SenD#6021
StCD#7446

THE FORTIETH SENATE OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL

Thursday, November 8, 2007
2:20 to 3:00 p.m.
Law School Room 180

Eamonn Callan, Chair, David Stevenson, Vice chair, Al Camarillo
Russell Fernald, Hazel Markus, Debra Satz, Bob Simoni

John Etchemendy, ex officio, Rex L. Jamison, ex officio

AGENDA

I.  Reports

1. Committees on Graduate Studies (C-GS) and
   Committee on Review of Undergraduate Majors (C-RUM):
   Recommendation for approval of degree program name
   change from Biological Sciences to Biology           
   (Lavori/Stephens/Black) (StC Action) – 4 Minutes SenD#6018A SenD#6018B
      
2. Committee on Graduate Studies: recommendation for
   one –year extension of degree nominating authority for the
   Interdisciplinary Program in International Policy Studies
   (Lavori/Black/Stephens) (StC Action) – 4 Minutes SenD#6017
      
3. Committees on Graduate Studies: Authorization for new  joint
   degree program for Law (J.D.) and BioEngineering (Ph.D/M.S.)
   (Lavori/Osgood/Kramer/Plummer) (StC Action) – 5 minutes SenD#6000
      
4. 2006/07 Annual Report of the Committee on
   Undergraduate Standards and Policy (C-USP) 
    (Gelber/Black/Bravman) (no action) – 5 minutes SenD#5993
      
5. 2006/07 Annual Report of the Committee on
   Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid (C-UAFA) 
    (Shachter/Shaw/Bravman) (no StC action) – 5 minutes SenD#5998
   
   
6. 2006/07 Annual Report of the Committee for Review
   of Undergraduate Majors (Osgood/Stephens/Black)
   (No StC action) – 5 Minutes SenD#5994

II.  Adjournment

Rex L. Jamison, M.D.
Academic Secretary to the University