Recommendations & Resolutions

1989 -1990

#:  89-90 II
Recommendation:  To approve Helath and Human Performance 239, Aquatics Safty
The following description should be substituted for the description on application for a new course:
3 cr hrs. Non-general education.  Prerequisite:  intermediate swimming level or permission.  Provides the participant with the knowledge and skills necessary to cope with the emergency situations in the aquatic environment.  Completion of this  course results in American Red Cross certification in Basic Water Safety, Emergency Water Safety, Intermediate Swimmer, and Introduction to Health Services Education.  Prerequisite for Water Safety Instructor and Lifeguard Training and Lifeguard Instructor courses.  Not intended as end-point training for lifeguarding jobs.
Date of Senate Approval:  October 3, 1989

#:  89-90 IV
Recommendation:  To approve Helath and Human Performance 242.  Lifegaurd Training and lifeguard Instructor.
The following description should be substituted for the description on application for a new course.
3 cr. Hrs. Non-general education.  Prerequisite:  Health and Human Performance 239 and completion or concurrent enrollment in Standard First Aid 220 (or Red Cross certified equivalent) and minimum of 17 years of age, or permission.  Successful completion of this course leads to American Red Cross certification.  Prerequisites are Aquatics Safety 239 and completion or concurrent enrollment in Standard First Aid 220, or in lieu of these prerequisite courses, current American Red Cross certification in Standard First Aid, Emergency Water Safety, and Introduction to Health Services Education.
Date of Senate Approval:  October 3, 1989

#:  89-90 III
Recommendation:  TO approve Helath and Human Performance 240, Water Safty Instructor.
The following description should be substituted for the description on application for a new course:
3 cr. Hrs. Non-general education.  Prerequisite:  Health and Human Performances 239 or permission.  Trains instructor candidates to teach the American Red Cross water safty and swimming courses at al levels except lifeguard training.  Emphasis on teaching procedures, mechanics of stroke execution, and improvement of personal swimming skills.  Swimming skills are evaluated at the Advanced Swimmer Level.
Date of Senate Approval:  October 3, 1989

#:  89-90  XVII
Recommendation:  To approve Business Administration 203, 204, 305, 306, 307, 560, and 740:
ACCT 203:  Financial Accounting.  Non-general education 4 hrs. Prerequisites: CIQM 101 or equivalent.  The study of accounting as a means of communicating financial information about a business enterprise.  Emphasis is placed on the basic concepts used in preparing and interpreting external financial statements.
ACCT 204:  Managerial Accounting.  Non-general education.  3 hrs.  Prerequisites:  ACCT 203.  A study of basic managerial accounting conc epts and practices with emphasis on interpretation of accounting as a information system to aid management in the decision making process.
ACCT 305:  Intermediate Accounting I.  Non-general education.  3 hrs.  Prerequisite:  ACCT 204. Presents an overview of the foundation of accounting theory, a study of the accounting cycle, financial statements and mathematical principles.  A comprehensive study of current assets is made.
ACCT 306:  Intermediate Accounting II.  Non –general education.  3 hrs.  Prerequisite:  ACCT 305.  Continuation of accounting 305.  Covers Fixed Assets, Depreciation and Depletion, Intangible Assets, Recognition and Measurement of Liabilities, Stockholders’ Equity, Dilutive Securities and Investments.

#:  89-90 XVIII
Recommendation:  To approve changing Agriculture 320 from:
AGRI 320:  Grain Handling and Accounting.  Non-general education.  2 hrs.  A two-part course which examines A.  Physical Grain Handling, including Storage, Marketing and Transportation and B.  Grain Accounting for a typical ocmmercial Grain Elevator.
To
AGRI 320:  Fundamentals of Agriculture Commodity Marketing.  Non-general education.  3 hrs.  A study of agricultural commodity marketing, transportation and storage, using the agricultural futures and options markets.  Prerequisites:  AGRI 211, ECFI 201, or permission of the instructor.
Date of Senate Approval:  May 7, 1990

#:  89-90 XX
Recommendation:  To approve changing the credit hours offered for the laboratory components of each of the following courses in the Department of Nursing from 2 to 3:
NURS 360:  Multiple Impaired Health States I.
NURS 370:  Multiple Impaired Health States II
NURS 380:  Multiple Impaired Health States III
NURS 390:  Multiple Impaired Health States IV
NURS 460:  Community Health Nursing
NURS 470:  Impaired Mental Health States
NURS 490:  Leadership and Management
Date of Senate Approval:  May 7, 1990

#:  89-90 XXI
Recommendation:  To approve changing Agriculture 521/721 from
AGRI 521/721:  Weed Science.  Non-general education.  2 hrs.  Prerequisites: AGRI 112 and CHEM 102 or 120, concurrent enrollment in AGRI 521 lab.  Principles and practices of weed control.
To the same as above except with the replacement of “2 hrs.” by “3 hrs.”
Date of Senate Approval:  June 5, 1990

#:  89-90 XXII
Recommendation:  To approve Health and Human Performance 560/760
HHP 560/760:  Internship in Human Performance.  Non-generla education.  1 to 12 hours enrolled in more than once for up to 12 hours of credit.  Prerequisites:  Permission of department chair.  Provides off-campus opportunity for practical application of student’s area of major emphasis.  The student will work in private and/or public organizations.
Date of Senate Approval:  June 5, 1990
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#:  89-90 XXIII
Recommendation:  To approve History 132:
HIST 132:  Survey of United States History.  Non-general education.  3 hrs.  Prerequisites:  none.  A survey of united States history from the colonial period to the present.  Required of all history majors who do not either (A) receive a minimum score of 75% on the departmentally administered competency exam in American History or (B) successfully complete History 130 and 131 or the equivalent.
Date of Senate Approval:  June 5, 1990

#:  89-90 XXIV
Recommendation:  To approve Physics 100:
PHYS 100:  Introduction to Engineering Science.  Non-general education.  1 hre.  The course will survey the various fields of science and engineering and introduces students to the principles of the professions.  Films, field trips, and lectures by faculty and practicing engineers will be utilized.
Date of Senate Approval:  June 5, 1990

#:  89-90 XIX
Recommendation:  To approve changing Nursing 240 from
NURS 240:  Introduction to Pharmacology.  Non-general education.  1 hr.  Prerequisites: Completion of Freshman nursing year, permission.  This course covers legal and professional parameters of medication administration by nurses and provides introductory content concerning drugs, drug classification, and administration methods.
Date of Senate Approval:  May 7, 1990

#:  89-90/XXV
Recommendation:  to approve the following resolution:
WHEREAS, Fort Hays State Univeristy generally places a percentage of the OOE budget in reserve each fiscal year;
WHEREAS,  this policy places undue hardship on faculty and staff in ordering and procuring of materials for Forsyth Library;
BE IT RESOLVED that the faculty Senate of Fort Hays State Univeristy endorses a concept to fully fund the OOE budget for FY 91 for Forsyth Library with no reserve placed on the budget.