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Faculty Senate Meeting 

Harrison 123

February 5, 2025

3:15pm-4:30pm

Webex:

https://montana.webex.com/montana/j.php?MTID=mab1da7d9eadecb6cd5cd8dc3ffbe83c8

 

I.            Call to Order 

 

II.            Informational Updates: VPRED Dr. Alison Harmon, updates on federal grant funding

 

III.            Approval of FS Minutes from January 22, 2025

 

IV.            FYI Items 

a.      Volunteers still needed: Working Group on Undergraduate Degree Requirements

i.      Advisory group for BOR policy 301.11: https://mus.edu/borpol/bor300/301-11.pdf 

ii.      Collaborate with Tracy Dougher (on MUS working group currently revising this policy)

iii.      Contact Tracy (tracyaod@montana.edu) 

b.      Call for applications: Associate Vice President of Research

i.      1.0 FTE, 3-year renewable contract

ii.      Job posting: https://jobs.montana.edu/postings/45052 

iii.      Contact: harmon@montana.edu or shanahan@montana.edu

c.       Internal grant applications for spring 2025 are paused (REF and S&C). Send questions to Liz Shanahan (shanahan@montana.edu) 

d.      OCHE accepting applications for MUS Teaching Scholars program to design and facilitate faculty learning communities. Comes with $1500-2000 from MUS and $3500 from provost’s office

i.       https://mus.edu/che/arsa/mus-teaching-scholars/  

e.      Outreach and Engagement Seed Grant: up to $8000 per grant, Due April 4, 2025

i.      https://www.montana.edu/outreachengagementcouncil/seed-grant/2025/index.html 

 

V.            Information Updates, Committee updates

a.      Graduate Council

b.      University Council

c.       JAGs

 

VI.            Old Business

a.      Graduate school policies – Second Reading

i.      1 Credit Extension Policy

 

VII.            Undergraduate Courses and Programs 

a.      Courses – First Reading

i.         CJLE 105: Police Patrol Procedures

ii.        CJLE 106: Basic Police Firearms Training

iii.       CJLE 130: Practical Scenarios for Law Enforcement

iv.       CJLE 140: Patrol Operations

v.        CJLE 150: Life Saving Skills

vi.       CJLE 160: Communications for Public Safety

vii.      CJLE 170: Montana Criminal Code

viii.     CJLE 180: Health and Wellness in Everyday Policing

ix.       CJLE 209: Criminal Investigation

x.        CJLE 212: Defensive Tactics

xi.       CJLE 298: Internship

xii.      CJUS 231: Criminal Evidence and Procedure

b.      Course Changes – Second Reading

i.      WRIT 472: Science Writing and Journalism 

1.      Number change from 372 to 472

2.      Title change from Science Writing for Popular Non-Fiction

3.      Changes to prereqs

ii.      WRIT 474: Magazine Editing and Production

1.      Number change from 374 to 474

2.      Title change from Magazine Editing

3.      Going from 1 lecture, 2 lab to 3 lecture

iii.      WRIT 476: Public Rhetorics and Writing

1.      Number change from 376 to 476

2.      Changes to prereqs

 

VIII.            Graduate Courses and Programs 

a.      Course Changes – Second Reading

i.      Moving from face-to-face to online-part of online program

1.      EDU 511: Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse K-12 Students

2.      EDU 512: Literacy Development for Culturally & Linguistically Diverse K-12 Students

3.      EDU 513: Assessment of English Language Learners

4.      EDU 514 : Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

ii.      LRES 564: Fundamentals of Environmental Monitoring

1.      changing from 2 credits to 3

iii.      LRES 584: Soil Science for Middle and High School Teachers

1.      Title change from Twelve Principles of Soil Science for Teachers

iv.      MUSE 575: Professional Paper and Project

1.      Credit change from 1-4 to 3

v.      NUTR 520: Nutrition, Public Health, & Systems Change

1.      Title change from Advanced Diet and Disease Systems

 

IX.            Senators’ Open Conversation 

 

X.            Public Comment 

 

XI.            Adjourn