Meeting of the Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
November 30, 2016
The meeting was called to order at 12:25 p.m.
1. A motion was made to approve the minutes of October 26, 2016. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote.
2A. Julie Still, on behalf of the Academic Policy Committee, presented a proposal for a new major in Gender Studies to begin September 2017. A motion was made for approval and seconded, and approved (all ayes and three abstentions).
2B. The following courses were proposed by the APC and approved by voice vote as recorded in the right-hand column.
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Courses presented for approval by APC Committee to Faculty Senate
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Voting Record
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Dept |
Course # |
Course Title |
Credit Value |
New/ Revision |
Aye |
Nay |
Abstention |
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English |
50:570:309 |
Race, Religions, and Social Diversity |
3 |
New |
All |
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English |
50:350:201 |
Intro to English Studies |
3 |
New |
All |
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English |
50:989:310 |
Writing About Nature |
3 |
New |
All |
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|
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English |
50:350:300 |
Foundations of Literature |
3 |
New |
All |
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English |
50:350:400 |
Portfolio Pro-Seminar |
1 |
New |
All |
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Fine Arts |
50:080:388 |
3d Modeling |
3 |
New |
All |
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Fine Arts |
50:203:201 |
Musical Theater Dance |
3 |
New |
All |
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Fine Arts |
50:080:386 |
Storyboard and Character Design |
3 |
Revision |
All |
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Fine Arts |
50:080:447 |
Character Rigging |
3 |
New |
All |
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Fine Arts |
50:080:494 |
Special Topics in Animation |
3 |
New |
All |
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Women’s and Gender Studies* |
50:988:313 |
Transgender Studies |
3 |
New |
All |
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1 |
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Women’s and Gender Studies |
50:988:201 |
Introduction to Contemporary Gender Issues |
3 |
New |
All |
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1 |
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Women’s and Gender Studies |
50:988:211 |
Gender, Health and the Environment |
3 |
New |
All |
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1 |
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Childhood Studies |
50:163:250 56:163:560 |
Child Health Disparities |
3 |
New |
All |
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1 |
* Courses labeled as Women’s and Gender Studies will fall under “Gender Studies.”
NOTE: Jennifer Thiel had previously agreed to contact the Registrar about loading onto Degree Navigator all newly approved courses for the Master Course List. Department chairs are encouraged to follow up with the Registrar and Advising to confirm that courses have been added, edited, or removed.
- Proposals to the Chancellor for a series of town hall meetings to discuss issues in the wake of the presidential election and a request that the Camden Campus be named a “sanctuary” campus were presented to the Senate. After much discussion and further input from the floor, revised letters are being drafted and will be presented for voting on the Faculty Senate Sakai site. An email announcement will be sent when the letters are posted and polls are open. Please review and vote as soon as possible.
A motion was made and approved to adjourn.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 p.m.
Present (Senators): Janet Golden, Wayne Glasker, Laurie Bernstein, Angelica Gonzalez; Amy Savage; Kate Cairns, Osama Hamed, Joseph Barbarese, Keith Green, James Boucher, Silvia Perez Cortes, Susan Mokhberi, Katherine Anderson, Haisheng Li, Christopher Lim, Richard Jimenez, Tim Knievel, Shauna Shames, Joseph Cutuli, Lauren Daniel, Michael Hayes, Richard Stansfield,
Present (Campus Senators-at-Large): James Brown, Stacia Gilliard-Matthews, Jean-Louis Hippolyte, Joan Mazelis, William Saidel
Absent (Senators): George Kumi, Guy Kortsarz, Aaron Hostetter, Margery Amdur, Paul Bernstein, Nawaf Bou-Rabee, John Wall, Wayne Chan, Melanie Bowers, Chinyere Osuji (sabbatical)
Optional and noted (University Senators): Joseph Barbarese (present), Joseph Schiavo (absent), Daniel Bubb (absent), Elizabeth Demaray (sabbatical), Howard Marchitello (sabbatical), Yuchung Wang (absent), Babu Dasari (absent)
Present (Invited Guests): Gail Caputo, Julie Still, and Jennifer Thiel
Drafted by Maria Buckley, 12/22/2016
Submitted by Laurie Bernstein, Faculty Senate Secretary, 01/03/2017