Tuesday, 21 March 2006
2:00 p.m., Dobo 103
Meeting 06-07

Roll Call

Approval of the February minutes

Individual Reports

1. Chancellor DePaolo
2. President of the Senate Spaulding

Committee Reports

1. Budget Committee

2. Bookstore Committee
   
3. Athletic Council
   
4. The Academic Standards Committee recommends that the following statement be added to the 2005-2006 Undergraduate Catalogue as the last paragraph in the departmental honors section, page 104.):

   If a student must withdraw from the honors project (499), the faculty supervisor must notify the honors director as soon as possible and indicate the reason for the withdrawal.  In consultation with the honors director, the supervisor may recommend that the student receive partial credit (0-3 hours total) for any work completed in the form of Directed Individual Study (491).                                                [Motion 06-07-24]

   
   
5. The Steering Committee offers the following motions:
   
   a. That the Senate create a standing committee on Basic Studies called the Basic Studies Committee, with the following duties and membership:
   
   Duties: To review existing and proposed content of Basic Studies curriculum and catalog copy.  To coordinate efforts to refine Basic Studies offerings to promote the academic mission of the university.  To work with academic units to ensure that Basic Studies courses are offered on a reasonable and regular basis.

Membership:  Nine faculty members, including at least four from the College of Arts and Sciences and at least one from each of the professional schools, and two others from the faculty at large.  Term of membership shall be three years with staggered terms so that one-third of the committee terms expire in a given year.  A member may serve a second consecutive term.  At the initial Fall meeting the Committee shall elect a vice-chair who will normally assume the role of chair in the following year. The chief academic officer, the Dean of the University College, and a representative from the library faculty shall be ex-officio non-voting members.                                                [Motion 06-07-25]

b. That the Senate endorse the following portion of the Basic Studies Revision Task Force Proposal from Spring 2006:  

Students who complete the Core Curriculum will:

 1.      acquire the academic skills needed to locate, evaluate, and use information;
2.      understand the basic values of academic life at the university level;
3.      be able to think and express themselves critically in speech and writing in relation to the broader questions of knowledge and value raised in the arts, sciences, and humanities;
4.      be able to communicate and express themselves clearly in speech and writing in a foreign language;
5.      know how to examine problems from quantitative, qualitative, and scientific perspectives;
6.      understand and respect diversity among people of different racial, ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds;
7.      understand the disciplinary and ethical responsibilities of active citizenship in an increasingly global society. 
                                                          [Motion 06-07-26]

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