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Faculty Senate Meeting 

Harrison Hall 123

March 4, 2026

3:15pm-4:30pm

Webex:

https://montana.webex.com/montana/j.php?MTID=mc49dbc474a2b29ded8ea9a390b3430aa  

 

I.                   Call to Order 

II.                  Approval of FS Minutes from February 18, 2026

III.                 FYI Items 

1.                  FY27 Faculty Excellence Grants (FEG) - Round 1   3/13/2026

2.                  Montana NASA EPSCoR: 2026 - 2027 NASA Research Initiation Solicitation   3/20/2026

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

4.                  Strategic Plan Listening Session for faculty: Tues, March 10, 1:45pm - 2:45pm Ballroom C, AND special additional listening session Wed, April 15, 3:15pm -4:15pm Harrison 123

IV.               Undergraduate Courses and Programs

1.                New Courses-Second Read

a.                BMKT 480 : Advanced Marketing Analytics

b.                CSCI 174 : Artificial Intelligence for Everyone

c.                ECIV 467 : Steel Bridge Design/Build

d.                EQUH 220 : Yearling Training and Development

e.                MUSI 194 : Musical Pathways

2.                New Courses-First 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

3.                Course Changes-Second Read

a.                ACT 282 : Personal Trainer Certification

i.                 Credit change from 2 to 1

b.                ARTH 302 : Survey of Hellenistic Art

i.                 Title change from Survey of Ancient Art

c.                CHTH 210 : Foundations of Community and Public Health

i.                 Title change from Foundations in Community Health

ii.                New learning outcomes

d.                HTH 455 : Ethics of Community Health

i.                 Title change from The Ethic of Care

ii.                Changes to learning outcomes

e.                HTR 298 : Hospitality Management Internship

i.                 New learning outcomes

ii.                Change in mode of delivery

f.                 MCH 103 : Intro to Computer Aided Manufacturing

i.                 Title change from Lvl 1 Level 1 Immerse 2Learn

ii.                Change in credits from 2 to 3

iii.               New learning outcomes

g.                SFBS 429 : Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Food and Health

i.                 New learning outcomes

4.                New Programs-First Read

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

b.                -C : Food Security Certificate

5.                 Program Inactivations-First Read

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

i.                 Low enrollment in major

V.                Graduate Courses and Programs

1.                Course Changes-Second Read

a.                Rubric change from HDCO to COUN

i.                 COUN 505 : Professional Issues in School Counseling

ii.                COUN 506 : School Counseling Programs

iii.               COUN 524 : Crisis Counseling: Theory and Practice

iv.               COUN 525 : Counseling Children & Adolescents

v.                COUN 526 : Adventure Counseling

vi.               COUN 530 : Mind-Body Well-Being Self-Care

vii.              COUN 540 : Mental Health, Identity Development, and Understanding

viii.             COUN 550 : Counseling Research and Evaluation

ix.               COUN 551 : Appraisal

x.                COUN 554 : Develop Theory Across Lifespan

xi.               COUN 558 : Career Counseling

A.               New learning outcomes

xii.              COUN 564 : Diagnosis and Mental Health

A.                Changes to learning outcome verbs

b.                ERTH 516 : Geology of the Northern Rocky Mountains

i.                 Title change from North Rocky Mtn Geology

ii.                Changes to outcomes

c.                ERTH 524 : K-14 Earth System Science

i.                 Changes to learning outcomes

d.                FILM 512 : SNHF Sound

i.                 Change in number from 581

ii.                Title change

e.                LRES 525 : Applied Remote Sensing

i.                 Credit change from 2 to 1

f.                 M 505 : Principles of Mathematical Analysis

i.                 New learning outcomes

g.                M 512 : Geometry & Algebraic Topology

i.                 New learning outcomes

h.                NUTR 540 : Nutrition Education and Counseling

i.                 New learning outcomes

i.                 PHSX 511 : Astronomy for Teachers

i.                 Changes to learning outcomes

ii.                Change in mode of delivery

j.                 PHSX 571 : Electric Circuits and Magnetism for Teachers

i.                 Changes to learning outcomes

k.                PHSX 579 : Special Relativity for Teachers

i.                 Changes to learning outcomes

l.                  PHSX 584 : Physics by Inquiry: Light & Color for Teachers

i.                 Changes to learning outcomes

m.               PHSX 597 : Physics of Sustainable Energy for Teachers

i.                  Title change from Physics of Renewable Energy for Teachers

n.                PSPP 521 : Plant Science for Teachers: It Grows on You

i.                 New learning outcomes

o.                SFBS 552 : State of the Food Environment

i.                 New learning outcomes

p.                STAT 536 : Time Series Analysis

i.                 New learning outcomes

2.                Course Inactivations-Second Read

a.                MB 536 : Exploring Microbiology

i.                 No longer taught due to lack of demand. Related programs are okay with the inactivation.

VI.               Public Comment

VII.              Information Updates

1.                Counseling and Psychological Services student mental health report – Dr. Laura Thum

2.                Faculty Senate By-Laws revisions

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

VIII.             Senators’ Open Conversation

IX.               Adjourn