TAMU Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda 

March 17, 2025

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

Dr. Julie Harlin, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate and Professional School

Paul Batista, Faculty Athletics Representative 
 
Dr. Michael Johnson, Interim Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs 

MINUTES 
February 10, 2025 – Minutes – Attachment A
 
CONSENT AGENDA 
 Graduate Council – 
New Courses 

B.1 BICH 612: Single Molecule Techniques

B.2 BICH 633: Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Molecular Machines

B.3 MEID 818: Practical Application of Health Systems Science in the Clinical Setting

B.4 MEID 837: Artificial Intelligence with Clinical Applications

B.5 MEID 840: Future Doctors - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Mentorship and Education

B.6 MEID 841: Introduction to Aerospace Health Factors

B.7 MHUM 826: Physician and Society Through International Films

 
Change in Courses - 

B.8 ANES 801: Clinical Anesthesiology

B.9 ANES 802: Clinical Anesthesiology

B.10 ANES 805: Obstetric Anesthesiology

B.11 ANES 807: Pain Clinic

B.12 ANES 985: Off Campus Student Initiated Elective

B.13 ANES 999: On Campus Student Initiated Elective

B.14 EMED 800: Emergency Medicine Clerkship

B.15 EMED 804: Emergency Medicine

B.16 EMED 805: Prehospital Medicine

B.17 EMED 807: Toxicology

B.18 EMED 985: Off Campus Student Initiated Elective

B.19 EMED 999: On Campus Student Initiated Elective

B.20 FSTC 606: Microbiology of Foods

B.21 MEID 801: Healthcare Advocacy and Public Policy

B.22 MEID 806: Wilderness and Disaster Medicine

B.23 MEID 807: Internship Bootcamp

B. 24 MEID 810: Connecting and Communicating with Patients and Peers

B.25 MEID 811: Medicine in the Wild

B.26 MEID 814: Health Systems Science Education

B.27 MEID 817: Health Systems Science- Capstone Course

B.28 MEID 821: Practice of Medicine IV

B.29 MEID 822: Practice of Medicine V

B.30 MEID 823: Practice of Medicine VI - Interprofessional Social and Ethical Dilemmas in Healthcare

B.31 MEID 850: Practice of Medicine Capstone

B.32 MEID 985: Special Topic

B.33 MEID 989: Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Medicine

B.34 MHUM 601: Medical Spanish I - Novice to Beginner

B.35 MHUM 602: Medical Spanish II – Beginner to Moderate

B.36 MHUM 603: Medical Spanish III – Moderate to Advanced

B.37 MHUM 604: Medical Spanish IV – Advanced

B.38 MHUM 801: Practical Medical Law and Ethics for Physicians

B.39 MHUM 802: Directed Research in History of Medicine

B.40 MHUM 803: Medical Humanities Directed Research

B.41 MHUM 804: Medical Education

B.42 MHUM 805: Public Affairs Intern – TMA

B.43 MHUM 806: Palliative Medicine

B.44 MHUM 807: Fellowships in Leadership

B.45 MHUM 808: Medical History and Humanities

B.46 MHUM 809: Healthcare Administration

B.47 MHUM 811: Practical Medical Law and Ethics

B.48 MHUM 820: Business of Medicine - A Practicum to Identify and Discuss Complexities of Healthcare Management

