Approved 9-5-02
Wednesday
April 11, 2002
2:00 p.m.
MA 318
PRESENT
Bruce Christensen, Bill Clapp, Gary Dohrer, Mark Henderson,
Ron Holt, Diane Kawamura for Marie Kotter, Gene Sessions, Paul Thompson,
Jenny Turley, Kay Brown - Secretary
EXCUSED
Dave Eisler, Monika Serbinowska
GUESTS
Don Gardner
MINUTES
Bruce Christensen: Moved to approve the minutes
from the March 14, 2002 meeting.
Second: Gary Dohrer
Outcome: The minutes were approved.
EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEECOMMITTEES
Faculty Senate Standing Committee information was
distributed to Executive Committee members.
MOTION
Ron Holt: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the
Faculty Senate Standing Committee membership for 2002-2003.
Second: Jenny Turley
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
CONSTITUTION
Ballots accepting or rejecting the proposed revisions to
the Faculty Senate Constitution are coming to the Faculty Senate. Sandra
Powell, Frank Guliuzza, and Tamara Aird Chase will serve as election
tellers and count the ballots on Monday, April 15. The outcome will be
announced at the April 18 Faculty Senate meeting.
RSPG
The Research, Scholarship, & Professional Growth Committee
will not finalize funding proposals until May 6. It was suggested that
the RSPG report on proposals funded spring semester 2002 be included
with the minutes from the April Faculty Senate meeting. When the Faculty
Senate meets in September, they will approve the minutes from the April
Faculty Senate meeting and can also at that time approve the RSPG
funding of proposals.
BAT
Georgine Bills, Chair of the ad hoc Committee for the Bachelor of
Applied Technology, reporting:
"The BAT degree is designed for students who have received an Associate of Applied Technology degree from the Utah College of Applied Technology. Students who have successfully completed the AAT degree will be admitted as third-year students and will be able to complete the BAT degree with two years of full-time study. The BAT will provide students with advanced study in courses related to their technical discipline as well as supervisory, teamwork, and communication skills. Building upon the AAT, the BAT will provide for career enhancement, professional opportunities, and supervisory-level skill development. This degree is limited to those technical or applied
technology programs whose content matches or can be articulated into programs in the College of Applied Science and Technology and the Dumke College of Health Professions at Weber State University.""Students are required to complete 18-24 upper division credits from courses selected within the BAT Core and approved BAT support courses. BAT support courses include four general areas (Communications, Supervision, Team Building, and Electives). Students MUST complete the BAT core and at least one course in each of the general areas."
CGE
Jim Wilson, chair of the Curriculum & General Education
Committee, reporting:
The Bachelor of Applied Technology degree was passed by the Curriculum & General Education Committee by an 8 to 4 vote which cut off discussion. One piece of the objection to the proposal has now been rectified by having the proposal reviewed by the College of Applied Science and Technology Curriculum Committee and the Dumke College of Health Professions Curriculum Committee. The other concern of the Curriculum & General Education Committee centered around structured requirements for specific programs. Jim Wilson suggested that if the BAT proposal is passed, a department could then articulate a degree within their department. In that case the program would then come to the Curriculum & General Education Committee for approval.
MOTION
Gary Dohrer: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the
proposed BAT degree proposal.
Second: Bill Clapp
Outcome: The motion passed with 4 in favor 2 opposed and 1
abstention.
The Executive Committee discussed sending the BAT proposal to all college curriculum committees. There was a clear division of opinions on whether or not a proposal submitted by one college should undergo review by all college curriculum committees. It was pointed out, however, that this is not a program, it is a bachelor degree that may affect other departments and colleges. Course requirements from various departments and colleges are included in the proposal. Shouldn’t those departments and colleges be asked to look at the proposal and offer recommendations? Can a department outside the area of the degree prevent the program from being adopted, even those some of their courses are being incorporated in the degree? Another suggestion was made to have the college curriculum committees review the proposal and make recommendations to the Curriculum & General Education Committee.
RECOMMENDATION
Bruce Christensen: Moved that the Executive Committee
recommend to the Faculty Senate that the BAT proposal receive
approval from all college curriculum committees.
Second: Gary Dohrer
Outcome: The motion passed with 4 in favor and 3 opposed.
