The University Senate of Michigan Technological University

 

PROPOSAL 20-09

 

"List of All Academic Programs"

(Voting Units: Academic)

 

 

The Office of the Provost will maintain the list of academic programs
offered by the University.  This Office will review and, where necessary, update this list once per year.

Note:  The attached document is a part of this proposal, and lists the
academic programs currently offered by the university.  The document provides a description of the assembling of the listing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Degrees

 

   Those degrees with c’ after the year are from Registrars list of degrees conferred found in vault 2/8/08

 

   All final approval dates for degrees confirmed with Board of Control Index of Meeting Minutes; minor and

    undergraduate certificates administrative approval date; graduate certificates final state approval date.

 

   ‘a’ after date indicates information from BOC Proceedings Abstract 1935, Annette Sibilsky, 5th Floor Admin vault

 

   ‘s’ indicates Senate approval date (where no other date available).

 

 

 

06/06/1941      Graduate degree requirements are codified by BOC

07/06/1950      Graduate School and Grad Faculty Council officially created by BOC

 

Ph.D  Degrees

6/3/1932a         Ph.D. requirements listed

1934c               Metallurgy (not listed in catalog offerings; not in BOC minutes; however, degree

                        conferred to Roy Ward Drier and Corbin T. Eddy in 1934)

05/06/1955      approved future Ph.D. offerings by departments-determined by President

Unsuspended after not offering for ‘many’ years:

02/15/1963      Chemistry

           02/15/1963       Engineering Mechanics

02/15/1963      Geology

02/15/1963      Metallurgical Engineering

08/25/1972      Biological Science

02/15/1974      Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics  

01/18/1985      Engineering

01/18/1985      Engineering: Environmental Engineering

03/27/1985s     Engineering: Structural Engineering (S=Date of Senate approval, appd by admin

 but no date)               

05/14/1985      Engineering: Sensing and Signal Processing Ph.D.

05/14/1985      Engineering: Geotechnical Engineering, Ph.D.

05/22/1987      Forest Science

11/20/1987      Applied Physics

11/15/1990      Rhetoric and Technical Communication

03/22/1991      Chemical Engineering

03/22/1991      Civil Engineering

03/22/1991      Electrical Engineering

03/22/1991      Mining Engineering

06/12/1994      Computational Science & Engineering within the PhD in Engineering

00/22/1995      Geological Engineering

07/30/1996      Mathematical Sciences

05/26/2000      Non-Departmental PhD in Propulsion Systems Engineering

03/09/2001      Computer Science                

03/09/2001      Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology    

05/11/2001      Biotechnology

12/14/2001      Engineering Physics

06/25/2004      Industrial Heritage and Archaeology

06/24/2005        Engineering-Biomedical Engineering

05/04/2007      Ph.D. Atmospheric Science

 

Masters Degrees

02/13/1965      Biological Sciences

11/22/1985      Rhetoric and Technical Communication

06/30/1996      Environmental Policy

09/18/1998      Master of Engineering

12/14/2001      Science

02/08/2001      Applied Science Education

06/25/2004      Master of Engineering-Civil Engineering

06/25/2004      Master of Engineering-Environmental Engineering

06/25/2004      Forestry

06/22/2006      MBA  Master of Business Administration

Masters of Science Degrees

12/16/1926a    M.S. General Engineering  (this may be permission for all engineering

 Degrees as many were conferred from 1930-54 but found no specific BOC

 approval)

12/16/1926a     M.S. Metallurgy

12/16/1926a     M.S. Chemistry

12/16/1926a     M.S. Geology

12/16/1926a     M.S. Mechanical Engineering

1930c                M.S. Electrical Engineering

1931c                M.S. Geophysics

1931c               M.S. Mining

1932c               M.S. Civil Engineering

1933c               M.S. Chemical Engineering

1942c               M.S. Geological Engineering

1946c               M.S. Metallurgical Engineering

1947c                M.S. Mining Engineering

1950c               M.S. Engineering Physics

1954c               M.S. Physics

01/31/1959      M.S. Engineering Mechanics

02/10/1962      M.S. Mathematics

02/10/1962      M.S. Business Administration

01/31/1959-69 Nuclear Engineering (end date from Tech Topics online 2/9/1996 -does show in

                         Senate minutes as an announcement not a vote– President of University

 announced its end due to costs)

02/13/1965      M.S. Biological Sciences

03/17/1980      Computer Science (dates from Senate proposal 4-80

10/12/1973      Science Majors and Science Education (state) Minors in Teacher Education

