University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate

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

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I.		Call to Order—Chancellor Robert Jones

II.		Approval of Minutes—March 6, 2017

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.17.37	Proposal to Revise the Bachelor of Science in Learning and Education Studies in the College of Education	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.44	Proposal to Establish Four New Graduate Concentrations, Eliminate Two Graduate Concentrations, and Rename and Revise One Graduate Concentration for the Master of Laws degree, from the College of Law	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.57	Proposal to Increase the Number of Major Credits for the Bachelor of Social Work, (BSW), in the School of Social Work	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.58	Proposal to Establish a Formal Addition of Winter Session to the Illinois Academic Calendar Starting in 2017-2018 Academic Year Item moved to "proposals" for discussion.	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.59	Proposal to Revise the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture Major from the College of Fine and Applied Arts	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.60	Proposal to Revise the BFA in Industrial Design from the College of Fine and Applied Arts	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.61	Proposal to Revise the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography Major from the College of Fine and Applied Arts	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.63	Proposal to Revise the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art History Major from the College of Fine and Applied Arts	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.64	Proposal to Revise the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Crafts Major from the College of Fine and Applied Arts	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.65	Proposal to Revise the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design Major from the College of Fine and Applied Arts	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.66	Proposal to Revise the Bachelor of Fine Arts, New Media Major from the College of Fine and Applied Arts	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.67	Proposal to Revise the Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting Major from the College of Fine and Applied Arts	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.68	Proposal to Eliminate the MENG with a Major in Bioinstrumentation from the College of Engineering	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.69	Proposal to Establish a Graduate Concentration in Actuarial Science and Risk Analytics from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.71	Proposal to Revise the French Commercial Studies Concentration in the BALAS, French Major from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.72	Proposal to Revise the Concentrations in the Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Psychology Major from the College of LAS	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.75	Proposal to Revise the Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the College of Media	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.76	Proposal to Revise the Bachelor of Arts in the Teaching of French from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.81	Proposal to Revise the Bachelor of Science in Media and Cinema Studies, Eliminating the Concentrations in Media Studies and in Cinema Studies from the College of Media	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)


VII.		Proposals

SC.17.11	Extension of the Term for the Athletic Board Faculty Representative to the Big Ten Conference	Senate Executive Committee G. Miller, Chair
SC.17.12	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate Statement on Inclusion, Tolerance, and the Free Pursuit of Knowledge SC.17.12 Revised	Senate Executive Committee Burbules, Oberdeck, Steinberg
EP.17.55	Proposal to Reorganize the Departments of Comparative Biosciences & Pathobiology into the Dept. of Comparative Biomedical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine Item removed from agenda during meeting	Educational Policy B. Francis, Chair
SP.15.08	Proposed Revisions to the Senate Constitution and Bylaws to provide representation for Specialized Faculty (Second Reading)	University Statutes and Senate Procedures (W. Maher, Chair)
SP.16.11	Revision to the Bylaws, Part D.2 – Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure	University Statutes and Senate Procedures (W. Maher, Chair)
SP.17.05	Revisions to the Bylaws, Part F.4 – Research Policy Committee	University Statutes and Senate Procedures (W. Maher, Chair)

VIII.

Athletic Board Update – Thomas Ulen, Athletic Board Chair

AB.17.01

2016-2017 Annual Report of the Athletic Board

IX.

Current Benefits Issues (5 min.) - John Kindt, Chair of Faculty and Academic Staff Benefits

Reports

EP.17.79	Report of Administrative Approvals through March 13, 2017	Educational Policy (B. Francis, Chair)
EP.17.82	Report of Administrative Approvals through March 27, 2017	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

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

ILLINI UNION - BALLROOM

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