Campus Assembly Minutes
November 22, 2010
I. Chancellor's Remarks. (5
minutes)
Chancellor Johnson reported that we have a new
constitution that goes into effect in the fall of 2011 so the Executive
Committee will need to work on it early next semester to determine how to
implement it. We have a new University of Minnesota
President, Eric Kaler. She had a
chance to interview him along with other members of the PresidentÕs Executive
Team. Several of our students have
also had a chance to interview him including Matt and Mark Privratsky and Mike
McBride. We have a new wind turbine that was approved at the November Board of
Regents meeting. We are awaiting
confirmation of delivery the second week in December.
In the spirit of thanksgiving, she thanked those who
came to the community meeting and sat through her recreation of the
presentation she gave to the Regents Education and Planning and Policies
Committee. There were three
emerging ideas from UMMÕs Blue Ribbon Committee—one dealing with resource
allocation review; one dealing with elearning; and one dealing with curriculum
initiatives. She thanked our grounds crew for getting
out and sanding, salting and for everything they do. She thanked the students
for enriching our lives with athletics, dance, green tours, leadership and for
everything they do.
II. For Action. Sheri Breen was elected to serve as
Parliamentarian for this meeting only.
III. For Action. Minutes from 10/26/10 Campus Assembly
meeting were approved as presented.
IV. For Action. Morris Campus Student Association 2010-11
committee assignments approved as presented.
V. For Action. The 2015-16 academic calendar was
approved as presented.
Cheryl Contant that the two driving
factors behind the calendar are payroll and the required semester length. Historically, we have had one week of
May session that has overlapped with the first week of summer classes. One change to this calendar is to have
the May session calendar match up with the May session on the Twin Cities
campus. Additionally, she would
like to get our spring break to match up with the Twin Cities break for ease of
faculty who participate in system-wide committees. As part of her annual request and
because many of our students live farther away from campus, Sarah Buchanan said
it would be nice to not have class on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Siobhan Bremer supports SarahÕs request
with the possibility of adding an additional day during finals week if
necessary. Jeff Ratliff-Crain
said this would cut into grading time period. Remi Huerta said that while she likes
SarahÕs idea she doesnÕt think this can be fixed right now and she encouraged
the Executive Committee to take the comments into consideration when proposing
the 2016-17 calendar. She
called the question. It was
clarified that the Dean and Division Chairs not the Executive Committee should
take the comments into consideration.
I.
VI.
For Action. Curriculum
Committee. The
following curricular changes were approved.
Division of
Education Proposals:
Education
Education
Form A (Summary)
Education
Text Changes
Ed
Multiple Course Revisions (Ed 1112, 1113, 2012)
Ed
Course Changes (Ed 1011, 1111, 2011, 2211)
Ed
Course Deactivations (Ed 1020, 1022)
New
Ed Courses (Ed 1801, Ed 4903, Ed 4911)
Elementary Education
Elementary
Education Form A (Summary)
Elementary
Education Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
ElEd
Course Changes (ElEd 3101,3103, 4112)
Secondary Education
Secondary
Education Form A (Summary)
Secondary
Education Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
SeEd
Course Changes (SeEd 4102, 4104)
Methods
Course Changes (MusE 4123, 4124)
Wellness and Sport Science
WSS
Form A (Summary)
WSS
Discipline Name Change
WSS
Program Discipline Changes
WSS
Form A (Summary)
WSS
Discipline Name Change
WSS
Program Discipline Changes
WSS
Text Changes
WSS
Multiple Course Revisions (WSS 1104, 1105, 1226, 1228,
1235,
2321, 3121, 2204, 2208)
WSS
Course Revisions (WSS 3101, 3201)
New
WSS Courses (WSS 1801)
Brad Deane made a motion to pull out WSS
2303, 3172, 4201 and cited the following concerns:
ÒAs the dean said earlier in the
assembly, some of the classes being brought before us were intended as a
preliminary step toward the creation of a Sport Management major, and that my
concerns were partly about the content and rationale of the classes themselves
and partly about the potential major to which they are meant to contribute.
There are good reasons to
consider offering a broader array of sport management classes: they would
probably be popular and might even bring in extra money. But in my opinion,
these potential benefits do not outweigh two very serious concerns:
First, sports management classes are a clear departure from our mission as a
liberal arts college. By liberal arts, we do not simply mean interdisciplinary.
