2004 - 05 
FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Foothill Suite, 3rd Floor, University Union
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
WINE & CHEESE SOCIAL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING

MOMENT OF SILENCE

HANNAH (ZOE) CHASTAIN-SHANNON
Daughter of Gary Shannon, Professor of
Mathematics and Statistics		 AGAPITO (AL) COMPO
Husband of Elena Compo, Budget Analyst,
Budget Planning and Administration

OPEN FORUM

CONSENT INFORMATION

FS 04-55/Ex. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - SENATE

General Education/Graduation Requirements Policies Committee
Janet Hecsh, fall 2004 replacement
James Shoch, fall 2004 replacement 

Academic Information Technology Committee

Name Position Department/College Term Ending
Bob Buckley Ex. Committee Rep. Computer Science/E&CS 2007
Ronald Coleman NS&M Biological Science/NS&M 2006
Gregory Hurtz SS&IS Psychology/SS&IS 2005
Maureen Lojo CBA Management/CBA 2005
Michael Menchaca EDUC Teacher Education/EDUC 2005
Rosemary Papalewis CTL Rep. CTL 2005
Mary Reddick LIB Library/Library 2007
Val Smith A&L Communication Studies/A&L 2006
FS 04-56/Ex. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - UNIVERSITY

Search Committee, Associate Vice President and Dean, Academic Affairs
Laureen O’Hanlon, Speech Pathology and Audiology, H&HS

Search Committee, Vice President, Student Affairs
Carlos Nevarez, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, EDUC

CONSENT ACTION

FS 04-57/Ex. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - UNIVERSITY

Committee for Persons with Disabilities
Reza Peigahi, Library, 2006

REGULAR AGENDA

FS 04-58/Flr. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 23, 2004

POLICY COMMITTEE CHAIRS' REPORTS

SECOND READING

FS 04-53/APC CHANGE IN REGISTRATION PRIORITIES

There will be a request to withdraw this from the agenda, as AS 96-11 (link to language of AS 96-11) already establishes this priority as policy.

The Faculty Senate recommends that current university regulations governing registration priority be amended to allow entering freshmen attending orientation the opportunity to register and enroll in classes during orientation.

See Attachment E for background information.

FS 04-54/APC SPECIAL MAJOR GPA

The Faculty Senate recommends that the minimum GPA required for admission to the CSUS Special Major program be changed from 2.5 to 2.0.  This will bring the GPA admission requirement in line with that for other programs across the University.

See Attachment F for background information.

FIRST READING

FS 04-59/APC ELIMINATION OF CREDIT/NO CREDIT GRADING OPTION

The Faculty Senate recommends elimination of the credit/no credit (CR/NC) option for courses in which the student would normally be assigned a letter grade.  [Note:  This change would not apply to those courses, such as co-curricular courses, fieldwork, field tours, theses, supervised teaching, and similar courses in which CR/NC is the normal grading option.]

See Attachment A for background information.

INFORMATION

  1. Faculty Senate's home page:  www.csus.edu/acse, or, from the CSUS home page, click on Administration and Policy, then Administration, then Faculty Senate.
  2. Status on actions taken by the Senate:  http://www.csus.edu/acse/04-05_actions.htm   

  3. Upcoming Senate meetings: 

  • October 28, 2004 - Senate meets
  • November 18, 2004 - Senate meets
  • December 9, 2004 - Senate meets