SUNY Oswego - Faculty Assembly: Minutes 03/12/01

March 12, 2001

Members Absent: J. Brunson, L. Tinelli Sheive, Shallit, C. Seekamp

Meeting was called to order at 3:15 PM.

I. Approval of Agenda

The Graduate Council resolution regarding final exam scheduling was added under unfinished business on the agenda. This change to the agenda was approved.

II. Approval of FA minutes for February 12, 2001

These minutes were approved unanimously.

III. FA Chair's Report — D. King

He began by reminding the FA members about the Middle States governance survey that was distributed at the last meeting. He asked everyone to please respond.

D. King has received several emails from Rose Rudnitski, the convener of the SUNY campus governance leaders indicating that most SUNY campuses had approved the resolutions from Stony Brook regarding PACGE. The resolution urged SUNY Provost Salins to increase the number of teaching faculty on Provost's Advisory Council on general education (PACGE), and to cease reviewing the content of individual course proposals. There hasn't been any action on those recommendations yet.

There is a resolution that the Student Association sponsored challenging the faculty to academic or athletic friendly competition. They haven't gotten more specific yet, so we will wait and see what is proposed.

He also reminded everyone about the next FA meeting, which is the Monday (3/26) after spring break.

IV. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces

Priorities and Planning met and approved the Biology and Zoology major. They also approved the Vocational Teacher Preparation (VTP) in Art Education.

Personal Policies Council met on Wednesday, March 7th and discussed

the policy regarding direct sale of instructional materials from faculty.

Graduate Council met on March 9th and approved the MSD programs. They also approved of the initial certification in VTP program.

The Board of General Education met and discussed the ways in which they can improve computer literacy.

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee approved the course NAS 350 — Contemporary Native American Studies. Also, the UCC has received requests from two departments to review revised and updated courses. After much discussion, UCC is recommending the following procedure:

Any course with a change in its description should be sent to UCC for review as a revised course, as well as any courses with substantial revisions as determined by the department. Revised courses will be expected to meet current UCC course proposal guidelines. All updated course proposals, without substantial revisions or changes in their course description, should be marked "updated," dated, signed by the chair and a copy sent to Special Collections by the Department Chair to be archived.

Essentially UCC recognizes current policy, which requires any catalog changes to come to them for review. Other than these changes, they would like to leave the determination of what is "revised" vs. "updated" to the department. They would also like to have a way to still archive the updated copies. Any input on this proposed policy would be appreciated.

V. Unfinished Business

1. Dean Crawford was elected to the vacancy for a School of Business representative on Priorities and Planning Council.

2. There were some changes made to the Music major and minor. There was a vote to strike the statement as follows: "Major requirements may be changed with the approval of the department and chair and depending on the student's level of prior preparation." This was approved unanimously. The Major was then approved unanimously. In the Music minor, it was approved unanimously to add the words, "under advisement" to the electives. The Music minor was then approved unanimously.

3. The Graduate Council's resolution on final exam policy was brought up for discussion. There was some discussion about the wording used and an amendment was made to change it to:

For the undergraduate students in a dual listed course the faculty will follow the final exam policy for undergraduate students. This amendment was approved by a vote of: 30 approved, 6 abstentions. The complete resolution was also passed

by a vote of: 29 approved, 3 opposed, 4 abstentions. (See file copy)

4. The proposed changes in Biology major — BA program was approved unanimously. (See file copy)

5. The proposed changes in Biology Certification program — Education (7-12) were approved unanimously. (See file copy)

6. The proposed changes in Zoology major — BA program was approved unanimously. (See file copy)

7. The proposed revision to the Graduate certification program: Childhood 1-6 was approved by a vote of: 32 approved, 4 abstentions. (See file copy)

8. The proposed revision to the Graduate certification program: Adolescence 7-12 was approved by a vote of: 24 approved, 5 opposed, 6 abstentions. (See file copy)

9. The proposed revision to the Graduate certification program: Childhood Special Education was approved by a vote of 24 approved, 1 abstention. (See file copy)

VI. New Business

There was no new business.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:05 PM.