Minutes of the Meeting of the University Senate, April 19, 2018 

A. Informational Items: Program Modifications to the BA in Studio Art in the Department of Art and Art History to change major and concentration requirements, change the name of the New Media concentration to Interactive Art + Technology and change the requirements for the Secondary Teacher Education Program in Studio Art; Program Modification to the BA in Japanese Language and Literature to increase the number of credits required for the major; Program Modification to the Liberal Arts Minor in a Language and Literature to create a new minor in Italian; Program Modification to the BS in Finance to create a specialization in Wealth Management; Program Modification to the BS in Health Sciences to increase the number of courses available, reduce to the number of credits; Program Modification to the BS in Health Sciences to create a new minor in Community Health Engagement; Program Modification to the BS in Health Sciences Pre-Pharmacy Concentration to allow 20 Graduate level Pharm-D credits to count toward degree completion; Program Modification to the BS in Teacher Elementary Education to remove the comprehensive major option from the program (option 2); Program Modification to the BA in Communication and the Masters of Art in communication to create a 4+1 accelerated Communication B.A. to M.A. program ; Program Modifications approved by Graduate Council: Program Modification to the Graduate Certificate in Digital Literacies and Learning to allow an online option; Program Modification to the Master of Arts in Higher Education Leadership to allow an online option; Program Modification to the MBA Program to revise the curriculum to change program focus to leadership, delete a course, add new courses and drop all specializations; New graduate certificate in Finance; Assessment Program changes; General Education Program changes ; New graduate program review process; New undergraduate program review process; Higher Learning Commission Site Visit and Course Syllabi Requirements; Provost’s Updates | B. Roll Call | C. Approval of the minutes of March 15, 2018 | D. Old Business: None | E. New Business: Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine revised constitution (1st reading; 2nd reading waived; motion adopted); School of Education and Human Services revised constitution (1st reading; 2nd reading waived; motion adopted); Oakland University Strategic Plan: adding an explicit diversity goal (1st reading; 2nd reading waived; motion adopted); PhD in Nursing (1st reading; 2nd reading waived; motion adopted); Academic Standing and Honors committee membership changes (1st reading; 2nd reading waived; motion adopted); bereavement policy for students (1st reading; 2nd reading waived; motion adopted); Procedural Motion to staff Senate Standing Committees (adopted) | F. Good and Welfare