Senate backs move of Resource Economics from Isenberg to SBS

The Faculty Senate on March 14 approved the transfer of the Department of Resource Economics from the Isenberg School of Management to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Provost James V. Staros says the move was in response to a request from Mark Fuller, dean of the Isenberg School. Daniel Lass, current departmental chairman, told the senate he discussed the issue with Robert Feldman, dean of SBS and that the transfer was agreeable to all parties.

The senate also approved a series of new courses:

Anthropology 256, “Bizarre Foods,” English 268, “American Literature and Culture Before 1865,” English 269, “American Literature and Culture After 1865,” English 386, “Studies in Writing and Culture,” Journalism 383, “Entrepreneurial Journalism,” Judaic Studies 326, “Sustainability in Comparative Religious Perspective, Linguistics 370, “Sounds of Englishes,” Microbiology 440, “Microbial Ecology and Evolution,” Natural Sciences 189, “Global Challenges, Scientific Solutions,” Operations and Information Management 451, “Project and Information Management,” Operations and Information Management 452, “Business Processes and Enterprise Systems,” Operations and Information Management 453, “Business Intelligence and Analytics,” Political Science, 391A, “Corporate Lobbying in the Global Economy,” Sociology 351, “Social Network Analysis,” and Sociology 352, “Media, Technology & Society.”