senate meeting

1.

approval of agenda

moved that the agenda be approved.

2.

approval of minutes

minutes of senate meeting #1-2015 held on january 19, 2015

moved that the minutes of the senate meeting #1-2015 of january 19, 2015 be approved.

3.

business arising from the minutes (not elsewhere on the agenda)

4.

calendar changes for referral

senators may view details of the proposed calendar changes on the curriculum navigator website.  a link to the website along with log in information and instructions has been emailed to all senators.

4.1

proposed undergraduate calendar changes for referral (dr. wayne melville)

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

faculty of natural resources management

• 2015-nat-4797 – associated cross-calendared course

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• 2015-soc-4824 - delete classics 4311 cross-calendared with phil 4311
• 2015-soc-4825 - removing cross calendaring for history 4711 per 2014-soc-4295

5.

reports of standing committees on proposed calendar changes

5.1

senate undergraduate studies committee report (dr. wayne melville)

moved that the senate undergraduate studies committee report be accepted.

5.2

senate budget committee report (dr. birbal singh)

• senate budget committee report - part 1
• senate budget committee report - part 2

moved that the senate budget committee reports part 1 and part 2 be accepted.

5.3

senate academic committee report – part 1 (dr. douglas ivison)

moved that the senate academic committee report – part 1 be accepted.

5.4

faculty of graduate studies council report – part 1 (dr. christine gottardo)

moved that the faculty of graduate studies coucil report – part 1 be accepted.

5.5

senate continuing education & distributed learning committee report (dr. wendy huang)

moved that the senate continuing education & distributed learning committee report be accepted.

6.

calendar change approvals

6.1

approval of undergraduate calendar changes (dr. wayne melville)

moved that the following undergraduate calendar changes be approved:

faculty of education

• 2014-edu-3191 – 2 year bed program courses part 1
• 2014-edu-3192 – 2 year bed program courses part 2
• 2014-edu-3193 – 2 year bed program courses part 3
• 2014-edu-3194 – 2 year bed program courses part 4
• 2014-edu-3548 - delete hbscbed computer science i/s
• 2014-edu-4315 – 2 year bed program
• 2014-edu-4490 – course revision educ 3250
• 2014-edu-4491 – new course

faculty of engineering

• 2014-4273-b – chem eng course addition and changes
• 2014-eng-4418 – beng elec program change
• 2014-eng-4492 – engi 2332 – removed
• 2014-eng-4520 – beng elec tb – associated courses for 2014-eng-4418

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• 2014-hbs-4400 – program-minormodification-psyc

faculty of law

• 2014-law-4631-a - new courses (3rd yr)
• 2015-law-4681 - program change specified third year courses
• 2015-law-4708 - new course (elective)

faculty of natural resources management

• 2014-nat-4218 - change course(nrmt-3131) for hbscf
• 2014-nat-4308 - adding note to nrmt-1010

faculty of science and environmental studies

• 2014-sci-4371 – cross list – geog 3313 / geol 3313
• 2014-sci-4503 – special topics courses for enst
• 2014-sci-4542 - course-new courses-anth 2550, 3015, 3234
• 2014-sci-4543-a - course-change description & title-anth 2517, 4010
• 2014-sci-4544 - course-discontinue-anth 3550
• 2014-sci-4558 - course-description change-anth3801
• 2015-sci-4684 - course changes for geology programs
• 2015-sci-4686 - courses new ug computer science
• 2015-sci-4687 - courses modification ug computer science
• 2015-sci-4689 - program changes in 3rd and 4th year geology
• 2015-sci-4695 - course description/prerequisite updates for geology
• 2015-sci-4707 - program changes in 4th year bsc geology

faculty of social science and humanities

• 2014-soc-4359 – history – course discontinuations
• 2014-soc-4360 – history – new courses & course revisions

6.2

approval of graduate calendar changes (dr. christine gottardo)

moved that the following graduate calendar changes be approved:

faculty of business

• 2015-bus-4736 – delete grad course business 5000
• 2015-bus-4737 – delete grad course business 5010
• 2015-bus-4738 – new grad course business 5035
• 2015-bus-4745 – mba program changes – graduate
• 2015-bus-4746 – master of science in management (research project) – graduate
• 2015-bus-4747 – master of science in management msc(mgt) (thesis) – graduate

faculty of engineering

• 2014-eng-4534 – msc civil – new program entry (phase 3 final approval)
• 2014-eng-4541 – associated courses – msc civil new program

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• 2014-hbs-4488 – course-changedescription-kinesiology

faculty of science and environmental studies

• 2014-sci-4464 – new graduate course – biology 5310

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• 2014-soc-4545 – english new graduate course
• 2014-soc-4546 – discontinue engl5790
• 2014-soc-4549 – english graduate program change

6.3

approval of graduate regulation changes (dr. christine gottardo)

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• hesc calendar change – merging hesc to publ info page

7.

lusu recommendation for student member on the senate academic appeals committee (mr. matt quick)

moved that laura elizabeth pudas be appointed to fill the student member vacancy on the senate academic appeals committee effective immediately through june 30, 2015.

8.

senate teaching and learning committee report (dr. monica flegel)

8.1

moved that the revisions to the previously entitled policy, “student evaluation of teaching at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ” be approved with the new title, “student feedback on teaching at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ”.

8.2

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

9.

senate research committee report (dr. maria grazia viola)

9.1

moved that the senate research committee report be accepted.

10.

faculty of graduate studies council report – part 2 (dr. christine gottardo)

10.1

moved that the revisions to the “general criteria and procedures for membership in the faculty of graduate studies (fgs)” be approved.

10.2

moved that the faculty of graduate studies council report – part 2 be accepted.

11.

senate academic committee report – part 2 (dr. douglas ivison)

• final assessment report and implementation plan of the cyclical review of the ba and bsc general programs
• final assessment report and implementation plan of the cyclical review of the faculty of health and behavioural sciences
• final assessment report and implementation plan for the faculty of science and environmental studies, masters of science in physics graduate program

11.1

moved that the senate academic committee report – part 2 be accepted.

12.

proposed meeting schedule for 2015-16 senate & senate executive committee meetings

moved that the senate & senate executive committee proposed meeting schedule for 2015-16 be approved.

13.

approval of adjunct professors

13.1

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

• dr. rui wang as an external adjunct professor to the department of biology for the term january 18, 2015 through january 31, 2016.

• dr. lew christopher as an external adjunct professor in the department of biology for the term january 1, 2015 through december 31, 2018.

13.2

moved that the following adjunct professors for the faculty of social sciences and humanities be approved:

• dr. richard matthews as an external adjunct professor to the department of philosophy for the term july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2018.

• dr. charles nathan hatton as an external adjunct professor to the department of history for the term july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2018.

items for information

14.

adjunct professor renewals (information only)

faculty of science and environmental studies

• dr. jim miller’s appointment as an external adjunct professor to the department of geology has been renewed for the term january 1, 2015 through december 31, 2019. 

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• dr. clara sacchetti-dufresne’s appointment as an external adjunct professor to the department of philosophy has been renewed for the term july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2018.

15.

professional associate renewal (information only)

faculty of science and environmental studies

• mr. william ross’ appointment as a professional associate to the department of anthropology has been renewed for the term january 1, 2015 through december 31, 2017.

16.

president’s report (dr. brian stevenson)

17.

provost & vice-president (academic) report (dr. moira mcpherson)

18.

senate member to the board of governors report (dr. mary louise hill)

19.

nosm report (dr. penny moody-corbett)