Senate Senate Chamber Room E3-262 Engineering Building WEDNESDAY, June 23, 2010 1:30 p.m. Regrets call 474-6892 AGENDA MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED IN CLOSED SESSION - none " ELECTION OF SENATE REPRESENTATIVES 1. Election of a Student Member to the Senate Executive Committee Page 3 III MATTERS RECOMMENDED FOR CONCURRENCE WITHOUT DEBATE 1. Report of the Faculty of Graduate Studies RE: Curriculum Page 4 Changes in the Master of Physician Assistant Studies and the Department of Family Social Sciences 2. Report of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Page 7 Graduate Studies [April 23, 2010] RE: Department of Biological Sciences 3. Report of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Page 11 Graduate Studies [April 23,2010] RE: Department of Statistics, Department of Food Science, Faculty of Nursing, I.H. Asper School of Business MBA and Master of Physician Assistant Studies Program IV MATTERS FORWARDED FOR INFORMATION 1. Report of the Senate Committee on Awards - Part A Page 15 2. Senate Membership 2010-2011 Page 29 3. Student Advocacy 2008-2009 Annual Report Page 33 4. In memoriam: Dr. Ralph Gordon Stanton Page 43 5. Implementation of B.A. Integrated Studies Page 45 V REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT Page 46 VI QUESTION PERIOD Senators are reminded that questions shall normally be submitted in writing to the University Secretary no later than 10:00 a.m. of the day preceding the meeting. VII CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MAY 19, 2010 VIII BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES 1. Correspondence from Dean Doering, Faculty of Page 56 Graduate Studies RE: Graduate Students studying in Departments within the Faculty of Medicine IX REPORTS OF THE SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE SENATE PLANNING AND PRIORITIES COMMITTEE 1. Report of the Senate Executive Committee Page 57 2. Report of the Senate Planning and Priorities Committee The Chair will make an oral report of the Committee's activities. X REPORTS OF OTHER COMMITTEES OF SENATE, FACULTY AND SCHOOL COUNCILS 1. Report of the Senate Committee on Approved Teaching Centres with Respect to Cross-Registered Courses and Instructors Page 59 2. Report of the Faculty of Graduate Studies Page 61 RE: Master of Landscape Architecture 3. Proposal to establish an Endowed Chair in Hepatol09Y Page 67 4. Report of the Senate Committee on Awards - Part B Page 83 5. Report of the Senate Committee on Instruction and Evaluation RE: Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management Page 86 6. Report of the Faculty of Graduate Studies Page 87 RE: Department of Statistics 7. Report of the Senate Committee on Admissions Page 90 RE: Respiratory Therapy Program, School of Medical Rehabilitation 8. Report of the Faculty of Graduate Studies RE: Proposal for a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering Page 92 a) Report of the Senate Planning & Priorities Committee Page 94 b) Program Proposal Page 96 XI ADDITIONAL BUSINESS 1. Proposed Policy: the Co-Curricular Record Page 137 XII ADJOURNMENT Please Call Regrets to 474-6892 or [email protected]. Election of a Student Senator to the Senate Executive Committee 1. The composition of the Executive Committee makes provision for three student assessors. The Assessors are as follows: 1. President of UMSU (or designate) term: May 1, 2010 - April 30, 2011 2. President of GSA (or designate) term: May 1,2010 - April 30, 2011 3. Student Senator appointed by caucus of Student Senators term: May 1, 2010 - April 30, 2011 2. The composition of the Executive Committee makes provision one elected Student member of Senate Executive Committee. A candidate for this position is nominated by the caucus of Student Senators at Senate. Term for this position: May 1, 2010 - April 30, 2011 Procedures: (a) A nomination for the position shall be provided by the Student Senate Caucus. (b) Senators shall vote by a show of hands. -3- May 26,2010 Report of the Programs and Planning Committee of the Faculty of Graduate Studies on Course and Curriculum Changes Preamble 1. The Faculty of Graduate Studies has responsibility for all matters relating to the submission of graduate course, curriculum and program changes. Recommendations for new programs or program changes are submitted by the Faculty Council of Graduate Studies for the approval of Senate. 2. In October 2007, the Faculty of Graduate Studies approved a process of Streamlining Course Introductions, Modifications, & Deletions which allows the Executive Committee to approve these changes in lieu of Faculty Council when the courses are not associated with a new program or program changes. 