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Faculty Senate Meeting 

Harrison Hall 123

March 25, 2026

3:15pm-4:30pm

Webex:

https://montana.webex.com/montana/j.php?MTID=mf3ff106ba78c35162e1ac7bdcc4de837

 

I.                   Call to Order 

II.                  Approval of FS Minutes from March 4, 2026

III.                 FYI Items 

1.                  AI Faculty Symposium 8:30am-5:00pm SUB– 3/26/2026

2.                  President Tessman Investiture Ceremony 3:00pm-4:30pm—4/2/2026  RSVP

3.                  MSU Outreach and Engagement Council FY27 Outreach and Engagement Seed Grant   4/05/2026

4.                  Strategic Plan Listening Session for faculty: special additional listening session Wed, April 15,                               3:15pm -4:15pm Harrison 123

5.                  Next semester room change: Leon Johnson 346. Meeting dates and locations can be found on                           the Faculty Senate webpage. 

IV.                 Undergraduate Courses and Programs

1.                  New courses-Second Read

a.                  ARTH 350 : Celtic and Viking Art and Legacy

b.                  ARTH 467 : Museums and the Ancient World: Pompeii as Museum

c.                  NASX 460IH : Indigenous Environmental Humanities

2.                  New Courses-First Read

a.                  ARTH 475 : Professional Paper

b.                  BIOH 497 : Educational Methods: Human Biology

c.                  EQUH 215 : Weanling Training and Development

d.                  EQUH 310 : Horsemanship 3

e.                  IDSN 193 : Interior Design Study Abroad

f.                  NUTR 420 : Food Innovation & Entrepreneurship

g.                  SFBS 452 : State of the Food Environment

3.                  Course Changes-First read 

a.                  PSYX 100IS : Introduction to Psychology

i.                  Credit change from 4 to 3

4.                 New Programs-Second Read

a.                -BS : Bachelor of Science in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

b.                -C : Food Security Certificate

5.                 Program Changes-First Read

a.                BEHA-CTS : Certificate of Technical Studies in Behavioral Health

i.                  Reduction in credits from 29 to 18

b.                MEDI-CAS : Medical Assistant

i.                  Change in credits

ii.                 Change in modality

6.                 Program Inactivations-Second Read

a.                AMER-BA : Bachelor of Arts in American Studies

i.                  Low enrollment in major

V.                 Graduate Courses and Programs

1.                 New Courses-First Read

a.                BCH 527 : Introduction to Structural Biology: Transmission Electron Microscopy

b.                PHSX 564 : Current Topics in Space Physics

2.                 Course Changes-First Read

a.                BIOE 526 : Symbiosis for Teachers: Eat, Prey, Love

i.                  New learning outcomes

b.                COUN 592 : Independent Study

i.                 Rubric change from HDCO

ii.                New learning outcomes

c.                M 518 : Statistics for Teaching

i.                 New learning outcomes

d.                M 581 : Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations I

i.                 New learning outcomes

e.                NUTR 598 : Internship

i.                 Addition of learning outcomes

ii.                Change in modality

f.                STAT 501 : Intermediate Probability and Statistics

i.                  New learning outcomes

g.                STAT 509 : Stochastic Processes

i.                  New learning outcomes

h.                STAT 528 : Statistical Quality Control

i.                  New learning outcomes

i.                  STAT 578 : Response Surface Methodology

i.                  New learning outcomes

3.                 Program Changes-First Read

a.                MSDS-MS : Master of Science in Statistics - Data Science Option

i.                   Degree name change from MS in Data Science

ii.                  New outcomes

iii.                 Changes to program details

VI.                Public Comment

VII.                Information Updates

1.                  CARE referral process and information – Matt Caires, Amber King, Kate Emmerich

2.                  Information item: Student code of conduct revision

3.                  Revised Faculty Senate By-Laws (first reading)

4.                  Proposed Ethics and Professionalism policy (first reading)

5.                  Student Learning Outcomes policy (first reading)

6.                  Council Updates (University Council, Grad Council, Research Council, ...)

VIII.               Call for expressions of interest/nominations: Chair-Elect (election at FS meeting on 4/8)

IX.                  Senators’ Open Conversation

X.                   Adjourn