Agenda -- Faculty Senate Meeting, September 21, 2005, Gary Gianniny will Preside

130 Chemistry Hall

2:30-3:25 pm

Approval of the Minutes:

Draft of 9/7/05 minutes

Report:

Vice-President (2 minutes)

Old Business:

1.  Curricular Items (5 minutes):

a.   Action items –Teacher Education/Interdisciplinary Studies Major - Compromise document

New Business:

1.   Curricular Items:

Consent items –  ANTH212 – Applied Anthropology (change catalog description)

                             ANTH365 – Language and Culture (new course)

                             ANTH320 – Archaeological Lab Techniques (new course)

                             ANTH4xx – Advanced Topics in Applied Ant (new course)

                             ANTH402 – Advanced Arch Lab Techniques (prereq change)

Action Item – GIS Minor – deletion of the minor and change to a GIS Certificate Program, but conditional on approval of Cerificate Programs (5 minutes).

2.  Discussion of Certificate Programs (15 minutes) See also Information on non degree certificate programs.

3.  Discussion of Vision, Mission and Values statements in the draft “A Plan for Action”.  Please read this section before the meeting and encourage others to attend for this discussion (25 minutes).

4.   Reports and Business from the floor (5 minutes).