Faculty Senate Meeting April 29, 2010. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call –N. Book, Secretary II. Approval of February 18, 2010 meeting minutes III.Election.

Faculty Senate Meeting April 29, 2010

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call –N. Book, Secretary II. Approval of February 18, 2010 meeting minutes III.Election of New Officers IV. Campus Reports and Responses V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call –N. Book, Secretary II. Approval of February 18, 2010 meeting minutes http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/FS.Minutes.02. 18.10.pdf III.Election of New Officers IV. Campus Reports and Responses V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call –N. Book, Secretary II. Approval of February 18, 2010 meeting minutes III. Election of New Officers IV. Campus Reports and Responses V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

FS Officer Elections  RP&A has proposed the following slate »President – K.M. Isaac »President Elect – Michael Davis »Secretary – James Martin »Parliamentarian – Mark Fitch

Officer Elections  RP&A has proposed the following slate »Intercampus Faculty Council (IFC) –Michael Schulz, K. M. Isaac, Michael Davis »Missouri Association of Faculty Senates (MAFS) – Michael Davis/K.M. Isaac alternate

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A. President’s Report M. Schulz B. Administrative Report J. Carney/ K. Wray C. Staff Council Report W. Jadwin D. Student CouncilP. Voss E. Council of Grad. StudentsRavi Akella

BOC luncheon went smoothly thanks to a wonderful job by Mitsy Daniels Administrative Review conducted. Summary posted on web. Detailed results (but not the comment section) available only to those who responded in Mitsy Daniel’s office. Committee on restructuring system-wide awards formed. Our campus representative is Steve Raper Budget: 5.2% cut for no tuition increase deal approved by legislature. BOC approved out-of- state/graduate tuition (not affected by deal) and supplemental fee increase President's Report

Faculty Senate Report Warren K. Wray Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs April 29, 2010

 Curriculum »MS in Explosives Engineering approved at the April meeting of the CBHE. »Eight proposals submitted in response to UM System RFP for eLearning initiative (five individual classes were approved and funded; three cluster/degree proposals are under review).  Board/Task Force Activities »Combined meeting of the Blue Sky Task Force (per Tactical Plan Action 2.4.5) was held April 21. »Task Force report will be submitted in June. Office of Academic Affairs

Faculty Activities –Third year review (14 faculty members) in process. –Solicitation for Curators’ and Curators’ Teaching Professor forwarded to faculty. Deadline for submission of nominations is May 21 to VPAA. –Phase II pilot for electronic-based student evaluations of teaching effectiveness in progress. Report will be made at June or September Faculty Senate meeting. Office of Academic Affairs

Video Communication Center (VCC):  VCC now has an active YouTube channel (http://youtube.com/mstvcc), which has promos & example videos of selected classes. http://youtube.com/mstvcc  VCC has several classes using "next generation" WebEx video recordings of coursework, which offer much higher audio quality and user-friendliness. Global Learning

Engineering Education Center (EEC): –Twenty distance courses are offered from the EEC this semester that also serve Rolla on- campus students. EEC Enrollment: A total of 496 students are being served by EEC St. Louis based faculty this Spring, including 392 Rolla on-campus students.

 S&T Graduate Fair held on April 15 th at the Havener Center Atrium  Customized Mechanical/Electrical/Computer Engr. graduate program webinar sessions launched for prospective/admitted students. Office of Graduate Studies

Google Apps: Now available as part of the mst.edu domain - http://it.mst.edu/googleapps.html http://it.mst.edu/googleapps.html Windows 7: Being deployed to campus starting July 2010 Active Data Exchange: Web calendaring solution available in summer 2010 Information Technology

3 rd Annual Teaching & Learning Technologies Conference: Tremendous success - Approximately 115 attendees http://edtech.mst.edu http://edtech.mst.edu Faculty Automated Pages: Now available - http://people.mst.edu http://people.mst.edu eFellows program for the development of blended learning courses is moving forward - http://certi.mst.edu/hottopics.html http://certi.mst.edu/hottopics.html

International Affairs  Dr. Ramesh Bharuthram, Deputy Vice Chancellor - Academics for the University of the Western Cape in South Africa visited the S&T campus. He presided over a TelePresence meeting on March 23 rd with representatives from all four University of Missouri campuses to discuss the University of Missouri South Africa Program. His visit targeted faculty interested in research and international exchange.

