Bachelor of Integrated Studies - Program Change
    Course Change - BIS Capstone BIS 3800

Education - Program Change - Teacher Education
    New Course - Reading Instruction in the Primary Grades - Educ 3120; Course Changes - Instructional Technology - Educ 3110, Reading Instruction in the Intermediate
    Grades - Educ 3240, Advanced Instructional Technology - Educ 3370, Integrated Elementary Education Student Teaching Seminar - Educ 4850

Health Professions - Course Proposals for Study Abroad 4850 from the following departments, CLS, DENT, HAS, HTHS, NRSG, PAR, RADT, REST

Geoscience - Earthquakes and Volcanoes - GEO PS/SI 1030, Environmental Sciences - GEO PS 1060, Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology - PS/SI 1100, Introduction to
    Meteorology GEO PS/SI 1130, Principles of Earth Science - GEO PS/SI 1350

Physics - Elementary Physics - PHYS PS/SI 1010, Elementary Astronomy - PHYS PS/SI 1040, Principles of Physical Science - PHYS/CHEM PS/SI 1360, College
     Physics I - PHYS PS/SI 2010, Physics for Scientists and Engineers I - PHYS PS/SI 2210

Chemistry - Introductory Chemistry - CHEM PS 1010, Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry - CHEM PS/SI 1050, Elementary Chemistry I - CHEM PS/SI
     1110, Principles of Chemistry I - CHEM PS/SI 1210

Geography - Natural Environments of the Earth - GEOG PS/SI 1000

3. Faculty Senate Committee Reports
    Gen Ed - Rick Ford and Laine Berghout
    ARCC - Ed Hahn
    ASSA - Peggy Saunders
    APAFT - Sue Harley
    CRAO - Doris Geide-Stevenson
    Curriculum - Laine Berghout
    Environmental Issues - David Ferro
    Honorary Degree - Kathleen Sitzman
    RSPG - Azenett Garza
    SBBFP - David Ferro
    TLA - Colleen Garside

4. University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee Chair Recommendation

5. Other Items

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MINUTES - DRAFT

PRESENT
Laine Berghout, David Ferro, Colleen Garside, Doris Geide-Stevenson, Ed Hahn, Sue Harley, Ann Millner, Peggy Saunders, Kathleen Sitzman – Kay Brown, Secretary

EXCUSED
Azenett Garza, Mike Vaughan

GUESTS
Erika Daines, Rick Ford

MINUTES
Peggy Saunders: Moved to approve the minutes from the October 1, 2009 meeting.
Second: Kathleen Sitzman
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

CURRICULUM
Curriculum Committee – Erika Daines reporting

Bachelor of Integrated Studies - Program Change; Course Change - BIS Capstone BIS 3800

There were two descending votes by the Curriculum Committee on the BIS Capstone course. Concerns were that the students were getting a number of credit hours for doing their capstone project and that there should not be more than one credit hour for the capstone. The BIS Director indicated that integrated studies requires much more than just writing a straightforward proposal in one discipline. The Interdisciplinary nature of BIS requires extra preparation and extra theory that needs to be covered.

The BIS Capstone includes resume building. Each department on campus tries to include an aspect of that into their major. This course is the best place for the BIS degree to include that aspect.

A new prefix for BIS has been approved. The courses will now be listed under BIS rather than Education.

Education - Program Change - Teacher Education; New Course - Reading Instruction in the Primary Grades - Educ 3120; Course Changes - Instructional Technology - Educ 3110, Reading Instruction in the Intermediate Grades - Educ 3240, Advanced Instructional Technology - Educ 3370, Integrated Elementary Education Student Teaching Seminar - Educ 4850

These proposals are basically house cleaning.

Health Professions - Course Proposals for Study Abroad 4850 from the following departments, CLS, DENT, HAS, HTHS, NRSG, PAR, RADT, REST

The Curriculum Committee discussed having a designated number for study abroad courses. A handful of departments use 4850 for study abroad, however, the number is also used for 50 courses other than study abroad.

