Academic Senate

Committed to Academic Excellence and Shared Governance

May 25, 2021 Division Meeting

University of California Academic Senate
Regular Meeting of the Riverside Division

Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Zoom
1:10pm

Order of Business

  1. Regular Meeting for February 23, 2021
  2. Announcements by the President
    • President Michael V. Drake is unable to attend
  3. Announcements by the Chancellor at Riverside
      Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox will address the Division and present the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement to faculty recipients:
    1. Assistant Professor Hollis Woodard, Entomology
    2. Assistant Professor Jeff Perry, Biochemistry
  4. Announcements by Vice Chancellors
    • Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth Watkins will address the Division
  5. Announcements by the Deans or other Executive Officers
    1. Secretary-Parliamentarian: Election Results
  6. Announcements by the Chair
  7. Special Orders
    1. Consent Calendar*
      1. In Memoriam
        1. Distinguished Professor Anne Kernan, Emeritus
        2. Professor Harold Frank Way, Emeritus
        3. Professor Louis A. Pedrotti, Emeritus
        4. Distinguished Professor Reinhold Grimm, Emeritus
        5. Professor Seymour VanGundy, Emeritus
        6. Professor Thomas Hellman Morton, Emeritus
      2. Approval of Curricula Changes
        1. BCOE - BS+MS in Mechanical Engineering Major
        2. BCOE - Computer Engineering Undergraduate Program
        3. BCOE - Computer Science Major
        4. BCOE and CNAS – Data Science Major
        5. BCOE -Electrical Engineering College Requirements and Major Requirements
        6. BCOE - Mechanical Engineering Major
        7. BCOE - Materials Science and Engineering Major
        8. BUS - Business Administration Major (BSAD)
        9. BUS - Business Administration Minor (BSAD)
        10. CHASS - Administrative Studies Major
        11. CHASS - Art History/ Administrative Studies Major
        12. CHASS - Art History/Religious Studies Major
        13. CHASS - Anthropology Major
        14. CHASS - Anthropology Minor
        15. CHASS - Art History Major
        16. CHASS - Art History Minor
        17. CHASS - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
        18. CHASS - Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/Administrative Studies
        19. CHASS - Bachelor of Science in Psychology
        20. CHASS - Bachelor of Science in Sociology/Administrative Studies
        21. CHASS - Chinese Major
        22. CHASS - Chinese Minor
        23. CHASS - Classical Studies Major
        24. CHASS - Comparative Ancient Civilizations Major
        25. CHASS - Comparartive Literature Major
        26. CHASS - Creative Writing Major
        27. CHASS - Creative Writing Minor
        28. CHASS - Dance Major
        29. CHASS - Economics/Administrative Studies Major
        30. CHASS - English Major
        31. CHASS - French Major
        32. CHASS - Global Studies Major
        33. CHASS - Global Studies Minor
        34. CHASS - Germanic Studies Major
        35. CHASS - History/Administrative Studies Major
        36. CHASS - Labor Studies Minor
        37. CHASS - Japanese Major
        38. CHASS - Language Studies Major
        39. CHASS - Liberal Studies Major
        40. CHASS - Linguistics Major
        41. CHASS - Latin American Studies Major
        42. CHASS - Latin American Studies Minor
        43. CHASS - Media and Cultural Studies Major
        44. CHASS - Media and Cultural Studies Minor
        45. CHASS - Middle East and Islamic Studies Major
        46. CHASS - Middle East and Islamic Studies Minor
        47. CHASS - Medical and Health Humanities Studies Minor
        48. CHASS - Philosophy Major
        49. CHASS - Political Science/Administrative Studies Major
        50. CHASS - Psychology/Law and Society Major
        51. CHASS - Religious Studies Major
        52. CHASS - Religious Studies Minor
        53. CHASS - Russian Major
        54. CHASS - Speculative Fiction and Cultures of Science Minor
        55. CHASS - Sustainability Studies Major
        56. CHASS - Theatre, Film and Digital Production Major
        57. CNAS - BA and BS in Biology
        58. CNAS - Chemistry BS with Chemical Physics and Environmental Chemistry Options
        59. CNAS - Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology BS
        60. CNAS - Earth Science Major
        61. CNAS - Earth Science and Geology Majors - Proposed changes to the major and continuation criteria
        62. CNAS - Environmental Sciences BS and BS
        63. CNAS - Entomology BA and BS - Transfer Selection Criteria
        64. CNAS - Entomology BA and BS Major
        65. CNAS - Geology Major
        66. CNAS - Geophysics Major