03/25/1983      Mineral Economics

03/25/1983      Operations Management

11/22/1985      Rhetoric and Technical Communication

03/19/1993      Industrial Archeology

02/07/1994      Option: Discrete Mathematics for M.S. in Mathematical Sciences

07/30/1996      Environmental Policy

05/23/1997      Environmental Engineering

05/21/1999      Environmental Engineering Science      

05/11/2001      Applied Science Education

11/25/2003      Mathematical Sciences

03/05/2004      M.B.A., Business Administration

06/25/2004      Forest Ecology and Management

06/25/2004      Applied Ecology

06/25/2004      Forest Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology

 

Graduate Certificates

03/03/2004      Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Sustainability

01/25/2008      Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Nanotechnology

07/03/2008      Grad Certificate, in Advanced Electric Power Engineering

 

Bachelors Degrees

11/28/1916a     4 yr degree inc. summer breaks w/alternate 3 year w/o breaks to degree (Mining)

01/08/1925a     Charter broadened to allow degrees in other engineering branches besides Mining

1888c               Bachelor of Science (probably by Charter)

1890c               Engineer of Mines (by Charter)

11/12/1925a     Metallurgical Engineer

12/16/1926a     General Engineering

11/25/1926a     Civil Engineering

11/25/1926a     Mechanical Engineering

12/16/1926a     Chemistry

11/12/1925a     Chemical Engineering

11/12/1925a     Electrical Engineering

12/16/1926a     Geology

1933c               General Science

04/25/1938a     Forestry

1943c              Geological Engineering

06/06/1941      Medical Technology (Laboratory Technician Training p.249)

11/12/1960                  p. 469 BOC supported agreement w/hospitals for internship for Med Techs

10/10/1945a     Engineering Physics (see name changes)

10/10/1945a     Physics

10/10/1945a     Pre-Med (developed from Medical Technology)

10/10/1945a     Pre-Dental (developed from Medical Technology)

1949c               Engineering Administration

1950c                Mathematics

02/25/1955      Business Administration

04/28/1956      Geophysical Engineering

09/17/1956      Nursing

07/01/1962      Biological Sciences

05/17/1967s     Senate date:Proposal 3-67 allowing Science Teacher Education programs 08/11/1967      Liberal Arts 3 new options:

                                    History

                                    English

                                    Technical Writing

10/06/1970      Computer Science and Engineering

10/06/1970      Earth Sciences Major

06/16/1972      Social Sciences

04/13/1973      Computer Science

01/28/1982      Scientific and Technical Communication B.S.

09/23/1983s     Proposal 6-83 option in Science Technology and Society for a B.S. in Social

                        Sciences-approved by administration.

05/23/1986      Environmental Engineering

05/20/1994      School of Technology four year degree

05/02/1994      Option in Plant Sciences, Biological Sciences B.S.

01/23/1995      Atmospheric Science Option in the Geology B.S.

08/17/1997      Earth Science Education Option in the B.S., Geology

05/23/1997      Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences

04/21/1998      Pre-Law Option in Social Sciences B.S.

03/25/1998      Social Studies Education Option in Social Sciences B.S.

06/18/1998      English Education Option in Liberal Arts B.A.

07/07/1999      Computer Engineering

08/03/2000      Biomedical Engineering

07/17/2001      Bioinformatics

12/13/2002      Computer Systems Science

12/13/2002      Computer Network and System Administration

07/25/2003      Software Engineering

03/05/2004      Psychology

06/25/2004      Wildlife Ecology and Management

04/22/2004      Engineerng Technology, Conc. In Construction Management Technology

04/22/2004      Electrical Engineering Option Photonics

04/22/2004      Mathematical Sciences, Concentration in Education Preparation

04/22/2004      Biological Sciences, Fish Biology Concentration

06/25/2004      Communication and Culture Studies with Concentrations in:

                                    Communication in Contemporary Culture

                                    Communication in Human Interactions and Global Contexts

                                    Communication Media 

04/29/2005      B.S.   Theatre and Entertainment Technology                            

04/29/2005      B.S.    Audio Production and Technology         

04/29/2005      B.A.    Technical Theater                                    

04/29/2005      B.A.     Sound Design                                         

04/29/2005      B.S.     Cheminformatics                                    

04/29/2005      B.S.     Pharmaceutical Chemistry

02/24/2006      B.S.    Anthropology

04/28/2006      B.S.     B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

04/28/2006      B.S.     Exercise Health

05/04/2007      B.S.     Health and Physical Education

                                       Concentration in Fitness and Sports Management

                                       Concentration in Secondary Education

02/28/2008      B.A.     Theatrical and Electronic Media Performance

 

 

