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Faculty Senate Meeting 

Leon Johnson Hall 346

Sept. 2, 2026

3:15pm-4:30pm

Webex:

https://montana.webex.com/montana/j.php?MTID=m17c5b8e6bef6c7ef0bb003df2c293ad0

 

I.              Call to Order

a.      Welcome new members! Senate orientation forthcoming.

II.             Fall Semester Greeting and Strategic Plan Presentation – MSU President Brock Tessman

III.            Keeper of the Chair’s Vintage transfer ceremony

IV.            Approval of FS Minutes from April 22, 2026

V.             Approval of Consent Agenda

Please carefully review second-reading course and program approvals in particular prior to the meeting. Individual courses or programs may be removed from the consent agenda by any Senator’s request, to be considered individually. All items remaining on the agenda will be approved when the consent agenda is approved. 

a.       New Undergraduate Courses-second read

i.        BFIN 465 : Financial Analytics with Python

ii.       EMEC 389 : Mechanical Systems Integration

iii.      EQUH 101 : Horsemanship 1

iv.       LS 336 : Narrative Journeys in Film

b.       New Undergraduate Courses-first read

i.         EELE 111 : Introduction to Printed Circuit Board Development

ii.        LS 338 : The Cultures, Science, and Languages of the Fur Trade

c.        Undergraduate Course Changes-second read

i.         ARCH 253 : Architectural Design I

1.       New learning outcomes

ii.       ARCH 262 : Architectural Graphics II

1.       Credit change from 3 to 2

2.       Changes to learning outcomes

iii.       ARCH 363 : Architectural Graphics III

1.       Credit change from 3 to 2

2.       New learning outcomes

iv.       ARCH 413 : Professional Practice II

1.       Title changed to add the "II"

2.       Credit change from 3 to 2

3.       New learning outcomes

v.       EDU 270 : Integrating Technology into Education

1.       Number change from 370 to 270. (270 and 370 are equivalent in CCN) 

vi.      HORT 231 : Woody Landscape Plants

1.       Title change from Woody Ornamentals

2.       Updated learning outcomes

vii.      HTR 498 : Hospitality Management Internship II

1.       Credit change from 2-12 to 3

2.       Updated learning outcomes

viii.     KIN 498 : Internship

1.       New learning outcomes

ix.       MAS 111 : DAF Heritage and Values II

1.       Title change from Competition and Security

2.      New learning outcomes

x.      PHOT 360 : National Parks Digital

1.      Title change from Yellowstone Digital

2.      Updated learning outcomes

xi.      PSYX 110IS : Honors Intro to Psychology

1.      Credit change from 4 to 3

2.      New learning outcomes

xii.      SOCI 358 : Crime and Inequality

1.      New learning outcomes

d.     Undergraduate Course Inactivations

i.      BIOH 431 : Student Assistant Training for Advanced Human Torso Anatomy (BIOH 409)

1.      No longer offered

ii.      BIOH 433 : Student Assistant Training for Neuroanatomy (NEUR 309)

1.      No longer offered

e.     Graduate Course Reactivations-first read

i.      IMID 505 : Gene Regulation in Human Development, Disease, and Immunity

f.      Graduate Course Changes-second read

i.      EGEN 511 : Engineering Methods for Teachers

1.      Changes to learning outcomes

ii.      PHSX 531 : Nonlinear Optics/Laser Spectroscopy

1.      New learning outcomes

g.     Graduate Program Changes-second read

i.      ACCO-CERT : Graduate Certificate in Addictions Counseling

1.      Addition of an accelerated version

VI.            QCORE Proposal, First Reading – Jayne Morrow, QCORE Director, and Krishna Rupavatharam, Director,                         Spectrum Lab

VII.            FYI Items

a.      Gianforte Hall grand opening Thurs Sept. 10 1-5—RSVP

b.      Library Construction update

c.       University Council update

d.      Graduate Council update

e.      Other committee updates

VIII.            Faculty Discussion sessions---off-weeks to Senate meetings, same time/place: call for topics

IX.            Senators’ Open Conversation

X.            Public Comment

XI.            Adjourn