Office of Sponsored Programs  FY10 activities through the end of March and a year- over-year comparison are as follows: »Proposals awarded in total dollars: $39.1M (up 11.7%) »Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 249 (down 9.5%) »Proposals submitted in total dollars: $120.3M (down 3.2%) »Number of proposals submitted: 378 (down 14.3%) »Research expenditures: $33.2M (up 20.5%) »F&A recovered: $5.3M (up 10.2%) »Number of active awards: 615 (up 3.9%)

Congratulations to …  William V. Stoecker, Randy Moss, R. Joe Stanley, Xiaohe Chen, Kapil Gupta, Bijaya Shrestha, Pavani Jella, “Automatic Detection of Critical Dermoscopy Features for Malignant Melanoma Diagnosis,” US Patent 7,689,016, March 30, 2010  Dr. Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy, Academy of Science- St. Louis Innovation Award, April 22, 2010

Academic Advising Seminar  Top 10 Things Advisors Should Know Presented by: Dr. Harvest L. Collier Monday, May 3 Noon - 1:30pm in Havener Center - Meramec/Gasconade room Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol, http://ugs.mst.edu/ugrdc.htmlhttp://ugs.mst.edu/ugrdc.html Thursday, April 29 in Jefferson City lawmakers will learn about the unique research opportunities students have to collaborate with faculty, underscoring higher education’s role in developing educated citizens and preparing a work force with the necessary skills to further Missouri’s economic growth. Eleven students were nominated by faculty research advisors and selected as ambassadors based on geographical distribution, relevance of the project to the State of Missouri, quality of the project, and distribution among the four campuses. Office of Undergraduate Studies

Staff Council Report  Wade Jadwin

Student Council Report  Officer Transitioning  Student Interest Survey »1,282 Student took the survey »Results

Print Management Results  How satisfied are you with the current print management system?  How much did you have left in your account at the end of last semester?

Smoking Results  Would you support a city ordinance which banned the act of smoking tobacco in bars in Rolla?  Would you support a city ordinance which banned the act of smoking tobacco in restaurants in Rolla?

Smoking Results cont.  Should the campus smoking policy be amended to eliminate smoking within 20 feet of building doors?  Should the campus have a policy that eliminates smoking on all areas of campus - indoors and outdoors?

Free Hour Results  We currently have a designated 'free hour' of no classes from noon to 1 PM on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Would you support elimination of this 'free hour'?

COC Results  How satisfied are you with the Career Opportunities Center in helping you reach your educational and career goals?

Parking Results  In general, how satisfied are you with parking on campus?

University Police Results  How safe do you feel on campus?  How satisfied are you with the professionalism of University Police Officers?

Teaching Evaluation Results  Which do you prefer?

Council of Graduate Students  Suhas Nerella- on behalf of Ravi Akella  Graduate Research Showcase held on April 12, 2010  95 posters presented in 4 sessions grouped according to similar disciplines  12 participants from Mizzou  A total of 13 winners (Top 10% in each session) will share a total scholarship of $2000  Graduate excellence banquet held on April 23, 2010  CGS newsletter, Gradvision released. Web version available at http://cgs.mst.edu/newsletter2010.htm http://cgs.mst.edu/newsletter2010.htm  CGS Executive members for 2010-11 were elected

Reports of Standing and Special Committees  RP&A  Curricula  Budgetary Affairs  Administrative Review  Student Affairs  Personnel  ITCC

Academic Freedom and Standards (D.6.a) Hosder, SerhatMech. EngFaculty (Departments/FS) 2012 Eng, Li LiBusinessFaculty (Departments/FS) 2012 Chin, Yoo-MiEconomicsFaculty (Departments/FS) 2012 Haynes, LanceArts, Lang & PhilFaculty (Departments/FS) 2011 Dubroff, DickElec & Comp EngrFaculty (Departments/FS) 2011 Parris, PaulPhysicsFaculty (Departments/FS) 2011 Schlesinger, MarkMat, Sci & EngrFaculty (Departments/FS) 2011 Cotterill, AnneEnglish & Tech Comm Faculty (Departments/FS) 2011

Administrative Review (D.6.b) Dogan, FatihMat. Sci.Faculty (Faculty Senate)2012 Luna, RonaldoCivil Engr Faculty (Faculty Senate)2012 Sharpsteen, DonPsychological ScienceFaculty (Faculty Senate)2011 Wilkerson, RalphComputer ScienceFaculty (Faculty Senate)2011