3. The Faculty of Graduate Studies Executive Committee voted via email on May 261h to consider proposals from the Master of Physician Assistant Studies and Dept. of Family Social Sciences. Observations 1. The Master of Physician Assistant Studies, Faculty of Medicine, proposes the introduction of one course, PAEP 7150 Year 1 Comprehensive Examination (0), and the deletion of one course, PAEP 7400 National Certification Examination (0). The professional certification exam is not an appropriate requirement for a degree program. PAEP will administer a program-administered comprehensive didactic examination at the erid of Year 1 of the program. 2. The Dept. of Family Social Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, proposes the deletion of two courses, FMLY 7900 Understanding the Inner City: Processes (3) and FMLY 7910 Understanding the Inner City: Issues (3), and the introduction of two courses, FMLY 7920 Globalization, Families and Communities (3) and FMLY 7930 Social Development in Theory and Practice (3). The course introductions replace the deletions and thereby fill a gap in the curriculum, which was identified by an internal curriculum review in 2008/09. The Dept. of Family Social Sciences has inquired with the Depts. of Sociology and Political Studies, Social Work and the Natural Resources Institute to ensure that there is no overlap in course content between the units. ~~mments of the Senate Executive Committee. e Senate Executive Committee endorses . the report to Senate. -4- Recommendations The Executive Committee recommends THAT: the course and program changes from the units listed below be approved by Senate: Master of Physician Assistant Studies Dept. of Family Social Sciences Respectfully submitted, Dean J. Doering, Chair Graduate Studies Executive Committee Master of Physician Assistant Studies Course Deletion PAEP 7400 National Certification Exam -0 Course Introduction PAEP 7150 Year 1 Comprehensive Examination +0 A pass/fail, multiple choice examination designed to assess students' knowledge of clinically relevant Year 1 material prior to entry into the clinical year. NET CHANGE IN CREDIT HOURS: +0 Dept. of Family Social Sciences Course Deletions FMLY 7900 Understanding the Inner City: Processes -3 FMLY 7910 Understanding the Inner City: Issues -3 Page 2 of3 -5- Course Introductions FML Y 7920 Globalization, Families and Communities +3 This course examines the effects of globalization on families and communities from an interdisciplinary perspective. It has been implicated as one cause of inequality, indebtedness, marginalization, unemployment and homelessness. This course examines how responses to the challenges and opportunities of globalization affect the well-being of families and communities. FML Y 7930 Social Development in Theory and Practice +3 This advanced seminar examines the concepts and practices of social development in the real world. Specifically, it examines the interplay between theory and practice and the epistemological underpinnings of social development research, programs, and policies as applied to families and communities. Case studies are assessed and critiqued. NET CHANGE IN CREDIT HOURS: +0 Page 3 of3 -6- April 23, 2010 Report of the Executive Committee of the Faculty of Graduate Studies on Course and Curriculum Changes in Excess of Nine Credit Hours Preamble 1. The Faculty of Graduate Studies has responsibility for all matters relating to the submission of graduate course, curriculum and program changes. Recommendations for new programs or changes are submitted by the Faculty Council of Graduate Studies for the approval of Senate. 2. In October 2007, the Faculty of Graduate Studies approved a process of Streamlining Course Introductions, Modifications, & Deletions which allows the Executive Committee to approve these changes in lieu of Faculty Council when the courses are not associated with a new program or program changes. 3. The Faculty of Graduate Studies Executive Committee met on the above date to consider proposals from the Dept. of Biological Sciences. Observations 1. The Dept. of Biological Sciences proposes the deletion of 24 courses, BIOl 7070 Advanced Parasitology (6), SIOl 7130 Ichthyology (6), SIOl 7150 Selected Topics in Avian Biology (6), BIOl 7160 Animal Ecology (6), SIOl 7230 Advanced Topics in Zoology (6), BIOL 7240 Wetland Ecology (6), SIOl 7270 Problems in Evolution (3), BIOl 7300 Advanced Embryology (6), BIOL 7310 Selected Topics in Animal Behaviour (6), BIOl 7320 Nematology (6), BIOl 7340 Problems in Developmental Zoology 1 (3), BIOl 7350 Problems in Developmental Zoology II (3), BIOl 7370 Special Topics in Algal Ecology (6), BIOl 7380 Advanced Limnology (6), BIOl 7390 Advanced Mammalogy (6), BIOl 7400 Biological Resource Management 1(3), BIOl 7410 Special Topics in Botany (3), SIOl 7412 Siological Resource Management II (3), SIOl 7470 Plant Molecular Development (3), SIOl 7480 Plant Stress Physiology (3), SIOl 7490 Advanced Plant EC910gy (3), SIOl 7500 Fungal Symbioses (3), SIOl 7510