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Chair: Susan Camp
Recorder: Jessica Godkin
Members Absent: W. Silky, M. Groman, T. Graber, W. Rule, T. Darvill, K.
Kurst-Swanger, I. Farrell, S. Robinson, K. Beck, and M. Martin
The
meeting was called to order at 3:07 PM.
I. Approval of Agenda
With the addition of the French and German minors under Unfinished Business,
the agenda was approved unanimously.
II. Approval of Minutes
The minutes of October 31 and November 14, 2005 were approved
unanimously.
III. FA Chair’s Report – S. Camp
The Chair reported that she has invited all committee chairs (Committee on
Committees) to report to the Assembly throughout this semester. Also, the
Chair has begun investigating the Oswego policy on enforcing course
prerequisites since the issue has come up in several venues.
IV. Reports of Councils, Committees, and Task
Forces
Personnel Policies Council met Monday, February 13 and
distributed proposed amendments to the by-laws.
General Education Council met Monday, February 13 and
discussed the Add/Drop options that faculty can place on the courses they
teach. It was agreed that General Education courses should be open for
adding and dropping without instructor permission during the regular campus
Add/Drop periods. Chris LaLonde will take over as the Director of General
education, beginning in the Fall of 2006.
Information Technology Council met and finished the SCAP
Request Proposal draft, which they distributed to the Assembly. ITC then
asked the Assembly to waive the two-week rule in order to vote on the draft as
soon as possible.
Undergraduate Curriculum Council (see attached).
Academic Outreach Council met on February 16th and
discussed the SLN meeting, the status of the Hybrid Pilot Project, and the
success of the Winter session this year. They also discussed the summer
session for 2006 where 287 courses will be offered (registration will begin on
March 15th). The summer salaries will be increased for the upcoming
summer(the Instructor salary for a 3-credit course will be $2,805).
Campus Concept Committee met February 9th and discussed the
poor condition of Tyler Hall and the performance space needs.
Library Visioning Committee met and prepared an online
draft of the Visioning statement, which is available to the campus
(www.oswego.edu/visioning). The LVC is looking for feedback from both
faculty and students.
College Hour Task Force met and distributed the College
Hour Implementation Committee proposal to the Assembly.
Art Exhibition Advisory Council meets a few times a year to
discuss issues relating to Tyler Hall Gallery. Their main focus is to
view proposals. Their biggest issue right now is trying to reinstate a
gallery director. M. Ostrow asked the Assembly to encourage students to
attend the art gallery exhibits.
Campus Environmental Committee is responsible for
environmental issues on campus. They were the committee responsible for
putting the recycling program in place. Their biggest issue now is the
deteriorating Academic Quad and they have begun discussing what they would like
to see done with it.
V. Development and Alumni Relations- K.
Mahaney
K. Mahaney updated the Assembly on the Inspiring Horizons campaign and
focused on endowments. He then answered questions from the Assembly.
VI. Elections
Admissions and Student Services Council
L. Giukins (Modern Languages)
VII. Unfinished Business
1. With the friendly amendment to change "cultural studies" to
"culture studies" the proposed Culture Studies track in French BA
passed unanimously.
2. The proposed Culture Studies French minor passed unanimously.
3. The proposed Culture Studies track in German BA passed unanimously.
4. The proposed Culture Studies German minor passed unanimously.
5. The proposed changes to the Adolescence Education concentration in
English passed unanimously
6. The proposed changes to the Adolescence Education concentration in Social
Studies passed unanimously.
7. The proposed changes to the Adolescence Education concentration in
Chemistry Cert/General Science Ext passed unanimously.
8. The proposed changes to the Childhood Education concentration in Social
Studies passed unanimously.
9. The proposed changes of numbers and prefixes to the Adolescence program
were approved unanimously.
10. The proposed changes of numbers and prefixes to the TESOL program were
approved unanimously.
11. With the removal of "psychology electives" and addition of
"PSY 100" (which changes the S.H. from 30 to 27) the Creative Arts
Therapy minor was approved unanimously.
VIII. New Business
The 2006-2007 SCAP proposal was approved unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:49 PM.
Undergraduate Curriculum Council
On February 15, 2006, the UCC reviewed 20 course
proposals. We approved seven courses and made arrangements for UCC
members to contact department chairs to check on the progress of the remaining
13 course proposals for which we needed more information.
New Courses Approved by UCC 2/15/06 (total 7)
Ant 335 Experimental Archaeology
Bio 492 Research
Cog 266 Brains, Minds, Consciousness
Ger 300 Landeskunde (Civilization and Culture of the German-Speaking
World)
Hsc 300 Emergency Medical Technician—Basic
Hsc 498 Internship in Wellness Management
Pbj 383 Terrorism and Homeland Security
There were no existing course updates/changes ready for approval
We are awaiting information for 5 new course proposals, and 8 existing
course update proposals.
UCC Web Site: The spreadsheet for all courses (including
existing course updates and new courses) reviewed by UCC in 2005-06 is
available on the UCC web site: www.oswego.edu/ucc
Meetings for Spring 2006—Our meetings will occur on
alternate Wednesdays, 1:45-3:15 pm, in Wilbur Hall on the following dates:
March 1 and 22; April 5; and May 3, 2006. We will not be meeting on QUEST
day April 19.
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