University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate

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AGENDA
Senate of the Urbana-Champaign Campus
February 6, 2017
3:10 pm

ILLINI UNION - ILLINI ROOM A

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I.		Call to Order—Chancellor Robert Jones

II.		Approval of Minutes—December 5, 2016

III.		Senate Executive Committee Report—SEC Chair Gay Miller

IV.		Chancellor’s Remarks—Chancellor Robert Jones

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.17.31	Proposal to Establish a Master of Science in Psychological Science and eliminate the Master of Arts in Psychology from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
	EP.17.33	Proposal to Establish a Bachelor of Musical Arts in Lyric Theatre from the College of Fine and Applied Arts	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
	EP.17.39	Proposal to Establish a New Major in Computer Science and Crop Sciences for the Bachelor of Science in the Department of Crop Sciences in the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
	EP.17.43	Proposal to Eliminate the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
	EP.17.45	Proposal to Establish an Undergraduate Minor in Journalism from the College of Media	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
	EP.17.49	Proposal to Modify the Undergraduate Minor in Arabic Studies, College of LAS	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)


VII.		Proposals

	SC.17.10	Procedures for Selecting a Search Committee to Advise the Chancellor on the Selection of a Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs	Senate Executive Committee (G. Miller, Chair)
	CC.17.11	Nominations for Membership on Standing Committees of the Senate	Committee on Committees (L. Monda-Amaya, Chair)
	CC.17.12	Nominations to the Athletic Board	Committee on Committees (L. Monda-Amaya, Chair)

VIII.

Reports

	SC.17.09	Report of the Board of Trustees Meeting on January 19, 2017	G. Miller
	EP.17.50	Administrative Approvals through January 23, 2017	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
	EP.17.52	Report of Administrative Approvals through January 30, 2017	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
	EP.17.54	Report of the Naming of the Siebel Center for Design Building	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
	SUR.17.01	Report of the SURSMAC Meeting on October 26, 2016	H.F. Williamson J. Kindt

IX.		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.

X.		Adjournment