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Faculty Senate Meeting 

Harrison 123

December 4, 2024

3:15pm-4:30pm

Webex:

https://montana.webex.com/montana/j.php?MTID=m4b3edf3eaca1f51d10150b410b991d76

 

 

I.            Call to Order 

 

II.            Approval of FS Minutes from November 20, 2024

 

III.            FYI Items 

a.      Holiday Open House: SUB Ballrooms Dec 4, 3:30 – 5:30

b.      Commencement: Friday December 13, 2024 (processional 9:40, ceremony at 10)

c.       Reminder: send nominations for president search to one of the below emails:

i.        Jim Johnsen, Vice President of Executive Search at jimjohnsen@greenwoodsearch.com 

ii.       Julie Holley, Associate Vice President of Executive Search at julieholley@greenwoodsearch.com 

iii.      For more information: https://www.montana.edu/president/search/ 

d.      MSU Library invites faculty, staff, graduate students, and community members to celebrate 75 years of the Renne Library building during the 2025 Open House: Monday, January 13, 2025, 3-6pm at the MSU Library. (https://www.montana.edu/calendar/events/51659).

e.      Restart senate office hours in Spring

i.      Wednesdays 3:30 – 4:30 on senate “off weeks”

ii.      Alternately online and at Bridger Brewing 

 

IV.            Information Updates 

a.      Committee updates

i.      Graduate Council

b.      Tracy Ellig VP of University Communications: MUS priorities and the 2025 legislative session

 

V.            New Business

a.      Conferring Degrees – Registrar’s Office

b.      Graduate school policies – First Reading

i.        1 Credit Extension Policy

ii.       Doctoral Chair Deadline

iii.      Appeal Policy

 

VI.            Undergraduate Courses and Programs 

a.      Courses – First Reading

i.          AGED 101: Agricultural and Technology Education Community Exploration

ii.         AVFT 160: Enhancing Human Performance in Aviation

iii.        BIOM 404: Medical Virology

iv.        COA 330: Coaching Theory

v.         CSCI 252: Introduction to Data Science

vi.        GPHY 471: Data Science for Climate and Sustainability Analysis

vii.       MUSI 108IA: Orchestra: MSU String Orchestra

viii.      NUTR 440: Nutrition Education and Counseling

b.      Courses – Second Reading

i.         HSTA 474: Fire in America

ii.        SOCI 433: Sociology of Homelessness

c.       Course Changes – First Reading

i.      The GDSN faculty are adjusting the junior block, 300-level courses from 5 credits to 4 credits. This will require students to take 4, 4 credit courses in their junior year, rather than 3, 5 credit courses, allowing for more diversity in topics and themes explored during their education. This will lead to a variety of professional options when entering the design field. This new 4-credit format will fit more effectively into the summer 4x4 sessions—helping with consistency in course meeting times.

1.      GDSN 367: Identity Systems

2.      GDSN 368: Art Direction

3.      GDSN 369: Publication Design

4.      GDSN 371: Motion Graphics

5.      GDSN 372: Interaction Design

6.      GDSN 373: Illustration

7.      GDSN 374: Digital Visualization

8.      GDSN 375: Letterpress

9.      GDSN 376: Screenprinting

10.    GDSN 377: Design for Society

11.    GDSN 378: Guerrilla Advertising

ii.      GPHY 426: Remote Sensing

1.      Credit change from 4 to 3

2.      One credit less of lecture 

d.      Course Changes – Second Reading

i.      BGEN 499: Senior Thesis/Capstone: Strategy Seminar

1.      Reducing the credits from 4 to 3 and thereby discontinuing the lecture component. Overtime the faculty have found this extra credit/lecture were not adding value. This change also brings the course into alignment with others in the CCN.

ii.      ECIV 308: Construction Practice

1.      Change from lecture and lab to just lecture course. Lab was for blueprints which is no longer required for this class.

iii.      EDEC 450: Language and Literacy in Early Childhood

1.      Title change from Literacy in the EC Classroom

2.      The name of the course was changed to better reflect the content and learning outcomes.

iv.      BIOM 499: Senior Capstone

1.      Change from Biotechnology Capstone

v.      ETCC 499R: Capstone: Construction Engineering Technology

1.      Change from 2 to 3 credits

2.      We are increasing the course credits from 2 to 3 credits as part of an effort to streamline the CET program. The additional credit will be used to primarily cover material on construction documentation that has previously been covered in a separate course. 

vi.      HTR 475: Integrative Hospitality Simulation

1.      Moving from face to face to online

vii.      LARC 331: Planting Design

1.      Change from 1-3 credits to 4 credits

e.      Course Inactivations – First Reading

i.      CSCI 482R : Interdisciplinary Project Instruction

1.      Changing the 2 semester Computer Science Interdisciplinary Option B.S. capstone from CSCI 482 (1 credit in the fall) / CSCI 483 (3 credits in the spring) to CSCI 483 (4 credits in the spring) will reduce curricular dependencies and help students graduate more easily.

f.        Course Inactivations – Second Reading

i.      AGSC 455: Molecular Plant-Microbe & Insect Interactions

1.      No longer offered. Has been replaced with BIOM 465 “Plant-Pathogen Interactions.

ii.      AGSC 465R: Health, Agriculture, Poverty

1.      No longer offered.

iii.      Lack of support/scheduling room for 1-2 credit courses in Coaching minor.

1.      COA 256: Coaching Track and Field

2.      COA 316: Football Coaching Theory

3.      COA 317: Basketball Coaching Theory

4.      COA 318: Soccer Coaching Theory

5.      COA 319: Volleyball Coaching Theory

iv.      CS 145RA: Web Design

1.      CS is not an OCHE approved rubric. Since CS 145RA is cross-listed with MART 145RA, we will delete CS 145RA and keep MART 145RA. The course will continue to be team-taught by an Art Instructor and a CS Instructor.

v.      ECNS 401: Microeconomic Theory

1.      This course was replaced with ECNS 503

vi.      Due to low enrollment for on-campus summer courses and the fact that MSSE is a graduate program and we have changed all rubrics to 500 level courses. The below courses will no longer be offered.

1.      PHSX 401: Physics by Inquiry I

2.      PHSX 402: Physics by Inquiry II

3.      PHSX 403: Physics by Inquiry III

vii.      PSCI 434: International Law

1.      No longer offered

viii.      PSCI 436: Politics of Food & Hunger

1.      No longer offered

g.       Programs – Second Reading

i.      -CAS: Hospitality

 

VII.            Graduate Courses and Programs 

a.      Courses – First Reading

i.        ERTH 586 : Geology of Earthquakes

ii.       MSSE 512 : NGSS Crosscutting Concepts

iii.      NUTR 540 : Nutrition Education and Counseling

 

VIII.            Senators’ Open Conversation 

 

IX.            Public Comment 

 

X.            Executive Session – Honorary Degrees and Conferring Degrees (Closed)

 

XI.            Adjourn