Tuesday, 17 October 2006
2:00 p.m., EB 162
Meeting 2007-02

Roll call

Approval of the September minutes

Individual reports

1. Chancellor DePaolo
2. Faculty Assembly delegate Jimmy Reeves
3. President of the Senate Spaulding

Committee reports:

1. University Curriculum Committee

The University Curriculum Committee offers the following motions:  

a. That the Senate approve the creation of a 3 + 2 Program in Physics and Electrical Engineering [Motion 07-02-03] as follows:  

3 + 2 PROGRAM IN PHYSICS

AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

The 3 + 2 Program is a cooperative agreement between the UNCW Physics Program and the North Carolina State University Electrical Engineering Program. The Program gives students the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Science in Physics from UNCW and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from NCSU. Students must complete all coursework listed below to satisfy the 3+2 Program requirements. The UNCW phase of study can be completed in three years. Students meeting NCSU’s transfer admission requirements (see below) are automatically accepted into the Electrical Engineering Program at NCSU. This program can be completed in two years. UNCW will accept credits from NCSU to complete degree requirements at UNCW and NCSU will accept credits from UNCW to complete degree requirements at NCSU. Thus, the student receives a degree from UNCW and a degree from NCSU.

To complete the 3 + 2 Program, a student must complete the following coursework:

• All UNCW basic studies requirements
• PHY General core requirements: CHM 101, CHM 102, MAT 161, MAT 162, MAT 261, PHY 201, PHY 202, PHY 321, PHY 335
• PHY B.S. core requirements: MAT 361, PHY 311, PHY 322, PHY 411, PHY 412, PHY 444, PHY 455
• PHY Oral Competency requirement: PHY 495
• PHY Computer Competency requirement: PHY 400
• Additional courses prescribed by the Electrical Engineering Program at NCSU. Of these, the following are taught on-site at UNCW as distance education classes: ECE 109, ECE 200, ECE 209, ECE 212, and E 115.

A student must finish the UNCW phase of study with an overall GPA of at least 2.90 and have at least a 2.50 GPA in the last two calculus courses (MAT 162 and MAT 261) to meet NCSU’s transfer admission requirements. Students in this program will be advised jointly by the Chair of Physics and Physical Oceanography and the Director of the Engineering Program at UNCW to assure completion of the correct requirements for both programs.

b.  That the senate approve the document "Intent to Plan for a B.S. Degree in Community Health" [Motion 07-02-04].  Link.              
                                 

c. That GGY 210, a Basic Studies course, be revised as follows [Motion 07-02-05]:  

Current Course Title/Description:

GGY 210.   Economic Geography (3) Human economic activities, their location and relationships to physical and economic conditions of the environment.

Proposed:
GGY 210  Geography of the Global Economy (3)  Introduction to the world economy, with emphasis on regional and local variations in the pattern of economic globalization.  From subsistence agriculture to the global flows of capital and information, this course examines the geographical dimension of current economic activities.

 Departmental Motions:
The Fine Arts departments of the College of Arts and Sciences offer the following motion [07-02-06]

That motion [07-02-07] be amended as follows: by increasing the Fine Arts minimum requirement from 3 hours to 6 hours and by including the restriction “from two disciplines.” Letter from Fine Arts Chairs

Steering Committee Motions:
The Steering Committee offers the following motion [07-02-07]

That the Senate endorse the following portion of the template contained in Basic Studies Revision Task Force Proposal of Spring 2006:

(3h)      Mathematics and Statistics
(3h)      Quantitative and Logical Reasoning
(2h)      Physical Education
(3h)      Foreign Language
            (through 201 in language from high school or through 102 if new language)
(3h)      Fine Arts
(3h)      History
(3h)      Philosophy
(6h)      Social Sciences – from two disciplines
(7h)      Natural Sciences – 1 from each category; one must be a laboratory course      
                       biological sciences
                       physical sciences

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