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305 Park Hall, 3-5 PM
Chair: Susan Camp
Recorder: Kimberly Kenney
Members Absent: W. Silky, D. Vanouse, P. Clark, T. Darvill, G. Cooperman, A.
King
The
meeting was called to order at 3:10 P.M.
I. Approval of Agenda
The agenda was approved with Chair’s requests to add “Graduate Council
election- one FA seat” to elections after the General Education Council
election, and to amend the “Arts Management Minor Revisions” to include only
“Generalist Track.”
II. Approval of February 18, 2008 Minutes
The minutes were approved unanimously.
III. FA Chair’s Report – S. Camp
The Chair began her report by asking members of the Assembly to identify and
encourage colleagues to apply for directorship of CELT. She also noted
that she and Joan Carroll met with the President and the Provost since the last
FA meeting and discussed campus surveillance cameras, the integrity pledge, new
masters degrees and resources, the external review for promotion and tenure,
graduation outcomes, the assessment proposal, the voluntary system of
accountability web site, the committee commitment of faculty and staff, and
other items.
Dr. Camp then noted that there does not seem to be any official process for
adopting names of units, as long as it follows the general rule of “School of—“
“Department of—“ “Division of—,” etc. In regards to the BOT policies, Article
VI states that:
“Section 1. Composition. The university faculty shall be comprised of
the
Chancellor, who shall be the presiding officer, the executive and
administrative officers of the University and the voting faculty of each
college of the University……
Section 3. Responsibilities. The University faculty shall be responsible for
the conduct of the University’s instruction, research and service
programs.” Dr. Camp would like thoughts of the members of the Assembly.
Should people use the program routing sheet?
IV. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces
Personnel Policies Council met with the librarians for discussion
about the placement of the library within the new school. There will be a
presentation later in the meeting given by some members of PPC and the
librarians.
Academic Policies Council has met twice since the last FA meeting. On
Friday, February 22, they met with Provost Coultrap-McQuin to continue their
deliberations of the graduate outcomes. This discussion resulted in a “working
draft” incorporating suggestions from the Provost as well as from council
members. Also discussed was the need to re-establish an academic appeals
process. The idea was brought to the council by Dave Bozak who notes that an
appeals process appeared at one time in the undergraduate catalog but has been
missing for years. The matter was not concluded at the meeting, but the
proposal was passed at their meeting a week later. The Council met again on
February 29, and approved the proposal from the History department to revise
their honors program. They revisited the proposal to revise the Arts Management
minor that was distributed at the last FA meeting even though the APC had not
yet approved it. The APC voted to approve the Generalist Track but not the
revisions to the MBA track. The APC will convey their concerns about the MBA
track to the Arts Management Minor Committee. APC also approved a revision to
the Studio Art BA. They have also decided to distribute the graduation outcomes
proposal to FA.
Priorities and Planning Council met and approved the proposal for
mental health counseling and also approved two Art program revisions. They are
in the process of changing meetings to Wednesday.
General Education Council has met twice since the last Faculty
Assembly meeting and reported out the following approvals:
GLS 316 - Impact and Influence of Fermentation Science in a Global
Society approved for Intellectual Issues—Explorations of Natural Sciences;
pending UCC course approval.
PBJ 454 - Religion, Crime, and Society for Intellectual Issues—Self and
Society
MUS 315 - Music in the 20th Century for Humanities
Philosophy 111 - Valid Reasoning for Humanities.
Critical Thinking Infusion Plans:
Cinema and Screen Studies
American Studies
Sociology
Honor’s – already a part of the major
Chemistry department’s plan to infuse computer and information literacy for
its majors.
7. Cinema and Screen Studies writing across the curriculum plan.
The following were NOT APPROVED:
ART 365- History of Graphic Design was not approved for Western
Civilization
BRC 370 - Comparative Studies in World Broadcasting was not approved
for Non-Western Civilizations
**Attached at the end of the minutes for today is the Critical Thinking
Infusion Plan Progress Sheet**
Graduate Council met February 15th and approved the
following new courses:
- CPS 569 Clinical Assessment in Mental Health Counseling
- CHE 555 Medicinal Chemistry
They also
approved the following changes to existing courses:
GRT 501 Introduction to Gerontology. The course was approved in November
2007 as GRT 500 but the number was already in use.
