THURSDAY,  3 March 2017  2 PM   MA211K
AGENDA SETTING MEETING  Click here for .pdf file

Click here for EC March Minutes.

1.   Approve the minutes from the 11 February 2017 meeting.

2.   Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom and Tenure – Stephen Francis, Chair

PPM 8-11 Redlined Section

Recommendation on PPM 8-11 Evaluation of Faculty Members, Section III. TENURE REVIEW, added to Subsection D. Criteria for Granting Tenure, as follows:

Academic Units that wish to change these documents shall submit their documents in writing to their Tenure-Track and Tenured faculty for comments and a vote.  The outcome of the vote shall be reported to the faculty and the Academic Units and shall accompany the documents throughout the approval process.

3.    University Curriculum Committee – Sally Cantwell, Chair

See Curriculog Agenda 3 March 2017 in Curriculog  for Curriculum to be reviewed.  If you need instructions on how to access Curriculog, please contact Brenda, 6233.

Please Note:  There are some proposals that cannot be linked to the Curriculog Agenda – These are designated with an asterisk (*)

List of Curriculum to be reviewed. Approved at University Curriculum Committee 2-23-2017.

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

New Course proposals – Becky Jo Gesteland

ART4801 Arts & Humanities Leadership lecture Series

COMM4801 Arts & Humanities Leadership lecture Series

DANC4801 Arts & Humanities Leadership lecture Series

ENGL4801 Arts & Humanities Leadership lecture Series

FL4801 Arts & Humanities Leadership lecture Series

MUSC4801 Arts & Humanities Leadership lecture Series

THEA4801 Arts & Humanities Leadership lecture Series

Visual Arts – K Stevenson

Program Change Proposal

Art (BFA) 2D Emphasis

New Course Proposal

ART3530 Art Methods and Resources for Elementary Art Teachers K-6

Business & Economics

Program Change – Wendy Fox-Kirk
Business Administration for Non-Business Majors/Minor

Business Administration – Randall Boyle

Program Change

Information Systems & Technologies (AS)

Information Systems & Technologies (BIS)

Information Systems & Technologies (BS)

Information Systems & Technologies Minor

Education

Child & Family Studies - Mark Adams

Program Change

HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Health Admin Services – Miland Palmer Pat Shaw

New Program

Bachelors of Public Health

New Course Proposals

HAS3700 Public Health Finance

HAS4500 Grant Writing

HAS4700 Public Health Capstone

HIM3210 Advanced Epidemiology & Population Health

HIM3550 Health Care Data Analytics

SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

History – Susan Matt

Program Changes

History BA

History Teaching BA

New Course Proposal – Susan Matt

HIST2000 Introduction to the Craft of History

Criminal Justice – Brent Horn

Course Revision Proposals

*CJ1070 Law Enforcement/Corrections Academy Part I

*CJ1080 Law Enforcement/Corrections Academy Part II

SCIENCE

Chemistry – Laine Berghout

Course Revision Proposal

*CHEM1210 Principles of Chemistry 1

*CHEM1220 Principles of Chemistry 2

*CHEM3070 Biochemistry I

CHEM3075 Biochemistry I Lab

Zoology – Christopher Hoagstrom and Michele Skopec

General Education LS Course proposal

ZOOL1110 Principles of Zoology
 Course Revision Proposal
*ZOOL1110 Principles of Zoology

General Education LS Course proposal

ZOOL2200 Human Physiology
Course Revision Proposal

* ZOOL2200 Human Physiology

>>End of Proposals<<

4.   Constitutional Review, Apportionment and Organization – Melina Alexander, Chair

      Update to PPM 1-18 Department Chairs - Feedback from Department Chairs & update.
      (Added 2-29-16)  Recommendation PPM 1-18       Response to PPM 1-18 update

5.   PPM 4-16 Textbooks Update – Russell Burrows, Ad Hoc Committee Chair
      (Added 2-29-16)

6.   Faculty Governance Award Nominations - Selection of Nominee

      (Submissions to be sent out on separate emails.)

7.   Other Items -
Internationalization of Weber State - Update – Cliff Nowell, Dean, Office of International Programs

(Added 3-1-16)

 
Faculty Senate Chair and Vice Chair will be elected at Faculty Senate on Thursday, 17 March 2017.

Have a great Spring Break

Faculty Senate Meeting:  Thursday, 17 March 2017, 3 PM, Smith Lecture Hall, WB206-207

Please send in items from your Committee that need to be reviewed by the Faculty Senate in April.  This is the final meeting until next Fall. 

Next Executive Committee Meeting:  Thursday, 7 April 2017, 2 pm, MA211K

APRIL Faculty Senate Meeting:  Thursday, 14 April 2017, 3pm, Smith Lecture Hall, WB206-207