senate meeting

1.

approval of agenda

moved that the agenda be approved.

2.

approval of minutes

minutes of senate meeting #2-2013 held on february 15, 2013

moved that the minutes of the senate meeting #2-2013 of february 15, 2013 be approved.

3.

business arising from the minutes                 

• senate meeting day/time

4.

proposed undergraduate calendar changes for referral (dr. richard maundrell)

moved that the proposed undergraduate calendar changes be referred to the appropriate committees:

faculty of social sciences and humanities_{removed by kr march 22 2013}

• hba. pshw (2012-soc-146)
• hba.psycwome (2012-soc-147)

faculty of science and environmental studies

• new course - ceramics analysis (2013-sci-812)
• adding detail to biology course desriptions (2013-sci-825)
• biol1110 new description (2013-sci-824)

faculty of education

• create new course - educ 4827 intermediate curriculum and instruction (additional basic qualification - intermediate division) - family studies (2013-edu-819)
• removing math competency exams from the math methods courses for p/j and j/i (2013-2014)

faculty of engineering

• civil 3452 (2013-eng-815)

faculty of law

• required courses for first year law (2012-2013)

5.

proposed graduate calendar changes for referral (dr. philip hicks)

moved that the proposed graduate calendar changes be referred to the appropriate committees:

faculty of engineering

• eng grad courses (2013-eng-466)

faculty of business administration

• business 5116 (2013-bus-462)
• mba program change (2013-bus-813)

6.

reports of standing committees on proposed calendar changes

6.1

senate undergraduate studies committee report (dr. richard maundrell)

moved that the senate undergraduate studies committee report be accepted.

6.2

senate budget committee report (dr. todd randall)

moved that the senate budget committee report be accepted.

6.3

senate academic committee report (dr. andrew p. dean)

• quality assurance: cyclical undergraduate program review - department of english

moved that the senate academic committee report be accepted.

7.

approval of undergraduate calendar changes (dr. richard maundrell)

moved that the following undergraduate calendar changes be approved:

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• psychology (2012-hbs-098)
• psychology (2012-hbs-100)

faculty of science and environmental studies

• biology 4101 (2012-sci-069)
• chemistry 1210 (2012-sci-093)
• chemistry 4111 (2012-sci-094)
• chemistry 4901 (2012-sci-095)
• chemistry 4131 (2012-sci-097)_{removed by kr march 22, 2013}
• title and description change for geog 3671 (2012-sci-163)
• title and description change for anth 3671 (2012-sci-164)
• geol 2318 requirement first aid course (2012-sci-165)
• geol 4161 first aid certificate requirement (2012-sci-166)_{added kr march 22, 2013}
• geog 3313 cross listed with enst 3313 (2012-sci-167)
• math 3050 prerequisites (2012-sci-168)
• updating bsc (math & physics majors) (2012-sci-169)
• updating math 3333 prerequisites (2012-sci-170)
• removal of restrictive note for geog 3253 (2012-sci-300)
• standardizing babed & bscbed math program (2012-sci-388)
• add tutorial to phys1070 (2012-sci-457)
• update phys3371 (2013-sci-458)
• environmental studies 4800 (2012-sci-242)
• environmental sustainability (2012-sci-243)
• splitting physics 1101 (2012-sci-417)

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• revisions re: admissions, english language (2013-2014)
• women’s studies 3106 (2012-soc-114)_{removed by kr march 22, 2013}
• northern studies 3316 (2012-soc-073)
• outdoor recreation (2012-soc-151)
• basic design (2012-soc-152)
• visual arts 1110 (2012-soc-153)
• visual arts 1130 (2012-soc-154)
• visual arts 1020 (2012-soc-155)
• visual arts 1150 (2012-soc-156)
• visual arts 1170 (2012-soc-157)
• changes to french courses (2013-2014)_{added by kr march 22, 2013}

faculty of natural resources management

• field school changes (2012-nat-402)

8.

faculty of graduate studies council report (dr. philip hicks)

moved that the faculty of graduate studies report be accepted.

9.

senate undergraduate scholarships and bursaries committee report (dr. changquan jiao)

moved that the senate undergraduate scholarships and bursaries committee report be accepted.

10.

senate teaching and learning committee report (dr. jane nicholas)

moved that the senate teaching and learning committee report be accepted.

11.

senate library committee (dr. adam van tuyl)

moved that the revised terms of reference for the seante library committee be referred to the senate organization committee.

12.

medals and awards for graduating 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 (ms. brenda winter)

moved that the medals and awards for graduating 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 be referred to the senate undergraduate scholarships and bursaries committee.

13.

approval of adjunct professor (dr. david barnett)

moved that the following adjunct professor for the faculty of engineering be approved:

• dr. oleg rubel as an external adjunct professor to the department of electrical engineering for the term commencing july 1, 2013 through june 30, 2017. 

items for information

14.

report of the cou academic colleague (dr. mary louise hill) 

15.

president’s report (dr. brian stevenson)

16.

report of the provost & vice-president (academic) (dr. rod hanley)

17.

report of the senate representative to the board of governors (dr. carney matheson)

18.

report of the ogimaawin – aboriginal governance council (dr. sandra wolf)

19.

notice of motion by-law revisions

a motion to approve the revised senate by-laws will be brought forward to the senate for approval at the april 19th, 2013 senate meeting.