ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY, March 17, 2009

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

	ATTENDANCE:
	Avani, Nathan	Hellenga, Kate	McCracken, Bridget
	Bartscher, Patricia	Hellman, David	Minami, Masahiko
	Burke, Adam	Hussain, Mahmood	Moody, Laura
	Chen, Yu-Charn	Jeung, Russell	Neely, Francis
	Chou, Fang-yu	Jin, Leigh	Noble, Nancy
	Danner, Don	Kohn, Jim	Rehling, Lu
	Dariotis, Wei Ming	Landry, Lynette	Robertson, Bruce
	Davila, Brigitte	LePage, Pamela	Rothman, Barry
	DuVal, Derethia	Levy, Eileen	Salama, Mohammad
	Flatt, Sylvia	Li, Wen-Chao	Shrivastava, Vinay
	Gemello, John	Longmore, Paul	Trautman, Ray
	Goen-Salter, Sugie	Luna, Debra	Ulasewicz, Connie
	Gomes, Ricardo	Mahan, Dianne	Whalen, Shawn
	Gubeladze, Joseph	McCarthy, Chris
Absences: Boyle, Andrea (exc); Bugayong, Arlene (abs); Chelberg, Gene (exc); Cheung, Yitwah (On Leave Spring 09); Corrigan, Robert (exc); Fuentes, Enrique (abs); Holzman, Barbara (exc); Lau, Jenny (abs) Modirzadeh, Hafez (abs); Morishita, Leroy (exc); Rosegard, Erik (exc); Sheldon, James (abs); Sherwin, Paul (abs); Sinha, Dipendra (exc); Shapiro, Jerald (abs); Sveinsdottir, Asta (exc);Taylor, Don (abs); van Dam, Mary Ann (exc) Yee, Darlene (exc)
Guests: Gail Evans, Linda Buckley, Helen Goldsmith, Wanda Lee, James Martel, Gail Whitaker, Dawn Terrell

CALL TO ORDER: 2:14 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Senator Salama will maintain the speakers list for today’s meeting.

As the end of the semester approaches and the Academic Senate’s agenda increases, it is likely that meetings may last until the scheduled 5 p.m. adjournment time.

The Strategic Issues Committee (SIC) has established an iLearn site and forum for discussion of the proposed online course policy, which is scheduled for first reading at the April 14^th Academic Senate meeting. All senators should have been enrolled in the site and invited to join the forum, and are encouraged to read the draft policy and respond to SIC. Other people who wish to join the forum should contact Senator Rothman, chair, SIC, via e-mail (rothman@sfsu.edu).

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Agenda for March 17, 2009.

The agenda was approved.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for March 3, 2009.

The minutes of the March 3, 2009, Academic Senate meeting were approved.

AGENDA ITEM #3— Information Item: Program Prefix Changes Following Program Name Changes Affective Summer 2009.

Gail Whitaker, Associate Vice President, Academic Program Development, announced that five course prefixes have been updated to reflect recent program name changes: HM to HTM, HMSX to SXS, REC to RPT, URBS to USP, and WOMS to WGS. The new prefixes are effective Summer 2009.

AGENDA ITEM #4— Report from Joseph Greenwell, Director, Office of Student Programs & Leadership Development: Welcome Days.

Joseph Greenwell, Director, Office of Student Programs and Leadership Development, reported on the 2008 Welcome Days activities and plans for the 2009 Welcome Days program. Over 4,290 participants, including at least 2,180 students, participated in the 2008 program. Faculty, staff, and administrators are encouraged to volunteer for the 2009 Welcome Days and to submit program offerings through the website, http://www.sfsu.edu/~ospld/welcome/call, preferably by April 14, 2009.

AGENDA ITEM #5— Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Minor in Latin American Area Studies, Second Reading.

Senator Shrivastava, on behalf of Curriculum Review and Approval Committee, moved that the Senate approve revisions to the Minor in Latin American Area Studies.

The motion passed.

AGENDA ITEM #6— Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the MA in Political Science, Second Reading.

Senator Shrivastava, on behalf of the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee, moved that the Senate approve revisions to the M.A. in Political Science degree program.

The motion passed.

AGENDA ITEM #7— Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Administrative Search Policy, #S08-180, Second Reading.

Senator Rehling, on behalf of the Executive Committee, moved that the Senate approve revisions to Academic Senate Policy #S08-180, Administrative Search Policy.

Senator Kohn moved to amend the proposal, on page 3, line 83, by inserting a comma and the phrase, “including at least two department chairs from the college,” after the word “college.” The motion failed.

Senator Ulasiwicz moved to amend the proposal, on page 3, line 83, by inserting a comma and the phrase, “including at least one department chair from the college,” after the word “college.” Senator Danner moved to amend Senator Ulasiwicz’s amendment, to include the words “past or present” before the word “department.” The motion to amend the amendment passed. The amendment, to insert a comma and the phrase, “including at least one past or present department chair from the college,” after the word “college,” passed.

The main motion, as amended, passed.

AGENDA ITEM #8—Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Course Repeat Policy, #F08-248, First Reading.

Senator Trautman, on behalf of the Executive Committee, moved that the Senate approve revisions to Academic Senate Policy #F08-248, Course Repeat Policy.

Questions and discussions included the following:

• How does a CR graded count when an undergraduate students want to repeat a course?

• Identifying the specific grades that allow for a course repeat would make the policy easier to understand.

The speaker’s list was exhausted.

AGENDA ITEM #9— Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Interdisciplinary Programs Policy, #S85-74, First Reading.

Senator Dariotis, on behalf of the Academic Polices Committee, moved that the Senate approve revisions to Academic Senate Policy #S85-74, Interdisciplinary Programs.

Senator Kohn moved that the motion be moved to second reading. The motion passed.

Senator Sveinsdottir moved to amend the proposal by changing line 11 to read, “There shall be a number of campus-wide interdisciplinary minors.” The motion passed.

Senator Sveinsdottir moved to amend the proposal by inserting the word “may” after “minors” on line 44. The motion passed.

The main motion, in second reading, passed.

Chair Whalen declared the meeting adjourned at 3:41 p.m.