University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma

Faculty Association Minutes

Dec. 5, 2006

 

Signed in as Present:  Sean Kelley (president), L. McElroy, L. Magrath, T. Winn, M. Vliet, J. Long, C. Elder, E. Guzik, A. Bellemain, J. Bruce, S. MacDonald, I. Shafer, J. Johnson, S. Brickman, N. Warden, V. Ferguson, K. Simons, D. Wan, C. Dorman, S. Kao, M. Mather, D. Reigh, K. Bohannon, B. Brown, D. Hanson, J. Knapp, K. Lamar, T. Sullivan, S. Weber, T. Herring. 

 

1.  Call to order

 

2.  Approval of Minutes—Minutes of Nov. 6, 2006 meeting were approved (Magrath/Shafer)

 

3.  Treasurer’s Report—Balance of $496.24 reported by treasurer Ken Bohannon (same balance as last month)

 

4.  Committee reports—

            Curriculum changes—Tina Herring presented a summary of 11 proposed curriculum changes.  Action was taken to approve three of the proposals, and the remaining proposals were tabled.  The following summary of the actions for proposals that were approved was provided by Dr. Herring for the minutes:  

 

Curriculum Change Proposals

 Note:  The curriculum committee has approved all proposals.

 

Summary

 

The following three curriculum change requests were voted on by the faculty association on Dec. 5, 2006.  All passed with 29 YES 0 NO

 

Division:  Sciences and Physical Education Department:  Biology

a.    Course and Number

i.       Add BIOL 3503 and BIOL 3501 and 4403 and 4401, Drop BIOL 2004 and change BIOL 3815 to BIOL 3813 and BIOL 3811 and change required and elective courses for Biology.

ii.                Type of change:  No answer

Division vote:  Approve 12 YES 0 NO

Submitted 10/9/06

Teacher Education Approval not required

 

Division:  Sciences and Physical Education

a.    Request to change existing program

b.    Title of program to be changed:  Natural Science

c.     Chance existing program

                                                               i.      4 hrs of Biology Electives becomes 3 hrs of BIOL 3813 Basic Microbiology and 1 hr of BIOL 3811 basic microbiology Laboratory

                                                             ii.      Total number of credit hours in the Natural Science degree program remains at 124 and the total number credit hours in the Secondary Science Teaching Certificate Program remains at 145 (furthermore, BIOL 3813 and BIOL 3811 are currently schedule once very year and were generally taken by Natural Science majors anyway as their 4 hrs of Biology Electives)

Division vote:  Approve – 12 YES 0 NO

Teacher Education Committee:  Approved

 

 Division:  Business and Social Sciences Department: Psychology

i.                   Courses and Number:

                                                             i.      Drop PSYC 2433 Lifespan Development and PSYC 3343 Learning and Cognition

                                                          ii.      Add PSYC 2__3 Infant, Child and Adolescent Development, PSYC 2__3 Adult Development and Aging, PSYC 3__3 Learning and Motivation, PSYC 3__3 Cognitive Psychology, PSYC 4__3 Physiological Psychology, PSYC 4__3 Experimental Psychology, PSYC 4__3 Advanced Research Methods

Division vote:  Approve   10 YES 0 NO

Submitted:  10/10/06

Teacher Education Committee:  Not required

 

5.  Old business

Accreditation committees for North Central will be meeting in the upcoming weeks.

 

6.  New business

There will not be a Faculty Association meeting in Jan.  The next meeting will be Feb. 6, 2007

 

7.  Announcements

A.  Nancy Warden invited faculty members to her home for a luncheon the week following finals

B.  Brenda Brown announced that Dr. Huguenin has asked for faculty to go through the catalog and consider changes that may need to be made.

C.  J. Knapp announced the Holiday Art Show and Sale

D.  D. Reigh commented on legislative proposal about renting college textbooks.

 

8.  Meeting was adjourned (Bohannon/Knapp).

 

Respectfully submitted,

Linda McElroy on behalf of Lee Hester