Budgetary Affairs (D.6.c) Hale, BarbaraPhysicsFaculty (Departments/FS)2012 Park, Eun SooEconomicsFaculty (Departments/FS)2012 Stavropoulos, Pericles ChemistryFaculty (Departments/FS)2011 Dunn- Norman, Shari Geo Science & EngineeringFaculty (Departments/FS)2011 Cawlfield, JeffGeologyFaculty (Faculty Senate)2012 Ragsdale, Ken Engr Mgt & Sys EngrFaculty (Faculty Senate)2011 Insall, MattMathematics & StatisticsFaculty (Graduate Faculty)2010 Crosbie, AlMechanical & Aero EngrFaculty (Graduate Faculty)2011 Stephanie Rostad Student CouncilStudents (Student Council)2010 Shyam BaruaCouncil of Graduate Students Students (Council of Graduate Students) 2010 Malott, SteveAdministrative ServicesAdministration (Chancellor)2010

Curricula (D.6.d) TBDFaculty (Graduate Faculty)2011 Luechtefeld, RayEngr Mgmt & Sys EngrFaculty (Faculty Senate)2011 Nisbett, KeithMech & Aero EngrFaculty (Faculty Senate)2012 DSCC(Arts and Humanities) 2009 DSCC(Engineering)2009 DSCC(Sciences)2009 DSCC(Social Sciences)2009

Facilities Planning (D.6.g) Wright, DavidEnglishFaculty (Departments/FS)2012 Roe, RobertMathematicsFaculty (Departments/FS)2012 Sheffield, JohnMechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty (Departments/FS)2011 Woelk, KlausChemistryFaculty (Faculty Senate)2011 Madria, SanjayComp. Sci.Faculty (Faculty Senate)2012 Chowdhury, Badrul Elec & Comp EngrFaculty (Faculty Senate)2011 Bieniek, RonPhysicsFaculty (Department/FS)2011 Patton, MarvinPhysical FacilitiesAdministration (Chancellor) 2010 David GriffinStudent CouncilStudents (Student Council) 2010 Giraj KandukuriCouncil of Graduate Students Students (Council of Graduate Students) 2010

Honorary Degrees (D.6.h) Stutts, DanielMech. Engr.FS - From Dept. Nominations Aug 2011 Meagher, MichaelHistoryFS - From Dept. Nominations Aug 2011 Reddy, PrakashChemistryFS - From Dept. Nominations Aug 2011 Venayagamoorthy Ganesh Elec. Comp. Engr.FS - From Dept. Nominations Aug 2011 Warren K. WrayProvostAdministrationAug 2010

Intellectual Property (D.6.j) Hilmas, GregMat. SciFaculty (Faculty Senate)2012 Switzer, JayChemistryFaculty (Faculty Senate)2012 Dharani, LokeshMech. Engr.Faculty (Faculty Senate)2012 Potthast, AdamArtsFaculty (Faculty Senate)2012 Kosbar, KurtElectr. Engr.Faculty (Faculty Senate)2012 Drewniak, JamesElectr. Engr.Faculty (Faculty Senate)2012

Library and Learning Resources (D.6.k) Fan, JunElectr. EngFaculty (Departments/FS)2012 Adekpedjou, AkimMathematicsFaculty (Departments/FS)2012 Schuman, TomChemistryFaculty (Departments/FS)2012 Malone, EdwardEnglish & Tech CommFaculty (Departments/FS)2012 Bruening, MichaelHist & Poly SciFaculty (Departments/FS)2011 Sheng, HongBusiness Administration and IT Faculty (Departments/FS)2011 MacSithigh, GeroidMechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty (Departments/FS)2011 Yamilov, AlexiPhysicsFaculty (Departments/FS)2011 Caitlin GiffordStudent CouncilStudents (Student Council)2010 Krishna KolanCouncil of Graduate Students Students (Council of Graduate Students) 2010 Stewart, AndyDirector of Library Library2010

