ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

ATTENDANCE:

Axler, Sheldon	Jolivette, Andrew	Saffold, Penny
Bartscher, Patricia	Kohn, Jim	Saiyed, Zohra
Behrooz, Maziar	Kysh, Judith	Steier, Saul
Bollapragada, Ramesh	Levine, Josh	Stowers, Genie
Boyle, Andrea	Levy, Eileen	Todorov, Jassen
Chelberg, Gene	Li, Wen-Chao	Trautman, Ray
Corrigan, Robert	Linder, Martin	Ulasewicz, Connie
Danner, Don	Luna, Debra	Van Cleave, Kendra
Dariotis, Wei Ming	McCracken, Bridget	Velez, Pauline
Donovan-Blood, Asella	Meredith, David	Whalen, Shawn
DuVal, Derethia	Minami, Masahiko	Williams, Robert
Fehrman, Kenneth	Moody, Laura	Yang, Nini
Fielden, Ned	Mercado, Claudia	Yee, Darlene
Gonzalez, Marty	Robertson, Bruce	Zwillinger, Lesley
Jaimes-Guerrero, A.J.	Rothman, Barry
Absences: Angelo, Albert (abs); Avani, Nathan (abs); Adisa Thomas, Karimah (abs); Chao, David
(abs); Chattopadhyay, Sudip (abs); Daley, Yvonne (leave); Davis, Harvey (Skip) (exc); Fung, Robert
(exc); Gonzales, Dan (abs); Gaglio, Connie Marie (abs); Gemello, John (exc); Klingenberg, Larry;
(leave); Morishita, Leroy (exc); Shapiro, Jerald (exc); Smith, Alastair (abs); Suzuki, Dean (abs); Van
Dam, Mary Ann (leave)
Guests: Midori McKeon; Robert Cherny; Ann Hallum; Ken Monterio; Laureen Chew;
Joel Kassiola; Paul Sherwin, Velia Garcia; Alyssa Nelson; Robert Collins; Carel Bertram; Fred
Astren; Joanne Barker; Helen Goldsmith; Clay Dumont; Phil Klasky; Santhi Kavuri-Bauer;
Gabriela Segovia-McGahan; Natchee Barnd

CALLED TO ORDER: 2: 21 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chair Meredith:

· Welcomed Senators to the final meeting of the fall semester. He commended Senators on a productive semester. Accomplishments included: approval of SF State’s 1^st independent Ed.D.; passed revisions to the retention, tenure and promotions policies; adopted revolutionary changes to the lower division composition policy; and the approval of a huge number of revisions to, or development of new, curricula.

· Invited Senators to attend the reception immediately following the meeting.

· Reminded Senators of the call for nominations for positions for Faculty marshals and members of the Board of Appeals and Review. For information, contact the Academic Senate office.

· Drew senators’ attention to the revised agenda previously distributed.

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Agenda for December 12, 2006

The agenda was approved by general consent.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for November 28, 2006

The minutes were approved by general consent.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report from Helen Goldsmith, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies: Facilitating Graduation Requirements Task Force

Chair Meredith introduced Associate Dean Goldsmith who provided a report on the Facilitating Graduation Task Force. For more information see: www.sfsu.edu/~senate

The task force has completed its work and looks forward to the University community further integrating task force recommendations into relevant activities. Chair Meredith thanked Associate Dean Goldsmith for her leadership along with thanking members of the task force for their service.

AGENDA ITEM #4—Report from Jim Kohn, Chair, All-University Enrollment Management Committee (AUEMC) and Jo Volkert, Associate Vice President, Enrollment Planning and Management

Chair Meredith introduced AUEMC Chair Kohn and AVP Volkert who provided a report on the campus enrollment management plan. AVP Volkert invited Senators to attend the session on enrollment management at the upcoming faculty/staff retreat.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Recommendation from the Academic Program Review Committee (APRC): Proposed Revisions to Academic Senate Policy #F05-236, Guidelines for the Sixth Cycle of Academic Program Review

Stowers, Steier m/s/p

APRC Chair Stowers introduced the item.

The proposal passed unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #6—Recommendation from the Academic Program Review Committee (APRC): Proposed Revisions to Academic Policy #S06-133, All-University Academic Program Review Committee

Stowers, Steier m/s/p

APRC Chair Stowers introduced the item.

The proposal passed unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #7—Discussion Item from the Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC): Access to Excellence

FAC Chair Kohn introduced a discussion item on the CSU strategic planning process and opportunities for campus input. He directed Senators’ attention to an attachment which highlights the FAC’s proposal and time line for responding to the CSU Board of Trustees’ request for campus input.

AGENDA ITEM #8—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee (CRAC): Proposed Revisions to the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Technical and Professional Writing

Levy, Fehrman m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced the item along with Professor Lu Rehling, Program Director, to speak to the proposal.

The proposal passed unanimously.

AGENDA ITEM #9 Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee (CRAC): Proposed Bachelor of Arts Degree in American Indian Studies

Levy, Ulasewicz m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced the item along with Dean Kenneth Monteiro, Associate Dean Laureen Chu, Assistant Professor Joanne Barker, Assistant Professor Melissa Nelson, Assistant Professor Robert Collins, and Assistant Professor Andrew Jolivette to speak to the proposal. Dr. Barker also introduced an undergraduate student who spoke in support of the proposal.

Senator Steier moved the proposal to second reading. The motion was seconded by Senator Fehrman. The proposal moved to second reading.

The proposal passed without opposition.

AGENDA ITEM #10—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee (CRAC): Proposed Minor Degree in Middle East and Islamic Studies

Levy, Fehrman m/s/p

CRAC Chair Levy introduced the item along with Dean Paul Sherwin, Professor Carel Bertram and Professor Lucia Volk to speak to the proposal.

Senator Chelberg moved the proposal to second reading. The motion was seconded by Senator Steier. The proposal was moved to second reading.

Senator Li moved to amend the proposal on page 6 by replacing the words “strongly encourage” with the word “require”. Additionally, to insert the phrase, “a foreign language spoken in a region with a Muslim population.” The motion was seconded by Senator Minami.

The amendment failed.

The proposal was approved with opposition.

AGENDA ITEM #11— ADJOURNED—4:00 p.m.