B.49 MHUM 985: Off Campus Student Initiated Elective

B.50 MHUM 999: On Campus Student Initiated Elective

B.51 MPAT 801: Anatomic and Clinical Pathology

B.52 MPAT 985: Off Campus Student Initiated Elective

B.53 MPAT 999: On Campus Student Initiated Elective

B.54 MPSY 800: Psychiatry Clerkship

B.55 MPSY 802: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

B.56 MPSY 809: Advanced Inpatient Psychiatry

B.57 MPSY 810: Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry

B.58 MPSY 811: Advanced Outpatient Psychiatry

B.59 MPSY 812: Advanced Inpatient Psychiatry

B.60 MPSY 985: Off Campus Student Initiated Elective

B.61 OBGY 800: Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship

B.62 OBGY 802: Obstetrics and Gynecology

B.63 OBGY 803: Gynecologic Oncology

B.64 OBGY 804: Maternal-Fetal Medicine

B.65 OBGY 805: Reproductive Endocrinology

B.66 OBGY 806: Obstetrics and Gynecology

B.67 OBGY 809: Obstetrics and Gynecology Acting Internship

B.68 OBGY 985: Off Campus Student Initiated Elective

B.69 OBGY 999: On Campus Student Initiated Elective

B.70 SURG 800: Surgery Clerkship

B.71 SURG 801: Plastic Surgery

B.72 SURG 802: Otolaryngology

B.73 SURG 803: General Surgery

B.74 SURG 804: Surgery of the Spine

B.75 SURG 805: Neurosurgery

B.76 SURG 806: Orthopedic Surgery

B.77 SURG 807: Plastic Surgery

B.78 SURG 810: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

B.79 SURG 812: Bariatric Surgery

B.80 SURG 815: Urology

B.81 SURG 816: Surgery Acting Internship

B.82 SURG 817: Vascular Surgery

B.83 SURG 818: Surgical Intensive Care Unit

B.84 SURG 819: Abdominal Transplant Surgery

B.85 SURG 820: ENT Surgery Elective

B.86 SURG 821: Acute Care Surgery

B.87 SURG 822: General Surgery – GI II

B.88 SURG 823: Liver/Kidney Transplantation

B.89 SURG 832: Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

B.90 SURG 838: Surgical Oncology

B.91 SURG 840: Plastic Surgery

B.92 SURG 841: Surgical Oncology

B.93 SURG 842: Adult and Pediatric Urology

B.94 SURG 843: Genitourinary

B.95 SURG 845: Transplant Surgery

B.96 SURG 848: Ophthalmology

B.97 SURG 849: Pediatric Surgery

B.98 SURG 853: Podiatry

B.99 SURG 857: Ophthalmology - Retina

B.100 SURG 858: General Surgery

B.101 SURG 864: Minimally Invasive Surgical Research

B.102 SURG 865: Oculoplastic Surgery

B.103 SURG 872: Surgical Innovation & Transformative Rapidly Engineered Prototyping

B.104 SURG 985: Off Campus Student Initiated Elective

 
Change in Courses – 

Change in Programs 
 Mays Business School
Department of Accounting and Department of Business 
B.105 BBA-ACCT/MS-CLBA-YR5: Accounting- 5-Year Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Science

Change in Programs 
School of Public Health
Department of Health Policy & Management
B.106 BS-PHLT/MPH-PHPM-PPM: Public Health - 5-year Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Health in Health Policy & Management 

Change in Programs                                            
College of Arts & Sciences
Department of Geography
B.107 BS-GEOG/MS-GEOG-GGE: Geography - 5-Year Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Geography

Change in Programs 
 College of Engineering and School of Public Health
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Department of Environmental & Occupational Health
B.108 BS-INEN/MPH-OCSH-PPH: Industrial Engineering - 5-Year Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Health in Occupational Safety and Health
 
Change in Programs                                         
 College of Engineering and Mays Business School
Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Department of Finance
B.109 BS-INEN/MS-FINC-BBU: Industrial Engineering - 5-year Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Finance
 
Change in Programs 
School of Public Health
Department of Health Behavior 
 B.110 BS-PHLT/MPH-HPCH-PPC: Public Health - 5-year Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Health in Health Promotion & Community Health Sciences
 
Change in Programs 
 School of Public Health
Department of Environmental & Occupational Health 
B.111 BS-PHLT/MPH-OCSH-PPS: Public Health - 5-year Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Health in Occupational Safety & Health
 
Change in Programs 
 School of Public Health
Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics 
B.112 BS-PHLT/MPH-PHEP-PPH: Public Health - 5-year Bachelor of Science/Master of Public Health in Epidemiology
 
Change in Programs 
 Bush School of Government and Public Service
B.113 CERT-CNSA: National Security Affairs - Certificate
 
Change in Programs 
 School of Public Health
Department of Health Policy & Management 
B.114 MPH-PHPM: Master of Public Health in Health Policy Management
 
Change in Programs 
 College of Education & Human Development 
Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management
B.115 MS-KINE: Master of Science in Kinesiology
 
Change in Programs 
 College of Education & Human Development 
Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management
B.116 PHD-KINE: Doctor of Philosophy in Kinesiology
 
Miscellaneous Program Change Request 
None
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee  
New Courses -
None  
Change in Courses -

B.117 HLTH 415: Health Education Methodology

B.118 HLTH 425: Health Program Evaluation

B.119 MARE 402: Shipboard Automation and Control

B.120 PBSI 350: Cognitive Neuroscience

B.121 PHLT 322: Concepts in Health Education

B.122 PHLT 441: Strategies for Population Health Improvement

 
Change in Programs –
 School of Public Health
B.123 BS-PHLT-PHI: Public Health - BS, Internship Track

Change in Programs –
 School of Public Health
B.124 BS-PHLT-PHN: Public Health - BS, Non-internship Track
 
Change in Programs –
 School of Public Health
B.125 MINOR-HBEH: Health Behavior - Minor

Change in Programs –
College of Marine Sciences & Maritime Studies
Department of Marine Engineering Technology
B.126 MINOR-MARR: Marine Engineering Technology - Minor

W&C Courses
Courses with C – Certification 
None
Courses with C – Recertification 
None
Courses with W – Certification 
None 
Courses with W – Recertification 
B.127 PHIL 412-W: Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
 
End of Consent Agenda_____________________________

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

COMMITTEE REPORTS 
Core Curriculum Council February Report – Attachment C
The Council approved the following courses for core curriculum recertification. We recommend approval of these courses by the Faculty Senate.
New Core Curriculum Certification:
Foundational Core Component Area:  Language, Philosophy, and Culture  
B.128 ANTH 204-GE: The Prehistoric World
B.129 DCED 201-GE: Dance History
 
Foundational Core Component Area: Life and Physical Science
B.130 ATMO 201-GE: Weather and Climate
B.131 ASTR 111-GE: Overview of Modern Astronomy
 
Foundational Core Component Area: Mathematics
B.132 MATH 171-GE: Calculus I
 
NEW BUSINESS

TAMU Minimum Syllabus Requirements Proposed Revisions -Attachment D1   

INFORMATIONAL ITEM
 
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

ADJOURN