First Meeting of the 1998-1999 Senate

October 19, 1998
98-85 To approve EnvSty/Chem L111, Environmental Concerns and Chemical Solutions (Course Approval)
98-86 To change numbering of CS 350 to CS450, The Structure of Higher Level Languages (Course Revision)
98-87 To change title of E&GSCI 360, Computer and Analytical Cartography (Course Revision)
98-88 To approve CS 109, Computer Programming for Engineers (Course Approval)
98-89 To approve Psych 336, Culture, Values, Religiosity, and Chronic Mental Illness (Course Approval)
98-90 To approve Intr-d 114 as a Math Distribution course for the Spring 1999 semester only, as a temporary emergency. (Temp. Course approval)

November 9, 1998
98-91 To approve EnvSci 250, Today's Issues in Environmental Science (Course approval)
98-92 To approve Math 115, College Algebra (Course approval)
98-93 To add the following individuals to the Senate's Committee list: Emily McDermott, and Primo Vannicelli, Classics to Admissions, Financial Aid and Records; Tom Flynn as an ex officio to Standards and Credits; Cathy Manton to the Diversity Committee. (Committee Seating)
98-94 To accept the end of year report of the Majors, Honors and Special Programs Committee (Report Approval)

December 14, 1998
98-95 To approve WoSt L225, Latinas in the United States (Course approval)
98-96 To approve WoSt L291 Family Law (Course approval)
98-97 To approve AmSt 100 American Identities as a Diversity course (Diversity Course)
98-98 To approve a change in number and removal of prerequisites for History 265 to History 165, American History I (Course revision)
98-99 To approve a change in number and removal of prerequisites for History 266 to History 166, American History II (Course revision)
98-100 To approve a change in number and removal of prerequisites for History 355 to History 155, Colonial Latin America (Course revision)
98-101 To approve a change in number, name and removal of prerequisites for History 356 to History 156, Latin America Post 1800 (Course revision)
98-102 To approve a change in number for History 280 to History 389 The Vietnam War (Course revision)
98-103 To approve a change in number for History 388 to History 318, Special Advanced Topics (Course revision)
98-104 To approve History 394 moving from the History Department to American Studies and Women Studies, AmSt/WoSt L394, Women in U.S. Social Movements with an updated bibliography and course description. (Course revision)
98-105 To approve changing the title and course description of Ital 590, Studies in Culture. (Course revision)
98-106 To approve Art 252, American Art in Boston (Course Approval)
98-107 To approve Art 377, Introduction to Multimedia (Course Approval)
98-108 To approve German 230, Crisis and Continuity: German Culture and and Society in the 20th Century as a Diversity Course (Diversity Course)
98-109 To approve changing course description and course renumbering Academic Skills 033 to Math Skills 097, Pre-Algebra Mathematics (Course Revision)
98-110 To approve Changing Academic Skills 034 to Math Skills 098, Fundamentals of Algebra (Course Revision)
98-111 To approve Changing Math 110 to Math Skills 099, Basic Algebra (Course Revision)
98-112 To approve changing course description and course renumbering English 010 to English 099, English Fundamentals (Course Revision)
98-113 To approve Changing Academic Skills 011 to CRW Z111, Critical Thinking I (Course Revision)
98-114 To approve Changing Academic Skills 022 to CRW Z112, , Critical Thinking II (Course Revision)
98-115 To approve Changing Academic Skills 044 to CRW Z282, Elements of Writing Proficiency (Course Revision)
98-116 To approve Changing Intr-d 299 to CRW Z283, Proficiency in Analytical Writing (Course Revision)
98-117 To approve the separation of Bilingual/ESL Master's Program from the English Department (program revision)
98-118 To approve the Combined BA/MS in Applied Sociology (Tabled at meeting, will be discussed at February meeting) (Tabled at this meeting)
98-119 To approve three motions:

• That when the office of Vice Provost for Academic Support Services (VPASS) becomes fully operative, the position of Dean of Undergraduate Education (DUE) be eliminated and that an associate dean take over the remaining functions of this office. (Other)
  
• If the DUE is eliminated in favor of an Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, then great care should be given to defining the functions and authority of the associate dean and to clarifying the reporting lines in the deans' office. (Other)
  
• That there should be continuing attention to those functions of the college that have up until now fallen under the DUE and provide a basis for the maintenance of the common values and approaches to education that define the college. (Other)
  