We mean a kind of education that emphasizes the inculcation of broad skills in
thinking and writing as well as general habits of mind rather than narrower
preprofessional skills. We mean versatility and flexibility not narrowly
utilitarian or vocational training, and the sports management classes (and
major) are clearly, indisputably in the latter category. I added that this
isn't merely my understanding of the liberal arts: only one of the 25 COPLAC
schools offers sports management, and none of our peers in the Morris 14 do so.
As a final argument about the difference about this program and the liberal
arts mission, I added that there was nothing that one could say in defense of
sports management that could not equally be said of hotel management, and neither
is compatible with our liberal arts goals.
My second concern is that offering sports management classes is inconsistent
with our obligations to our students and to the people of our state. If we were
to offer more courses in sports management, we could not do them well. We have
only one faculty member with a PhD in anything like this field, whereas
existing programs at other institutions in the state (I cited Mankato and UMTC)
have far more faculty with advanced degrees in this field (as well as in related
areas such as law and medicine) who actually publish books on the subject. It
would be cynical for us to take money from students because this is a popular
major without acknowledging the paucity of what we can really offer to students
interested in this line of work. If our nieces or nephews or brothers or
sisters expressed their interest in studying sports management at UMM, the only
honest reply would be the suggestion that they study at Mankato instead. Unless these two objections were
addressed, no amount of popularity or student interest should lead us away from
our mission and our obligation as educators.Ó
Cheryl Contant said the Curriculum
Committee has had discussions about these and other particular courses and the
campuses desire to look at new academic programs on our campus. The Curriculum Committee decided we
couldnÕt bring all of those courses to the meeting today but we could include
courses in those majors and if they are approved we can get those out for
students to see in the printed catalog.
If not approved, the courses will be deactivated. Len Keeler asked if there are historical
reasons why WSS is housed under Education and that it may not be the right
place especially if thereÕs a shift towards management. Perhaps someone should consider moving
to the Social Science Division.
Sheri Breen reminded Assembly members that the question before us today
is the approval of the courses not whether we should approve the major. Because
the division chairs for Education and Social Sciences were not in attendance,
Paula OÕLoughlin made a motion to table the discussion. Motion to table was approved.
Division of the Humanities Proposals:
Art History
Art
History Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
ArtH
New Course (ArtH 1801)
ArtH
Course Revisions (ArtH 3161, 3221)
Art, Studio
Studio
Art Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
ArtS
Course Deactivation (ArtS 1500)
New
ArtS Courses (ArtS 1801, 1802,
3014)
Communication, Media, and Rhetoric
Communication,
Media, and Rhetoric CMR Form A (Summary)
New
CMR Course (CMR 1801)
CMR
Course Deactivation (CMR 3342)
Dance
New
Dance Courses (Dnce 2021, 3012)
English
English
Form A (Summary)
English
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
English
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
English
Multiple Course Revisions (Engl 1131, 2201, 2202,
(2211,
2212, 3142, 3151, 3153, 3154, 3155, 3156, 3157,
3159,
3161, 3163, 3164, 3165, 3166, 3253, 3261, 3262,
3281,
3301, 3311, 3411, 3501, 3522, 4004, 4012, 4017,
4021,
4022, 4023, 4024, 4025, 4027, 2032)
New
Engl Courses (Engl 2022, 2431, 3332, 4028, 4029, 4031)
English
Course Deactivations (Engl 2171, 3042)
French
French
Form A (Summary)
French
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
French
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
French
Multiple Course Revisions Form
(Fren
3034, 3035, 1304, 3037, 3038, 1027, 3027, 1302,
3036,
1311, 3045, 1312, 3046, 1001)
French
Course Revisions (Fren 1021, 1023, 3060)
New
French Courses (Fren 1031, 3039)
German
German
Course Revision (Ger 1001)
Italian
Italian
Course Revisions (Ital 1001, 1002, 2001)
1104,
1311)
New
Italian Course (Ital 1801)
Courses with Lang Course Designator
Lang
Course Revisions (Lang 1061, 1062, 1063)
Music
Music
Form A (Summary)
Music