MOTION
Sue Harley: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the above listed curriculum.
Second: Laine Berghout
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

GEN ED RENEWAL
General Education Physical Science Course Renewal

Geoscience - Earthquakes and Volcanoes - GEO PS/SI 1030, Environmental Sciences - GEOPS 1060, Dynamic Earth: Physical Geology - PS/SI 1100, Introduction to Meteorology GEO PS/SI 1130, Principles of Earth Science - GEO PS/SI 1350

Physics - Elementary Physics - PHYS PS/SI 1010, Elementary Astronomy - PHYS PS/SI 1040, Principles of Physical Science - PHYS/CHEM PS/SI 1360, College Physics I - PHYS PS/SI 2010, Physics for Scientists and Engineers I - PHYS PS/SI 2210

Chemistry - Introductory Chemistry - CHEM PS 1010, Introduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry - CHEM PS/SI 1050, Elementary Chemistry I - CHEM PS/SI 1110, Principles of Chemistry I - CHEM PS/SI 1210

Geography - Natural Environments of the Earth - GEOG PS/SI 1000
These course also included how the course would be assessed.

MOTION
Peggy Saunders: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the above listed physical science courses for renewal of their gen ed designation.
Second: Sue Harley
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

Some clarifications were made to the gen ed forms and notification to department who will be submitting life science gen ed renewal courses in October was sent with a link to sample proposals.

Life science courses will be reviewed by the Curriculum Committee October 21. Humanities and Creative Arts will be reviewed during the fall of 2010.

GEN ED
General Education Improvement and assessment Committee – Rick Ford reporting

Charge 1 - Develop and implement a plan for formalized collection and reporting of assessment data and systematic improvement of all general education, diversity (DV), and scientific inquiry (SI) courses. (An outline of the plan including milestones should be submitted for Executive Committee review by the end of September, 2009 with monthly review of progress thereafter.)

They envision having formal subcommittees for each breadth area and for the individual core areas. The hands on assessment will be planned and carried out by the subcommittees. They want to decentralize the process as much as possible and let faculty who are experts in that area be the ones involved in that assessment.

Charge 2 - In consultation with the Provost’s office, review the organization of Gen Ed at WSU and develop an improved organizational plan than will allow for effective oversight and development of Gen Ed. The plan should address issues of consistent leadership and incorporate representative subcommittees for breadth and core Gen Ed areas. (An outline of the plan including milestones should be submitted for Executive Committee review by the end of September, 2009 with monthly review of progress thereafter.)

The Gen Ed Committee members feel very strongly that there needs to be a Faculty Director of General Education. They view this position as a half-time position similar to the Director of the TLA. "The Faculty Director of General Education represents the faculty, under the auspices of Faculty Senate, in the oversight and implementation of educational initiatives and programs related to WSU’s General Education Program, Diversity (DV) requirement, and Scientific Inquiry (SI) requirement – in consultation with relevant standing committees of the Facutly Senate and the Associate Provost (Dean of Undergraduate Studies). The Faculty Director serves as an advocate for students, General Education faculty, and the overall vitality of the General Education program."

The complete draft proposal is available in the Faculty Senate Office.

Gen Ed Committee Concerns

• Financial Resources
• At lot of responsibility and no power to enforce.
• Currently the gen ed transfer piece is often being addressed by the Registrar’s Office.

The Gen Ed Committee will now work on the mission statements and learning outcomes for the core with the exception of the computer and information literacy requirement.

President Millner asked if we can show Northwest we are making progress on gen ed assessment. The plan is being developed for the assessment. The Associate Provost has been gathering some assessment data and we have been carefully examining what we want to accomplish with our gen ed courses.

ARCC
Academic Resources and Computing Committee – Ed Hahn, Liaison

They met and looked at some of the proposals that were left over from last year. The fully funded one from COAST and they half funded one from Performing Arts. Two other proposals were not funded.

ASSA
Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs Committee – Peggy Saunders, Liaison

ASSA has met once. The charges have been divided and given to subcommittees. The subcommittees will report back in November.

APAFT
Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure – Sue Harley, Liaison

The committee has met twice.

Charge 1 - Determine the status of proposed changes to the intellectual property sections of the PPM that are currently under review by the University Counsel. If appropriate, make recommendations for policy changes in response to the results of that review. Open deadline because the committee is working with an entity outside of the committee itself.

They have checked with University Council regarding the intellectual property policy. Curt Roberts has been given the assignment of drafting the policy.

Charge 2 - Review language in Section 8 of the PPM regarding consistency of language and policy. Particular attention should be paid to the language used for Instructors, Instructor Specialists, and Visiting Professors. December 2009 deadline for completion.

