Present:

Present: C. Burns, J. Murphy, K.S.Young, B. Holtman, F. Blanco, P. Savoye, J. Benjamin, F. Craig, L. Rashidi, S. Holderby, M. Lane, R. Cooper, E. O’Dell for B. Manavizadeh, M. Bellows for R. Stender, A. Gaskievicz, L. Cass, M. Jones, T. Elsasser, M. Zelkowitz, J. Kirby for J. Kagle, M. Gaballa, B. Ganong, J. Tan, A. Longoria, W. Thornsley, N. Werner-Burke, T. Murphy, W. Keeth, K.Thorne, M. Materese, K. Guenther for J. Bosworth, A. Johnson, D. Dietz, M. Daniel-Schmid for D. Crowder, I. Newman, A. Ambrioso, P. Keller for S. Brown, J. Mansfield, A. Chavira-Prado, M. Moore.

I.

C. Burns called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. Minutes of Nov. 4, 2004 were approved unanimously with corrections.

APPROVED

II.

Treasurer's Report (B. Holtman)

The current account balance is $1165. B. Holtman reminded people that the money is used for book scholarship awards.

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APPROVED

III.

Announcements

None.

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IV.

Committee Reports

A.

Academic Affairs (F. Blanco)

Motion # 1
AAC moves to approve the New Course request for COM 2205 Interpreting Communication Research
This course offers students basic information regarding research in the communication field. It replaces COM 2200 – Oral Interpretation as part of the core requirements for the Communication BS degree. “I” designation has not yet been approved by the WIG committee.
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 2
AAC moves to approve the Program Change: Communication BS
List all changes:
Delete COM 2200 from core program
Delete COM 4440 from core program
Add COM 2205 to core (new course in Communication Research – Replaces COM 2200)
Add COM 3336 to core (replaces COM 4440)
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 3
AAC moves to approve the New Course request for BI 3290 Research Methods
Purpose and Nature of Course: To introduce students to the entire process of designing, conducting, and presenting empirical biological research.
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 4
AAC moves to approve the Course Change: BI 4491 Aquaculture Research
Purpose and nature of change: Add BI 3290 as a prerequisite for BI
Discussion: K. Thorne asked if “by permission” would be added. J. Kirby said no.
Motion carried.

Motion # 5
AAC moves to approve the Course Change: BI 4497 Independent Study
Purpose and nature of change: To add a prerequisite
Prerequisite: BI 3290
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 6
AAC moves to approve the Course Change: BI 4496 Seminar
Purpose and nature of change: To add a prerequisite and to change the
catalog description to more accurately match the content of the course.
Prerequisites: BI 4497 or BI 4491
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 7
AAC moves to approve the New Course request for BI 3356 Animal Behavior
Purpose and Nature of Course: To provide students with the opportunity to learn about invertebrate and vertebrate animal behavior, an important subdiscipline of biology that is not currently included in any of the existing biology courses. The course will satisfy an elective requirement for Biology majors.
Discussion: C. Burns asked if it would involve live animal research. J. Kirby said no experimental research with animals. Motion carried.

Motion # 8
AAC moves to approve the New Course request: BI 3318 Ornithology
Purpose and Nature of Course: To provide students with the opportunity to learn about all aspects of bird biology. The course will satisfy an elective requirement for Biology majors.
“I” designation has been approved by the WIG committee.
Discussion: W. Keeth asked how many electives they need to fulfill. L. Cass said 8-11 elective credits. Motion carried.

Motion # 9
AAC moves to approve the New Course request for BI 3358 Plant-Animal Interactions
Purpose and Nature of Course: This is an advanced ecology course that will investigate the interactions between plants and animals. The course will satisfy an elective requirement for Biology majors.
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 10
AAC moves to approve the Course Change: ED 1102 Introduction to Education
The purpose of the change is to include music education and art education in the course description in addition to elementary, secondary, and special education.
Discussion: J. Murphy said the purpose of the description was to include music and art, but the description doesn’t state that. F. Blanco explained that the terms “K-12” automatically means that art and music is included and any education person would understand this. Motion carried.

Motion # 11
AAC moves to approve the New Course request for CIS 3350 Analysis of Algorithms
Purpose and Nature of Course:
Expose students to an introductory course in Algorithm Analysis as part of a broad base core of fundamental computer science material recommended by the Computing Accreditation Commission (ABET)
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 12
AAC moves to approve the New Course request for CIS 3311 Software Engineering
Purpose and Nature of Course:
Expose students to an introductory course in Software Engineering as part of a broad base core of fundamental computer science material recommended by the Computing Accreditation Commission (ABET)
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 13
AAC moves to approve the Course Change: MA 4401 Selected Topics
Purpose and nature of change: To allow the course to have variable credit (1-3)
Discussion: N. Werner-Burke clarified that the only change here was flexible credit. Motion carried.

