senate meeting

1.

approval of agenda

moved that the agenda be approved.

2.

approval of minutes

minutes of senate meeting #8-2012 held on november 23, 2012

moved that the minutes of senate meeting #8-2012 of november 23, 2012 be approved.

3.

business arising from the minutes

4.

proposed undergraduate calendar changes for referral (dr. gillian siddall)

the deadline for calendar change referrals to the senate has been extended to february 6, 2013 for those calendar changes that were already entered into the curriculum navigator system prior to january 11, 2013.

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

faculty of science and environmental studies  

·        title & description change for geog 3671 (2012-sci-163)

·        removal of restrictive note for geog 3253 (2012-sci-300)  

·        title & 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)

·        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 prerequisite (2012-sci-170)

·        minor change to physics abms program (2012-sci-171)

·        bsc (physics) in biomedical physics (2012-sci-172)

·         environmental studies 4800 (2012-sci-242)

·        environmental sustainability (2012-sci-243)

·        water resource field school (2012-sci-293)

·        physics (1070) (2012-sci-457)

·         physics 3371 (2012-sci-458)

·        physics 4412 (2012-sci-459)

·        modification to the physics abms program (2012-sci-312)

·         wording change for bsc(physics major) 4 yr program (2013-sci-465)

·        gsci 1010 renamed gsci 2010 (2013-2014)

·        geography 1140 with lab (2012-sci-296)

·        standardizing babed and bscbed math programs (2012-sci-388)

·        splitting physics 1101 (2012-sci-417)

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

·         psychology (2012-hbs-098)

·        psychology 2002 (2012-hbs-096)

·         revisions to kinesiology regulations section (2013-2014)

·        kinesiology (2013-hbs-464)

·         undergraduate kinesiology changes (2012-hbs-089)  

faculty of natural resources management

·        field school changes (2012-nat-402)

faculty of social sciences and humanities

·         changes to ba (women's studies major) (2012-soc-112)

·        women's studies 4112 (2012-soc-121)

·        women's studies 2xxx (2012-soc-135)  

·        visual arts 1130 (2012-soc-154)

·        visual arts 1020 (2012-soc-155)

·        women's studies 3106 (2012-soc-114)

·        women's studies 1100 (2012-soc-115) 

·        women's studies 4xxx (2012-soc-113)

·        women's studies 2113 (2012-soc-116) 

·        women's studies 3030 (2012-soc-117)

·        women's studies 3213 (2012-soc-118)

·        women's studies 3214 (2012-soc-119)

·         women's studies 4110 (2012-soc-120)

·        women's studies 4113 (2012-soc-122)

·         women's studies 4114 (2012-soc-123)

·         visual arts 1150 (2012-soc-156)  

·        visual arts 1170 (2012-soc-157)  

·        second year course changes (2012-soc-159)

·        new fourth year courses (2012-soc-161)

·        visual arts 1000 (2012-soc-152)

·        women's studies 3xxx-1 (2012-soc-138)

·        honours ba (history and women's studies majors) (2012-soc-144)

·         honours ba (women's studies major/honours bachelor of outdoor recreation)(2012-soc-150)

·        honours ba (women's studies major) (2012-soc-149)

·        honours ba (sociology and women's studies majors) (2012-soc-148)  

·        honours ba (indigenous learning and women's studies majors) (2012-soc-145) 

·        women's studies 3xxx-2 (2012-soc-131)

·        women's studies 2317 (2012-soc-125)

·        women's studies 2112 (2012-soc-124)

·        women's studies 3010 (2012-soc-126)

·        women's studies 3131 (2012-soc-127)

·        women's studies 4010 (2012-soc-132)

·         women's studies 4101 (2012-soc-134)

·        women's studies 4115 (2012-soc-128)

·        women's studies 2335 (2012-soc-140)

·         women's studies 3819 (2012-soc-142)

·        honours ba (english and women's studies majors) (2012-soc-143)

·        women's studies 2336 (2012-soc-141)

·         women's studies 2xxx-3 (2012-soc-129)

·         women's studies 2xxx-1(2012-soc-137)

·        women's studies 3360 (2012-soc-133)

·         women's studies 3xxx (2012-soc-130)

·        women's studies 3xxx-3 (2012-soc-139)

·         women's studies 2xxx-1 (2012-soc-136)

·         honours ba (specialized honours in psychology) with major concentration in women's studies (2012-soc-146)