ASSA
Susan McKay, Chair of the Admissions, Standards, and Student
Affairs Committee, reporting.
"In response to those needs, a proposal was generated in the Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) and brought before the Student Welfare Sub-Committee of Athletic Board, an Administrative Standing Committee. The student proposal requested that some form of priority registration be instituted so that student-athletes could satisfy NCAA eligibility requirements, meet their scholarship commitments for their teams, and succeed in their academic programs. The proposal was researched and discussed over several months in Athletic Board and then brought forward to the ASSA committee, where it was closely examined and further refined. The resulting proposal has the strong support of the members of ASSA."
PPM 6-3: Registration POLICY:
A. The Weber State University registration schedule is based on cumulative credit hour totals.
B. Physically challenged students who demonstrate physical-access limitations will be allowed to register with seniors and graduate students.
C. Early College students will be allowed to register with seniors and graduate students with the following restrictions:
D. Veterans of the United States armed forces will be allowed to register with seniors and graduate students.
E. Continuing freshman, sophomore, and junior student athletes, defined as those participating in varsity NCAA athletics, will be allowed to register with seniors and graduate students.
MOTION
Jenny Turley: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
the above proposal for PPM 6-3 dealing with priority
registration for athletes.
Second: Bruce Christensen
Outcome: The motion passed with one member strongly
opposing early registration for athletes.
MOTION
Jenny Turley: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
the above proposal for PPM 6-3 dealing with priority
registration for athletes.
Second: Bruce Christensen
Outcome: The motion passed with one member strongly
opposing early registration for athletes.
MOTION
Jenny Turley: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
the above proposal for PPM 6-3 dealing with priority
registration for athletes.
Second: Bruce Christensen
Outcome: The motion passed with one member strongly
opposing early registration for athletes.
MOTION
Jenny Turley: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
the above proposal for PPM 6-3 dealing with priority
registration for athletes.
Second: Bruce Christensen
Outcome: The motion passed with one member strongly
opposing early registration for athletes.
GRADE
CHANGES
"The Registrar’s Office has an
increasing number of petitions from students for changes of grades such
as UW and W. Many of these requests are legitimate, with the grades
resulting from registration mix-ups, misunderstanding by beginning
students that they were not automatically dropped from classes which
they did not attend nor pay for, and other circumstances. The petition
policy in place is a good one and allows the Registrar’s Office and
its committees to deal equitably with those student requests."
PPM 4-19: Grading Policies and Academic Renewal
B. Reporting and Changing of Grades
Changing grades which have already been assigned and recorded is the sole responsibility and prerogative of the faculty member who taught the particular class and student. Grade changes submitted by others, such as department secretaries, dean’s secretaries or work study employees will not be accepted by the Registrar.
a. Grade change forms are to be signed by the faculty member and stamped and initialed by the departmental secretary or submitted electronically.
b. In the event that a faculty member is deceased, no longer employed at Weber State University or not available by a reasonable means, grade changes will be accepted only from the appropriate department chair.
c. The Registrar’s Office will send C copies of all
grade changes are sent to the faculty member who
initiated the change and to the department chair by the
Registrar’s Office.
Student petitions through the Registrar’s Office for changes to grades, such as UW to W or CL, must be submitted within three years of the affected term(s) or prior to a student’s graduation from the University, whichever comes first.
MOTION
Gary Dohrer: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
the above proposal for PPM 4-19 regarding grade change
requests by students.
Second: Bill Clapp
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
ONLINE COMMITTEE
Cheryl Hansen, Chair of the ad hoc Online Instruction and
Distance Learning, reporting. Mike Vaughan was also invited as he
chairs a committee through Ann Millner dealing with online education.
The committee has developed an evaluation form that they will pilot for all online classes this summer. If the pilot is successful this new instrument will be reviewed through the faculty governance process. The committee revised the mission statement for WSU Online. They are now in the process of how they will do course assessment.
One of the charges to the committee was to look at student enrollment and faculty compensation. The committee discussed that charge and decided it was outside their purview.
Mike Vaughn reporting - Ann Millner wanted to get a group together to look at using outside vendors to supply some or all of the support for WSU Online. The committee includes two people from WSU Online, two from the Information Technology area, Mike Vaughn, Nancy Emenger, and faculty members. An RFP will be prepared and sent out for bids during the summer so that vendors could make presentations in the Fall. Concern was expressed about two committees dealing with online instruction.