        67. CNAS - Microbiology Major
        68. CNAS - Mathematics for Secondary School and Teachers BS
        69. CHASS and CNAS - Neuroscience BA and BS
        70. CHASS and CNAS - Neuroscience Minor
        71. CNAS - Plant Biology Major
        72. CNAS - Plant Biology Minor
        73. CNAS - Statistics Major
        74. CNAS - Statistics Minor
        75. GSOE - Athletic Leadership Minor
        76. GSOE - Education, Society, and Human Development (ESHID) Major
        77. GSOE - Education EDUC Minor
        78. SPP - Public Policy Major
        79. SPP - Public Policy Minor
    2. Degree reports, received and placed on file**
    3. Annual Reports of Regular Committees, received and place on file
      1. Executive Council
    4. Regular Reports of Standing Committees and Faculties, received and placed on file
      1. Committee on Courses - Course approvals
      2. Committee on Courses - Instructor approvals
      3. Committee on Courses - Courses not offered for four or more years
      4. Committee on University Extension - Course/Instructor approvals
      5. Executive Council - Campus Naming
        1. North District, Phases I and II; Phase I: Serrano Hall, Cahuilla Hall; Phase II: Luiseno Hall, Tongva Hall
        2. Rajendra V. Prasad, M.D., FRCP (C) Monitoring Room, School of Medicine Simulation Center
      6. Executive Council - Endorsed Endowed Chair Proposals
        1. KA Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering
        2. Urban Entomology Endowed Chair Disestablishment
      7. Executive Council - Items Approved in Lieu of the Division
        1. Amendment ot the Approved Proposed Dual-AIS Score Admission Policy
        2. Extension and Enactment of COVID-19 Temporary Modification or Suspension of Senate Regulations and/or Policies Through Summer 2020
        3. Proposal to Modify the UCR Comprehensive Review Model for Freshman Admission for Fall 2021 and Fall 2022 and Amendment Regarding Fall 2020
  8. Report of the Representative to the Assembly
    1. Assembly Meeting, February 10, 2021
    2. Assembly Meeting, April 14, 2021
  9. Report of Special Committees
    1. None
  10. Reports of Standing Committees and Faculties
    1. Committee on Distinguished Campus Service - recipients of the 2020-2021 Distinguished Campus Service Award
      1. Professor Isgouhi Kaloshian, Nematology and Professor Katherine Borkovich, Microbiology and Plant Pathology
      2. Professor Tuppett Yates, Psychology
    2. Committee on Distinguished Teaching - recipient of the 2020-2021 Distinguished Teaching Award
      1. Associate Professor Erin Rankin, Entomology
      2. Professor Erith Jaffe-Berg, Theatre, Film and Digital Production>
    3. Graduate Council - recipient of the 2020-2021 Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award
      - Not received
    4. Faculty Research Lecturer Committee - recipient of the 2021-2022 Faculty Research Lecturer Award
      1. Distinguished Professor Francisco Zaera, Chemistry
    5. Executive Committee of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Proposal for a Joint Microbiology BS/Microbiology MS Five-Year Combined Degree Program
    6. Executive Committee of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Proposal for a Joint Statistics BS/Statistics MS Five-Year Combined Degree Program
    7. Executive Committee of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences proposed changes to the College Board Advanced Placement Examination Credit – Environmental Science
    8. Executive Committee of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences proposed changes to the College Board Advanced Placement Examination Credit - Statistics
    9. Executive Committee of the Graduate School of Education – Proposed Simple Name Change for the Graduate School of Education
  11. Petitions of Students
    1. None
  12. Unfinished Business
    1. None
  13. University and Faculty Welfare
    1. COVID-19 Campus Support for Faculty and Return to Campus
  14. New Business
    1. None

    15. May 18, 2021

    F. Xu, Secretary-Parliamentarian
    Riverside Division of the Academic Senate

    *Approval of all items on the Consent Calendar requires a single unanimous vote called for as the first order of business under Special Orders. At the request of any member of the Division, any such item must be withdrawn and considered in its regular order on the agenda [bylaw 4.1.2].

    **Reports received and placed on file "are received as presented and require no further action" [bylaw 4.1.3]. Only the reporting committee can change or withdraw these reports; however, at the request of any member of the Division, a report will be moved into its regular order on the agenda (Item 10. Reports of Standing Committees and Faculties) where it may be discussed, and motions relating to the report may be offered.