Members Absent: M. Nojan, L. Seppi, D. Parsons, W. Silky, P. Clark, R. O’Connor

The meeting was called to order at 3:08 PM.

I. Approval of Agenda

The agenda was approved as amended to exclude the School of Communication, Media and the Arts report of Dean Messere.

II. Approval of November 24th, 2008 Minutes

The minutes of November 24^th, 2008 were approved as amended to exclude the School of Business Report of Dean Skolnik and include the newly revised School of Business Report.

III. FA Chair’s Report – S. Camp

Dr. Camp began her report by speaking to the Assembly about how the statement against violence was forwarded in a letter to the editor to the Palladium Times, the Post-Standard and the Oswegonian. It should also appear in the next Campus Update.

The Chair then reported on the upcoming issues that FA councils are considering, including impacted majors, declaration of major form and can departments keep out students in good standing from a major of choice, Thanksgiving week break, health center visit verification, and busses scheduled by the college prior to Thanksgiving break.

Dr. Camp then told the Assembly about future reports that will be heard next semester which included Dean Messere, Dean Markert, McNair Director Morton, OLS Director Wengert and Dean King.

IV. Reports of Councils, Committees, and Task Forces

Personnel Policies Council continues to work on the Interdisciplinary Faculty Evaluation Policy.

Academic Policies Council met on December 5 and worked on the proposal to revise the Philosophy- Psychology B.A. and to revise programs within Vocational Teacher Preparation and Associates Degree Equivalent Local Initial Certification. Everything was sent back to the respective departments for further review.

General Education Council met on November 25, 2008. The Council wrestled with developing learning outcomes for the Intellectual Issues category.

Information Technology Council informed the assembly that the Campus Web Master is putting together a committee to develop a policy on closed captioning of multimedia on the campus web site. This is already required by law and the campus is interested in developing a local policy. As ITC chair, Natalie Sturr was asked to be on this committee. Spam/phishing emails asking for usernames and passwords continue to be received. Mark Springston made a short "educational presentation" to Faculty Assembly about this. He showed a short video from CTS on SPAM emails trying to obtain usernames and passwords: http://www.oswego.edu/cts/demo/phishing_scam/phishing_scam.swf He encouraged faculty assembly members to share this information with their departments and students.

Undergraduate Curriculum Council met on 10/29/08, 11/19/08, and 12/3/08 and approved the following courses:

ART 371: Art and Architecture in Islamic Cultures (course update)

ART 374: Asian Art Through the Silk Road (new course)


ART 110: Gender and Contemporary Visual Culture (new course) – these are cross-listed courses

WST 110: Gender and Contemporary Visual Culture (new course)


WST 396: Women, the Workplace, and the Law (new course)

HIS 353: The Black Power Movement (new course)

*Computer Science prerequisite submission (update)

*Curriculum & Instruction prerequisite submission (update)

Faculty Senate wanted to encourage everyone to write to your local legislatures and to Governor Patterson and tell them that the $310 tuition increase should stay within the SUNY system and should not be used for the general use of the state. They also stressed that this is an unfair tax onto the students.

V. Elections

--Sandy Moore elected to fill FA seat on the Graduate Council (Spring 2009

Replacement)

VI. Unfinished Business
-Proposed changes to Chemistry BA--The proposal was to update the curriculum at SUNY Oswego to meet the American Chemical Society’s requirements. This included that Mat 240- Calculus is to be replaced by Mat 318- Statistics in the Sciences. Also there was a reactivation of the CHE 451L- Inorganic Chemistry Lab for a more logical choice for students to accompany the CHE 451- Inorganic Chemistry course. The proposal was passed unanimously.

-Proposed changes to Biochemistry BS--This proposal included the creation of a new course CHE 344- Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences so that students had another option to satisfy the Physical Chemistry requirement. This proposal was passed unanimously.

-Proposed changes to Chemistry Track I BS--The proposal included the removal of GER 125 and 126 since that requirement is no longer required by the American Chemical Society. There was also an addition of 1 sh of either CHE 451L or CHE 461L to ensure laboratory breadth in this program. The proposal was passed unanimously.

-Proposed changes to Environmental Chemistry Track II BS--this proposal included the introduction of a new course BIO 120- Molecular and Cellular Foundations that has replaced BIO 112/113- College Biology that is no longer offered in the Biological Sciences department. There was also an addition of 1 sh of either CHE 451L or CHE 461L to ensure laboratory breadth in this program. The proposal was passed unanimously.

-Proposed Changes to Chemistry Certification/General Sciences Extension-Adolescence: 7-12 BS— this proposal was to make sure that this certification remained consistant with the Chemistry BS requirements. The proposal was passed unanimously.

-Proposed change to School of Business Majors—This proposal was effective for all majors offered within the School of Business. The proposal included the change of CSC 101 to CSC 102 for any Business major. CSC 102 goes beyond the basics of programs like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and emphasizes more business information technology. This proposal was passed unanimously.

-Proposed motion to adopt college hour on Wednesdays at 12:40 to 2:00 pm— There was discussion about the day and time of the proposed college hour. It was moved to amend the motion by striking Wednesday and adding Friday. This motion was voted down. A member then moved to have all votes dealing with college hour be held with a secret ballot and this motion was approved.

A member then stated that Wednesday was the chosen date that faculty and students preferred with the survey that was sent out through the e-mail database. Another member then moved to amend the motion by striking out 2:00 and adding 1:35. This motion was approved. The question was called and the members voted on the motion to Adopt college hour at Wednesday from 12:40-1:35. The vote was a tie. The chair voted in the affirmative and the motion carried.

In the discussion following the vote, a member moved that every host of a college hour event report the attendance to the college hour committee. The motion carried.

VII. New Business
There was no new business.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:37 PM.