SenD#6458

THE FORTY-THIRD SENATE OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL

Thursday, April 28, 2011
2:15 to 3:00 p.m.
Law School Room 180

David Spiegel, Chair, David Palumbo-Liu, Vice chair, Martha Cyert,
Hank Greely, Brad Osgood, Ramon Saldivar, Mark Zoback

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

AGENDA

I.  Reports

1. Committee Graduate Studies (C-GS), Richard Roberts, Chair
1. C-GS Recommendation to approve new Joint Degree Program between the Law School (JD degree) and the School of Medicine (MD degree). Jeff Strnad, Law; Laurence Baker, SoM.   SenD#6442
   
   
2. C-GS Recommendation for Renewal of Degree-Nominating Authority for the PhD and MS degree programs in the Interdisciplinary Program of Biomedical Informatics for a period of five years, through August 31, 2016. Russ Altman, Director; Larry Fagan, Co-Director; John Pringle, SoM Dean's Office; David O'Brien, SoM Institutional Planning.   SenD#6443   
   
   
3. C-GS Recommendation for Renewal of Degree-Nominating Authority for the PhD and MS degree programs in the Interdisciplinary Program of Cancer Biology for a period of five years, through August 31, 2016. Amato Giaccia, Director; Grace Kolar, Program Administrator; John Pringle, SoM Dean's Office; David O'Brien, SoM Institutional Planning.   SenD#6444
   
   
4. C-GS Recommendation for Renewal of Degree-Nominating Authority for the PhD and MS degree programs in the Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources for a period of five years, from September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2017. Peter Vitousek, Director; Helen Doyle, Associate Director; Pamela Matson, Dean of Earth Sciences.   SenD#6474
   
   
2. Committee for the Review of Undergraduate Majors (C-RUM), Christopher Edwards, Chair
   1. C-RUM Request for one-year extension in Degree-Nominating Authority for the BA, BS, Minor, and Honors degree programs in the Interdisciplinary Program of Science, Technology and Society, from 9/1/2013 through 8/31/2014. Robert McGinn, Director, STS; Associate Director; Stephen Krasner, Senior Associate Dean for Social Sciences, H&S [or] Susan Weersing, Associate Dean for Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, H&S.   SenD#6445
      
      
   2. C-RUM Recommendation for Approval of New Interdisciplinary Honors Program in the IDP Comparative Studies of Race and Ethnicity (CSRE), with authority to admit students from all undergraduate majors, for an initial period of five years, from September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2016. Future reviews of the IDP Honors Program will be synchronized with and be part of the regular C-RUM review schedule for the full IDP in CSRE. Jose David Saldivar, Director; Tania Mitchell, Associate Director; Stephen Krasner, Senior Associate Dean for Social Sciences, H&S [or] Susan Weersing, Associate Dean for Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, H&S.   SenD#6475
      

II.  Adjournment

Rex L. Jamison, MD
Academic Secretary to the University