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2001-2002 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
April 4, 2002
Foothill Suite, Union
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
NOTE CHANGE IN MEETING TIME!!

OPEN FORUM

REGULAR AGENDA

Approval of the Minutes of March 21 (#22), 2002.

FIRST READING

[10 minute time limited discussion-unless extended by majority vote; no action]

The Faculty Senate recommends 1) the establishment of a seven member General Education Impact Study Workgroup, 2) the faculty members of the Study Workgroup receive 3 units of assigned time for the fall semester 2002, and 3) the Workgroup be charged to complete the tasks described below by the end of the 2002 fall semester.

MEMBERSHIP WOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 
One Student (appointed by ASI) 
Six Faculty members: 

Two members of the General Education Review Team 
General Education Policies / Graduation Requirements Committee Representative
Faculty Coordinator for General Education 
Faculty Coordinator for Assessment 
One at-large Faculty Member 

Ex officio, Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Programs

CHARGE:  Before the Senate debates and decides and to better inform the debate on the GERT recommendation to create a full-time position of Director of General Education, the GE Impact Study Workgroup will develop the job description for the proposed Director, which will include the roles and responsibilities of the Director in various capacities related to oversight of the University's General Education curriculum and related assessment and coordination activities. This work should be completed with the recommendation coming to the Senate for First and Second Reading before the end of the spring 2002 semester.

Before the Senate debate and action and to better inform the debate on GERT Recommendations 3, 4, 5 and 6, the GE Impact Study Workgroup will undertake an impact analysis for each recommendation and bring each recommendation and their findings to the Senate for First and Second Reading before the end of the fall 2002 semester.

• GERT Recommendation 3 proposes to divide the GE Program into two parts, a 39-unit lower division segment and a 9-unit upper division segment (GERT Report, page 14).

• GERT Recommendation 4 proposes that the 9 unit upper division segment would require students to take 3 units from each of the following three areas: 1) Social Issues of the 21st Century, 2) Arts, Humanities and Society, and 3) Science, Technology and Society (GERT Report, page 16).

• GERT Recommendation 5 proposes to replace the advanced studies requirement with a 5,000 word writing intensive requirement satisfied by a certified course in the 9 unit upper division GE segment or a certified course in the student's major (GERT Report, page 18).

• GERT Recommendation 6 proposes that 1) the current second-semester writing requirement be incorporated into Area A3, and 2) the Foreign Language Requirement be incorporated into lower division Area C or the Requirement be eliminated and incorporated as an elective into Area C (GERT Report, pages 19 and 20).

Where appropriate, the impact analysis should include consultation with the effected parties, such as University committees, departments, programs and support. In addition, the GE Impact Study Workgroup should suggest - where feasible - ways to mitigate the possible negative impact that the proposed changes might have on departments and/or programs.

Pending approval of FS 02-16B/Ex., the following appointments are recommended for approval:

General Education Impact Study Workgroup

[All appointments through Fall 2002]

Representatives from the General Education Review Team 
Bill Dorman, Government
Ruth Ballard, Biological Sciences

Representative from the General Education Policies/Graduation Requirements Committee 
Dick Kornweibel, History

Faculty Coordinator for General Education 
Greg Wheeler, Geology

Faculty Coordinator for Assessment 
Ann Haffer, Nursing

At-large Faculty Member
Jackie Donath, Humanities and Religious Studies

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the following:

• CSUS and community colleges make every effort to advise potential transfers that it is in their best interests to fulfill code requirements as part of their 39-unit transfer package, or else they will have to take additional coursework above and beyond the upper division GE requirements at CSUS (GERT Recommendation #12, page 29).

NOTE. Currently, the code requirements (Title 5, Section 40404) require students to take courses to produce competency in U.S. history, the Constitution, and State and Local Government. If this requirement is not fulfilled prior to transfer, an additional six units of coursework would be required, with the appropriate courses listed in Area D3 of the General Education program.

• The university work toward the goal of providing evaluations for transfer students by the end of their first semester at CSUS (GERT Recommendation #14, page 31).

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the following and charges the Senate's General Education Policies/Graduation Requirements Committee (GEP/GRC) with developing the appropriate policies necessary to implement these recommendations.

• The next review of GE will be conducted six years from the implementation of this report's recommendations, and that such a review be grounded in assessment results as well as the certification process called for in this report (GERT Recommendation #9, page 28).

• The philosophy of General Education at CSUS be rearticulated in a concise statement written in easily understood language and that such a statement be incorporated into all materials distributed about GE (GERT Recommendation #11, page 28).

• Students must complete at least 33 units of their lower division GE requirements, including Area A plus Area B4 mathematics, before enrolling in upper division GE coursework (GERT Recommendation #13, page 30).

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the following and charges the Senate's Faculty Policies Committee (FPC) with developing appropriate policies and/or guidelines necessary to implement these recommendations.

• Relating to faculty rewards, responsibilities and resources (GERT Recommendation #8, page 25):

1. It is essential for the university to recognize and reward teaching and advising activities associated with GE. Specifically, FPC should explore and recommend new and more effective ways to attract and reward those who are willing to teach (and advise) in GE, especially in the RTP. In matters of RTP, faculty teaching General Education courses should receive the same recognition as those faculty teaching courses in the major. Efforts should be made to actively encourage full-time faculty to participate in the General Education Program.
   
2. Special attention in this regard should be paid to innovation in coursework, particularly innovation that achieves interdisciplinarity.
   
3. Each department should have a designated GE adviser, but all faculty should have knowledge of the program. For this purpose, GE Impact Study Workgroup  and/or the GE committee should develop and distribute a faculty GE Advising Handbook.

• FPC incorporates into the annual new faculty orientation a presentation on the GE Program's goals and objectives that stresses the importance of GE on this campus (GERT Recommendation #10, page 28).

INFORMATION:

1. Senate Home Page:  http:/www.csus.edu/acse or, from the CSUS home page, click on Administration and Policy, then Administration, then Faculty Senate.

2. Faculty Governance Forum at CSUS, Thursday, April 18, 2002 with David Spence, Associate Vice Chancellor, Chancellor's Office; Jacqueline Kegley, Chair, Statewide Academic Senate; and Debra Farar, incoming Chair, Board of Trustees

3. Meeting Schedule:

• April 11, 2002

• April 18, 2002-Faculty Governance Forum

• April 25, 2002:
  3:00-3:30:  2002/03 Senate Nominations
  3:30-5:00:  2001/02 Senate meeting

• May 2, 2002-tentative

• May 9, 2002:
  3:00-3:30:  2002/03 Senate Elections
  3:30-5:00:  2001/02 Senate meeting

• May 16, 2002-tentative