Personnel (D.6.l) Ferdowsi, MehdiElec. EngrFaculty (Departments/FS) 2012 Lin, Ying ChouBusinessFaculty (Departments/FS) 2012 Wilemski, GerryPhysicsFaculty (Departments/FS) 2012 Chariklia Sotiriou- Leventis ChemistryFaculty (Departments/FS) 2011 Isaac, TseggaiHistory and Poly SciFaculty (Faculty Senate) 2011 Chowdury, BadrulElec & Comp EngrFaculty (Faculty Senate) 2011 Balakrishnan, S.N.Mech & Aero EngrFaculty (Graduate Faculty) 2011 Wade JadwinStaff CouncilStaff (Staff Council)2010 Shenethia ManuelHuman ResourcesAdministration (Chancellor) 2010

Public Occasions D.6.m Westenberg, DavidBiol SciFaculty (General Faculty)2011 Bieniek, RonPhysicsFaculty (General Faculty)2011 Bryant, RichardEconFaculty (General Faculty)2011 Worsey, PaulMiningFaculty (General Faculty)2012 Burken, JoelCivil Engr. Faculty (General Faculty)2012 SedighSarvestani, Sahra El & Cp EngFaculty (General Faculty)2012 Ward, MarianneAlumni AffairsAdministration (Chancellor)2010 Mark PotrafkaStudent Activities Administration2010 Selin AcarStudent CouncilStudents (Student Council)2010 Alexa RooneyStudent CouncilStudents (Student Council)2010 Michael SchwartzStudent CouncilStudents (Student Council)2010 Prabhu AngajalaCouncil of Graduate Students Students (Council of Graduate Students) 2010

Student Affairs (D.6.o) Frank, RonBiologyFaculty (Departments/FS)2012 Kim, Chang-SooElec. Engr.Faculty (Departments/FS)2012 Winiarz, JeffreyChemistryFaculty (Departments/FS)2012 Raper, SteveEngr Mgmt & Sys EngrFaculty (Departments/FS)2011 Landers, RobertMechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty (Faculty Senate)2011 Stephanie RostadStudent CouncilStudents (Student Council)2010 Dominic ClucasStudent CouncilStudents (Student Council)2010 Marina JacobeStudent CouncilStudents (Student Council)2010 Paul VossStudent CouncilStudents (Student Council)2010 Shriram GadekarCouncil of Graduate Students Students (Council of Graduate Students) 2010

Student Awards and Financial Aids (D.6.m) Fitch, StephanieBusiness AdministrationFaculty (General Faculty)2010 Newkirk, JoeMSEFaculty (General Faculty)2011 Rovey, JoshuaMechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty (Faculty Senate)2011 Mullin, MarkPhysical EducationFaculty (Faculty Senate)2011 Roe, RobertMathematics & StatisticsFaculty (Faculty Senate)2011 Wray, W. Kent ProvostAdministration2010 Stichnote, LynnStudent Financial AidAdministration2010 Goff, JayEnrollment ManagementAdministration(Chancellor)2010 Baheirah KhusheimStudent CouncilStudents (Student Council)2010 Paul VossStudent CouncilStudents (Student Council)2010 Bharat GangichettyCouncil of Graduate Students Students (Council of Graduate Students) 2010

Bristow, DougMech. Engr.Faculty (Department/FS)2012 Gertsch, LeslieGeo, Sci & EngrFaculty (Department/FS)2012 Davis, MichaelEconomicsFaculty (Department/FS)2012 Watts, TrentEnglishFaculty (Department/FS)2012 Paige, RobertMathematicsFaculty (Department/FS)2012 Niyogi, DevBiological SciencesFaculty (Department/FS)2011 Cox, NormanElec & Comp EngrFaculty (Department/FS)2011 Elrod, CassieBusiness Admin & ITFaculty (Department/FS)2011 Hagen, DonPhysicsFaculty (Department/FS)2011 Morgan, JackEnglish & Tech CommFaculty (Department/FS)2011 Tien, JerryMining & Nuclear EngrFaculty (Department/FS)2011 Banerjee, ArindamMech. Engr.Faculty (Department/FS)2011 Packard, JamesDirector, Phy Facilities Administration N/A Laughlin, Christy Director, Univ PoliceAdministrationN/A Stephanie RostadStudent CouncilStudents (Student Council)2010 Paul VossStudent CouncilStudents (Student Council)2010 Jun WuCouncil of Graduate Students Students (Council of Graduate Students) 2010 Haug, Mary StaffCouncil Staff (Staff Council)2010 D.7.b. Parking, Security and Traffic Committe

