Draft 11-5-08
Thursday
October 30, 2008
2:00 p.m.
MA 211K
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
PRESENT
Laine Berghout, Shannon Butler,
Dave Ferro, Colleen Garside, Bruce Handley, Kami Hanson,
Wade Kotter, Peggy Saunders, Gene Sessions – Kay Brown,
Secretary
EXCUSED
Ann Millner, Mike Vaughan
GUESTS
Louise Moulding, Molly Smith
MINUTES
Gene
Sessions: Moved to approve the minutes
from the October 9, 2008 meeting.
Second: Peggy
Saunders
ASSA
Admission, Standards & Student
Affairs
Change to Residency Definition
4.4 Completion of Sixty (60) Credit Hours
4.5 Establishing Utah Domicile and Maintaining Continuous Utah Residency for Three (3) Years
The law now states that a student must live in Utah for 12 continuous months before they would be eligible to apply for instate tuition.
PPM 4-19 GRADING POLICIES
CE - Continuing Education: Students who enroll in a Continuing Education Unit through Continuing Education will receive a CE grade. It is not counted in the WSU GPA or Total Hours but can be listed on a transcript.
SC - Special Credit: The student has received credit through an examination, waiver, or substitution for which they are not eligible for a letter grade. These credits are counted toward the total number of credits required for graduation but are not used to calculate the cumulative grade point average.
F. REPEAT COURSES
1. Each WSU course (unless specifically
listed as repeatable for credit in the course description)
may be used only once in cumulative
total
hours and GPA.
2. A course taken at either WSU or another institution may be applied toward fulfilling any WSU degree requirement. Such courses may replace an equivalent WSU course in the total credits approved for graduation. All transfer courses must be approved by the appropriate department chairperson before they can be applied to specific requirements.
a. When a transfer course is accepted by the appropriate department chairperson and is to replace a WSU course to complete a requirement, the grade for said course will not be calculated into the student's cumulative GPA.
b. The student's WSU GPA may be changed through removing a previously awarded grade from the GPA calculation but will not include the transfer course grade in the calculation.
PPM 4-20 ACADEMIC RENEWAL
B. Policy
1. The applicant for academic renewal must be a currently enrolled undergraduate student or must have been enrolled during the previous term. Students who are not currently enrolled and who cannot obtain financial aid until their GPA is recalculated using Academic Renewal should begin the process with Academic Records and take written evidence of the initiation of this process to the Financial Aids Office.
2. Academic renewal may be requested only once during a student's academic career.
3. Courses completed prior to the awarding of a certificate, associate or bachelor degree do not qualify for academic renewal.
3. Once a certificate, associate, or bachelor degree is awarded by Weber State University or received as a transfer degree, any Weber State course(s) completed prior to the completion of that certificate or degree will not qualify for academic renewal. However, WSU courses completed after receiving a certificate or associate degree, but before completion of a bachelor degree, are eligible for renewal if they meet the requirements listed in 4-20.A, 4-20.B.1 and 4-20.B.2.
MOTION
Gene Sessions: Moved to
forward to the Faculty Senate the
changes to the Residency policy, and
changes to PPM 4-19 and 4-20 as stated
above.
Second: Colleen Garside
Outcome: The motion passes
unanimously.
CURRICULUM
Curriculum Committee – Erika Daines, Chair
CS
Computer Science - Program proposal for
Computer and Network Security; course proposal for Scripting Languages - CS 3030
MSN
Nursing Department - Program proposal for
Master of Science in Nursing; course proposals for Project Development and Implementation - MSN
6800, and Development and Implementation Extension - MSN
6850
B&E
Business Administration & Economics - Course
proposals for Business Foundations Assessment - BSAD 2899, and Economics Foundations and
Admission Assessment - Econ 2899
RADTH
Radiologic Sciences - Program proposal for
Radiation Therapy; course proposal for New Technology in Radiation Therapy - Rath 4448
TBE
Telecommunications & Business Education -
Institutional Certificate in Network Technologies
The proposals from Telecommunications & Business Education, and Business Administration & Economics were pulled from the packet.
MOTION
Colleen Garside: Moved to
approve the proposals from Computer
Science, Nursing Department,
Radiologic Sciences as stated above.
Second: Laine Berghout
Outcome: The motion passed
unanimously.
B&E
Business Administration & Economics - Course
proposals for Business Foundations Assessment - BSAD 2899, and Economics Foundations and
Admission Assessment - Econ 2899
The proposal is marked credit/no credit. The Curriculum Committee had concerns regarding a required course taken as credit/no credit. Those concerns have now been resolved.
MOTION
Gene Sessions: Moved to
forward to the Faculty Senate the course
proposals from Business Administration &
Economics for Business Foundations
Assessment - BSAD 2899, and Economics
Foundations and Admission Assessment -
Econ 2899.
Second: Wade Kotter
Outcome: The motion passed
unanimously.
TBE
Telecommunications & Business Education -
Institutional Certificate in Network Technologies.
A question was raised about approving the program for Spring 2009. The courses are currently being offered and students will be able to apply them to the certificate program if it is approved by the Faculty Senate. Currently there are no students in the certificate program.
MOTION
Wade Kotter: Moved to forward
to the Faculty Senate the proposed
changes from Telecommunication &
Business Education for the Institutional
Certificate in Network Technologies.
Second: Laine Berghout
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously
CATALOG/STUDENT CODE
Erika Daines asked for written clarification
on which catalog is valid, the printed catalog or the online
catalog. Mark Simpson is concerned about changes to required
courses and program changes occurring throughout the year
which makes the language incompatible in the printed catalog
and the online catalog. They are also charged to look at the
Student Code 6-22 and seek legal advise for wording of
notice to students of program changes.
PPM 6-22, III B, 7 b and d
b. "Inquire and be informed of course, program, major,
and institutional requirements, and expect that such
requirements will not be changed for students already
enrolled in a program without reasonable alternatives being
provided;"
d. "Expect that program changes will be well-planned, widely communicated, and will incorporate an orderly transition from the old to the new;"
MOTION
Gene Sessions: Moved to
forward as a charge to the Admissions,
Standards and Student Affairs to propose
clarifying language in the PPM for
online and printed catalog changes and
requirement.
Second: Laine Berghout
Outcome: The motion passed
unanimously.
Erika Daines will speak with Louise Moulding about the charge.
ATHLETICS
Faculty Representative to the Athletic Board –
Molly Smith
The NCAA requires each institution to have a faculty representative on their Athletic Board.
Graduation Success Rates
2005 - 93%
2006 - 89%
2007 - 78%
2008 - 78%
Academic Progress Rate
(NCAA APR benchmark 925. All program except football and basketball have met this )
2004-05 - 933
2005-06 - 925
2006-07 - 910
2007-08 - 948
APR Multi Year
Football - 880
Historical penalty for 3rd year: Lose 1 day
practice, limit awarding initial scholarships, limit
awarding renewal scholarships, limit total scholarship
number, no post season competition.
Men’s Basketball - 893
Warning 3rd occasion: Waiver for demonstrated
academic improvement.
MOTION
Gene Sessions: Moved to
forward to the Faculty Senate as an
information item the Faculty Athletics
Representative Report.
Second: Wade Kotter
Outcome: The motion passed
unanimously.
NCAA
Certification - We have not been notified about our
recertification.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m.