Faculty Senate

AGENDA
November 6, 2008

 

1.     Roll Call

2.     Approve the minutes from the October 16, 2008 meeting

3.     Faculty Athletic Representative Report – Molly Smith

4.    Admissions, Standards & Student Affairs – Louise Moulding, Chair

5. Curriculum – Erika Daines, Chair

Computer Science - Program proposal for Computer and Network Security; course proposal for Scripting Languages - CS 3030

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

Business Administration & Economics - Course proposals for Business Foundations Assessment - BSAD 2899, and Economics Foundations and Admission Assessment - ECON 2899

Radiologic Sciences - Program proposal for Radiation Therapy; course proposal for New Technology in Radiation Therapy - RATH 4448

Telecommunications & Business Education - Institutional Certificate in Network Technologies

6.     Other Items

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MINUTES
November 6, 2008

MEMBERS - Listed Alphabetically

Mark Baugh
Laine Berghout
Shannon Butler
Matt Choberka
Hal Crimmel
Ken Cuddeback - Al Talbot representing
Dick Dahlkemper - Lloyd Burton representing
Larry Dooley
Eric Ewert
Dave Ferro
Lewis Gale - Excused
Janelle Gardner
Colleen Garside
Azenett, Garza
Doris Geide-Stevenson
Afshin Ghoreishi
Richard Greene - Robert Fudge representing
Jeff Grunow
Bruce Handley
Rod Hansen
Kami Hanson - Absent
Laird Hartman
Michael Hernandez
Valerie Herzog
Warren Hill - Admin.
Joan Hubbard
Michelle Johnson - Student
John Kelly
Wade Kotter
Tyler Latham - Student

 

 Becky Jo McShane - Cheryl Hansen representing
President Millner - Admin. - Excused
Madonne Miner
Dale Ostlie - Admin.
Ryan Pace
Thom Priest
Jack Rasmussen - Admin.
Rob Reynolds
Richard Sadler - Admin. - Excused
Peggy Saunders
Paul Schvaneveldt - Randy Chatelain representing
Dan Schwab -Student
Cori Segovia-Tadehara
Gene Sessions
Yas Simonian
Kathleen Sitzman
Rick Sline
John Sohl
Ryan Thomas - Excused
Victoria Thompson - Student
Michael Vaughan - Admin.
Barbara Wachocki
Jeff Ward
Jim Wilson
Jan Winniford - Absent
Bill Zundell

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Kay Brown, Secretary

 

1.     ROLL

2.     APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

Motion: Moved to approve the minutes from the October 16, 2008 meeting.
Made: Warren Hill
Second: Jack Rasmussen
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

3. FACULTY ATHLETIC REPRESENTATIVE REPORT – Molly Smith reporting

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.

If Weber State goes into a fourth year penalty, the entire athletics program, every student athlete, will be restricted from post season play.

4.     ADMISSIONS, STANDARDS & STUDENT AFFAIRS – Louise Moulding, Chair

Change to Residency Definition

The law states that students must now 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 by the Admissions, Standards & Student Affairs Committee to approve the changes to the Residency policy, and changes to PPM 4-19 and 4-20 as stated above.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

5. CURRICULUM COMMITTEE – Erika Daines, Chair

Computer Science - Program proposal for Computer and Network Security; course proposal for Scripting Languages - CS 3030

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

Business Administration & Economics - Course proposals for Business Foundations Assessment - BSAD 2899, and Economics Foundations and Admission Assessment - Econ 2899

Radiologic Sciences - Program proposal for Radiation Therapy; course proposal for New Technology in Radiation Therapy - Rath 4448

Telecommunications & Business Education - Institutional Certificate in Network Technologies

The course proposals from Business Administration & Economics were pulled from the packet.

Motion by the Curriculum Committee to approve the curriculum proposals from Computer Science, Nursing, Radiologic Science, and Telecommunications & Business Education as stated above.
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Business Administration & Economics - Course proposals for Business Foundations Assessment - BSAD 2899, and Economics Foundations and Admission Assessment - Econ 2899

A correction was made to the cover for the Business Foundations Assessment - BSAD 2899 and Economics Foundations and Admission Assessment - Econ 2899. The proposals passed with 3 opposed. The discussion in the Curriculum Committee centered around students taking a required course as credit/no credit. According to the PPM, a required course does not normally fill those requirements. The PPM allows exceptions. The Registrar indicated that taking these courses credit/no credit would not be a problem.

Motion by the Curriculum Committee to approve the curriculum proposals from Business Administration & Economics as stated above.
Outcome: The motion passed with 1 abstention. 

6. OTHER ITEMS

Adam Johnston has been selected aa Chair of the Teaching, Learning & Assessment Committee/Teaching & Learning Forum Coordinator for 2009-2010.

ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 3:40 p.m.