D.7.d. Student Scholastic Appeals Drallmeier, JamesMech & Aero EngrFaculty (General Faculty)2012 Morgan, IleneMath/StatFaculty (General Faculty)2011 Fahrenholtz, BillMaterials Science & Engr Faculty (Faculty Senate)2011 Frank, RonBiological SciencesFaculty (Faculty Senate)2011 Martin, JamesPsychologyFaculty (Faculty Senate)2011 Stephanie Rostad Student CouncilStudents (Student Council) 2010 Paul Voss Student CouncilStudents (Student Council) 2010 Rajasekhar ModuguCouncil of Graduate Students Students (Council of Graduate Students) 2010

Grievance Panel and oversight Committee Currently serving with terms not expired yet: Panel: A. Miller Oversight committee: L. Haynes, R. Bieniek 5 APPLICANTS: Meggie Cheng, Nuran Ercal, Cihan Dagli, Chaman Lal Sabharwal, Prakash Reddy All indicated they would be willing to serve on either body. Since 4 of the applicants indicated preference for panel, we will first elect member of panel and then of oversight committee from same pool minus the person elected to the panel

Referral to Budgetary Affairs –Work with the upper administration to determine the effect of the budget cuts on the academic and administration units.

Referral to Academic Freedom and Standards Committee –The RP&A approved a motion to have the Academic Freedom & Standards Committee examining the issue of possible time conflicts between common finals and students taking regularly-scheduled classes.

Referral to Student Affairs Committee –The RP&A Committee made a referral to the Student Affairs Committee to examine the existing procedures for recognizing student organizations. –The RP&A Committee made a referral to the Student Affairs Committee to endorse (or not) the following statement on academic integrity:

General Version Academic honesty is essential for the intellectual life of the University. Faculty members have a special obligation to expect high standards of academic honesty in all student work. Students have a special obligation to adhere to such standards. In all academic evaluations of students, the instructor shall assess the student’s performance and make an academic judgment about the student's grade on that work and in that course based on the academic standards of the course, including any standards of academic integrity and/or professional standards for which students have been provided notice in the course syllabus, other course materials, or other program materials. In cases where the student fails to meet the academic integrity standards of the course, the instructor may take that into account in grading the student’s performance, but only to the extent necessary to make the academic evaluation of the performance. In such cases the instructor shall report any alleged academic dishonesty to the Primary Administrative Officer, who is the individual responsible for the administration of the due process procedures which can lead to sanctions being imposed against the student for violations of the Conduct Code. Version Directed to Students (e.g. on Syllabi) ( Adapted from the student Standard of Conduct and Rules of Procedures in Student Conduct Matters, Sections 200.010 and 200.020 of the Collected Rules and Regulations of the University of Missouri)

Referral to Personnel Committee –Draft of documents concerning classroom intellectual property rights was referred to the personnel committee for review. –Professor Neogi also reported to RP&A that the personnel committee had developed a proposed policy statement concerning spousal and relative conflict of interest.

Referral to Curricula Committee –A policy was recently instituted by the Columbia campus to accept transfer credit for military experience and education. The Curricula Committee was charged with developing a Missouri S&T policy using UMC’s policy as a reference.

Report on Administrative Review Committee –Professor Mariesa Crow reported that the survey of those administrations under review was complete and provided the tabulated results and comments to Professor Schulz.

Report on Campus Assessment Committee –Vice-Provost Schwartz made a request of RP&A that we elect two representatives to the Campus Assessment Committee to replace Professor Isaac, who was stepping down. RP&A elected Professor Keith Nisbett and Professor Mark Fitch to serve on the committee as faculty representatives.

Report on Planned RP&A Retreat –RP&A adopted a resolution to have a retreat early in the Fall semester for Faculty Senate officers and newly-elected chairs of standing committees.

Report on Instructional Capacity Taskforce –A motion was made and passed to forward the following resolution to Dean Jay Goff: RP&A has received a briefing by two faculty representatives on the task force on Student Educational Capacity at S&T. RP&A commends the committee’s good work in a very difficult task, and recognizes that there are many issues associated with the mandate of the committee. After deliberation, the RP&A committee encourages the taskforce to address, as a prominent part of its final recommendations, issues concerning faculty shortage and the ability to attract high-quality graduate students.