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Music
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
Music
Course Revisions (Mus 1000, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304,
3101,
3102)
New
Music Courses (Mus 1049, 1111, 1112, 1360, 1370, 2111,
2112,
4103, 1061, 3161)
Music Course
Deactivation (Mus 1048)
Philosophy
Philosophy
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Philosophy
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
New
Philosophy Course (Phil 1801)
Spanish
Spanish
Form A (Summary)
Spanish
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Spanish
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
Span
Course Revisions (Span 1001, 2001, 3211, 3212, 3621,
3622,
3623, 3651, 3652, 3653, 3654, 3671, 3672, 3681,
3682,
3683, 3684)
Spanish
Course Deactivations (Span 3001, 3002, 3101)
New
Spanish Courses (Span 3011, 3012, 3111,3112)
Division of Science and Mathematics Proposals:
Biology
Biology
Form A (Summary)
Biology
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Biology
Course Revisions: (Biol 1053, 1111, 2111, 2151, 3701,
4004,
4121, 4161, 4191, 4211, 4301, 4321, 4331, 4351, 4901)
Biology
Course Deactivations (Biol 1001, 4221)
New
Biology Courses (Biol 4071)
Chemistry
Chemistry
Form A (Summary)
Chemistry
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Chemistry
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
Chemistry
Course Revisions: (Chem 2301, 2312, 2321, 2322,
3301,
3901, 4111, 4351, 4352, 4551, 4552, 4701, 4711,
4901, 4994)
Chemistry
Course Deactivations (Chem 3811)
New
Chemistry Courses (Chem 1994, Chem 2994,
Chem/ESci
3401, Chem 3411, Chem 3994)
Computer Science
Computer
Science Form A (Summary)
Computer
Science Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
CSci
Course Deactivations (CSci 1021, 2601, 2901)
CSci
Course Revisions (CSci 1101, 2101, 3401, 4901)
New
Computer Science Course (CSci 1801)
Environmental Science
Environmental
Science Form A (Summary)
Environmental
Science Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
New
Environmental Science Course (ESci/Chem 3401)
Geology
Geology
Form A (Summary)
Geology
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Geology
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
Geology
Course Deactivation (Geol 3196)
Mathematics
Mathematics
Form A (Summary)
Mathematics
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
New
Mathematics Course (Math 1014)
Mathematics
Course Revision (Math 1021)
Physics
Physics
Form A (Summary)
Physics
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Physics
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
Physics
Course Revisions (Phys 1061, 1063, 2301, 2302, 3002)
Physics
Course Deactivations (Phys 1062, 3001, 3201)
New
Physics Course (Phys 1064)
Statistics
Statistics
Form A (Summary)
Statistics
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Statistics
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
Division of the Social Sciences Proposals:
Anthropology
Anthropology
Form A (Summary)
Anthropology
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Anthropology
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
Anthropology
Course Revisions (Anth 2501, Anth 3204,
Anth/AmIn
3402, Anth 3452, 3601, 3602, 4411, 4901)
New
Anthropology Courses: (Anth 3701, 4501)
Economics
Economics
Form A (Summary)
Economics
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Economics
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
Economics
Course Deactivations (Econ 1951, 3003, 3004)
New
Economics Courses (Econ 3009, 3133, 3134, 3153)
Geography
Geography
Form A (Summary)
New
Geography Course (Geog 3501)
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
GWSS
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
GWSS
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
GWSS
Course Revisions (GWSS 1101, 4901)
History
History
Form A (Summary)
History
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
History
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
History
Course Revisions (Hist 1501, 2001, 2103, 2151, 2251,
2352,
2361, 2452, 2551, 2552, 2554, 2704, 2708)
(Hist
1811, 1812)
Hist
Course Deactivations (Hist 1101, 1102, 3706, 4110, 4120)
(Hist
3459)
New
History Courses (Hist 1015, 1111, 3381, 3558, 3559,
3609,
3611, 4501)
(Hist 1811, 1812)
Liberal Arts for the Human Services
LAHS
Form A (Summary)
LAHS Major
Requirements (PCAS Form)
Management
Management
Form A (Summary)
Management
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Management
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
Management
