ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

AGENDA

TUESDAY, February 26, 2008

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:10 p.m.

The Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for faculty members to raise questions or make comments directed to Senate officers or to university administrators. Please arrive promptly at 2:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:10 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Agenda for February 26, 2008

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for the February 12, 2007

Minutes are attached on GREEN.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report from Linda Buckley, AVP of Academic Planning and Educational Effectiveness—CUSP Committee Reports Graduate Programs—report to be heard no later than 2:15 p.m.

AGENDA ITEM #4—Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Revision to Academic Senate Bylaws, Section IIC, 1^st Reading

Attachment on IVORY.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Syllabus Policy, 1^st Reading

Attachment on TAN.

AGENDA ITEM #6—Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Academic Senate 2008-2009 Meeting Schedule—Proposal to be heard no later than 3:45 p.m. 1^st Reading

Attachment on PINK.

AGENDA ITEM #7—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the MFA Degree Requirements for Creative Writing, 1^st Reading—proposal to be heard no later than 3:00p.m.

Attachment on PURPLE.

AGENDA ITEM #8—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Name Change of the MS Degree in Applied Geosciences, 1^st Reading—proposal to be heard no later than 3:15p.m.

Attachment on GRAY.

AGENDA ITEM #9—Adjournment—no later than 5:00 p.m.