TO: Academic Senate Members

FROM: Dr. Lorrie Steerey, Chair

Academic Senate

RE: MEETING DATE, PLACE, AND AGENDA

The next meeting of the Academic Senate will be held on Thursday, December 3, 2009, at 3:40 p.m. in the room B57 of the College of Technology (the Great Hall in the Tech Building).

I. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES: November 5

II. ITEMS – FOR INFORMATION

Approved by the UCC 11/4/09

Item 10 MUSC 160 Symphonic Band. Change title to Symphonic Band I, change prerequisite, and change course description.

Item 10.a MUSC 162 Concert Choir. Change title to Concert Choir I, change prerequisite, and change course description.

Item 10.b MUSC 168 Jazz Ensemble. Change title to Jazz Ensemble I, change prerequisite & corequisite, and change course description.

Item 10.c MUSC 360 Symphonic Band. Change title to Symphonic Band II, change prerequisite, and change course description.

Item 10.d MUSC 362 Concert Choir. Change title to Concert Choir II, change prerequisite, and change course description.

Item 10.e MUSC 368 Jazz Ensemble. Change title to Jazz Ensemble II, change prerequisite & corequisite, and change course description

Item 18 BS in Business Administration Information Systems Option. Modification of an existing program.

Item 18.a MIS 424 Information Resource Management. Change title to Business Intelligence with SQL Server and change course description.

Approved by the UCC 11/18/09

Item 8 SPED 310 Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities. Change prerequisites.

Item 8.a SPED 311 Teaching Students with Emotional Disturbance. Change prerequisites.

Item 8.b SPED 312 Teaching Students with Developmental Disabilities. Change prerequisites.

Item 8.c SPED 375 Teaching, Learning, and Behavior in the Schools. Change prerequisites.

Item 13 MSG 101 Introduction to Military Leadership Skills. New course.

Item 13.a MSG 102 Basic Leadership Skills & Concepts. New course.

Item 13.b MSG 106 Army Physical Conditioning and Training Laboratory. New course.

Item 13.c MSG 201 Leadership Development & Life Skills. New course.

Item 13.d MSG 202 Leadership Management & Team Building. New course.

Item 13.e MSG 203 Ranger Challenge Laboratory. New course.

Item 13.f MSG 298 Leadership Training Course Internship. New course.

Item 13.g MSG 301 Small Unit Tactics & Operations. New course.

Item 13.h MSG 302 Applied Leadership and Tactics Training. New course.

Item 13.i MSG 398 Warrior Forge Internship. New course.

Item 13.j MSG 401 The Army Officer: Roles & Responsibilities. New course.

Item 13.k MSG 402 Officership: Ethics & Justice in the Army. New course.

Item 13.L MSG 492 Advanced Leadership Practicum. New course.

Item 13.m MSG 491 Leadership Special Topic. New course.

Item 15 Minor in Criminal Justice. New program.

Item 16 CRIM 225 Introduction to Crime and Justice (crosslisted with SOCI 221). Change number to 221 and change title to Criminal Justice System.

Item 16.a CRIM/SOCL 226 Introduction to Probation. Change rubric to CRIM only.

Item 16.b CRIM/SOCL 227 Introduction to Policing. Change rubric to CRIM only.

Item 16.c CRIM/SOCL 228 Race, Class, Gender and Crime. Change rubric to CRIM only.

Item 16.d CRIM 324 Criminology (crosslisted with SOCI 311). Change number to 311.

Item 16.e CRIM 325 Sociology of Deviance (crosslisted with SOCI 327). Change number to 327.

Item 16.f CRIM/SOCL 413 Administration of Law. Change rubric to CRIM only.

Item 16.g CRIM/SOCL 421 Criminal Justice Ethics. Change rubric to CRIM only.

Item 16.h CRIM/SOCI 425 Crime Prevention and Victimology. Change rubric to CRIM only and change course description.

Item 16.i CRIM/SOCL 450 Computer Crime. Change rubric to CRIM only.

