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ACADEMIC
SENATE MINUTES May 18, 2006 |
11:30
A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC
SENATE CHAMBERS
Members
Present: Alva, Bedell, Buck, Burgtorf, Dabirian, Drezner,
Fitch, Fromson, Gass, Gordon, Guerin, Hassan, Hewitt, Holland,
Absent: Emry, Fidalgo,
Hagan, Hall,
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Bedell called the
meeting to order at 11:34 a.m.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
None.
III.
ANNOUNCMENTS
Senator Nanjundappa reminded the Senators to
attend the CFA Fullerton Chapter Faculty Barbeque on Monday, May 22nd,
11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Fullerton Arboretum.
Senator Alva announced that copies of the position
description are available for the Director of Academic Advisement.
Senator Dabirian reported that the cybervoice
system that was used to remind students to pay registration fees is being
replaced. Currently, this service is being outsourced until the old system is
replaced.
IV.
TIME CERTAIN
Time Certain
11:45 a.m.
Subject: Recognition of Information Technology Staff
Members: David Sullivan, Kenara Ly, Svetlana Bobkova and Amir Dabirian, Chief
Information Technology Office
David Sullivan, Kenara
Ly, Svetlana Bobkova and Amir Dabirian were honored and thanked for their hard
work and dedication during the Academic Senate Elections and the administering
of the Survey on Academic Quality.
Time Certain
11:55 a.m.
Louise Adler, Department Chair,
Educational Leadership
Subject: Ed.D. Program Proposal
M/S/P [Burgtorf/Jones] to approve the Ed.D. program
proposal. (Approved unanimously) President Gordon
remarked that the proposal was well-received and publicly acknowledged the team
that worked on it. He received a compliment that the proposal was the one of
the best that had been submitted by any of the campuses.
Time Certain
12:10 p.m.
Subject: Continuing Discussion on UPS 210.000 Personnel
Policy and Procedures for Tenure-Track and Tenured Faculty
Senator Guerin suggested changing the word
“dominant” to “primary”.
M/S/F
[Burgtorf/Fitch] to reconsider the approved motion to change “sole” to
“dominant”. Motion failed.
·
Senator Drezner
(suggested amendment not friendly)
M/S/P
[Drezner/Pasternack] to change “dominant” to “more than 50%”: “However they shall not count for more than 50%
for weighing teaching effectiveness at any level of evaluation.” (Approved)
M/S/P
[Junn/Buck] to reaffirm reconsideration of changing “dominant” to “primary”.
Senator
Taylor withdrew motion to delete lines 22-23 and offered the following
amendment to lines 22-23. (M/S
[Taylor/Gass]): “In cases where
there has been a lengthy period since promotion to Associate Professor, faculty
shall have the option of using either (1) the most recent five years or (2) the
entire period since promotion to Associate Professor to define sustained
vitality.”
·
Senator Pasternack
(friendly amendment)
(Page 11, line 23): Insert “normally” after
“shall”
·
Senator
Taylor (amendment from Senator Kelly – friendly amendment):
(Page 11, line 23): After “Associate Professor,”
add “In cases where there has been a lengthy period since promotion to
Associate Professor, the most recent five years of evidence shall be emphasized
in evaluating sustained vitality, but shall not exclude consideration of total
productivity over entire Associate period.”
o
Senator
Shapiro (suggested amendment not friendly)
M/S/P
[Shapiro/Michalopoulos] to delete “sustained vitality” and replace with “a
record of continuing performance” (line 17). Division of the house/hand vote
resulted in 17-13 vote in favor of motion. Motion passed.
·
M/S/F [Nanjundappa/Michalopoulos] to substitute
“the following weights” with “a total weight of 100% in the evaluation
process.” (page 11, line 51) Motion
failed.
o
Senator Pasternack called the question. There was
objection to ending debate.
o
M/S/P [Pasternack/Drezner] to end debate on this
proposed substitution.
·
Senator
Shapiro (friendly amendment)
(Page 11, line 50): Change “response” to “ratings”
·
Senator
Shapiro (suggested amendment not friendly)
(Page 11, line 16): Add “regular” after “decision
to grant”
·
Senator Fitch
(suggested amendment not friendly)
(Page 11, line 50): After “methods” insert
“syllabi, exams, and other course materials”
o
Senator
Shapiro (suggested amendment not friendly)
(Page 11, line 50) say “course materials” instead
M/S/F
[Fitch/Drezner] to insert “syllabi, exams, and other course materials”. Motion
failed.
o
Senator
Shapiro (friendly amendment)
(Page 11, line 50) use “the development of course
materials”
M/S/P
[Pasternack/Drezner] to table discussion on UPS 210.000 until the disposition
of the other documents before the Senate is taken up.
V.
CHAIR’S REPORT
Chair Bedell welcomed the return of a campus
tradition. A new carillon system has been installed and the chimes can be heard
every hour.
Chair Bedell asked
President Gordon to comment on Harvard’s COACHE (Collaborative On Academic
Careers in Higher Education) survey on faculty recruitment and satisfaction.
