A meeting of the Letters and Science Faculty will be held on Thursday, May 5, 2005, 3:30 p.m. in MER 131.

1. Call to Order
1. Announcements
2. Question Period (10 minutes maximum)
   
   
2. Automatic Consent Business

A.

Approval of the Minutes of the April 7, 2005 Faculty Meeting (on web at www.uwm.edu/letsci/committees/)

3. Old Business - none
   
   
4. New Business

A.	Recommendation to Create an Earth and Freshwater Sciences Curricular Area (no later than 3:50pm)		703
B.	Recommendation to Modify and Rename the Geosciences Ph.D. (no later than 4:05pm)		704
C.	Recommendation to Amend Fac. Doc. 678 Defining Criteria and Procedures for Approving Courses that Fulfill the International Requirement (no later than 4:15pm)		705
D.	Recommendation to Add Two New Tracks to the Global Studies Degree and to Expand Ownership of the Degree to Additional Participating Schools/Colleges (no later than 4:30pm)		706
E.	Recommendation to Enable Creation of a College/School Within the College (no later than 4:40pm)		707
F.	Recommendation to Rename the University Honors Program (no later than 4:50pm)		708

5. Adjournment (no later than 5:00 p.m.)
   
   
   

L&S Academic Planning and Governance Committees
Mark Amsler
Douglas Cherkauer
Kathleen Dolan
Peter Geissinger
David Heathcote
Jack Johnson
Patricia Kissinger (ex officio)
Stacey Oliker
Kristin Ruggiero
Gabrielle Verdier