Minutes: December 1st, 2009

ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY, December 1, 2009

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB

HILL ROOM

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

ATTENDANCE:

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:10 p.m.

The

Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for faculty members to raise

questions or make comments directed to Senate officers or to university

administrators. Please arrive promptly at 2:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:18

p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chair Whalen: Faculty Distinguished Honors and

Awards Nominations are due Dec. 14, 2009.

AGENDA

ITEM#1—Approval of the Minutes for the November 10, 2009. The minutes were

approved without objection.

AGENDA

ITEM #2—Approval of the Agenda for December 1, 2009. The agenda was approved

without objection.

AGENDA

ITEM#3—Final Report from the Graduation Requirements Task Force, Susan

Shimanoff. Susan Shimanoff, Chair of the Graduation Requirements Task Force,

presented an overview of the report and the process leading to the development

of the report.

AGENDA

ITEM#4— Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee:

Proposed Revisions to the Title of the BA in English: Concentration in Language

Studies, consent item. The item was approved without objection.

AGENDA

ITEM#5—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Course

Capacity Policy, 1^st Reading. APC Chair Hellman presented the

proposed revisions. Discussion included academic freedom in deciding

appropriate methods for evaluating students and the inclusion of such methods

as examples in the policy. The Proposed Policy is returned to APC for

development.

AGENDA

ITEM#6—Recommendation from the Senate Executive Committee: Proposed Policy on

Enrollment Control Tools and Declaration of Major, 1^st Reading.

Senator Shapiro moved the proposed policy into 1^st reading.

Discussion included the time at which students may declare a major and what

parameters departments and programs may use to limit students; discussion also

included the definition of terms such as “impaction.” The Proposed Policy is

returned to the Executive Committee for evaluation.

Senator

Holzman moved that Senate adjourn and become reconstituted as a Committee of

the Whole. Senator Holzman’s motion directed the Committee of the Whole to

address the following issues:

1.

President Corrigan's University Planning Advisory

Council.

2. Education Policies Council's discussion of the

discontinuation policy.

3. Potential Academic Senate and SF State

activities directed to the California legislature

("Sacramento") or CSU Chancellor's Office ("Long Beach") to restore CSU funding.

The

motion was approved.

Senator

Trautman, chair of the Committee of the Whole, reported that the Committee came

to no conclusion on the referred matter.

AGENDA

ITEM #7—Chair Whalen declared the Senate Adjourned at 5:00 p.m.