Item 16.j CRIM/SOCI 423 Introduction to Corrections. Change rubric to CRIM only and change title to Sociology of Corrections.

Item 16.k PSCI 370 Courts and Judicial Politics. Change rubric to PSCI/CRIM.

Item 19 Minor in Native American Studies. Modification of an existing program.

Item 19.a NAMS 200 Montana Tribal Groups. Change number to 300.

Item 19.b NAMS 385/PSYX 387 Native American Psychology. Delete course.

III. ITEMS – FIRST READING

Approved by Graduate Committee 11/5/09 (and UCC 11/4/09)

Item 4 MEd Reading Option Professional Practice Track. Modification of an existing program.

Item 4.a MEd Reading Option Thesis Track. Modification of an existing program.

Item 4.b BSEd Elementary Education/Reading Double Major K-8; K-12 Reading Endorsement. Modification of an existing program.

Item 4.c BSEd Secondary Education/Reading Double Major 5-12 and K-12 Reading Endorsement. Modification of an existing program.

Item 4.d Teaching Minor in Reading (K-12). Modification of an existing program.

Item 4.e RD 414 Teaching Reading K-3. Change course number to 414/514.

Item 4.f RD 517 Diagnostic Aspects of Reading Difficulties. Change course description.

Item 4.g RD 521 Teaching Reading. Delete course.

Item 4.h RD 594 Clinic. Delete course.

Item 4.i RD 510 Instructional Practices in Literacy Education. Change credits from 3 to 2.

Item 4.j RD 431 Storytelling. Change course number to 431/531.

Item 4.k RD 509 Language Acquisition. Delete course.

Item 11 COMT 420/520 Media Advertising. Change title to Advertising, Media, and Culture.

Item 11.a COMT 421/521 Communicating Through the Internet. Change title to Communicating Online.

Item 11.b COMT 470/570 Capstone Project. Change number to 570, change title to Applied Communication Studies, and change course description. This change splits the crosslisted course into two courses. See Item 11.i.

Item 11.c COMT 598 Research Project Seminar. Change title to Culminating Project, change prerequisite, and change course description.

Item 11.d COMT 599 Thesis. Change credits from 6 to 3, change prerequisite, and change course description.

Item 11.e MS in Public Relations Emphasis One: Public Relations Theory and Practice. Modification of an existing program.

Item 11.f MS in Public Relations Emphasis Two: Health Communication. Modification of an existing program.

Item 11.g MS in Public Relations Emphasis Three: Public Communication. Modification of an existing program.

Item 11.h MS in Public Relations Emphasis Four: Mass Communication. Modification of an existing program.

Item 11.i COMT 470/570 Capstone Project. Change number to 470 and change course description. This change splits the crosslisted course into two courses. See Item 11.b.

Approved by Graduate Committee 11/19/09

Item 22 MS in Special Education Advanced Studies Option. Modification to an existing program.

Item 22.a MS in Special Education Generalist Option. Modification to an existing program.

Item 23 REHA 593 Workshop. Change course number to 560, change title to DSM-IV for Rehabilitation Counselors, change credits from 1-6 to 3, and add prerequisite.

Item 23.a MS in Rehabilitation & Mental Health Counseling. Modification of an existing program.

Approved by the AFC 11/4/09

Item 20 Academic Foundations Program. Modification of an existing program: change name back to general education program.

Approved by the AFC 11/18/09

Item 17 AF course: PHIL 233 Philosophies and Religions of India. Submit for Academic Foundations category I.V. B. Cultural Diversity.

Item 17.a AF course: PHIL 234 Philosophies and Religions of China, Tibet, and Japan. Submit for Academic Foundations category I.V. B. Cultural Diversity.

IV. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS

A. Modification of Bylaws – Name Change from Academic Foundations Committee to General Education Committee

B. Curriculum Process: Continued Discussion

C. BOR Meeting Update: November Meeting

D. December Meeting Schedule

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