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AGENDA
Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus
May 2, 2016
3:10 pm

ILLINI UNION - ILLINI ROOM A & B

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I.   Call to Order—Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson
     
II.   Approval of MinutesApril 4, 2016
     
III.   Senate Executive Committee Report—SEC Chair Gay Miller
     
IV.   Chancellor’s Remarks—Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson
     
V.   Questions/Discussion
     
VI.   Consent Agenda
  If a senator wishes to move an item from the Consent Agenda to Proposals and have copies at the meeting, they must notify the Senate Office at least two business days before the meeting. Any senator can ask to have any item moved from the Consent Agenda to Proposals.
       
  EP.16.42 Proposal to Revise the Ph.D. Requirements for the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering, College of Engineering

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.62 Proposal to Revise the Curriculum to the Ph.D. Requirements for the Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.64 Proposal to Revise and Rename the BALAS in Germanic Languages and Literatures to the BALAS in Germanic Studies

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.65 Proposal to Transfer the Agricultural Communication Program and the Bachelors of Science Degree with a Major in Agricultural Communications from the College of Media to the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.66 Proposal to Establish a transcriptable Graduate Concentration in “Advanced Analytics” in the Department of Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering, College of Engineering

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.68 Proposal to Revise the BSLAS in Atmospheric Sciences, in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of LAS

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.69 Proposal to Establish a New Graduate Level Concentration Titled “Data Analytics in Accountancy” in the Department of Accountancy, in the College of Business

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.71 Proposal to Establish a Major in Bioengineering in the Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering for the Degree of Master of Engineering

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.72 Proposal to Establish Three Transcriptable Concentrations, General Bioengineering, Bioinstrumentation and Computational Genomics, Under the Major in Bioengineering in the Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering for the Degree of Master of Engineering

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.75 Proposal to Revise the PhD Program in Animal Sciences

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.76 Proposal to Change the Name of the Technology and Management Concentration in the Major in Animal Sciences, Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.77 Proposal to Revise the Undergraduate Music Minor in the School of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.78 Proposal to Revise the Minor in French, Department of French and Italian, LAS

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.79 Proposal to Revise the BALAS in French, French Studies Concentration, Department of FRIT, LAS

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.81 Proposal to Revise the BSLAS in Integrative Biology, Integrative Biology Honors (IBH) Concentration, LAS

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.84 Proposal to Revise the BSLAS in Computer Science and a Liberal Arts and Sciences Discipline (CS+X) in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.85 Proposal to Revise the PhD in Crop Sciences, Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer of Environmental Sciences

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.86 Proposal to Establish a Master of Science in Management Degree in the Department of Business Administration in the College of Business

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.88 Proposal to Revise the Undergraduate Major Leading to the BALAS in Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, College of LAS

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.89 Proposal to Revise the Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Major in College of Education

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

     
VII.   Proposals
  CC.16.11 Nominations for Membership on the Seventh Senate Review Commission Implementation Committee

Committee on Committees
(P. Kalita, Chair)

  SC.16.29 2016-2017 Senate and Senate Executive Committee (SEC) Calendar

Senate Executive Committee
(G. Miller, Chair)

  SC.16.30 Endorsement of the Council of Academic Professionals (CAP) Resolution on the FY16 Budget Impasse on Healthcare Coverage for Urbana-Champaign Campus Employees

Senate Executive Committee
(G. Miller, Chair)

  SP.15.21 Revisions to the Statutes to Implement the Recommendations of the Hiring Policies and Procedures Review Committee

University Statutes & Senate Procedures
(W. Maher, Chair)

  SP.16.09 Revisions to the Bylaws and Standing Rules – Committee on Elections and Credentials

University Statutes & Senate Procedures
(W. Maher, Chair)

  SP.16.14 Revisions to the Senate Constitution - Committee on Elections and Credentials (Frist Reading; Informational)

University Statutes & Senate Procedures
(W. Maher, Chair)

  SP.16.12 Amendment to the Bylaws, Part E to Establish a Joint Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Licensing and Investment

University Statutes & Senate Procedures
(W. Maher, Chair)

  IT.16.01 University of Illinois Information Technology  Accessibility Policy

Information Technology
(J. Hart, Chair)

  IT.16.02 University Access of Employee Electronic Communication

Information Technology
(J. Hart, Chair)

  EP.16.80 Proposal to Amend EP.89.09 Undergraduate General Education Requirements and to Revise the Cultural Studies Requirement

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  RS.16.03 Campus Senate Recommendation to University of Illinois Regarding Advanced Placement Credit

S. LeRoy, et. al

       
VIII.   Reports
  EP.16.90 Report from EPC on Resolution RS.16.03, Campus Senate Recommendation to University of Illinois Regarding Advanced Placement Credit

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.73 Report of Administrative Approvals through April 11, 2016

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.74 Report of Irwin Center for Doctoral Study Renaming  (Previously Surveying Building). Minor Matter (Bylaws Part B.9.a)

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.83 Report of Administrative Approvals through April 18, 2016

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

  EP.16.91 Report of Administrative Approvals through April 25, 2016

Educational Policy
(B. Francis, Chair)

XI.   New Business
    Matters not included in the agenda may not be presented to the Senate without concurrence of a majority of the members present and voting.
     
XII.   Adjournment
     

Reception Immediately Following Adjournment
Hosted by the Chancellor
Illini Room C