{"502641":{"#nid":"502641","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Degree, Minor Among Faculty Senate Winter Approvals","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt its winter meeting, the Faculty Senate discussed and approved items that are largely related to student life at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Student Regulations Committee presented proposed changes to the Student Code of Conduct based on \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2015\/10\/27\/panel-review-student-judicial-process\u0022\u003Ea review that took place last year\u003C\/a\u003E at the request of President G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson. All changes were approved. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2016\/02\/18\/faculty-senate-approves-student-code-conduct-revisions\u0022\u003E(Read more about the Student Regulations Committee presentation and approved items.)\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESusan Cozzens, vice provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development, presented and recommended the adoption of Mutual Expectations between Research Advisors and Advisees. The document was drafted in collaboration with the Graduate Student Government Association to address potential issues of abuse and issues raised by the President\u2019s Mental Health Task Force. It passed unanimously both in the Graduate Student Senate and Faculty Senate and will be put forth for incorporation into the Georgia Tech Catalog and elsewhere across campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMarc Canellas, president of the Graduate Student Government Association, made a presentation on the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2016\/02\/16\/survey-assess-graduate-student-experience\u0022\u003EGraduate Student Experience Survey\u003C\/a\u003E that is now underway. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu\/g\/gradsurvey\/\u0022\u003EThe survey\u003C\/a\u003E, which aims to assess all aspects of graduate student life at Georgia Tech, is open to all graduate students until Monday, March 7.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Faculty Senate also approved action items from the Institute Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (IUCC).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMinor modifications were made to curriculum requirements for the Denning Technology and Management Program in the Scheller College of Business. An additional minor option was added, called Technology and Business, to provide a business minor option designed for students in the College of Architecture, College of Sciences, and Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETwo courses were added in the School of City and Regional Planning as part of a new Minor in Sustainable Cities, which was also approved. The minor is part of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EServe-Learn-Sustain\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/facultygovernance.gatech.edu\/FFSAFS2016-021616-Attach-5a.pdf\u0022\u003EView the full Feb. 16 presentation from the IUCC (pdf).\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Graduate Curriculum Committee:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA course addition in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering now requires master\u2019s candidates to take a course in entrepreneurship.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EThe schools of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Biology, and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences aim to establish a new degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Ocean Science and Engineering. The program is designed to train the next generation of ocean experts and to expand on existing collaborations among these schools at Georgia Tech, as well as with other University System of Georgia institutions. The Board of Regents must also approve new degree programs.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/facultygovernance.gatech.edu\/FFSAFS2016-021616-Attach-5b.pdf\u0022\u003EView the full Feb. 16 presentation from the IGCC (pdf).\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Faculty Senate met for its winter meeting on Feb. 16.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Faculty Senate met for its winter meeting on Feb. 16."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2016-02-18 10:02:29","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:46","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/facultygovernance.gatech.edu\/","title":"Faculty Governance"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12022","name":"faculty governance"},{"id":"85391","name":"faculty senate"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jeanne.balsam@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJeanne Balsam\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFaculty Governance\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}