Meeting of the FacultyFriday - June 5, 2020

AGENDAI. Welcome & Minutes from May 24, 2019 (needs approval)

II. Executive Committee – year in review

III. Faculty Action Items

IV. Thank you to Executive Committee Member at End of Service

V. Welcome new Member starting on Executive Committee

VI. General Discussions, Questions and Answers

Transition to College Meeting immediately following this meeting

COMMITTEES OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE 2019-20

▪ Academic Freedom – 0 BCOE/6 Members▪ Academic Personnel – 1 BCOE/10 Members ▪ Charges – 2 BCOE/7 Members ▪ Committees – 2 BCOE/12 Members ▪ Courses – 1 BCOE/11 Members ▪ Distinguished Campus Service – 1 BCOE/5 Members▪ Distinguished Teaching – 0 BCOE/6 Members▪ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – 1 BCOE/9 Members ▪ Educational Policy – 1 BCOE/17 Members▪ Executive Council – 2 BCOE/24 Members▪ Faculty Research Lecturer – 0 BCOE/5 Members▪ Faculty Welfare – 2 BCOE/13 Members▪ Graduate Council – 2 BCOE/18 Members ▪ Grievance Consultation Panel– 0 BCOE/5 Members▪ International Education – 1 BCOE/11 Members▪ Library, Information Technology & Scholarly Communication – 2 BCOE/13 Members ▪ Memorial Resolutions – 1 BCOE/7 Members▪ Physical Resources Planning – 0 BCOE/7 Members▪ Planning & Budget – 2 BCOE/13 Members ▪ Preparatory Education – 3 BCOE/10 Members▪ Privilege and Tenure – 1 BCOE/8 Members▪ Research – 2 BCOE/13 Members ▪ Rules & Jurisdiction – 1 BCOE/3 Members ▪ Scholarships & Honors – 2 BCOE/10 Members▪ Undergraduate Admissions – 1 BCOE/8 Members▪ University Extension – 1 BCOE/ 6 Members

Living the Promise of SHARED GOVERNANCE BY THE UCR Academic Senate

There are 26 committees and BCOE is represented in

21 of them!

A special thank you to all who served during the

2019-20 academic year!

SENATE AD HOC COMMITTEES 2019-20

▪ Ad Hoc Committee on Evaluation of Teaching (1 BCOE/1 Members):▪ Suveen Mathaudhu, Mechanical Engineering

▪ General Education Review Committee (3 BCOE/23 Members):▪ Hyle Park, Bioengineering▪ Mariam Salloum, Computer Science and Engineering ▪ Thomas Stahovich, Mechanical Engineering

The Ad Hoc Committees of the Academic Senate were created for very specific tasks,

rather than the general and overarching tasks other committees oversee. They generally exist

for a short amount of time, until their task is dealt with.

Joint Senate/Administrative Committees

• Graduate Academic Integrity Committee (2 BCOE/10 Members) - Muhammad Salman Asif (ECE) & Jiayu Liao (BIEN)

• R’Courses Governing Board (1 BCOE/5 Members) – William Grover (BIEN)

• Special Review Committee (Admissions by Exception) (1 BCOE/4 Members) - Jiasi Chen (CSE)

• Transportation and Parking Services Advisory Committee (1 BCOE/2 Members) - Vagelis Hristidis (CSE)

• Undergraduate Academic Integrity Committee (6 BCOE/36 Members) - Juchen Guo (CEE), Chen Li (ME), Ming Liu (ECE), Joshua T. Morgan (BIEN), Shaolei Ren (ECE), & Bryan M. Wong (CEE)

BCOE Executive Committee

Philip BriskComputer Science & EngineeringChair

Victor RodgersBioengineeringParliamentarian

Vagelis HristidisComputer Science & EngineeringMember at Large

Zizhong (Jeffrey) ChenComputer Science & Engineering

Christopher LynchEx Officio

Chinya RavishankarEx Officio

Marko PrincevacEx Officio

Staff Support

Katelyn Robinson

Roderick Smith

Masaru RaoMechanical Engineering

Elaine HabererElectrical & ComputerEngineering

Juchen GuoChemical & EnvironmentalEngineering

Maggy Harake, Student RepresentativeGraduating Senior – Chemical Engineering

Tasks Completed by BCOE Executive Committee

• Review of Undergraduate Courses (New, Changes, Deletions)

• Review of Curriculum Changes/Updates• Review of Graduate Courses (New, Changes,

Deletions)• Senate matters requested for review• And so much more!

