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ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

AGENDA

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2004

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:00 p.m.

AGENDA ITEM #1—APPROVAL of the AGENDA for November 30, 2004

AGENDA ITEM #2—APPROVAL of the MINUTES for November 16, 2004

Minutes attached on GREEN.

AGENDA ITEM #3—REPORT from JOHN M. GEMELLO, PROVOST & VP for ACADEMIC AFFAIRS: San Francisco State University: A Bridge to Opportunity—Draft University Strategic Plan—CUSP II, Report to be heard No Later Than 2:25 p.m.

Draft report attached on WHITE. http://www.sfsu.edu/~acadplan/cuspIIbridge.htm

AGENDA ITEM #4—REPORT from the CURRICULUM REVIEW & APPROVAL COMMITTEE: DEGREE CHANGE from MA to MS in BIOLOGY—to be heard NO LATER THAN 2:45 p.m.

Report attached on YELLOW.

AGENDA ITEM #5—RECOMMENDATION from the EDUCATIONAL POLICIES COUNCIL: DISCONTINUANCE of the RUSSIAN BA PROGRAM, 2^nd Reading—to be heard NO LATER THAN 2:55 p.m.

Department Rebuttal attached on WHITE and letter from Dean Sherwin attached on GREY. *** Please bring discontinuance proposal attached to last meeting’s agenda.

AGENDA ITEM #6—RECOMMENDATION from the ACADEMIC SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SFSU: RESOLUTION in SUPPORT of RENOMINATING KATHY KAISER for FACULTY TRUSTEE –1^st & 2^nd Readings—Resolution to be heard NO LATER THAN 3:25 p.m.

Resolution attached on PINK.

AGENDA ITEM #7—RECOMMENDATION from the CURRICULUM REVIEW & APPROVAL COMMITTEE: REVISION of the MASTERS in PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION—a consent item—1^st & 2^nd Readings—proposal to be heard NO LATER THAN 3:35 p.m.

Proposal attached on BUFF.

AGENDA ITEM #8—RECOMMENDATION from the EDUCATIONAL POLICIES COUNCIL: DISCONTINUANCE of the BA IN LIBERAL STUDIES: CONCENTRATION IN NEXA, 1^st Reading—proposal to be heard NO LATER THAN 3:50 p.m.

Discontinuance proposal attached on TAN and NEXA program rebuttal to the Concentration and Minor discontinuances attached on WHITE.

AGENDA ITEM #9—RECOMMENDATION from the EDUCATIONAL POLICIES COUNCIL: DISCONTINUANCE of the NEXA MINOR, 1^st Reading—proposal to be heard NO LATER THAN 4:30p.m.

Discontinuance proposal attached on IVORY.

AGENDA ITEM #10 —ADJOURNMENT— NO LATER THAN 5:00 p.m.