MOTION
Bill Clapp: Moved to invite Cheryl Hansen to report
to the Faculty Senate.
Second: Mark Henderson
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
APAFT
John Sohl, Chair of the Appointment, Promotion, Academic
Freedom and Tenure Committee, reporting.
HP TENURE DOCUMENT
The Dumke College of Health Professions has
submitted a revised tenure document. The document can be
viewed at: http://weber.edu/facultysenate/HPTenureDoc.htm
Concerns of the APAFT Committee included: On lines 10 and 11 of the document it states that "Each department has a written set of standards which is congruent with the college and University documents and provides specific departmental criteria and methods for measuring performance with respect to the criteria." Departmental standards should be linked to accreditation standards.
Lines 43 and 44 - "When candidates in the second year of progress toward tenure are either to be evaluated in that year for promotion or have requested an additional review, the director/chair may chose to use the above mentioned evaluation in place of the second year assessment of progress toward tenure." This is an issue of promotion to instructor specialist, or from instructor specialist to assistant professor. Current documents state that you cannot get promoted to associate professor without having tenure concurrently or previously.
Line 78 - Professional Ethics. It seemed that there were enough individual departmental ethics standards that addressing it this way in the tenure document was sufficient.
The faculty of the Dumke College of Health Professions unanimously passed this proposed tenure document.
MOTION
Diane Kawamura: Moved to forward to the Faculty
Senate the Dumke College of Health Professions tenure
document.
Second: Bill Clapp
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Don Gardner, Chief Information Officer, reporting:
The Commissioner of Higher Education commissioned a study by Arthur Anderson, reviewing administrative data processing. After reviewing the study the Commissioner last week issued some recommendations. Schools should go ahead and implement new administrative systems from SCT Banner (this system is used for HRS and FRS). The state negotiated a contract with them the opportunity to upgrade to Banner at no cost. We could choose to do something else, however, it would be totally on our own and we would have to fund that entirely. The University of Utah project with People Soft is 32 million plus.
Other contracts have also been negotiated with Oracle, Campus Pipeline, and Crystal Enterprise, and all that fits into a strategy for the state system schools.
At Weber State we have the Administrative Technology Advisory Council. Faculty representatives are Susan McKay and Alden Talbot. Tentative thinking of the steering committee is to begin replacing the financial accounting system this summer with the idea of having that live on July 1, 2003. The earliest human resources could be up and running would be January, 2004. The implementation of the student system to replace STAARS because of its complexities would not be fully implemented until 2005. Subcommittees will be set up, i.e. payroll processing and design, grade processing, course registration, etc.
Parallel systems will be operating during the changeover of systems.
HAS
Health Administrative Services course deletions for
Clinical Health Care Training Needs Analysis - HAS 3210, Managing
Quality Improvement Programs in Health Care - HIM 3320, and Directed
Readings - HAS 4830; program change for Health Administrative Services.
MOTION
Bill Clapp: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
from Health Administrative Services the course deletions for
Clinical Health Care Training Needs Analysis - HAS 3210,
Managing Quality Improvement Programs in Health Care - HIM
3320, and Directed Readings - HAS 4830; program change for Health
Administrative Services
Second: Diane Kawamura
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
RESPIRATORY THERAPY
Respiratory Therapy course change for
Instrumentation in Polysomography - ResThy 3810C.
A question was raised on the prerequisites listing the name as well as the number. Generally, only course prefixes and numbers are listed for the prerequisites. Also, no course number is listed for human anatomy and physiology. Should course numbers be listed? Students cannot be blocked from the course without a specific course number being listed. Kay Brown will double check with the department.
MOTION
Diane Kawamura: Moved to forward to the Faculty
Senate from Respiratory Therapy the course change for
Instrumentation in Polysomography - ResThy 3810C.
Second: Bill Clapp
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
IDT
Sales and Service Technology course change for
Internship for Interior Design - IDT 2860.
MOTION
Ron Holt: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
from Sales and Service Technology the course change for
Internship for Interior Design - IDT 2860.
Second: Bill Clapp
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
MET
Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology
course change for Mechanical Design with FEA - MET 4200; program
change for Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology.
