ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

AGENDA

TUESDAY, April 1, 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 April 1, 2008

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for the March 11, 2008

Minutes are attached on GREEN.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report from Chief Kirk Gaston, Department of Public Safety and Gayle Orr-Smith, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator—SF State’s Emergency Preparedness Week, April 7-11, 2008—report to be heard no later than 2:20 p.m.

AGENDA ITEM #4—Report from Linda Buckley, AVP of Academic Planning and Educational Effectiveness— Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Update—report to be heard no later than 2:40 p.m.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Policy on Repeat Courses, 2^nd Reading— proposal to be heard no later than 3:00 p.m.

Attachment on GREY.

AGENDA ITEM #6—Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee: Proposed Clerical Updates, 1^st Reading

Attachment on PINK.

AGENDA ITEM #7— Discussion Item: Review of Intellectual Property Concepts—Guest speaker Professor Miriam Smith, Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts—no later than 3:40 p.m.

AGENDA ITEM #8—Adjournment—no later than 5:00 p.m.