February 8, 1999 99-1 To approve the motion to separate the Bilingual/ESL Master's Program from the English Department (Other)

March 8, 1999
99-2 To approve Biochem 471/472 "Readings in Biochemistry I/II" (course approval)
99-3 To approve Biochem 491/492 "Directed Research in Biochemistry I/II" (course approval)
99-4 To approve History 270, "Dictatorships in History" (course approval)
99-5 To approve Classics 388, "The Golden Age of Rome" (course approval)
99-6 To approve title and description of Psych 260, "Behavioral Neuroscience" (Course revision)
99-7 To approve the proposed change in the Transfer Credit Policy for the Biochemistry Major (Program revision)
99-8 To approve the proposed change in the Biochemistry Honors (Program revision)
99-9 To approve the proposed Program of Study in Asian American Studies (New Program)

April 12, 1999
99-10 To approve Engl/AsAmSt L221, "Introduction to Asian American Writing" (Course approval)
99-11 To approve Art 440, "Museums" (Course approval)
99-12 To approve Honors 246, "The History of Eugenics" (Course approval)
99-13 To approve the change in description and prerequisite for Art 397, "Digital Media Workshop" (Course Revision)
99-14 To approve the change in title, number and description for Engin 231, "Circuit Analysis I" (Course Revision)
99-15 To approve the change in title, number and description for Engin 232, "Circuit Analysis II" (Course Revision)
99-16 To approve the change in title, number and description for Engin 271, "Circuit Lab I" (Course Revision)
99-17 To approve the change in title, number and description for Engin 272, "Circuit Lab II" (Course Revision)
99-18 To approve the change in prerequisites for Chemistry 312, "Physical Chemistry" (Course Revision)
99-19 To approve Art 258, "The Arts of China" as a diversity course (Diversity course)
99-20 To approve the first reading of the Ad Hoc General Education Committee Report (Other)

May 10, 1999
99-21 To approve AsAmSt 220, "Topics in Asian American Studies" (Course approval)
99-22 To approve AsAmSt 226, "Becoming South Asian" (Course approval)
99-23 To approve AsAmSt 345, "Asian American Culture and Health Practice" (Course approval)
99-24 To approve AsAmSt 478/479, "Independent Study 1-2" (Course approval)
99-25 To approve Physic 201, "Powerful Ideas in Physical Science (PIPS)" (Course approval)
99-26 To approve Anthropology 338, "Ancient Peru: The Incas and Their Predecessors" (Course approval)
99-27 To approve Art 356, "Japanese Architecture" (Course approval)
99-28 To approve Chinese 301, "Advanced Chinese I" (Course approval)
99-29 To approve AsAmSt L223 "Asian Minorities in America" as a Cross listed course with Sociology and American Studies (Course revision)
99-30 To approve AsAmSt L225 "Southeast Asians in America" as a Cross listed course with Sociology and American Studies (Course revision)
99-31 To approve AsAmSt L228 "Asian Women in the U.S." as a Cross listed course with Sociology and American Studies, and remove all prerequisities for the three courses (Course revision)
99-32 To approve AsAmSt L423 "Boston's Asian American Communities" as a Cross listed course with Sociology and American Studies (Course revision)
99-33 To approve the change in number, title and prerequisite for Psychology 365 "Evolution and Behavior." (Course revision)
99-34 To approve the change in number and title for Art 367, "Nineteenth-Century Photography" (Course revision)
99-35 To approve the change in number and title, and description for Art 368, "Twentieth-Century Photography." (Course revision)
99-36 To approve the change in number of credits for Chinese 101, "Elementary Chinese I" (Course revision)
99-37 To approve the change in number of credits for Chinese 102, "Elementary Chinese II" (Course revision)
99-38 To approve the change in number of credits for Japanese 101, "Elementary Japanese I" (Course revision)
99-39 To approve the change in number of credits for Japanese 101, "Elementary Japanese II" (Course revision)
99-40 To approve Psych 235, "Psychology and the African-American Experience" as a diversity course (Diversity Course)
99-41 To approve History 152, "Introduction to African History" as a diversity course (Diversity Course)
99-42 To approve History 153, "Africa in the Twentieth Century" as a diversity course (Diversity Course)
99-43 To approve Pol Sc 220, "International Relations" as a diversity course (Diversity Course)
99-44 To approve E&GSCI 102, "World Regional Geography" as a diversity course (Diversity Course)
99-45 To approve AsAmSt 226, "Becoming South Asian" as a diversity course (Diversity Course)
99-46 To approve the proposed changes in the American Studies major (Program revision)
99-47 To approve the proposed changes in the Art Major (Program revision)
99-48 To approve the proposed International Relations Major. (Program revision)

