SenD#6343

THE FORTY-SECOND SENATE OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL

Thursday, May 27, 2010
1:50 to 3:00 p.m.
Law School Room 180

Andrea Goldsmith, Chair, Andrew Fire, Vice Chair, Lanier Anderson,
Anat Admati, Steven Boxer, Gordon Chang, Jeffrey Koseff, Virginia Walbot

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

AGENDA

I.  Reports

1. Committee for the Review of Undergraduate Majors
1. C-RUM: Recommendation to approve renewal of honors-nominating authority for the Goldman Honors
   Program in Environmental Science Technology and Policy, for the five-year period of 9/1/2010 through
   8/31/2015. (StC Action required)   SenD#6347-1   SenD#6347-2
   
   
2. C-RUM, Annual Report 2008-09.No Action required   SenD#6242  
      
3. C-RUM: Recommendation to approve proposal of New Interdisciplinary Honors Program in Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), administered by the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, for an initial five-year period, from 9/1/2010 through 8/31/2015. (StC Action required)   SenD#6345-1   SenD#6345-2   SenD#6345-3
      
4. C-RUM: Recommendation to establish an Honors Program for the Individually Designed Majors in Engineering, for a four-year period of 9/1/2010 through 8/31/2014, which will bring the Honors Program into the same review cycle as the IDMs in Engineering. (StC Action required)   SenD#6348-1   SenD#6348-2   SenD#6348-3
   
   
2. Committee on Graduate Studies    
1. C-GS: Recommendation for renewal of degree-nominating authority for the Interdisciplinary Program of the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (MS, PhD) for the five-year period of 9/1/2010 through 8/31/2015. (StC Action required)   SenD#6349-1   SenD#6349-2   SenD#6349-3
      
2. C-GS: Recommendation for renewal of degree-nominating authority for the Interdisciplinary Program in International Policy Studies (MA) for the three-year period of 9/1/2011 through 8/31/2014. (StC Action required)   SenD#6351-1   SenD#6351-2   SenD#6352-3
      
3. C-GS: Recommendation to renewal of degree-nominating authority for te graduate division of the Interdisciplinary Program in Public Policy (MAPP, MPP, and coterminal MAPP degrees), for the three-year period of 9/1/2010 through 8/31/2013. (StC Action required)   SenD#6352-1   SenD#6352-2   SenD#6352-3
     

II.  Adjournment

Rex L. Jamison, MD
Academic Secretary to the University