Minutes: March 17th, 2009

 

ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

 

TUESDAY, March 17, 2009

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB

HILL ROOM

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

 

 

 

CALL TO ORDER: 2:14 p.m.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Senator Salama will maintain the speakers list for today’s

meeting.

As the end of the semester approaches and the Academic

Senate’s agenda increases, it is likely that meetings may last until the

scheduled 5 p.m. adjournment time.

 

The Strategic Issues Committee (SIC) has established an

iLearn site and forum for discussion of the proposed online course policy,

which is scheduled for first reading at the April 14^th Academic

Senate meeting. All senators should have been enrolled in the site and invited

to join the forum, and are encouraged to read the draft policy and respond to

SIC. Other people who wish to join the forum should contact Senator Rothman,

chair, SIC, via e-mail (rothman@sfsu.edu).

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Agenda for March 17, 2009.

 

The agenda was approved.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for March 3, 2009.

 

The minutes of the March 3, 2009, Academic Senate meeting

were approved.

AGENDA ITEM #3— Information Item: Program Prefix Changes

Following Program Name Changes Affective Summer 2009.

 

Gail Whitaker, Associate Vice President, Academic Program

Development, announced that five course prefixes have been updated to reflect

recent program name changes: HM to HTM, HMSX to SXS, REC to RPT, URBS to USP,

and WOMS to WGS. The new prefixes are effective Summer 2009.

 

AGENDA ITEM #4— Report from Joseph Greenwell, Director,

Office of Student Programs & Leadership Development: Welcome Days.

Joseph Greenwell, Director, Office of Student Programs and

Leadership Development, reported on the 2008 Welcome Days activities and plans

for the 2009 Welcome Days program. Over 4,290 participants, including at least

2,180 students, participated in the 2008 program. Faculty, staff, and

administrators are encouraged to volunteer for the 2009 Welcome Days and to

submit program offerings through the website,

http://www.sfsu.edu/, preferably by April 14, 2009.

AGENDA ITEM #5— Recommendation from the Curriculum Review

and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Minor in Latin American Area

Studies, Second Reading.

 

Senator Shrivastava, on behalf of Curriculum Review and

Approval Committee, moved that the Senate approve revisions to the Minor in

Latin American Area Studies.

The motion passed.

 

AGENDA ITEM #6— Recommendation from the Curriculum Review

and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the MA in Political Science,

Second Reading.

Senator Shrivastava, on behalf of the Curriculum Review and

Approval Committee, moved that the Senate approve revisions to the M.A. in

Political Science degree program.

 

The motion passed.

 

AGENDA ITEM #7— Recommendation from the Executive

Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Administrative Search Policy, #S08-180,

Second Reading.

 

Senator Rehling, on behalf of the Executive Committee, moved

that the Senate approve revisions to Academic Senate Policy #S08-180,

Administrative Search Policy.

Senator Kohn moved to amend the proposal, on page 3, line

83, by inserting a comma and the phrase, “including at least two department

chairs from the college,” after the word “college.” The motion failed.

 

Senator Ulasiwicz moved to amend the proposal, on page 3,

line 83, by inserting a comma and the phrase, “including at least one

department chair from the college,” after the word “college.” Senator Danner

moved to amend Senator Ulasiwicz’s amendment, to include the words “past or

present” before the word “department.” The motion to amend the amendment

passed. The amendment, to insert a comma and the phrase, “including at least

one past or present department chair from the college,” after the word

“college,” passed.

 

The main motion, as amended, passed.

 

AGENDA ITEM #8—Recommendation from the Executive

Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Course Repeat Policy, #F08-248, First

Reading.

 

Senator Trautman, on behalf of the Executive Committee,

moved that the Senate approve revisions to Academic Senate Policy #F08-248,

Course Repeat Policy.

 

Questions and discussions included the following:

 

• How
  
  does a CR graded count when an undergraduate students want to repeat a
  
  course?

 

• Identifying
  
  the specific grades that allow for a course repeat would make the policy
  
  easier to understand.

 

The speaker’s list was exhausted.

 

AGENDA ITEM #9— Recommendation from the Academic Policies

Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Interdisciplinary Programs Policy,

#S85-74, First Reading.

 

Senator Dariotis, on behalf of the Academic Polices

Committee, moved that the Senate approve revisions to Academic Senate

Policy #S85-74, Interdisciplinary

Programs.

 

Senator Kohn moved that the motion be moved to second

reading. The motion passed.

 

Senator Sveinsdottir moved to amend the proposal by changing

line 11 to read, “There shall be a number of campus-wide interdisciplinary

minors.” The motion passed.

 

Senator Sveinsdottir moved to amend the proposal by

inserting the word “may” after “minors” on line 44. The motion passed.

 

The main motion, in second reading, passed.

Chair Whalen declared the meeting adjourned at 3:41 p.m.