FACULTY SENATE AGENDA  .pdf file of Agenda

Smith Lecture Hall, WB206-207, 3 pm
Thursday, 8 Decemb
er 2017
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1.   ROLL CALL

2.    Review the minutes from 10 November 2017 meeting.

Information Items

 

3.   Update on Weber State University Activities – Chuck Wight, President

4.   Update on the Library Remodel – Madonne Miner, Provost     Third Floor Shelving     Library Floorplans    Plans & Renderings   Program Improvements

5.   Comparable policies with other institutions concerning textbooks – Stephanie Hollist, Legal Counsel 
Overview Chart         Utah Institutions       Peer Institutions       Public Institutions       Consideration Revising Faculty Textbook Policy

6.   Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee - Laine Berghout, Chair
     
Report on Charge 7 – Examine and report on adjunct pay policies across the University.   Chart       Chronicle Data Utah Colleges

Action Items

 

7.   WSU Graduate Council  – Valerie Herzog, Chair Graduate Council Chair
     
Review on update to PPM – 11 Graduate Programs
     Policy Revision       Minimum TOEFL Score proposed addition

8.   University Curriculum Committee – John Cavitt, Chair 

See  8 December 16  Faculty Senate Agenda in Curriculog for Curriculum to be reviewed.  If you need instructions on how to access Curriculog or the Agenda, please contact Brenda, 6233 

ARTS & HUMANITIES

Visual Arts – Molly Morin/Matt Choberka
PROGRAM CHANGE PROPOSALS
ART(BA)
ART(BFA)
Art Education Composite (BA)
Art Education Minor
Art Minor
Art, Pre-Major (AA)

COURSE REVISION PROPOSALS
ART     1120 Design Concepts
ART     1130 Approaches to Surface, Shape & Form

NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
ART     1135 Approaches to Materials, Space & Time

COURSE DELETION
ART     1140 Color Theory

Visual Arts -   Matt Choberka
PROGRAM CHANGE PROPOSAL
Design for Digital Media Minor

Pulled for further review.
ENGLISH  
English - Hal Crimmel
General Education Course in Humanities (HU)
2750
Topics & Ideas in Humanities

New Course Proposal
ENGL     2750 Topics & Ideas in Humanities

Master of Arts in English  Mali Subbiah
MENG    5210 Practicum in Teaching English
MENG    5570 American Literature I
MENG    5580 American Literature II
MENG    5670 British I
MENG    5680 British II
MENG    6280 TESOL Practicum
MENG    6861 Practicum in Secondary English Education

ENGINEERING, APPLIED SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Automotive Technology – Scott Hadzik
COURSE REVISION PROPOSAL

AUSV     1325 Electrical Fundamentals 3

PROGRAM CHANGE PROPOSAL
Automotive Service Technology (AAS)

Engineering – Fon Brown
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
ECE        6900 Special Topics

HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Health Administration Services – Macey Jon Buker
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL
HAS        3010 Professionalism in Healthcare

COURSE REVISION PROPOSAL
HAS        4320 "Health Care Economics & Policy 

PROGRAM CHANGE PROPOSALS
Health Administration Services (BS)
Long Term Care Admin, Emphasis, Health Admin Services (BS)

Nursing – Sally Cantwell
PROGRAM CHANGE PROPOSALS
Nursing (AS)
Nursing, PN to RN (AS) (RN Completion)
Nursing, PN to Rn (AAS)

NEW COURSE PROPOSALS
NRSG     2251 Foundations of Nursing Laboratory
NRSG     2351 Patient Centered Nursing Care Laboratory
NRSG     2551 Patient Centered Nursing Care Laboratory
NRSG     4392 Principles of Care Management

COURSE REVISION PROPOSALS
NRSG     2250 Nursing Foundations Clinical
NRSG     2350 Patient Centered Nursing Care Clinical 1
NRSG     2550 Patient Centered Nursing Care Clinical 3

SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Political Science and Philosophy – Richard Price
PROGRAM CHANGE PROPOSALS              
Political Science Additional Upper Division Major Course Requirements for BA (18 Credits)
Political Science Additional Upper Division Major Course Requirements for BS
Political Science Major BA
Political Science Major BS

Political Science Minor/Teaching Minor/BIS 
NEW COURSE PROPOSALS
POLS      2700 Intro to Public Administration
POLS      3780 Lobbying: Theory & Practice

COURSE DELETION
POLS      4700 Politics of Administration

Pulled for further review.
EDUCATION
Health Promotion and Human Performance – Cass Morgan
OUTDOOR COMMUNITY RECREATION EDUCATION (OCRE)               
NEW COURSE PROPOSALS
OCRE      3400 Outdoor Equipment Production & Sales
OCRE     3450 Adventure Travel and Sustainable Tourism
OCRE     3520 Risk Management & Legal Issues in Recreation Services
OCRE     4000 Recreation programming for Youth Development
OCRE     4500 Grant & Proposal Writing for Recreation

>>End of Proposals<<

9.   Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs – Mark Denniston, Chair or Kathy Newton, Liaison
     
Charges 1, 3, 4, and 6 are ready to be reviewed.
 

Charge 1-Finalize a proposed addendum to PPM 6-22 regarding military students and faculty responsibilities for excused military absences.   Amendment

Charge 3-Review a proposed addendum to PPM 4-1,III regarding requirements for institutional certificates.  Amendment

Charge 4-Consider revising PPM 4-21a to be congruent with the new USHE agreement that requires institutions to grant 18 hours of credit to officers that complete Police Officer Standardized Training (POST).   Amendment

Charge 6-Review a proposed amendment to PPM 4-9a,II (B) to recommend faculty include provisions in their syllabi for the continuation of a face-to-face or hybrid course, in the case of an emergency, that prevents classes from being held on site.    Amendment

10. Approval on the structure of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Wider Persist – Marek Matyjasik, Vice Chair

Committee Members:  Executive Committee Members, Marek Matyjasik & Kathy Newton; Teaching,  Learning, & Assessment Committee Chair, Colleen Packer; Chair’s Council Representative, Sue Harley; and the Center for Community Engaged Learning, Melissa Yack-Hall.

11. Other Items

Salary Committee member replaced Alicia Giralt with Shelly Thomas (Three-Year Term)

Next Meeting:    Faculty Senate, 19 JANUARY 2017 at 3:00 pm, WB206-207