Motion # 14
AAC moves to approve the Program Change: Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Science - Computer Science Track
Rationale for change:
These changes are needed to meet ABET accreditation guidelines.

List all changes:

• Drop 3 credit MA elective
• Replace second 3 credit MA elective with MA 3310 Numerical Analysis
• Add 1 credit MA 4401 Selected Topics
• Add 4 credit laboratory science
• Replace CIS 3335 Assembly Programming with CIS 3300 Program Languages
• Replace 3 credit major-related elective with CIS 3311 Software Engineering
• Replace second 3 credit major-related elective with CIS 3350 Analysis of Algorithms
• Change statement under Natural Science section to "Choose a two course 8 credit lab science sequence."

No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 15
AAC moves to approve the Program Change in Business Administration, Accounting; Business Administration, management; Business Administration, Marketing; Business Administration, Business Administration, International Business; Business Administration, General or no emphasis Business
Move MA 1170 Fundamentals of Calculus from Math block in general education to
General Education electives. Moving MA 1170 to the general education electives would bring the general education requirement in line with the rest of the university (55 crs.)
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 16
AAC moves to approve the Program Change: Business Administration, Management
List all changes:
Include BUS 3325-Business Leadership to the emphasis related requirements; and add the following courses to management related electives: BUS 3302, BUS 3321, BUS 4450, ECO 4485, PSY 3325, TRT 3350
Discussion: W. Keeth asked for clarification as to why not eliminate PSY 3325 and TRT 3350 entirely. M. Gabala explained it gives more electives for students. These classes have management emphasis and are related. W. Keeth asked why foreign languages wouldn’t be considered. M. Gabala stated that these courses have managerial emphases and business theory. Motion carried, 1 opposition.

Motion # 17
AAC moves to approve the Course Change: NUR 3270 Introduction to Professional Nursing I
Purpose and nature of change: Add BSC 1121 or instructor permission as a prerequisite for NUR 3270
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 18
AAC moves to approve changes in the prerequisite for the following courses: RTH 1101 Fundamentals of Respiratory Care I, RTH 1102 Fundamentals of Respiratory Care II, and RTH 1199 Clinical Practicum I
BSC 121 Anatomy & Physiology I and MA 128 College Algebra each with a grade of at least “C-“ and a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 should be changed with a grade of at least “C“ and a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.3.
Discussion: A lot of discussion about this motion. T. Elsasser made the point that because of the system in place for registration, if a student is undeclared in their first year, and decides to change majors in their second year, they can’t get a seat in this course to earn the grade needed to enter the major. There simply aren’t enough seats, and so logistically, if you don’t enter in these majors, you can rarely go through the requirements to get into them. M. Lane explained that there is a retention problem—if they leave after they take that first course, then it is negative retention. If they take the course and earn a good grade, they have a better chance of success. E. O’Dell asked what system is in place to help students be successful. F. Blanco said tutors. M. Lane said that the seats have doubled; however, there was a lot of discussion stating that seats are not available. Motion carried, 5 opposed.

Motion # 19
AAC moves to approve the New Course Request for XRT 1107 Fundamentals of Radiologic Science and Health Care
Purpose and Nature of Course: To instruct students about fundamentals of radiology and general principles of health care.
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 20
AAC moves to approve the New Course: XRT 1108 Medical Terminology for the Radiographer
Purpose and Nature of Course: Course content will include the word-building process, medical abbreviations, medical terminology associated with body systems, and terms related to radiology and medical reports
No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 21
AAC moves to approve the Program Change: A.A.S. degree, Respiratory Therapy

List all changes:

1. The prerequisite minimum grade point average for the RTH 1101 Fundamentals of Respiratory Care I, RTH 1102 Fundamentals of Respiratory Care II, and RTH 1199 Clinical Practicum I courses will be increased from 2.0 to 2.3.
2. Require a minimum grade of “C” in BSC 1121 and MA 1128.

Discussion: T. Elsasser made same points as in motion #18—seats are not available and students cannot get into these majors unless they enroll as first year students in them. W. Keeth said this could work against retention of numbers. M. Materese said if they have numbers but not quality, the program suffers. Motion carried, 3 opposed.

Motion # 22
AAC moves to approve the Program Change: A.A.S. degree, Radiology Technology

List all changes:

1. PHY 1165 Physics for Applied Health Sciences will be dropped (3 credits)
2. New Medical Terminology for the Radiographer course will be added (2 credits)
3. New Fundamentals of Radiologic Science and Health Care course will be added
   (1 credit)

No discussion. Motion carried.