·        honours ba (psychology and women's studies majors)(2012-soc-147)

·         outdoor recreation (2012-soc-151)

department of interdisciplinary studies (orillia campus)

·         remove biology 4710 and replace with ensu 4xxx (2013-2014)

·         various program and regulation changes (2013-2014)

·         remove portfolio requirement for admission to media studies (2013-2014)

·         interdisciplinary studies code changed from inqu to intd (2013-2014)

·         various changes to interdisciplinary studies courses (2013-2014)

·         general arts and science - college transfer option (2013-2013)

·         criminology changes (2013-2014)

·         environmental sustainability - college transfer (2013-2014)

·         anthropology major – regulations (2013-2014)

·         inquiry changes within all hbasc and basc programs (2013-2014)

faculty of business administration

·         honours bachelor of commerce (administrative studies major) (2012-bus-211)

·        business 1311 (2012-bus-195)

·        business 1313 (2012-bus-203)

·        business 1331 (2012-bus-204)

·        business 1336 (2012-bus-198)

·        business 2011 (2012-bus-205)

·        business 2033 (2013-bus-460)

·        business 2312 (2012-bus-219)

·         business 2314 (2012-bus-206)

·        business 2317 (2012-bus-194)

·         business 2318 (2012-bus-218)

·        business 2336 (2012-bus-220)

·        business 2351 (2012-bus-241)

·        business 2352 (2012-bus-210)

·        business 2356 (2012-bus-240)

·         business 3235 (2012-bus-202)

·        business 3311 (2012-bus-212)

·        business 3312 (2012-bus-221)

·        business 3314 (2012-bus-197)

·         business 3315 (2012-bus-224)

·        business 3317 (2012-bus-196)

·        business 3318 (2012-bus-199)

·        business 3319 (2012-bus-208)

·        business 3335 (2012-bus-223)

·        honours bachelor commerce co-operative option (2013-2014)

·        business 3336 (2012-bus-229)

·        business 3338 (2012-bus-213)

·        business 3339 (2012-bus-209)

·        business 3352 (2012-bus-230)

·        business 3354 (2012-bus-232)

·        business 3371 (2012-bus-207)

·        business 3372 (2012-bus-214)

·        business 3373 (2012-bus-215)  

·        business 3374 (2012-bus-231)

·        business 4379 (2012-bus-216)

·        business 4371 (2012-bus-200)

·         business 4273 (2012-bus-111)

·        business 4311 (2012-bus-201)

·        business 4313 (2012-bus-236)

·        business 4315 (2012-bus-225)

·        business 4316 (2012-bus-222)

·        business 4317 (2012-bus-227)

·        business 4318 (2012-bus-226)

·        business 4332 (2012-bus-234)

·        business 4333 (2012-bus-228)

·         business 4336 (2012-bus-239)

·         business 4338 (2012-bus-217)

·        business 4354 (2012-bus-233)

·         business 4358 (2012-bus-238)

·         business 4359 (2012-bus-235)

·         business 4378 (2012-bus-237)    

faculty of law

·        regulations specific to the faculty of law (2013-2014)

faculty of engineering                                      

·        chemical engineering changes (2013-eng-468)

faculty of education

·        education changes (2012-edu-350)

5.

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

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

faculty of science and environmental studies

·        phd in chemistry and materials science regulations (2013-2014)

·        mathematics 5351 (2012-sci-053)

·        mathematics 5371 (2012-sci-054)

·         wording change re: phd (chemistry & materials) (2012-sci-162)

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

·        mph calendar changes (2013-2014)

·        graduate program changes – areas of study (2013-2014)

·        kinesiology 5130 (2013-hbs-463)

·        psychology (2012-hbs-100)

·        master of science degree in kinesiology (2012-hbs-088)

·         graduate kinesiology changes (2012-hbs-089)

faculty of business administration

·         waiver of gmat/gre requirement for graduates of lakehead (2013-2014)

·         business 5116 (2013-bus-462)

faculty of engineering

·        changes to graduate regulations (2013-2014)

6.

reports of standing committees on proposed calendar changes

6.1

senate undergraduate studies committee report (dr. gillian siddall)

6.1.1

moved that the senate undergraduate studies committee report part 1 be accepted.

6.1.2

moved that the senate undergraduate studies committee report part 2 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. jane nicholas)

moved that the senate academic committee report be accepted.

