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AGENDA
Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus
April 26, 2021
3:10 pm - 5:15 pm
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| I. | Call to Order — Rob Kar, SEC Chair | |
| II. | Approval of Minutes — April 5, 2021 | |
| III. | Public Comment (no more than 3 minutes each) | |
| IV. | Approval of Floor Privileges | |
| V. | Senate Executive Committee Chair Remarks — Rob Kar, SEC Chair | |
| VI. | Chancellor's Remarks—Robert Jones, Chancellor | |
| VII. | Questions (senators only) | |
| VIII. | Consent Agenda | |
| Any senator can request any item be moved from the Consent Agenda to Proposals. |
| EP.21.102 | Materials Science & Engineering, BS and Materials Science & Engineering, MS: -- The Department wishes to eliminate the program | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.103 | Library & Information Science: Digital Libraries, CAS -- Eliminate the Digital Libraries (CAS-DL) Concentration within The Certificate of Advanced Study | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.104 | Computer Science + Education, BS -- Proposal to Establish the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science + Education within the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.105 | Computing Fundamentals, CERT -- Establish a Campus Graduate Certificate in Computer Science | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.106 | Community Health, BS & Epidemiology, MPH -- Establish the Joint Program in Community Health, BS & Epidemiology, MPH | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.107 | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, BS & Epidemiology, MPH -- Establish the Joint Program in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, BS & Epidemiology, MPH | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.108 | Kinesiology, BS & Epidemiology, MPH -- Establish the Joint Program in Kinesiology, BS & Epidemiology, MPH | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.109 | Electrical Engineering, BS and Electrical & Computer Engineering, MEng -- Phase Down/Elimination of the BS-MEng Joint Program in Electrical Engineering, BS and Electrical & Computer Engineering, MEng | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.110 | Computer Engineering, BS and Electrical & Computer Engineering, MEng -- Phase Down/Elimination of the BS-MEng Joint Program in Computer Engineering, BS and Electrical & Computer Engineering, MEng | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.111 | Request and Report to Suspend Admission to a Degree, Major, Concentration, or Minor - Suspension of Admission to Joint Degree Program - JD/MS in Chemistry | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.112 | Health Administration, MHA -- Revise the Degree Associated with the Health Administration Major | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.113 | Astronomy + Data Science, BSLAS -- Establish the BSLAS in Astronomy + Data Science in the Department of Astronomy within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.114 | Astrophysics, BSLAS -- Establish Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts & Sciences in Astrophysics in the Department of Astronomy within the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.116 | MHA - Master of Health Administration -- Establish a New Degree, the Master’s in Health Administration | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.117 | Resolution Formally Recognizing University Efforts and Accomplishments during the COVID-19 Pandemic | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.122 | Library & Information Science, MS (on campus & online) -- Update to reflect the new course numbers as of Fall 2020 | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.124 | Accountancy + Data Science, BS: -- A proposal to create an Accountancy plus Data Science degree program (“ACCY+DS Degree”) as part of the University-wide “X+DS Degree” initiative | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.125 | CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science, MS: -- Establish a Master of Science degree in CyberGIS and Geospatial Data Science non-thesis - online within the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.126 | Finance + Data Science, BS: -- A proposal to create a Finance plus Data Science degree program (“FIN+DS Degree”) as part of the University-wide “X+DS Degree” initiative | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.127 | Predictive Analytics and Risk Management, MS: -- Creation of a Master of Science degree in Predictive Analytics and Risk Management and corresponding concentrations within the Department of Mathematics in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.128 | Predictive Analytics and Risk Management: Enterprise Risk Management, MS -- Creation of Enterprise Risk Management Concentration within the MS in Predictive Analytics and Risk Management | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.129 | Predictive Analytics and Risk Management: Financial and Insurance Analytics, MS -- Creation of Financial and Insurance Analytics concentration within the MS in Predictive Analytics and Risk Management | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.130 | Information Sciences + Data Sciences, BS -- Establish the Bachelor of Science in Information Sciences + Data Sciences (IS + DS) | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| SC.21.10 | 2021-2022 Senate and Senate Executive Committee (SEC) Meeting Schedule | Senate Executive Committee R. Kar, Chair |
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| IX. | Proposals |
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| X. | Committee of the Whole Discussions |
| SP.21.10 | Revision to the Bylaws, Part D.1.c - Senate Executive Committee, Membership [10 minutes] |
University Statutes & Senate Procedures S. Gilmore, Chair |
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| SP.21.11 | Revision to the Bylaws, Part A.1 - Meetings (Speaker of the Senate)
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University Statutes & Senate Procedures S. Gilmore, Chair |
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| XI. | Reports for Information |
| (Verbal) | Report on the Sustainability General Education Requirement [5 minutes] | Ahmad, Braslavsky, Nicholson, Yun |
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| EP.21.072 | Classroom Materials Costs Task Force Report | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.101 | Report of Administrative Approvals through April 12, 2021 | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.115 | Report of Administrative Approvals through April 12, 2021 | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.123 | Summary of Graduate College Policy Changes for Academic Year 2021-2022 | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.131 | Report of Administrative Approvals through April 19, 2021 | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| EP.21.132 | Academic Standing Planning Meeting (April 7, 2021) | Educational Policy L. Moorhouse, Chair |
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| XII. | 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. Such matters may not be acted upon at the meeting in which they are introduced, according to the requirements of the Open Meetings Act. | ||
| XIII. | Adjournment | |