Motion # 23
AAC moves to approve the Course Change: CHM 1102 Organic and Biochemistry
Make the prerequisite "CHM 1101 or permission of instructor."
Changing the catalog prerequisite for CHM 1102 from "CHM 1101" to "CHM 1101 or permission of instructor" would allow more students to take this laboratory science course.
No discussion. Motion carried.

C. Burns thanked F. Blanco.

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B.

Academic Planning (P. Savoye)

Approved changes in Nursing with GPA requirement.

C.

Administrative Affairs & Elections (J. Benjamin)

No report.

D.

Student Affairs & Admissions (S. Holderby)

No report.

E.

Information Technology (F. Craig)

The request that student IT workers have name tags is happening. Lifetime email is available to retirees. They can offer 4 months to graduating seniors. Web Advior registration was due to 1400 students being released at once. Only _ should have been. Human error. They are working on this.

F.

Library Advisory (L. Rashidi)

Citation program trials and refnotes. M. Syrett sent out memo on how to access these trials. Endnotes is also under consideration. People can download or ask M. Syrett for demo. Graphic workstations are now available. Full Adobe suite, flash, and dreamweaver. Near the reference desk on the 2nd floor. W. Keeth asked if software would be available for home use. L. Rashidi said it hadn’t been decided yet.

Provost (M. Lane)

No report. Attending the Council of Trustees meeting along with J. Halstead.

V.

Old Business

1. Proposed constitutional amendment: “Only faculty may vote in Senate or on Senate committees on matters of the curriculum.” L. Rashidi/J. Benjamin moved to postpone the motion definitely to the next senate meeting. Lots of discussion about needing more time to get information and have discussions. Motion carried.

VI.

New Business

1. A. E. O’Dell/M. Zelkowitz moved to hear the prepared statement from SGA. Motion carried. The speech is as follows:
   
   Rally/ University Senate Speech
   November 18, 2004
   SGA President: Elizabeth O’Dell
   
   Issue: Loss of Student Vote and voice on all curricular matters, which means that Student will have no voice in regards to the courses of study offered by Mansfield University
   
   Arguments: - As our slogan says we are a small university with BIG opportunities. One of those opportunities that MU offers that other schools do not is that we have big say in what goes on in our day to day lives as students. There is a feeling of personal stake in what we are here for. We have the opportunity to work closely with faculty and staff and learn from them. That is the beauty of a small school; we have the ability to have interaction with our faculty and staff. If you take away our voting power in matters of curriculum then you take away the greatest opportunity that we have here as students. - We understand that there only a few students take advantage of that opportunity. However, if you look around at your colleagues, how many of them are not apathetic themselves? We are at an institution whose focus is supposed to be on civic engagement and thus the elimination of apathy among the students, I think that perhaps the focus would be better served on faculty and staff. Now I am not going to pretend to be the guru of Leadership, but I have had my share of leadership experience in my short life and I have learned one important thing…leading is doing. If you want someone to do something you have to be willing to do it yourselves. Lead by example and you would be amazed at the people who will follow you. - Education, we are here for an education. Though we respect that our Faculty have had years of experience that surpass ours and have the degrees and honors to prove it that doesn’t mean that you are above us. We respect you and we would hope that you would us. We may not know what each class’s purpose and significance are but that doesn’t mean we don’t deserve to know. Our fear is that if you take away our vote and only faculty have a say then you will loose the voice of the students, why offer a course that no one is going to take when you could spend the time and effort and a class that would enroll and keep students. We are students, we live together, we eat together, we walk to class together, and we have a connection with each other that no faculty or staff could ever have simply because of the circumstances that we are in. Faculty may think that they know what is best of the students, and again we appreciate that you care about us, but we are not incompetent. Give us the chance to show you that we really can make you proud. A great teacher is surpassed by their students in their achievements. Let us surpass us, teach us how and we will make you proud. But please don’t clip our wings and never give us the chance to fly. - We have a few compromises that we have come up with that we hope will help us all work together. Again we just want the opportunity to learn, we want to work with you not against you. We are all here as a community and we want to make sure that we are not a separated one.
   
   Assembly applauded presentation.
   
   M. Zelkowitz moved to have an open meeting for faculty/staff/students before the next meeting. Motion carried.
   
   F Blanco stated that minors are dropped in the same way as majors (through the department or by the administration). This was in response to a question by A. Longoria at the last meeting.
   
   W. Keeth asked if we could get administration added into the flow charts on those decisions. This was referred to AAC.
   
   T. Murphy clarified that administration can bring those initiatives.
   
   D. Beckhtel asked questions of the union rep. related to the constitutional amendment.
   
   

VII.

Remarks for the Good of the Order

None.

VIII.

Meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m. by many people.

Respectfully submitted,
K. Sue Young
Secretary of Senate