ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

AGENDA

TUESDAY, April 28, 2009

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 28, 2009

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for the April 14, 2009

Minutes are attached on GREEN.

AGENDA ITEM#3—Report from Provost Gemello and Leroy Morishita, VP of Administration & Finance: The Budget and Campus Management Issues

AGENDA ITEM#4—Recommendation from the Educational Policies Council: Proposed Discontinuance of the MA in Social Science, Concentration Interdisciplinary Studies, 2^nd Reading—time certain 2:35 p.m.

Proposed revisions attached on SALMON.

AGENDA ITEM#5—Recommendation from the Educational Policies Council: Proposed Discontinuance of the Minor in Family and Consumer Sciences, 2^nd Reading—time certain 2:45p.m.

Proposed revisions attached on TAN.

AGENDA ITEM#6—Recommendation from the Student Affairs Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Religious Holidays Policy, #F00-212, 2^nd Reading

Proposed revisions attached on PURPLE.

AGENDA ITEM#7—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) Course Criteria, Policy, #S08-14, 2^nd Reading

Proposed revisions attached on PINK.

AGENDA ITEM#8—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Written English Proficiency Policy, Upper Division Requirements, #S07-14, 2^nd Reading

Proposed revisions attached on YELLOW.

AGENDA ITEM#9—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the MS in Biomedical Science: Name Change from Biomedical Laboratory Science to Biomedical Science; Two New Concentrations: Biotechnology & Stem Cell Science, 1^st Reading—time certain 3:25p.m.

Proposed revisions attached on GREY.

AGENDA ITEM#10—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the MS in Geographic Information Science: New Degree for Fast-track Addition to Master Plan, 1^st Reading—time certain 3:35p.m.

Proposed revisions attached on GOLDEN.

AGENDA ITEM#11—Recommendation from the Student Affairs Committee: Proposed Revision to the Withdrawal Policy, #S98-196, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on WHITE.

AGENDA ITEM#12—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Academic Calendar for Summer 2010, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on IVORY.

AGENDA ITEM#13—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Written English Proficiency Policy, Graduate Writing Requirements, #S07-14, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on GOLD.

AGENDA ITEM#14—Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Academic Senate Bylaws—Approval of the Minutes of the Last Meeting of the Outgoing Senate and the First Minutes of the New Senate, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on BUFF.

AGENDA ITEM#15—Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Academic Senate Meeting Calendar AY 2009-2010, 1^st Reading

Proposed revisions attached on LIME.

AGENDA ITEM#16—Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Resolution Commending Jan Andreasen for Distinguished Service to the San Francisco State University and the Campus Community, 1^st Reading

Proposed resolution will be distributed at the meeting.

AGENDA ITEM #17—Adjournment—no later than 5:00 p.m.