Faculty Senate Meeting
The UMass Faculty Senate is scheduled to vote on a handful of academic issues at its next meeting.
Among other things, the Senate plans to receive the annual reports of its Status of Minorities Council and University Writing Committee, to consider the adoption of 17 new courses, and to vote on proposed changes to the configuration of the University’s academic calendar. Traditionally, the spring semester has begun the last week of January and ended with undergraduate commencement in the fourth week of May. Under the new system, classes would begin the second week of January and commencement would move to the second week of May.
• Annual Report of the Status of Minorities Council for Academic Year 2005-2006 (Mari Castañeda, Chair)
• Annual Report of the University Writing Committee for Academic Year 2005-2006 (Stephen Olbrys, Chair)
• Special Reports of the Academic Matters Council concerning the 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 Academic Calendars (John Jenkins, Chair)
• Special Report of the Graduate Council concerning Electronic Dissertation Submission (Linda Shea, Chair)
• Approval of new courses by the Academic Matters Council (John Jenkins, Chair)
HISTORY 253 “Asian-Pacific American History: 1850-Present” 3 credits, MARKETING 450 “Direct Marketing” 3 credits, MARKETING 455 “Internet Marketing” 3 credits, MARKETING 460 “Non- Profit and Social Marketing” 3 credits, MARKETING 465 “Retailing Management and Technology” 3 credits, SCH-MGMT 313 “Organizational Communication” 3 credits, SCH-MGMT 315 “Marketing Communication” 3 credits, SCH-MGMT 316 “Leadership Communication” 3 credits, and SOCIOL 240 “Sociology of the Asian American Experience” 3 credits
• Approval of a new course by the Academic Matters and Graduate Councils (John Jenkins and Linda Shea, Chairs, respectively)
NUTRITN 503 “Nutrition and Health in the Science Classroom” 3 credits
• Approval of new courses by the Graduate Council (Linda Shea, Chair)
SCH-MGMT 845 “Theory and Research in Sport Organizational Behavior and Sport Strategic Management” 3 credits, SCH-MGMT 846 “Theory and Research in Sport Marketing and Sport Consumer Behavior” 3 credits, SCH-MGMT 847 “Theory and Research in Sport Law and Sport Economics” 3 credits, SCH-MGMT 883 “Seminar in Tourism Theory and Research” 3 credits, SCH-MGMT 884 “Decision Models for the Service Industry” 3 credits, SCH-MGMT 885 “Seminar in Service Marketing/Management Research” 3 credits and SCH-MGMT 888 “Seminar in Hospitality Research” 3 credits
• Special Report of the General Education Council concerning Recommended General Education Designations for HISTORY 253, PHYSICS 190Q and SOCIOL 240 (Randall Knoper, Chair)