Name Changes Bachelors Degrees and M.S. Degrees

02/24/1961      Engineering Physics to Applied Physics

04/10/1970      Physical Metallurgy Option to Material Science and Engineering

04/29/2005      B.S.     Pre-Law changed to Law and Society

06/24/2005      B.S.     Surveying to Surveying Engineering

06/24/2005      B.S.     BSET w/Conc in Elec Eng Tech to Electrical Engineering Technology

06/24/2005      B.S.     BSET w/Conc in Mech Eng Tech to Mechanical Engineering Technology

06/24/2005      B.S.     BSET w/Conc in Civil Eng Tech to Construction Management

04/28/2006      B.S.     BSET, Eng. Tech Conc in ME TO BSIT, Industrial Technology      

05/04/2007      M.S.     MS in Mineral Economics Degree to Applied Natural Resource Economics

 

 

 

 

 

Associate Degrees

10/31/1961 BOC mentioned Existing Medical  BS degree with Pre-Biology, Pre Medicine, and Pre Dentistry – 2 year programs

04/10/1970      Metals Technology

06/16/1972      Applied Nursing

06/16/1972      Electromechanical Engineering Technology

05/23/1997      Chemical Engineering Technology

 

Suspended/Eliminated Bachelors Degrees (by Board of Control)

04/28/1956      Geophysics

03/12/2004      Mining Engineering  (suspended)

11/29/2001      Minerals Processing Engineering Option (eliminated)

 

Suspended/Eliminated Associate Degrees (by Board of Control)

12/14/2001      Forest Technology (eliminated)

03/12/2004      Chemical Engineering Technology (suspended)

1981s               Applied Science Degree Nursing Technology (Proposal 1-81 to continue offering was Defeated-no dates listed)

 

Suspended Minors

04/22/2004      Speech (suspended)

 

 

Minors and Certificates in production as of Administrative approval date (note: no BOC approval required. Administrative approval dates may be verified by looking at the Senate Proposal-bottom of proposal on web page):

 

Certificate in Foreign Language and Area Study                               09/23/1983

            One certificate with focus in either French, German, or Spanish

Certificate in International Technology and Society                                       05/03/1989

Advanced Certificate in Foreign Language and Area Study              05/03/1989

Certificate in International Business                                                   4/29/1992S

Certificate in Industrial Forestry                                                                      09/18/1997

Certificate in Media                                                                 05/30/2000

The following minors were approved via Senate proposal 00-10

American Studies
Historical Studies
Environmental Studies
International Studies
Social and Behavioral Studies

Mining
Physics
Astrophysics

Earth Sciences
Geological Engineering
Remote Sensing
Communication Studies
Ethics and Philosophy
Journalism

Psychology

Music (This is a three track minor under which students select one of three tracks: General Music, Music Technology, or Jazz Idiom.)
Presentation
Theatre Arts
Technical Theatre
Art

Computer Science
Military Arts and Science
Aerospace Studies
Mathematical Sciences
Electronic Materials
Mineral Processing
Structural Materials
Economics
Wood Science
Biological Sciences (This is a two track minor with one track in organismal biology and one in cellular and genetic organization of living systems.)
Microbiology
Biochemistry
Ecology
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Sciences

Chemistry

Above listed minors in proposal 00-10 Adopted by Senate: April 26, 2000
Approved by President: May 8, 2000

 

Certificate in Writing                                                               05/30/2000

Certificate in Design Engineering                                           12/05/2001

Minors in Modern Language                                       01/03/2002

            French

            German

            Spanish

International Minors in Modern Languages                01/03/2002

            French

            German

            Spanish

Enterprise Minor                                                                     03/12/2002

Applied Geophysics Minor                                                      03/06/2003

Minor Municipal Engineering                                      11/25/2003

Minor in Polymer Science and Engineering               02/29/2004

Minor in Manufacturing                                                           03/30/2004

Minor in Product Design                                                         03/30/2004

Certificate    Actuarial Science                                               02/21/2005

Minor           Bioprocess Engineering                          02/28/2005

Minor           Nanoscale Science and Engineering                 02/21/2005

Minor           Coaching                                                            11/17/2005

Certificate    Coaching                                                            11/17/2005

Minor            Electrical Engineering                            02/06/2006

Cert. (UG) International Sustainable Development    11/31/2006

Minor               Diversity Studies                                             04/18/2007

Certificate Global Technology Leadership                 11/09/2007

Minor, Law and Society                                                          02/18/2008

UGrad Certificate in Electric Power Engineering       03/19/2008

Minor in Pharmaceutical Chemistry                           04/07/2008

UGrad Certificate GIS (SFRES)                                            04/07/2008

 

                                   

 

Sault Ste. Marie Branch Campus Degrees mentioned in BOC Minutes (w/meeting date)

