Meeting Agenda-January 22, 2025
Faculty Senate Meeting
Harrison 123
January 22, 2025
3:15pm-4:30pm
Webex:
https://montana.webex.com/montana/j.php?MTID=m0021247e750e5a7c05751c63a322078d
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of FS Minutes from December 4, 2024
III. FYI Items
a. Restart senate office hours in Spring
i. Wednesdays 3:30 – 4:30 on senate “off weeks” in the Center for Faculty Excellence, will additionally be online (WebEx)
b. D2L to Canvas transition countdown: June 1, 2025
i. Download all necessary student data before June1. https://ato.montana.edu/canvas/migrate/student-data/
c. Call for applications: Center for Faculty Excellence director
i. 0.5 FTE appointment, one-year renewable term
ii. Apply by March 3, 2025 for full consideration
iii. Submit info to Julie Heard: jheard@montana.edu
d. Need examples for MSU’s Carnegie Community Engagement Classification from this academic year by Friday Jan 24
i. academic-community partnerships (i.e., institutional, centers, departmental, and faculty/staff)
ii. connected to the academic core of the campus
iii. includes teaching, learning, and research, and illustrate both the breadth and depth of community engagement
iv. the partner will be sent a questionnaire/survey from the Carnegie organization and must be willing to complete the questionnaire
e. Volunteers needed: Working Group on Undergraduate Degree Requirements
i. Advisory group for BOR policy 301.11: https://mus.edu/borpol/bor300/301-11.pdf
ii. Collaborate with Tracy Dougher (on MUS working group currently revising this policy)
f. Lambert Technology Rollout by Space Management
i. Third party software, anonymizes device wifi connection data, used to track space use
ii. How information will impact faculty is TBD
iii. Roll out currently in SUB/Chem and Biochem Building. Barnard likely next.
iv. Depending on number of wifi boxes, can get information down to a group of offices or a single office/classroom.
IV. Ice Breaker and Discussion
a. Ice breaker
b. Discussion: New policy surrounding maintenance of Emeritus email accounts
V. Information Updates
a. Committee updates
i. Graduate Council
ii. University Council
VI. Old Business
a. Graduate school policies – Second Reading
i. 1 Credit Extension Policy
ii. Doctoral Chair Deadline
iii. Appeal Policy
VII. Undergraduate Courses and Programs
a. Courses – Second Reading
i. AGED 101: Agricultural and Technology Education Community Exploration
ii. AVFT 160: Enhancing Human Performance in Aviation
iii. BIOM 404: Medical Virology
iv. COA 330: Coaching Theory
v. CSCI 252: Introduction to Data Science
vi. GPHY 471: Data Science for Climate and Sustainability Analysis
vii. MUSI 108IA: Orchestra: MSU String Orchestra
viii. NUTR 440: Nutrition Education and Counseling
b. Course Changes – First Reading
i. WRIT 472: Science Writing and Journalism
1. Number change from 372 to 472
2. Title change from Science Writing for Popular Non-Fiction
3. Changes to prereqs
ii. WRIT 474 : Magazine Editing and Production
1. Number change from 374 to 474
2. Title change from Magazine Editing
3. Going from 1 lecture, 2 lab to 3 lecture
iii. WRIT 476 : Public Rhetorics and Writing
1. Number change from 376 to 476
2. Changes to prereqs
c. Course Changes – Second Reading
i. The GDSN faculty are adjusting the junior block, 300-level courses from 5 credits to 4 credits. This will require students to take 4, 4 credit courses in their junior year, rather than 3, 5 credit courses, allowing for more diversity in topics and themes explored during their education. This will lead to a variety of professional options when entering the design field. This new 4-credit format will fit more effectively into the summer 4x4 sessions—helping with consistency in course meeting times.
1. GDSN 367: Identity Systems
2. GDSN 368: Art Direction
3. GDSN 369: Publication Design
4. GDSN 371: Motion Graphics
5. GDSN 372: Interaction Design
6. GDSN 373: Illustration
7. GDSN 374: Digital Visualization
8. GDSN 375: Letterpress
9. GDSN 376: Screenprinting
10. GDSN 377: Design for Society
11. GDSN 378: Guerrilla Advertising
ii. GPHY 426: Remote Sensing
1. Credit change from 4 to 3
2. One credit less of lecture
d. Course Inactivations – Second Reading
i. CSCI 482R : Interdisciplinary Project Instruction
1. Changing the 2 semester Computer Science Interdisciplinary Option B.S. capstone from CSCI 482 (1 credit in the fall) / CSCI 483 (3 credits in the spring) to CSCI 483 (4 credits in the spring) will reduce curricular dependencies and help students graduate more easily.
VIII. Graduate Courses and Programs
a. Courses – Second Reading
i. ERTH 586 : Geology of Earthquakes
ii. MSSE 512 : NGSS Crosscutting Concepts
iii. NUTR 540 : Nutrition Education and Counseling
b. Course Changes – First Reading
i. Moving from face-to-face to online-part of online program
1. EDU 511 : Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse K-12 Students
2. EDU 512 : Literacy Development for Culturally & Linguistically Diverse K-12 Students
3. EDU 513 : Assessment of English Language Learners
4. EDU 514 : Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
ii. LRES 564 : Fundamentals of Environmental Monitoring
1. changing from 2 credits to 3
iii. LRES 584 : Soil Science for Middle and High School Teachers
1. Title change from Twelve Principles of Soil Science for Teachers
iv. MUSE 575 : Professional Paper and Project
1. Credit change from 1-4 to 3
v. NUTR 520 : Nutrition, Public Health, & Systems Change
1. Title change from Advanced Diet and Disease Systems
IX. Senators’ Open Conversation
X. Public Comment
XI. Adjourn