MOTION
Bill Clapp: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
from Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology
the course change for Mechanical Design with FEA - MET 4200;
program change for Manufacturing & Mechanical
Engineering Technology.
Second: Diane Kawamura
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Computer Science course change for Introduction to
Multimedia and the Internet - CS 2350; new course for Microsoft
Windows Operating Systems - CS 2740; program change for Computer
Science.
MOTION
Ron Holt: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
from Computer Science the course change for
Introduction to Multimedia and the Internet - CS 2350; new
course for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems - CS 2740;
program change for Computer Science
Second: Gary Dohrer
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
MICROBIOLOGY
Microbiology course change for Virology - Micro
4553.
MOTION
Diane Kawamura: Moved to forward to the Faculty
Senate from Microbiology the course change for Virology -
Micro 4553.
Second: Jenny Turley
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
ENGLISH
English program proposal for English Major - Creative
Writing Emphasis.
MOTION
Gary Dohrer: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
from English the program proposal for English Major - Creative
Writing Emphasis.
Second: Bill Clapp
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Foreign Languages & Literature new course
proposal for Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language - Frlang 4500/6500.
MOTION
Ron Holt: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
from Foreign Languages & Literature the new course
proposal for Methods of Teaching a Foreign Language - Frlang
4500/6500.
Second: Bill Clapp
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
HPHP
Health Promotion & Human Performance program change
for the Recreation Minor.
MOTION
Jenny Turley: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
from Health Promotion & Human Performance the program
change for the Recreation Minor.
Second: Diane Kawamura
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
ATHLETIC TRAINER
Health Promotion & Human Performance new course
proposals for Level I Observation - AT 2861, Level I Clinical Experience
- AT 2862, Sports Injuries - 3530, Modalities of Athletic Injuries - AT
3571, Level II Clinical Experience - AT 3861, Level II Clinical
Experience - AS 3862, Evaluation and Care of Athletic Injuries: Lower
Extremities - AT 4300, Evaluation and Care of Athletic Injuries: Upper
Extremities - AT 4301, Basic Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries, AT
4320, Advanced Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries - AT, 4321, Advanced
Athletic Training - AT 4550, Athletic Training Management - AT 4600,
Level III Clinical Experience - AT 4861, Level III Clinical Experience -
AT 4862, Level IV Professional Experience - AT 4960, program change for
the Athletic Training major.
MOTION
Jenny Turley: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
from Health Promotion & Human Performance the new course
proposals for Level I Observation - AT 2861, Level I Clinical
Experience - AT 2862, Sports Injuries - 3530, Modalities of
Athletic Injuries - AT 3571, Level II Clinical Experience - AT
3861, Level II Clinical Experience - AS 3862, Evaluation and
Care of Athletic Injuries: Lower Extremities - AT 4300,
Evaluation and Care of Athletic Injuries: Upper Extremities -
AT 4301, Basic Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries, AT 4320,
Advanced Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries - AT, 4321,
Advanced Athletic Training - AT 4550, Athletic Training
Management - AT 4600, Level III Clinical Experience - AT 4861,
Level III Clinical Experience - AT 4862, Level IV Professional
Experience - AT 4960, program change for the Athletic Training
major.
Second: Diane Kawamura
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Criminal Justice course change for Scientific
Investigation Principles - CJ 1350; new course proposal for Criminal
Investigation - CJ -1340.
MOTION
Ron Holt: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate
from Criminal Justice the course change for Scientific
Investigation Principles - CJ 1350; new course proposal for
Criminal Investigation - CJ -1340.
Second: Bill Clapp
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
LIBRARY BUSINESS
Library new course proposal for Information
Resources in the Business Disciplines - Libsci TD 2704, and Business
Administration new course proposal for Information Resources in
the Business Disciplines - Busadm TD 2704.
MOTION
Bruce Christensen: Moved to forward to the Faculty
Senate from the Library the new course proposal for
Information Resources in the Business Disciplines - Libsci
TD 2704, and from Business Administration new course
proposal for Information Resources in the Business
Disciplines - Busadm TD 2704.
Second: Jenny Turley
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
MBA
MBA Program new course proposal for Directed Study - MBA
6800
MOTION
Bruce Christensen: Moved to forward to the Faculty
Senate from the MBA Program the new course proposal for
Directed Study - MBA 6800.
Second: Diane Kawamura
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m.