Meeting of the Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
January 25, 2017
The meeting was called to order at 12:25 p.m.
- A motion was made to form a working group to explore how we can assist and protect our DACA students. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote.
- A motion was made to approve the minutes of November 30, 2016. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote.
- Lauren Grodstein, director of our MFA program, reported the award of a $1,000,000 grant over the next four years from President Barchi. The MFA program would like to use some of these funds to involve other graduate programs in an interdisciplinary collaboration. Please contact Lauren for more information and student introductions.
- Leah Falk, Program Coordinator for the Writers House, gave a brief report on the first-year activities and results, and shared the vision and plans for the coming year.
- Julie Still, on behalf of the Academic Policy Committee, made motions to approve:
- a proposal for a new minor in Leadership Studies. Seconded, and approved (all ayes and five abstentions).
*During the discussion, a motion was made to require that a representative from each department or program with a course or program for approval at FASC meetings be present in order for the FASC to vote on APC recommendations. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote.
- the following courses. Courses were approved by voice vote as recorded in the right-hand columns.
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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 |
|
Spanish |
50:940:460 |
Women Writers in the Hispanic World |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
3 |
|
Spanish |
50:940:461 |
Reading the Urban Experience in Latin America |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
3 |
|
Spanish |
50:940:462 |
Spanish American Short Story |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
3 |
|
Spanish |
50:940:468 |
Modernismo and Modernity in Latin America |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
3 |
|
Spanish |
50:940:469 |
Representing Identities in Latin America |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
3 |
|
Honors |
50:525:151 |
Honors Seminar: Heritages and Civilizations (HAC) |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
Honors |
50:525:152 |
Honors Seminar: Art, Aesthetics and Theories of Interpretation (AAI) |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
Honors |
50:525:153 |
Honors Seminar: Global Communities (GCM) |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
Honors |
50:525:154 |
Honors Seminar: United States in the World (USW) |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
Honors |
50:525:155 |
Honors Seminar: Ethics and Values (EAV) |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
Honors |
50:525:157 |
Honors Seminar: Physical and Life Sciences (PLS) |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
Honors |
50:525:160 |
Honors Seminar: Diversity (DIV) BA |
BA |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
Honors |
50:525:161 |
Honors Seminar: Engaged Civic Learning (ECL) |
BA |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
Honors |
50:525:162 |
Honors Seminar: Experiential Learning (XPL) BA |
BA |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:350:212 |
Global Perceptions of Race, Religion, and Gender in Literature |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:350:213 |
Literature of Abrahamic Faiths |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:350:252 |
Native American Literature |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:350:301 |
Historifications |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:350:302 |
War and the Warrior |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:350:303 |
Weird Books |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:350:304 |
Women in Speculative Fiction |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:350:305 |
Poetry and Performance |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:352:252 |
African-American Poetry |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:352:253 |
Literature of Struggling America |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:352:306 |
Early American Women Writers |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:352:307 |
American Horror Story |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:354:316 |
The Journalist In and On Film |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
English |
50:570:310 |
Food Writing |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
Fine Arts |
50:080:348 |
Artist in Residency |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
Philosophy & Religion |
50:730:329 |
Ethics and the Future of Humanity |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
Philosophy & Religion |
50:840:266 |
Race, Politics, and Religion |
3 |
N
|
ALL |
|
1 |
|
Sociology |
50:202:304 |
Death Penalty |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
1 |
|
Biology |
50:120:429 |
Forensic Trace Evidence |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
3 |
|
Biology |
50:120:451 |
Forensic Pattern Evidence |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
3 |
|
Chemistry |
50:160:342 |
Forensic Science: Methods & Techniques |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
3 |
|
Chemistry |
50:160:344 |
Forensic Science: Methods & Techniques Lab |
1 |
N |
ALL |
|
3 |
|
Chemistry |
50:160:429 |
Forensic Trace Evidence |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
3 |
|
Chemistry |
50:160:451 |
Forensic Pattern Evidence |
3 |
N |
ALL |
|
3 |
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.
- With regard to a proposal for counting Principles and Practices in Quantitative Biology as fulfilling the GenEd requirement for quantitative analysis, several senators questioned the course’s suitability and discussed whether there should be statistical analysis courses for each discipline. Voice vote: all approved (all ayes and 4 nays.)
- An ELearning Conference on March 30, 2017 will be free to faculty. The call for proposals will be open until February 19, 2017. For more info: camden.rutgers.edu.
A motion was made and approved to adjourn. The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 p.m.
Present : Janet Golden, Wayne Glasker, Laurie Bernstein, Amy Savage, Kate Cairns, Guy Kortsarz, Osama Hamed, Joseph Barbarese, Aaron Hostetter, Margery Amdur, Paul Bernstein, James Boucher, Silvia Perez Cortes, Katherine Anderson, Nawaf Bou-Rabee, Haisheng Li, Christopher Lim, Eric Chwang, Richard Jimenez, Tim Knievel, Shauna Shames, Joseph Cutuli, Lauren Daniel, Melanie Bowers, Michael Hayes, Chinyere Osuji, Richard Stansfield
Absent (Senators): Angelica Gonzalez, George Kumi, Keith Green, Susan Mokhberi
Present (Campus Senators-at-Large): James Brown, Stacia Gilliard-Matthews, Jean-Louis Hippolyte
Absent (Campus Senators-at-Large): Joan Mazelis, William Saidel
Optional and noted (University Senators): Joseph Barbarese (present), Joseph Schiavo (absent), Daniel Bubb (Present), Elizabeth Demaray (absent), Howard Marchitello (absent), Yuchung Wang (absent), Babu Dasari (absent)
Present (Invited Guests): Julie Still, Tim Martin, Eric Leach, Lauren Grodstein, Leah Falk, Bill Whitlow
Drafted by Maria Buckley, 02/07/2017
Submitted by Laurie Bernstein, Faculty Senate Secretary