GRT 571 Professional Seminar in Gerontology. The course was approved in
November 2007 as GRT 570 but the number was already in use.
The council approved changes to the Mental Health Counseling Program. The
revision required the addition of two courses to the program, CTS 591 Family
Systems (an approved course), and CPS 569 Clinical Assessment in MCH and 6 sh
of electives. The revision also included a change from 48 sh to 60 sh.
Undergraduate Curriculum Council met three times since last reported
and approved several
courses including changes to two courses:
Existing ECO 200 Principles of Macroeconomics
Existing MUS 206 Introduction to Music Technology.
New ART 321 Figure Painting
New CRW 395 Specialized Studies in Creative Writing: Intermediate
New CRW 295 Specialized Studies in Creative Writing: Introduction
New ANT 312 Explorations in Cultural Anthropology
UCC also approved blanket prerequisite changes for the following ECO
classes: 200, 300, 301,
302, 311, 312, 320, 322, 326, 330, 340, 342, 343, 344, 350, 355, 356, 380,
381, 390.
Campus Concept Committee met February 21st and continued their
visioning for programming of the Hewitt Quad, they invited CMA, Social and
Behavioral Sciences, History and CPS, CTS and the Library to submit program
visions to feed into the Hewitt Quad mission.
V. Elections
General Education Council (SoEd) – Eric Olson was elected.
Graduate Council, one FA seat – Mark Springston was elected.
Retention Task Force (SoBus) – Steve Abraham was elected.
VI. Unfinished Business
Proposed Assessment Program, Director and Office—There was a motion
on the floor that was included in the past minutes and also on the agenda for
today’s meeting. Two friendly amendments were added to the proposal. The first
was to include “and the APC response” after the words “CAQ proposal,” and the
second was to make the term “Assessment facilitator” instead of
“coordinator/lead colleague/mentor.” This proposal was passed 22-14.
PPC/ Library discussion: Peer review and representation—In regards to
the peer review for DSI promotions, the library noted that they would like to
be involved in the process, but they are confused about to whom they bring
concerns/reports of unfavorable treatment, as they have usually been associated
with Arts and Sciences, but the SoCMA has recently been added. The main goal of
the library is to have a structured peer review. They also have requested
to have representation in several Councils, UCC, General Education Council, and
Priorities and Planning Council, instead of being tied to Fine Arts. The new
school will discuss and report back to PPC and the library about the issue of
peer review.
Arts Management Minor Revisions: Generalist Track-- The revisions to
the Generalist Track were approved unanimously.
SCAP Proposal—After review and discussion, the SCAP
funding proposal was passed 34-1.
VII. New Business
SA College Hour—SA proposed the following: “To continue the College
Hour pilot into the spring semester of 2009 on Wednesdays from 3:00-4:00
pm.” SA representatives have asked the Assembly to look over the proposal
that was distributed at the meeting, so that there may be a discussion and
possible vote at the next Faculty Assembly meeting.
VIII. Issues, Challenges, other
There were no issues or challenges
The meeting was adjourned at 5:01 P.M.
Critical Thinking Infusion
Dept./Program
Plan
Intention
made known Approved
American
Studies
X
X
X
Anthropology
Applied Mathematical
Economics
X
X
X
Art
X
X
X
Biological
Sciences
X
X
X
Chemistry
X
X
X
Cinema and Screen
Studies
X
X
X
Cognitive Science
X
X
X
Communication
Studies
X
X
X
Computer
Science
X
X
X
Information
Science
X
X
returned 4
Dec
Earth Sciences
Geology
X
X
X
Meteorology
X
X
X
Economics
X
X
X
English and Creative Writing
English—Literary
Studies
X
X
X
Creative
Writing
Geochemistry
Global and International
Studies
History
X
X
X
Honors
X
X
unnecessary
Linguistics
X
X
X
Mathematics
Modern Languages
X
X
X
Language and Int.
Trade
Music
X
X
X
Philosophy
X
X
X
Philosophy-Psychology
Physics
X
X
X
Political
Science
Psychology
X
X
X
Human
Development
X
X
X
Public
Justice
X
X
X
Sociology
X
X
X
Theatre
X
X
Women’s
Studies
X
X
X
School of
Business
X
School of Education
Curriculum and
Instruction
X
X
X
TESOL
X
X
X
Health Promotion and
Wellness
X
X
X
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