Section 8 of the PPM was worked on last year and it went to the Faculty Senate. The policy was sent back to the committee. The APAFT Committee read again and reviewed the policy. Six main changes were recommended last year. Four of them will stand. They are waiting for feedback from administrators on the other two proposed changes, rank and title and rolling contracts. The deans discussed these items at the last Dean’s Council. There is not the same level of concern as there was last Spring.

Arts & Humanities is discussing eliminating some languages in their program, French and Japaneese. The Dean is fully cognizant of what is necessary to eliminate a program and she will work within the policies.

Tenure documents will be coming from the Library and Health Professions. A tenure document is also circulating in the College of Business & Economics.

CRAO
Constitutional Review, Apportionment & Organization Committee – Doris Geide-Stevenson, Liaison

They have scheduled their first meeting for October 20. PPM 1-13 has a definition of faculty. They need to work with the APAFT Committee who will be making some changes to this policy so that all changes from APAFT and CRAO could be made to the policy at the same time.

Procedures for making amendments to the constitution are outlined in PPM 1-13 Article C-III Amendments.

Amendments shall be proposed to the general faculty by a majority of the total voting membership of the Faculty Senate. The Senate shall not take its final action on an amendment during the first meeting at which it is introduced. This Constitution of the Weber State University Faculty Senate may be amended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the general faculty as determined by mail ballot, conducted by the secretary of the Senate and by three tellers appointed by the chair of the Senate. A ballot shall be valid only if returned in two envelopes provided by the secretary, with the outer envelope signed, and if received by the secretary of the Faculty Senate within 15 (fifteen) days after the date on which ballots were mailed to the general faculty. A faculty member who wishes to abstain from voting shall submit a blank ballot in envelopes sealed and signed in the prescribed manner. At the end of ten (10) days, the secretary shall send a second ballot, plainly marked, to all members of the faculty who have not yet submitted ballots. At the end of the 15- (fifteen-) day period, the ballots shall be counted and the results announced.

CURRICULUM
Curriculum Committee – Liane Berghout, Liaison

A subcommittee was formed to look at changes to the BA/BS degree requirements. They will present their recommendations to the Curriculum Committee October 14.

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Environmental Issues Committee – David Ferro, Liaison

They had their first meeting and created subcommittees to look at several different areas. David will meet with Kevin Hansen, Associate Vice President/Facilities and Campus Planning, tomorrow to discuss a water proposal by Ogden City.

HONORARY DEGREE 
Honorary Degree – Kathleen Sitzman, Liaison

The committee has not met yet.

RSPG
Research, Scholarship & Professional Growth Committee – Azenett Garza, Liaison

They started their first review last week for the fall awards.

SBBFP
Salary, Benefits, Budgets & Fiscal Planning Committee – David Ferro, Liaison

The committee met once and set up two subcommittees. Cliff Nowell and David Ferro will be writing a white paper on the online class survey results. David Ferro and Laine Berghout met with the Provost and discussed the policy (PPM 3-51 Evening School and Off-Campus Pay Rate) that was suspended.

TLA
Teaching, Learning & Assessment Committee – Colleen Garside, Liaison

The committee has met two time. Two workshop were held with 150 in attendance at each workshop. The workshop last month was "Who are Your Students." To follow up to that workshop will be, "Who are You as a Faculty Member?" The Faculty Forum will be held October 29 with 16 presentations. Craig Oberg has been selected as the Last Lecturer.

Several faculty have mentioned that they would have liked to attend the workshop, "Who are Your Students," but because of scheduling conflicts were not able to attend. They would like to have the TLA consider offering the workshop again on a different day and at a different time.

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE
University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee. The Executive Committee discussed their recommendation to the Faculty Senate for the chair of this committee.

SALARY NEGOTIATION TEAM
The Executive Committee discussed the third member of the Salary Negotiation Team. This item was sent back to the Salary, Benefits, Budget & Fiscal Planning Committee for further discussion.

CATTRACKS
The BIS Department and the departments in the Dumke College of Health Professions are experiencing serious problems in CatTracks. Is the University willing to hold back on the time line and address some of the problems departments are experiencing? The Department Chairs will be meeting tomorrow and this item will be presented at that meeting.

ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.