THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE           

 

                                                                    FACULTY SENATE AGENDA

                                                                      December 3, 2009; 3:15 pm

                                                                     Red Oak Conference Room 

 

 

 

I.         Call to Order and Announcements

 

II.        Approval of minutes:

·       November 5, 2009

 

III.       Executive Committee Report:  Lothar Dohse

Report from Faculty Assembly:  Gary Nallan

First Reading

EC 2:  Student Learning Outcomes

 

      IV.        Faculty Welfare and Development Committee Report:  George Heard

                  Second Reading

                   FWDC 2:  Revision to UNC-Asheville Phased Retirement Policy

                                 (Revision of SD2098S; Faculty Handbook 2.11.2)

                   FWDC 3:  Proposal to change term of Faculty Athletics Representative

                                 (Faculty Handbook 10.5.11)

 

      V.         Institutional Development Committee/University Planning Council Reports:  Linda Nelms

Second Reading

IDC 2:      Proposal to Establish a Major in Anthropology

IDC 3:      Proposal to Eliminate the Institutional Effectiveness Committee

               (Revision of SD4002S; Faculty Handbook 10.2.2.3.1)

 

            VI.        Academic Policies Committee Report:  Chris Bell

First Reading [unanimously approved by APC]

APC 1:    Elimination of Reading Licensure Program

APC 2:     Elimination of B-K Licensure Program  

APC 4:     WMST Prog. Title & Curricular Change to Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies (WGSS)

                        APC 5:     Divide ACCT 317 into two courses: ACCT 317 (lecture) and ACCT 320 (laboratory)

                       APC 6:     Add new course, MGMT 388, Leading Organizational Change; Add MGMT 388 to

                                      list of electives in Business Management and Administration concentration

                       APC 7:     Addition of new course, LIT 346 , Readings in Gender and Sexuality

                       APC 8:     Allow CLAS 340 to be repeated for credit

                       APC 9:     Remove IP grading designation for CLAS 495

                        APC 10:   Add new course, ENVR  107, Natural History of the Southern Appalachians

                        APC 11:   Change course description for ENVR 330

                        APC 12:   Change course description for ENVR 336

                                         APC 13:   Delete ENVR 354, Management of Hazardous, Municipal and Solid Wastes

                        APC 14:   Change in the number of required hours for the Concentration in

                                       Ecology and Environmental Biology

                        APC 15:   Change requirements for Earth Science Licensure concentration

                        APC 16:   Revise requirements for Environmental Studies minor

[Approved by 3-2 vote]

APC 3:     Delete German Major

[Approved by 4-2 vote]

APC 17:   3-Year Academic Calendars 2010-2011; 2011-2012; 2112-2013 (revised)

 

            VII.      Administrative Reports 

·    Academic Affairs:  Jane Fernandes

o     Update on Craft Campus

o     Update on Academic Calendar

 

·    Student Government: Stephen Haas

 

VIII.       Old Business

 

 IX.       New Business

 

  X.       Adjourn