04/29/1961      Sault Branch:

                        2 year program Mechanical Technology

04/10/1965      Associate Degree Nursing

12/17/1965      Associate in Electronics Technology

 

10/07/1966      New Programs LSSC:

                        Associate Degree in Construction Engineering

                        Associate Degree in Drafting and Design engineering Technology

                        B.A. English, Language, and Literature

                        B.A Social Studies

                        B.S. Medical Technology

                        B.S. Business Administration

 

12/1/1967        New Programs:

            45 hour majors-

                        Mathematics

                        Chemistry

                        History

                        Economics     

                        Biology

            24 hour minors-

                        Political Science

                        Sociology

                        Geography

                        Economics

                        Speech and Drama

 

12/06/1968      New Programs:

                        Education

                        Earth Science Major

                        Psychology Major

                        Sociology Major

                        Electronic Servicing Certificate Program

 

 

Overview of dating each of Michigan Technological University’s degrees

 

This overview explains the methodology for how the degree approval dates were found as listed above in this report.  The project began with a request to our provost for beginning and end dates to be used for official start and end program dates in our student information system.

A list researched for Michigan Tech’s Board of Control by Helene Hiner and kept updated from 1991 to present was used as a starting point.  Other source material was located and includes:

·         a two-page paper list found in the Office of Student Records and Registration (OSRR) vault of degrees conferred and year in which each degree was added,

·         a black three-ring binder, Degrees Conferred By Name1888-1974, found in an OSRR storage room (since relocated to the OSRR vault) which included original listings of names of graduates with specific degrees conferred for those years,

·         Degrees offered from each catalog (located in OSRR vault) excluding missing volume from 1943-1944 (possibly not printed due to WWII shortages?)

·         Board of Control Minutes books (located in the Administrative Building’s fifth floor vault in copy room)

·         “Courses” section, Abstract of the Proceedings of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology, Annette L. Sibilisky, 1935 (located in Administrative Building’s fifth floor vault), and

·         Faculty Senate Minutes (University Senate web site)

Each of these resources was useful as no one source was complete.  The list of degrees conferred with year degrees were added was added on to the 1991 detailed listing.  This gave a framework of years but no actual approval date.  These years were cross-checked with the OSRR catalog information, which proved a bit less accurate in that some years certain degrees were not published as offered – but the degrees were not formally terminated either.  Board of Control minutes were used for the year in the conferred list to locate an actual approval date by the board for each degree.  There are several M.S. and one Ph.D. that were conferred as regular degrees (not honorary) that have no formal BOC approval date. It may be that an approval granted in 1926 was applied broadly, resulting in the granting of these degrees.  The degrees are those marked with a ‘c’ after the year and no month/day.

 

Matching exact BOC dates to year-conferred was made somewhat less tedious and less prone to errors with the discovery of Annette Sibilsky’s 1935 Abstracts which summarized BOC minutes from 1888 to 1935 in a set of typed, tabulated, black, binder-formatted cross references.  The original, older BOC minutes are all hand-written in beautiful, albeit difficult to read, script.  Once found in Annette Sibilsky’s abstract, the actual BOC minutes were checked for corroboration.

 

Faculty Senate began formally here at Michigan Tech in 1959, with minutes now published to the University Senate website.  There were some degrees where no BOC approval date was found but there was a Senate approval.  Those degrees have the full date followed by ‘s’.  There also were some degrees which are mentioned in Sibilsky’s abstract which do not have exactly the same mention in the BOC minutes.  Those degrees (which do show they were conferred in OSRR records) are listed with the full date followed by ‘a’.

 

One interesting finding is that there are relatively few degrees that have been formally ended through today’s process with the Senate, BOC, and state. This seems to be a relatively recent process.  Those Bachelors’, Associates’, and Minors’ are listed under the titles with ‘Suspended/Eliminated’ list these degrees with suspended or eliminated specified whenfound.  I found no evidence of any advanced degrees being formally suspended.  I have not cross-checked but it would not be difficult to come up with a list of degrees that we currently do not offer but are not formally suspended/eliminated.  This may be done by determining if the degree in question  is listed with a start or conferred dated and is not listed under the ‘Suspended/Eliminated’ listing.

 

Finally, Lake Superior State University is no longer a Michigan Tech satellite campus but was at one time.  Since references were found for degrees specifically approved for that location during the time it was affiliated with Michigan Tech, I have listed those separately, at the end of the report.  –Helene Hiner, March 2009

 

 

 

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Introduced to the Senate as Emergency Submission: 15 April 2009
Adopted by Senate: 15 April 2009

Approved by Administration: 22 April 2009