Chair: S. Camp

Recorder: J. Godkin

Members Absent: J. Leflore, P. Rosenbaum, W. Silky, P. Cox, T. Graber, K. Sutherland, S. Jones, B. Patterson

                        The meeting was called to order at 3:13 PM.

I.  Approval of Agenda

       The Agenda was approved unanimously.

II.  Approval of Minutes

       The minutes from September 20, 2004 were approved unanimously.

III. Chair Report- S. Camp

        S. Camp announced that the Assembly did not receive new minutes today because the Faculty Assembly computer crashed.  There should be a new, functioning unit this week. Next, S. Camp reported that the draft mission summary is on the web for the Assembly's review at http://www.oswego.edu/about/leadership/planning/mission_review/  Review and send feedback to the appropriate council chair or department chair.

       A memo regarding the Chancellor's awards and deadlines is out.  Nominations are needed for the selection committee.  If you do not have a nomination form, contact Mike Ameigh at ameigh@oswego.edu. 

      Lastly, S. Camp announced that Provost Susan Coultrap-McQuin will report on the Division of Academic Affairs on November 22 and Vice President Kevin Mahaney will be reporting to us at the December 6th meeting.

IV. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces

         Personnel Policies Council reported the results of the election of the Search Committee for the Dean of Graduate Studies. 

      Arts and Sciences: G. Klatsky, F. Messere, and R. Zakin,

      Education: W. Silky, and B. Waterman

       Business: R. Skolnik

      Professional Staff: A. Reece

      They also met with John Fisher and Herb Van Schaack, representative of the Emeriti Association on Wednesday, November 3rd.  The Emeriti Association has requested a voting seat on Faculty Assembly.  Fisher and Van Schaack shared their perspectives in support of this request.

     Academics Policy Council met October 29th and adopted a C- or better on all transferred courses into the respective occupational specialty in the six undergraduate majors of the Vocational Teacher Preparation department.  Academics Policy Council also voted changes to the Wellness Management major, which will be voted on by the Assembly on November 22nd.

     General Education Council met Friday, October 29 and Monday November 8.  They continued to discuss Board of Trustee's Information Management Competency Learning Outcomes.  The council will recommend changes to Academic Policies/ Provost Council to redefine "Computer Literacy" as "Computer and Information Literacy."  They also discussed the revised General Education Assessment Review document received on November 1st on "Review Process Guidelines."  Comments on this document will be returned to President Stanley who will respond for the campus to Provost Salins.  Lastly, the council discussed the "double-dip" versus "double-count" of courses in different General Education categories.  They will meet again on Friday, November 19th.

Graduate Council met Friday, November 5th and approved the following:

         Change of title for MBA 543 from "Topics in Finance" to "Investment Analysis and  Portfolio Management"

          Deletion of prerequisite requirement of "fifteen hours of undergraduate courses in social and/or behavioral sciences" from the catalogue for Counseling and Psychological Services.

          SPE 525          Educational Planning for Students with Severe Disabilities

          Admissions and Student Services Council met November 8 and discussed the creation of a “guidebook” that could be given to faculty members who might like to be more involved with students outside the classroom. The guidebook would list different opportunities for student-faculty interaction, perhaps organized by type of involvement, length of commitment, etc.

UCC reported the approval of the following courses:

            ADO 394         Interdisciplinary Methods Grades 7-12             3

            COM 303        Qualitative Communication Research Methods      3

            LIN 400           Investigating Language                                3

            PBJ 360           Discrimination in the Workplace                     3

            PSY 347          Forensic Psychology                                   3

            SPE 303          Field Placement II: Small-Group Instruction in

                                      Inclusive Classrooms                              1

   UCC also approved the following changes in existing courses:

            ART 100          Changed title to Introduction to Art; expanded catalog description; omit Sp. Offering

            ART 210          Revision of catalog description

            ART 215          Revision of catalog description; addition of                                     permission to prerequisites

            ART 225          Revision of catalog description

ART 230          Revision of catalog description; addition of prerequisite; add SS.                                   Offering

ART 250          Minor edit of catalog description; addition of prerequisite; omit Sp.                    Offering

ART 251          Revision of catalog description; addition of prerequisite; omit Fl.                                    And SS offering

ART 245          Revision of catalog description; add Fl offering

ART 300          Revision of catalog description

ART 315          Revision of catalog description; addition of prerequisite

ART 316          Revision of catalog description; addition to prerequisite

ART 326          Change title to Screenprinting; revision of catalog description;                            addition to prerequisite; add Fl offering

ART 327          Change title to Lithography; revision of catalog description;                                addition to prerequisite; add Sp offering

ART 329          Revision of catalog description

Crosslisting of  PSY 411 Exploring Complex Systems With Neural Networks as                                   COG 411

PSY 420 Topics in Developmental Psychology:  Adulthood and Aging                                      renumbered and renamed to PSY 324 Adulthood and Aging

V.  J. Grant

         J. Grant reported out the number of full time, part time, graduate and undergraduate students for 2004, along with previous years.  He also reported the selectivity matrix for 2000-2004, showing that more students are being selected from group 1.  J. Grant then showed the Assembly how Presidential and Merit Scholarships have been distributed since 1997.   He concluded his presentation by answering questions from the Assembly.

VI.  Unfinished Business

        1. Arts Management Minor was approved unanimously. 

        2. Theatre Major Changes were approved unanimously.

        3. Hybrid Course Task Force: There was a friendly amendment to take one seat from Arts and Sciences, and add a seat for Professional Staff which was approved unanimously.  There was another friendly amendment to include one member from the Information Technology Council, which was approved 39 to 1.  The Hybrid Task Force proposal was then approved unanimously.       

VII.  New Business

1.  Elections for vacancies on FA Council

            Library Council

FA Representative: T. Ramalho

The meeting was adjourned at 4:28 PM.