
MED-EDCI Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction
Change in Programs – Attachment H
School of Public Health
Department of Public Health
MPH-OCSH Master of Public Health in Occupational Safety and Health
Change in Programs – Attachment I
College of Engineering
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
MS-CPSC Master of Science in Computer Science
Change in Programs – Attachment J
College of Engineering
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
MS-ENSM Master of Science in Engineering Management
Change in Programs – Attachment K
Department of Statistics
MS-STAT Master of Science in Statistics
Program Inactivation Proposal – Attachment L
Mays Business School
College of Business
CERT-CG7 Business Management - Certificate
Special Consideration Item – Attachment M
School of Public Health
Department of Public Health Studies
BS/MPH-PHLT/PHEP-PPH Public Health - 5-year Bachelor of Science/Master of Public Health in Epidemiology
Special Consideration Item – Attachment N
Mays Business School
College of Business
CERT-BUSI Business - Certificate
Special Consideration Item – Attachment O
College of Nursing
Department of Nursing
CERT-PMHN Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Certificate
Special Consideration Item – Attachment P
College of Science
Department of Biology
MS-EEBL Master of Science in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
New Courses – Attachment Q
GEOS 110 Disasters and Society
SPMT 460 Sport Business Planning
Change in Courses – Attachment R
CSCE 420 Artificial Intelligence
ENGR 181 Engineering Honors Seminar I
HLTH 335 Human Diseases
HLTH 353 Drugs and Society
HLTH 415 Health Education Methodology
HLTH 425 Health Program Evaluation
HLTH 440 Contemporary Issues for Community Health Interns
HLTH 482 Grant Writing in Health
KINE 318 Athletic Injuries
KINE 386 Sport Physiology
KINE 406 Motor Learning and Skill Performance
KINE 407 Motor Control and Learning Lab
KINE 427 Therapeutic Principles
KINE 433 Physiology of Exercise
KINE 482 Seminar
KNFB 416 Middle and Secondary School Physical Activities
Change in Courses – Galveston – Attachment S
MARA 424 Intermodal Transportation
MARE 200 Basic Operations
MARE 300 Intermediate Operations
MARE 400 Advanced Operations
MART 200 Deck Sea Training I: Basic Communications, Navigation and Seamanship
MART 300 Deck Sea Training II: Intermediate Communications, Navigation and Seamanship
MART 400 Deck Sea Training III: Advanced Communications, Navigation and Seamanship
MAST 350 A History of Wooden Ship Construction
W&C COURSES
Courses Submitted for W Certification – Attachment T
ESSM 405-W Forest Resource Assessment and Management
PHIL 381-W Ethical Theory
VIBS 443-W Biology of Mammalian Cells and Tissues
Courses Submitted for W Certification—Galveston – Attachment U
MARE 405-W Fundamentals of Naval Architecture
MAST 425-W Thesis and Technical Writing
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
COMMITTEE REPORTS
CORE CURRICULUM COUNCIL COURSE REPORT – Attachment V
New Courses Submitted for Foundational Component Area: Lang, Phil, Culture
RELS 202-GE Religion in America
New Courses Submitted for Foundational Component Area: Life & Physical Sciences
GEOL 208-GE Life on a Dynamic Planet
New Courses – Cultural Diversity
PHIL 282-CD Ethics in a Digital Age
New Courses – International and Cultural Diversity
ENTO 210-ICD Global Public Health Entomology
KINE 282-ICD Culture of Wellness
URPN 203-ICD Smart Cities: Bit, Bots and Beyond
OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
Disability Resources Proposed Syllabus Statement – Attachment W
For Informational Review Only
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
ADJOURN