The body was reminded about attending
the end of the year party at the Bedells’ home on May 18th.
Senator Buck and Senator Pasternack will report on
data collected from the Statements of Opinion next week.
VI.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
No report.
VII.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
Items 7.2 was pulled from the consent calendar and moved to
New Business.
M/S/P [Pasternack/Guerin] to approve the consent calendar
(Items 7.1 ASD 06-95 Revised UPS 411.101
Policy on Courses: Numbering, Standard Codes, and Controlled Entry, and 7.3 ASD
06-99 Spring 2006 New Course Proposals: Graduate) (Approved unanimously)
(ASD 06-99 Spring New Course Proposals: Graduate)
GRADUATE
NEW COURSE
PROPOSALS
400 AND
500 LEVEL
SPRING 2006
Revised: May 16, 2006
CPSC 463 Software Testing (3)
Prerequisite:
Computer Science 362. This course
explores software testing techniques, reporting problems effectively, and
planning testing projects. Students will
apply those concepts to a sample application that is either commercially
available or under development.
CPSC 464 Software Architecture (3)
Prerequisite:
Computer Science 362. Basic
principles and practices of software design and architecture. High-level design, software architecture,
documenting software architecture, software architecture evaluation, software
product lines, and some considerations beyond software architecture are
studied.
CPSC 466 Software Process (3)
Prerequisite:
Computer Science 362. This course
provides practical guidance for improving the software development and
maintenance process. Students will learn
how to establish, maintain, and improve software processes. They will also be exposed to some common
process models, such as CMM, CMMI, PSP, and TSP.
CPSC 474 Distributed Computing Using Web Service
and .NET Remoting (3)
Prerequisite:
Computer Science 473. This course
introduces the concepts of distributed computing and Web services, the
applications of XML and Web services, distributed applications development
techniques with Web services and .NET Remoting.
CPSC 476 Java
Prerequisites:
Computer Science 223J and Computer Science 351. This course introduces concepts and
architecture of the J2EE platform, component technologies, platform roles, platform
services, services technologies, communication technologies, Enterprise Java
Beans (EJBs), and Java enterprise application development using Web logic or
Web sphere.
CPSC 486 Introduction to Game Programming (3)
Prerequisite:
Computer Science 386; Corequisite:
Computer Science 484. Principles
of game programming (2D game development techniques) and multimedia
entertainment techniques (sound, animation, etc.).
CPSC 487 Intermediate Game Programming (3)
Prerequisite: Computer Science 486. Building on the techniques learned from the
previous game development course (2D game development, sound, animation),
students will learn more advanced game programming techniques (3D game
development, real-time rendering, physics simulation).
CPSC 489 Game Development Project (3)
Prerequisite:
Computer Science 487; Corequisite:
Computer Science 481. This course
will give students opportunities to develop realistic games based on the
theories and techniques they learned from the previous classes. Students work independently (or by
teams). Students present and demonstrate
their work.
EGCE 583 Air Pollution Control Engineering (3)
Prerequisite: EGCE
441 or equivalent. Fundamental topics
with regard to the formation and control of air pollutants are studied. This
course intends to provide a strong foundation for design and development of
engineering solutions, devices, and systems for industrial air pollution
prevention and control.
HESC 535 Program
Planning and Evaluation (3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing. This course will provide students with
comprehensive theories and methods for planning and evaluating health promotion
programs. Techniques for collecting and
analyzing quantitative and qualitative data will be discussed. Students will learn skills for measuring
effectiveness of health promotion programs.
NURS 596A/B Comprehensive
Examination (1/1)
Prerequisite: Nursing 505B; Corequisite: Nursing 595A/B. Student works with faculty chair through
independent study covering low- to high-risk assessment and management of
patients. Outcome is a comprehensive examination and simulated patient
evaluation and management demonstrating student’s application of knowledge and
skills required of new practitioners.
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
ANTH
410 Anthropology of Organizations
(3) (3)
Prerequisite:
Anthropology 102. Cross cultural
examination of the diverse ways humans organize themselves in groups. Topics include voluntary and non-voluntary
associations, gender- and age-based organizations, religious groups,
environmental groups, health care organizations, and business organizations.
HIST
453B History of
Prerequisite:
History 110A or 110B or equivalent.
This course highlights pivotal moments in modern Mexican history,
including post-colonial nation-building, Mexican-American War, Mexican
Revolution of 1910, Chiapas Rebellion of the mid-1990s, and 2000 elections.
GEOL 408 Volcanology (3)
Prerequisite:
Geological Sciences 101, Geological Sciences 303A. Study of volcanic eruption deposit types,
styles, and hazards. Weekend field trips
(required) will explore modern and ancient volcanic environments. Multiple-day field trip over Spring Break
(optional).
VIII.
NEW BUSINESS
Due to lack of time,
items 8.1 – 8.7 were not discussed and will be moved to the agenda for the next
meeting.
IX.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 1:02 p.m.