Report on Instructional Capacity Taskforce –Taskforce on Educational Capacity: Balakrishnan and Raper were members of this task force, serving on one or more subcommittees. The report can be found at the following enrollment management website: http://enrollment.mst.edu/capacity/index.html http://enrollment.mst.edu/capacity/index.html –The report went through several drafts and iterations before the final report was issued. The taskforce will meet with Chancellor Carney on May 4 th from 2-4 pm in the Silver & Gold Rm. in the Havener Center.

Curricula Committee Report April 29, 2010  The Curricula Committee report (updated on April 27) includes: »15 Degree Change (DC) forms »61 Course Change (CC) forms »20 Experimental Course (EC) forms (informational only) »Report on transfer credit for military experience and education

Curricula Committee Report April 29, 2010  The April 27 updated report only removed several CC forms that were returned to the department and should not have been in the report.

Curricula Committee Report April 29, 2010  Several DC forms merit individual attention and will be presented separately.  First, the Curricula committee moves for the approval of all of the CC forms in the report.

Curricula Committee Report April 29, 2010  DC 0357 and 0358 Comp Eng & El Eng  Removes FE exam as an assessment requirement for graduation.  In 1988, Academic Council required senior assessment; Vice Chancellor specified FE exam for engineering programs.  Move to Table until June meeting, pending anticipated policy memorandum from Provost regarding acceptable senior assessment options.

Common Engineering Degree Requirements  DC 0363 Specifies common requirements for all engineering programs, to be included in catalog  Previous common catalog requirements were eliminated when Schools were eliminated.  Engineering DSCC has obtained approval from all engineering programs to this set of common requirements.

Common Engineering Degree Requirements  Wording of catalog entry Engineering Degrees All engineering degree programs must be consistent with the following minimum requirements.  The requirements of the degree program shall consist of 128 - 132 credit hours. Additional hours may be required for specific choices of electives or Emphasis Areas. Courses that are at a lower level of coverage than the required courses in the curriculum (e.g. algebra, trigonometry, Intro to Physics, etc.) may not be counted toward the degree program. An average of at least two grade points per credit hour must be obtained for all credits counted toward the degree. In addition, an average of at least two grade points per credit hour must be obtained for all credits taken in the student’s major department.  The degree program shall include all courses in the Common Engineering Freshman Year, as listed in the current catalog under the Freshman Engineering Program.  The degree program shall include a minimum of 21 credit hours of course work as follows: »Engl 20 »Hist 112, 175, 176, or Pol Sc 90 »Econ 121 or 122 »The remaining courses must be chosen from the list of approved humanities/social sciences courses, published on the website for the Office of Undergraduate Studies (ugs.mst.edu). Departments may further specify the requirements for these electives.

Common Engineering Degree Requirements  Degree programs shall consist of 128-132 credit hours »Additional hours allowed for specific choices of electives or Emphasis Areas »Courses at a lower level than the required courses do not count toward the degree program. (e.g. algebra, trig, Intro to Physics, etc.) »Cum. gpa of at least 2.0 »Major field gpa of at least 2.0

Common Engineering Degree Requirements  Common Freshman Year courses required  Must include 21 hours from following list: »Engl 20 »Hist 112, 175, 176, or Pol Sc 90 »Econ 121 or 122 »12 hours from approved H/SS list, maintained by Engineering DSCC, published on website of Office of Undergraduate Studies

Common Engineering Degree Requirements  Differences from previous School of Engineering requirements »128-132 hours, rather than exactly 128 »No FE exam requirement »No distinction between humanity and social science courses »No restriction on skills/performance courses (art, drama, music, speech, etc.) »No advanced H/SS requirement »No free elective requirements

Common Engineering Degree Requirements  Wording of catalog entry Engineering Degrees All engineering degree programs must be consistent with the following minimum requirements.  The requirements of the degree program shall consist of 128 - 132 credit hours. Additional hours may be required for specific choices of electives or Emphasis Areas. Courses that are at a lower level of coverage than the required courses in the curriculum (e.g. algebra, trigonometry, Intro to Physics, etc.) may not be counted toward the degree program. An average of at least two grade points per credit hour must be obtained for all credits counted toward the degree. In addition, an average of at least two grade points per credit hour must be obtained for all credits taken in the student’s major department.  The degree program shall include all courses in the Common Engineering Freshman Year, as listed in the current catalog under the Freshman Engineering Program.  The degree program shall include a minimum of 21 credit hours of course work as follows: »Engl 20 »Hist 112, 175, 176, or Pol Sc 90 »Econ 121 or 122 »The remaining courses must be chosen from the list of approved humanities/social sciences courses, published on the website for the Office of Undergraduate Studies (ugs.mst.edu). Departments may further specify the requirements for these electives.

