Members Absent: J. Shallit, M. Ryniker, C. Seekamp, J. DeSantis, J. Scharfenberger, M.F. Stuck

Meeting was called to order at 3:10 PM.

I. Approval of Agenda

There was one change made to the agenda that was approved. Under unfinished business item number four, the proposed revision of African/African American Studies Minor, was moved up to the first order of business under unfinished business.

II. Approval of FA minutes for March 12th and 26th, 2001

Both sets of minutes were approved unanimously.

III. FA Chair's Report — D. King

This statement was entered into the minutes as a follow-up to the discussion regarding the revision of the MSED program: "Provost Presley indicated that he will ask the Professional Education Council to take up the issue of the appropriate array of Master's degrees, including the possible revision, deletion, or creation of new degrees appropriate for the regional students coming to Oswego for certification. It is his expectation that the ultimate solution regarding rigorous, attractive programs leading to certification will largely rest in the creation of 5 year programs, but that M.Ed. and M.A.T. degrees will almost certainly remain appropriate for some students."

D. King began by mentioning that the last Faculty Assembly meeting of the year is on April 30th. It will be an abbreviated meeting to accommodate the general faculty meeting and will adjourn at 4:30 PM. The general faculty meeting will meet in 105 Lanigan immediately following the meeting of Faculty Assembly. The agenda for the general faculty meeting will include voting on graduates, electing the faculty senator, and voting on bylaw amendments that were adopted through the 4/16 FA meeting. It is impossible on the agenda to provide adequate narrative to explain amendments, so please be prepared to respond to questions from other people.

The bylaw amendments will continue to be deliberated and voted on at the April 30th meeting. This process will obviously have to continue into the fall '01 semester.

The SUNY Faculty Senate spring plenary at Cobleskill is April 19th through 21st. Ed O'Shea will attend as the faculty senator, and D. King will also attend as campus governance leader.

Forms for nominations for Standing Committees of the University Senate are available. Nominations must be submitted to the senate office by April 30th.

The 6 interlocutors for Oswego's Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) met on April 16th to try and modify the student profile for admissions to bring it in line with what SUNY Central administration expects.

The NCATE/NYSED joint team is going to visit Oswego on April 22nd-24th. They will meet with the FAAC on at 2:30PM on 4/23.

A Middle States Regional meeting is scheduled to be held in Albany on April 2nd. The president and D. King will attend.

Honors Convocation and Quest are on April 18th; the faulty is encouraged to participate and take advantage of the many presentations scheduled for that event.

IV. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces

Graduate Council met on April 13th. CPS 592 — Introduction to Play Therapy was passed. Two letters of intent were approved: the proposed Master of Arts in Human-Computer Interaction and the proposed Graduate Certificate in Gerontology.

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee met on 4/10/01 and approved the following course title and hour changes:

MAT 106: Number Systems and Operations (4SH)

MAT 206: Introduction to Geometry and Probability (4SH)

MAT 306: Techniques of Problem Solving (3SH)

The following revised courses were approved by UCC:

GEO 200: Historical Geology

GEO 200L: Historical Geology Lab

GEO 420: Stratigraphy

GEO 440: Paleontology

Priorities and Planning met a week ago and approved the revisions to African/African American Studies minor and the Geology BS program. They also discussed the budget.

The Board of General Education met on April 10th and discussed the writing plan for Cognitive Science major.

V. Report of Steering Committee on new Campus Center — C. Kaus

They had a meeting on the 16th at 5PM to discuss space issues, any input is welcome. The architect was on campus the week of the 16th. Some feedback already focused on issues regarding vehicular traffic patterns around the new facility.

VI. Unfinished Business

1. The proposed revision to the African/African American Studies Minor was approved unanimously.

2. The proposed revision of the graduate program (M.A.T.) in Art Education was approved unanimously.

3. The proposed Meteorology Major BA program was approved with only one abstention.

4. The proposed Meteorology Major BS program was approved with only one abstention.

5. The revisions to the Geology BS program-Environmental Geology Track was approved with only two abstentions.

6. The proposal from the Task Force on a Common Reading Program was discussed and passed with a vote of: 28 approved, 3 opposed, 2 abstentions.

7. Bylaw Revision:

There was some brief discussion on the revisions to Article 5 and then it was passed unanimously. The revisions to article 16 were approved with all the "friendly amendments" with a vote of: 26 approved, 0 opposed, 5 abstentions. Article 16 Section 2 was discussed and then adopted with a vote of: 26 approved, 2 opposed, 4 abstentions. The revisions to article XVI were approved with a vote of : 24 approved, 0 opposed, 6 abstentions. The main motion on article XVI was not passed with a vote of: 26 approved, 0 opposed, 3 abstentions. * Before the meeting adjourned, a motion was made to reconsider this amendment at a subsequent meeting of the Assembly in Fall '01. That motion carried by 24 in favor.

* Note: Votes on secondary amendments to the bylaws require only a simple majority to carry, but votes on major motions to amend require a 2/3 majority to carry. The minimum vote of FA members for 2/3 is 28.

VII. New Business

There was no new business.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:05 PM.