Senate Bill 08-09-24
| Bill ID: | 08-09-24 |
| PCC ID: | 08032 |
| Name: | PCC Proposals to rename the M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Natural Resource Sciences as the M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Plant Sciences |
| Proposed: | 03/09/2009 |
| Sponsor: | PCC Committee |
| Proposal: | In 2006, as part of a reorganization in the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources two new departments were formed -- Environmental Science and Technology and Plant Science and Landscape Architecture. As part of that reorganization, the M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs in Natural Resource Sciences (NRSC) were split, with the soil science component moving to now approved degree programs in Environmental Science and Technology. The M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in NRSC are now composed entirely of the plant science curricula. The degrees should be renamed to bring the programs into alignment with the name of the department, to more accurately reflect the curricula, and to complete the last step of the reorganization. |
| Active? | No |
Status
| Status: | Completed |
| Completed On: | 06/08/2009 |
History
| Status: | Complete |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate |
| Received: | 2009-03-31 |
| Decision Date: | 2009-04-06 |
| Decision: | The Senate voted to approve the proposals. |
| Actions: | The Senate reviewed the two proposals at its 4/6/2009 meeting and voted to approve the requested name changes. |
| Next Step: | Presidential Approval |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2009-03-16 |
| Decision Date: | 2009-03-23 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted to place the item on the April 6, 2009 Senate meeting agenda for consideration. |
| Actions: | The SEC reviewed the proposals at its 3/23/2009 meeting and voted forward the proposals to the Senate for review. |
| Next Step: | Senate Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Programs, Curricula, & Courses (PCC) Committee |
| Received: | 2009-02-20 |
| Decision Date: | 2009-02-27 |
| Decision: | The committee voted to forward its recommendations to the SEC for consideration. |
| Actions: | The Committee considered the proposal at its meeting on February 27, 2009. Associate Dean Leon Slaughter (Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources) and William Kenworthy (Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Plant Science & Landscape Architecture) were present to answer questions. After discussion, the Committee voted unanimously to recommend the name changes. |
| Next Step: | SEC Review |