Senate Items: Campus Requests• From Center for Research in Intelligent Systems CRIS to Center on Robotics and Intelligent Systems CRIS

• UCR Online Course Agreement ILTI Agreement

• Senate Regulation R1.8.1-Final Exam Duration

• Campus 5 Year Plan

• Addition of Designated Emphasis on Graduate Diplomas

• Proposal for Suspension of iEval for Spring 2020

• COVID-19 Temporary Modification or Suspension: Senate Regulations and/or Policies

• Temporary Modification to UCR Graduate Regulation (GR) 1.5.7

• Proposal to Extend COVID-19 Remote Instruction at UCR

• Committee on Courses proposed new General Rules and Policies Governing Courses of Instruction

Senate Items: System-wide Requests• Copyright Ownership

• Section 120 Emerita/Emeritus Titles APM 120

• APM Sections 240 and 246

• Report of the Standardized Testing Task Force

• Proposed New Presidential Policy on Gender Recognition and Lived Name

• Presidential Policy on Protection of Human Subjects in Research

Program/Curriculum Changes• Undergraduate Program Change – Bioengineering Major

• Undergraduate Program Change – Chemical Engineering Major

• Undergraduate Program Change – Computer Engineering Major

• Undergraduate Program Change – Computer Science Major

• Undergraduate Program Change – Computer Science with Business Applications Major

• Undergraduate Program Change – Data Science Major

• Undergraduate Program Change – Electrical Engineering Major

• Undergraduate Program Change – Environmental Engineering Major

• Undergraduate Program Change – Materials Science & Engineering Major

• Undergraduate Program Change – Mechanical Engineering Major

• Proposal for Honors Ignition Seminars to Fulfill BCOE Breadth

• Expansion of the BCOE Approved Breadth List

• Graduate Program Change – Chemical and Environmental Engineering

• Graduate Program Change – Bioengineering

• New Graduate Program – Robotics

• GRE Waiver for BCOE Undergraduates into BCOE MS Programs

• Mechanical Engineering GRE Waiver

• Proposals from General Education Committee• Toward an R’Search Model Proposal

• Crossing Boundaries Proposal

• Thematic Tracks Proposal

Courses ReviewedNEW CHANGED DELETEDBIEN 225CEE 207CEE 215CS 110CS 142CS 144CS 178ACS 178BCS 214CS 219CS 224CS/EE 228CS/EE 248CS 250EE 106ME 260ME 280

BIEN 201CEE 243CS 006CS 010/CS 010ACS 012/CS 010BCS 014/CS 010CCS 171/EE 142CS 179NCS 183CS 206CS 218CS 227CS 229CS 234CS 238CS 246EE 100AEE 111

EE 128EE 132EE 141EE/ME 144EE 146EE 153EE 240EE 245//MSE 222ENVE 133HESA 001ME 180ME 224ME 225ME 243AME 243BME 274/MSE 208A

RESTORED

Additional Topics Discussed and/or Reviewed

• Annual Report to Senate

• Computer Science Endowed Chairs

• Abbaschian Term Chair

• KA Endowed Chair

• Reappointment of Dr. Abbaschian to Winston Chung Chair

Faculty Action Items• Measures passed by UCR Executive Council of the Academic Senate on June 3, 2020

Faculty Action Items• General Education Review

• To Do: Read the 3 proposals

• Requested: Informal ad hoc meeting next week for discussion and how each proposal may impact BCOE

• Maximize BCOE Faculty participation in the survey (deadline: July 31):

• https://ucrbusiness.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3C0A4KEciVmWjDT

Faculty Action Items• Election of Member At Large to BCOE Executive Committee

• Nominee: Dr. Cesunica Ivey

• If there are no further nominations, we can move forward with this single nominee, a motion is called for to

instruct the Parliamentarian/Secretary to cast a single ballot for the nominee, thus concluding the election.

Cesunica IveyMember At-Large

Starting September 1, 2020

Vagelis HristidisMember At-Large2017-2020

General Discussion, Q&A