SenD#6488

THE FORTY-THIRD SENATE OF THE ACADEMIC COUNCIL

Thursday, May 26, 2011
2:10 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 for Renewal of Degree-Nominating Authority for the MLA degree program in the Interdisciplinary Master of Liberal Arts Program for a period of two years, from September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2013. Linda Paulson, MLA Director, Charles Junkerman, CSP Dean; Susan Weersing, H&S.   SenD#6477
   
   
2. C-GS – Recommendation for Renewal of the degree-nominating authority for the MA degree program in the Interdisciplinary Program in East Asian Studies for a period of five years from September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2017. Karen Wigen, IDP Director; Andrew Walder, Director-ICA; Susan Weersing, Associate Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Humanities and Sciences.   SenD#6478   
   
   
3. C-GS – Recommendation for Renewal of the degree-nominating authority for the MA degree program in the Interdisciplinary Program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (MA) for a period of three years from September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2015. Robert Crews, IDP Director; Andrew Walder, Director-ICA; Susan Weersing, Associate Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Humanities and Sciences.   SenD#6479
   
   
2. Committee Graduate Studies (C-GS), Richard Roberts, Chair
   Committee for Review on Undergraduate Majors (C-RUM), Christopher Edwards, Chair
1. C-GS and C-RUM – Recommendation for Renewal of degree-nominating authority for the MA degree, undergraduate Minor and undergraduate Honors in the Interdisciplinary Program in African Studies for a period of five years from September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2017. Richard Roberts, IDP Director; Andrew Walder, Director-ICA; Susan Weersing, Associate Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Humanities and Sciences.   SenD#6480
   
   
2. C-GS and C-RUM – Recommendation for Renewal of degree-nominating authority for the MA degree, undergraduate Minor and undergraduate Honors in the Interdisciplinary Program in Latin American Studies for a period of five years from September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2017. Rodolfo Dirzo, IDP Director; Director; Andrew Walder, Director-ICA; Susan Weersing, Associate Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Humanities and Sciences.   SenD#6481   
   
   
3. Committee for the Review of Undergraduate Majors (C-RUM), Christopher Edwards, Chair
   1. C-RUM – Recommendation for Renewal of Degree-Nominating Authority for the BA, BAH, Minor, and Honors programs in the Interdisciplinary Program in International Relations for a period of five years, from September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2017. Kenneth Schultz, Director; Andrew Walder, Director-ICA; Susan Weersing, Associate Dean of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, Humanities and Sciences.   SenD#6483

II.  Adjournment

Rex L. Jamison, MD
Academic Secretary to the University