Curricula Committee Report April 29, 2010  DC 0348 and 0349  Changes to BS in Chem. Eng. and BS in Chem. Eng. with Biochem. Eng. Emphasis »Catalog statement: A cumulative grade point average of 2.25 or better is required for admittance as a chemical engineering major. »C or better required in all mandatory Chem. Eng. courses to meet Chem. Eng. degree requirements. »Humanity-only elective replaced with H/SS elective.

Curricula Committee Report April 29, 2010  DC 0360 & 0361  Changes to BS in Mech Eng, and Manufacturing Processes Emphasis area »Require C or better as degree requirement for Chem 1, Met Eng 121, Phys 24, Math 204, IDE 50, and programming course. »Other minor changes

Curricula Committee Report April 29, 2010  Other DCs with minor curriculum changes »0346, 0347 El Eng & Comp Eng, replace Hum. elective with Hum/SocSc elective »0350 Changes to Mech. Eng. Emphasis area »0351 Changes to Comp. Eng. Emphasis areas »0352 Define Energy Conversion Emphasis area for Mech. Eng. »0353, 0355 Changes to Eng. Mgt. Emphasis areas »0354 Changes to BS in Eng. Mgt.

Curricula Committee Report April 29, 2010  The Faculty Senate made a referral to the Curricula Committee to examine a policy to accept transfer credit for military experience and education. Specifically the committee was charged to research the sources of the credits and recommend policies for transferring the credits. A policy recently instituted by the Columbia campus was provided as a reference.  The Curricula committee discussed this issue at its April 6 meeting, though only briefly due to the already long meeting. The committee provides the following assessment.

Curricula Committee Report April 29, 2010  1. The general concept of awarding credit for military coursework, subject to appropriate quality control measures, is consistent with our current campus practice and policy.  2. Our Registrar’s office has already evaluated and is already accepting ACE recommended transfer equivalency for college credit courses. As with all transfer credits, the appropriate department will evaluate courses for specific course equivalency.  3. The policy approved by the Columbia campus is almost entirely consistent with our current practice. Documenting the policy will be a positive step toward clarifying the practice.

Curricula Committee Report April 29, 2010  4. The Columbia policy needs to generally be customized for our campus. In particular, the following points should be customized: (a) For item 1, specific course credit for military experience should be recommended by our Aerospace Studies and Military Science programs. (b) For item 3, the grade requirement for credit by completion of a subsequent course should be at the discretion of the appropriate department, rather than fixed at a C- as in the Columbia policy.

Curricula Committee Report April 29, 2010  Conclusion: »No major policy changes needing Faculty Senate approval. »The Registrar’s office is most knowledgeable of our current practices, and is best equipped to prepare a policy statement similar to the Columbia policy.

Budgetary Affairs Committee Report Faculty Senate Meeting April 29, 2010

Detail of Expense Changes….

Comments/Questions  There is no projected deficit in FY11. Should departments/units implement ~5.2% (state funding) cuts in FY11– to prepare for FY12 deficits?  Enrollment might be capped, with good students waiting for admission. What emphasis should be placed on retention?  Across the board cuts are favored. What are the long term consequences?

Personnel Report  Spousal and Relative Conflict of Interest: “No person shall take part in the deliberations on tenure, promotion, salary raise, and any other situations dealing with personnel matters of his/her spouse or a relative by blood or marriage within the second degree. No person shall take part in evaluating and recommending candidates for recognition with awards or titles, administrative or faculty positions in the department, unit, the campus or the University of Missouri system if his/her spouse or a relative by blood or marriage to the second degree is a candidate. For definition of relatives by blood or marriage see: A.1. 320.040 Nepotism.”  Classroom Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR): Committee examined the three documents and the majority voted yes (yes: 6, abstained: 2) to move forward with CIPR.

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call –N. Book, Secretary II. Approval of February 18, 2010 meeting minutes III. Election of New Officers IV. Campus Reports and Responses V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business Instructional Capacity Taskforce Update VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

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