Course Revisions (Mgmt 3123, 3513, 3601, 4201)
Management
Course Deactivations (Mgmt 1301, 3172, 3503)
New
Management Courses (Mgmt 1011, 3134, 3352)
Political Science
Political
Science Form A (Summary)
Political
Science Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Political
Science Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
Pol
Course Revisions (Pol 3201, 3261, 3504)
Pol
Course Deactivations (Pol 3151, 3231, 3232, 3262)
New
Pol Courses (3233, 3234, 3272, 3514)
(Pol 1811)
Psychology
Psychology
Form A (Summary)
Psychology
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Psychology
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
Psy
Course Revisions (Psy 1051, 3201, 3211, 3221, 3403,
3502,
3513, 3611, 3800)
(Psy
1811)
New
Psy Courses (Psy 3503, 3504, 4301, 4770)
Social Science
Social
Science Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Sociology
Sociology
Form A (Summary)
Sociology
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Sociology
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
Sociology
Course Revisions (Soc 1101, 2101, 3103,3112, 3121,
3122,
3123, 3141, 3204, 3452, 3601, 3602, 4991)
Sociology
Course Deactivations (Soc 4901, 4902)
New
Sociology Courses (Soc 1811, 1812)
Interdisciplinary Studies Program Proposals:
African American Studies
AfAm
Form A (Summary)
AfAm
Minor Requirements (PCAS Form)
American Indian Studies
AmIn
Form A (Summary)
AmIn
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
AmIn
Minor Proposed (PCAS Form)
AmIn
Course Changes (AmIn 1001, 1002, 1011, 1012)
New
AmIn Courses (AmIn 2993, 3402, 3993)
Environmental Studies
EnSt
Form A (Summary)
EnSt
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
EnSt
Course Changes (EnSt 1101, 2111, 4901)
Latin American Area Studies
LAAS
Major Requirements (PCAS Form)
Interdisciplinary
Studies Courses
IS
Multiple Course Revision Form – Deactivations (IS 1001,
1036,
1037, 1038, 1042, 1055, 1321, 1331, 1341, 1801,
2016,
2022, 3122,3213H, 4894)
New
IS Courses (IS 1802, 1803, 1804)
IS
Course Revision (IS 4101)
VII. Campus Committee Reports
Faculty Affairs Committee
Mary Elizabeth Bezanson said the
committee has been working on report regarding faculty salaries that will be
submitted to the Chancellor in early December.
Faculty Development Committee
Pam Solvie reported that the
Faculty Development Committee is chaired by Gordon McIntosh. This
semester, Faculty Development Committee members have identified a number of
issues for discussion, including:
the Faculty Enrichment Program; Fall Faculty Development Day; The
Faculty Center, and advising loads.
Early in the semester, we discussed the possibility of common meeting times--as
other committees did, and we requested that responsibilities for the
Distinguished Research Award be moved to the Functions and Awards Committee.
Our attention for the most part has been on the Faculty Center. We met
with former director of the Center, Engin Sungur, to discuss operations,
resources, and support for faculty offered through the Center.
Currently, we are seeking information on tasks that were formerly handled
through the Center, looking at Faculty Centers at other institutions, and we
are reviewing reports that were generated through the former Faculty
Center. We'll also be collecting feedback from faculty on their use of
the Center in the past and where they are receiving support that may have come
from the Faculty Center in the past.
Executive Committee
Chancellor Johnson reported that the
Executive Committee did decide to proceed on finding a common meeting time and
will form a small group to address this and look at all options. The Executive Committee debriefed
on the service discussion and will to figure out how that will work with the
new constitution.
Curriculum Committee
Cheryl Contant said the upcoming work of
the Curriculum Committee will be to examine new academic programs and to work
with the Assessment of Student Learning Committee on learning outcomes and
measuring those outcomes.
VIII. All University Reports
Benefits Advisory Committee
Michael OÕReilly and Peh Ng have both
sent out messages to the campus community related to our health care benefits
under UPLAN which will be discussed at the Faculty Senate Meeting on December
2. If you have any questions,
concerns or comments, please send questions to Michael or Peh. It would be helpful to copy other
senators as well.
SCEP
Peh announced that we will be asked what
the Morris campus is doing about the four-year math requirement for all
entering students.
IX. Old Business
None
X. New Business
None
Motion to
adjourn at 5:55 p.m.