7.

approval of undergraduate calendar changes (dr. gillian siddall)

7.1

moved that the following undergraduate calendar changes be approved:

faculty of social sciences & humanities

·         visual arts 1xxx (2012-soc-072)

·         visual arts 1091 (2012-soc-081)

·         visual arts 1080 (2012-soc-071)

·         changes to hba programs (2012-soc-068)

·         historiography 4xxx (2012-soc-067)

·         history 3820 (2012-soc-066)

·         political science 3314 (2012-soc-065)

·         political science 4615 (2012-soc-064)

·         the politics of food (2012-soc-063)

·         fourth year prerequisite change (2012-soc-074)

·         courses to be discontinued (2012-soc-076)

·         second year prerequisite change (2012-soc-077)

·         new courses (2012-soc-078)

·         change to existing course (2012-soc-080)

faculty of science and environmental studies

·         regional flowering plants (2012-sci-055)

8.

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

moved that the faculty of graduate studies council report be accepted.

9.

senate organization committee report (dr. aris carastathis)

9.1

moved that the revised terms of reference for the senate research committee be approved.

9.2

moved that the revised terms of reference for the senate continuing education and distributed learning committee be approved.

9.3

moved that the revised terms of reference for the joint senate committee for nosm be approved.

9.4

moved that the revised terms of reference for the senate academic committee be approved.

9.5

moved that the revised terms of reference for the senate library committee be approved.

9.6

moved that the senate organization committee report be accepted.

10.

joint senate committee for nosm report (dr. michel beaulieu)

10.1

moved that the proposed edits to the nosm undergraduate medical education-course descriptions (phase 1-3) be approved.

10.2

moved that nosm undergraduate medical education undergraduate medical education academic calendar of events for the 2013-2014 academic year be approved.

10.3

moved that the joint senate committee for nosm report be accepted.

11.

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

11.1

moved that the athletic awards policy be rescinded.

11.2

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

12.

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

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

13.

proposed 2014-2015 academic schedule (mrs. marian ryks-szelekovszky)  

moved that the proposed 2014-2015 academic schedule be approved.

14.

proposed alternative dates for senate meetings to accommodate religious practices (mrs. marian ryks-szelekovszky)

15.

approval of adjunct professors (dr. lori livingston)

15.1

moved that the following adjunct professor for the faculty of health and behavioural sciences be approved:

·        dr. chad witcher be appointed as an external adjunct professor to the school of kinesiology for the term (retroactive) july 1, 2012 through june 30, 2016

·        dr. jane lawrence dewar be appointed as an external adjunct professor to the school of kinesiology for the term (retroactive) july 1, 2012 through june 30, 2016

·        dr. crescentia dakubo be appointed as an external adjunct professor to the department of health sciences for the term (retroactive) july 1, 2012 through june 30, 2015

·        dr. t. campbell mccuaig be appointed as an external adjunct professor to the department of geology for the term (retroactive) july 1, 2012 through june 30, 2016^{removed by kr jan 2013}

15.2

moved that the following adjunct professor for the faculty of science and environmental studies be approved:

·        dr. t. campbell mccuaig be appointed as an external adjunct professor to the department of geology for the term (retroactive) july 1, 2012 through june 30, 2016^{added by kr jan 2013}

items for information

16.

fall 2012 late additions to the graduands list

the senate's "enabling motion graduands on record" empowers the dean of the faculty and registrar to approve late additions to the graduands' list who had not appeared on the convocation list. no motion is necessary.          

·         rebecca bates - honours bachelor of social work

·         alicia piccinin - bachelor of arts (psychology) & bachelor of education (p/j)

·         jamie walker - bachelor of education (j/i)

17.

adjunct professor renewal (information only)

faculty of engineering

·         dr. myint win bo's appointment as an external adjunct professor to the department of civil engineering has been renewed for the term commencing july 1, 2013 to june 30, 2017.

18.

cou academic colleague report (dr. mary louise hill)

19.

senate honorary degree committee report (dr. pallavi v. das)

20.

the following calendar changes have been forwarded to the registrar for approval:

faculty of science and environmental studies

·         physics 2030

21.

president's report (dr. brian stevenson)

22.

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

23.

nosm report (dr. william mccready)

24.

ogimaawin – aboriginal governance council report (dr. sandra wolf)^{removed by kr jan2013}

25.