2010-2011 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Foothill Suite, Union
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

MOMENT OF SILENCE

ROBERT GARDNER Staff, Facilities Services NINA PINCKARD Staff, Theatre and Dance MADELINE JONES Emeritus Staff, Student Employment AILEEN DRAPER Emeritus Staff, Student Health Center MARY JANE REES Emeritus Faculty, Speech Pathology and Audiology

JOHN SHOKA Emeritus Faculty, Government DENNIS KENNEDY Emeritus Faculty, Business Administration ROBERT TZAKIRI Emeritus Faculty, Foreign Languages MARION DOBBS Emeritus Staff, Family and Consumer Science

OPEN FORUM

CONSENT ACTION

FS 11-01/CPC/Ex.

PROGRAM REVIEW – DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

The Faculty Senate receives the recommendations (Attachment A) of the Program Review Oversight Committee and recommends approval of all of the Department’s degree programs for six years of until the next schedule program review.

FS 11-02/CPC/Ex.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the change proposal for the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Sciences in Biological Science, which can be found at Attachment B.

REGULAR AGENDA

FS 11-03/Flr.

MINUTES OF DECEMBER 16, 2010

INFORMATION ITEM: KBOXES (LARRY GILBERT)

Information Item: Current Year Budget Update - Faculty Representatives on UBAC

FIRST READING

FS 11-04/CPC/Ex.

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

The Faculty Senate recommends approval of the change proposal for the Master of Science in Biological Sciences, contingent upon the insertion of the word “seminar” in the sentence “…The 30 units must include a minimum of 18 units of 200-level seminar courses.” The proposal can be found at Attachment C.

FS 11-05/Ex.

CAMPUS POLICY ON CENTERS, INSTITUTES AND SIMILAR ENTITIES

The Faculty Senate endorses the Campus Policy on Centers, Institutes and Similar Entities, as outlined in Attachment D.

A list of Centers and Institutes can be found at Attachment D-1.

FS 11-06/Ex.

CAMPUS POLICY ON THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS

The Faculty Senate endorses the Campus Policy on the Protection of Human Subjects, as outlined in Attachment E.

FS 11-07/Ex.

BY-LAWS CHANGE – ABSENCES

Background: It is the responsibility of faculty members serving in Senate appointments to attend committee meetings as they are regularly scheduled. All efforts should be made by the appointee to determine their availability to attend meetings. If they feel that appointment conflicts with other obligations in such a way that they will be consistently absent, they should consider alternative service opportunities and relinquish their seat on the Standing Policy Committee or subcommittee.

The Senate recommends an amendment to the bylaws to include the following statement on absences.

If a member of a Standing Policy Committee or subcommittee is absent from three or more meetings in a semester without prior notification to the chair, the chair may request that the Executive Committee declare the seat vacant. If a seat is declared vacant, the Senate Executive Committee shall replace that person using the previous years’ Committee Preference Poll as a guide.