May 17, 1999
99-49 To approve the following amended motions on general education

1. MOTION 1: That the CAS Senate approves, in principle, the proposed general education program, including:
   1. the curriculum, with the amendment that two semesters of a World Language are required for the BA. Students who place out of language by exam or by having a first language other than English will take 2 World Culture courses,
   2. a process for approval of courses, and
   3. the general principles of continuing assessment, but not the assessment procedures. Procedures for continuing assessment of the general education program will be developed during implementation of the Academic Quality Assessment and Development (AQUAD) plan, so that the two processes may be coordinated.
2. MOTION 2: That the Senate approve the implementation of the proposed general education program commencing in 2000-2001, subject to the following provisions:
   1. CAS administration, working with the Provost's office, will first provide to the Senate a full account of the projected costs of implementing the program, along with a plan approved by the Provost for meeting these costs, and the Senate shall agree that the proposed financing plan is adequate;
   2. an appropriate college GenEd committee will have conducted an inventory of the capabilities-related instruction going on in the present core curriculum (including C courses and Collegiate seminars), in order to help determine (i) which existing courses can be most suitably used in the future GenEd program, and how; (ii) whether it is wise and feasible to attempt to monitor capabilities-related instruction in distribution courses in the future GenEd program, and whether the college should retain some of the current C courses, with an improved assessment system to ensure that they are designed to meet GenEd learning goals, and (iii) the precise design of the First Year Seminar program.
   3. an appropriate college GenEd committee, using the results of the inventory and otherwise seeking broad faculty input, will have further considered what changes need to be made in the plan for integrating capabilities into different kinds of GenEd courses in order to meet the pedagogical and curriculum assessment goals set forth in the Faculty Council GenEd report, and will have further refined the proposed program accordingly;
   4. an agreement is made between the Senate and the CAS Deans for annual review of the process of implementation;
   5. the CAS Deans are requested to report to the Senate annually, commencing in fall 2000, on the process of implementation, on the observed and projected budgetary and personnel implications, and on problems that may have arisen in the course of implementation. The Deans are asked to work closely with the Senate committees having general education oversight responsibilities in preparing these reports;
   6. the Senate reserves the right to review at any time the college general education implementation and assessment processes and the college's general education curriculum and to propose modifications in content and timing based on its review;
   7. the Senate expects in particular to be kept informed of budgetary shortfalls, observed or projected, arising from or having implications for the implementation of the general education program. Such shortfalls may be grounds for the Senate to recommend modifications in the program.
3. MOTION 3: that the Senate establish the following new committees: (1) a Seminars Assessment Committee (SAC), responsible for approving and assessing First Year Seminars and Sophomore/Junior Seminars, (2) a Quantitative Reasoning Assessment Committee (QuAC), responsible for approving and assessing Quantitative Reasoning courses, and (3) a General Education subcommittee (GenEd- a subcommittee of the Academic Affairs committee) responsible for approving and assessing Distribution courses. New courses proposed as Distribution courses must first be approved as courses by the Academic Affairs Committee, and then approved for Distribution by the GenEd subcommittee. The Seminars and Quantitative Reasoning Committees (SAC & QuAC) will continue the ongoing assessment of pilot seminar and QR courses, while the GenEd Committee would begin assessments of Distribution courses when the entire program is implemented. These committees would also be responsible for evaluation of the general education program, and would report to the Senate any recommendations for changes to the program-- whether they require actions from the Senate, or action by Faculty Council.
4. MOTION 4: that the Senate establish five new ad hoc Distribution Area committees to complete their responsibilities during the summer and fall of 1999: (1) Arts & Humanities, (2) Social & Behavioral Sciences, (3) Natural Sciences and Mathematics, (4) World Languages, (5) World Cultures-- each to establish the criteria for including courses in a particular distribution area, to develop distribution area application forms, and to write catalog descriptions of the distribution areas. Criteria for inclusion of courses in distribution areas will be approved by the CAS Senate.

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