UAA Faculty Senate Agenda April 3, 2009 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. – LIB 307 (Lew Haines Room) I. Call to Order II. Roll 2008-2009 Officers: 2008-2009 Senators: Beth Graber Gail Johnston Peter Dedych Bruno Kappes Heidi Mannion PT Chang Carol Coose Herminia Din Randy Magen Carrie King James Powell Raymond Anthony Chad Farrell Jeanne Eder Robert Boeckmann Christine Gehrett John Olofsson Robert Crosman Daniel Anteau Judith Moore Robin Wahto Dave Fitzgerald Katherine Rawlins Sally Bremner David Meyers Kenrick Mock Sam Thiru Diane Erickson Maria Ippolito Susan Mitchell Ed McLain Mark Fitch Terri Olson Eva Kopacz Mark Schreiter Tom Ravens Fred Pearce Maureen O’Malley Toni Croft Gail Holtzman N. Bhattacharyya Wayne Edwards III. Agenda Approval (pg. 1-3) IV. March 6, 2009 Meeting Summary Approval (pg. 4-7) V. Reports A. USUAA President Karl Wing B. President Hamilton C. Chancellor Fran Ulmer http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/chancellor/fran-answers-questions.cfm D. Provost Michael Driscoll E. Vice Chancellor Bill Spindle F. CFO, Associate Vice President Joe Trubacz G. Vice Chancellor Megan Olson H. Union Representatives Anne Bridges, President Hilary Davies, Chair, UAB Genie Babb, 1 st Vice President Patt Sandberg, Chair, GAB Larry Foster, 2 nd Vice President Bogdan Hoanca, Past President Robert Crosman, Parliamentarian 1
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UAA Faculty Senate Agenda April 3, 2009
2:30 – 4:30 p.m. – LIB 307 (Lew Haines Room) I. Call to Order II. Roll
2008-2009 Officers:
2008-2009 Senators:
Beth Graber Gail Johnston Peter Dedych Bruno Kappes Heidi Mannion PT Chang Carol Coose Herminia Din Randy Magen Carrie King James Powell Raymond Anthony Chad Farrell Jeanne Eder Robert Boeckmann Christine Gehrett John Olofsson Robert Crosman Daniel Anteau Judith Moore Robin Wahto Dave Fitzgerald Katherine Rawlins Sally Bremner David Meyers Kenrick Mock Sam Thiru Diane Erickson Maria Ippolito Susan Mitchell Ed McLain Mark Fitch Terri Olson Eva Kopacz Mark Schreiter Tom Ravens Fred Pearce Maureen O’Malley Toni Croft Gail Holtzman N. Bhattacharyya Wayne Edwards
III. Agenda Approval (pg. 1-3)
IV. March 6, 2009 Meeting Summary Approval (pg. 4-7)
Anne Bridges, President Hilary Davies, Chair, UAB Genie Babb, 1st Vice President Patt Sandberg, Chair, GAB Larry Foster, 2nd Vice President Bogdan Hoanca, Past President Robert Crosman, Parliamentarian
C. Second Vice President’s Report VII. Boards and Committees
A. Graduate Academic Board (pg. 9)
B. Undergraduate Academic Board (pg. 10-11) Curriculum Handbook (pg. 16) http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/governance/facultysenate/upload/Curr_handbook_040109.pdf MOTION: Approve the Curriculum Handbook as amended on March 20, 2009.
C. University-wide Faculty Evaluation Committee
D. Academic Computing, Distance Learning and Instructional Technology (pg. 17-18) Please note the additional document at http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/governance/facultysenate/upload/DE_Faculty_Handbook_V12.pdf. Gail Johnston will be accepting comments from faculty this month (April 2009) by email [email protected].
E. Budget, Planning, and Facilities Advisory Committee- BPFA
F. Nominations and Elections Committee
G. Diversity Committee (pg. 19-20) H. Faculty Grants and Leaves Committee
I. IUAC- Evaluation of Deans & Directors Update (pg. 21-22)
J. Library Advisory Committee (pg. 23)
K. Professional Development Committee (pg. 24-25)
L. Student Academic Success Committee
VIII. Old Business
A. Accreditation Update http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/accreditation/2010.cfm
C. Student Success Task Force http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/studentsuccess/charge_to_sstf.cfm
MOTION: The UAA Faculty Senate moves to endorse the comprehensive OPRA model of Student Success developed by Dr. Gary Rice, and urges the Chancellor to adopt the model as an official tool in assessing UAA’s effectiveness.
IX. New Business X. Informational Items & Adjournment
2:30 – 4:30 p.m. – LIB 307 (Lew Haines Room) I. Call to Order II. Roll
2008-2009 Officers:
2008-2009 Senators:
P Beth Graber Gail Johnston Peter Dedych P Bruno Kappes P Heidi Mannion P PT Chang E Carol Coose Herminia Din Randy Magen P Carrie King James Powell P Raymond Anthony E Chad Farrell Jeanne Eder P Robert Boeckmann P Christine Gehrett John Olofsson P Robert Crosman P Daniel Anteau P Judith Moore E Robin Wahto P Dave Fitzgerald P Katherine Rawlins P Sally Bremner P David Meyers P Kenrick Mock P Sam Thiru E Diane Erickson P Maria Ippolito P Susan Mitchell Ed McLain P Mark Fitch P Terri Olson E Eva Kopacz E Mark Schreiter Tom Ravens P Fred Pearce P Maureen O’Malley P Toni Croft Gail Holtzman P N. Bhattacharyya P Wayne Edwards
III. Agenda Approval (pg. 1-3) Approved
IV. February 6, 2009 Meeting Summary Approval (pg. 4-7) Approved
V. Reports A. USUAA President Karl Wing
Sending a second team to Juneau to talk about UAA’s needs Looking for nominations for new speaker for Coalition of Student Leaders USUAA general elections are approaching soon Sustainability Fair was this week
B. Chancellor Fran Ulmer http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/chancellor/fran-answers-questions.cfm unable to attend
C. Provost Michael Driscoll We did not get what was expected from Governor’s budget There is some confusion at the house level about how much money the university has Line item transfers- accounting adjustments
P Anne Bridges, President P Hilary Davies, Chair, UAB P Genie Babb, 1st P Vice President Patt Sandberg, Chair, GAB E Larry Foster, 2nd P Vice President Bogdan Hoanca, Past President P Robert Crosman, Parliamentarian
Requested movement from services to personal services around same time we were looking at asking for money to go into services fund. Services fund is a place where other agencies deposit funds until we know where they are going to be used. University has not had a chance to formally respond to these concerns. Need these funds to operate the university; there are not additional funds that can be used without affecting other programs. Handouts distributed Senior night for basketball game Our thoughts and condolences go out to the family and friends of Shelly Theno and the KPC campus.
D. Vice Chancellor Bill Spindle unable to attend
E. Vice Chancellor Megan Olson (pg. 8-9) Handout distributed
F. Union Representatives i. UAFT
ii. United Academics Will be holding meetings shortly March 20th
G. Vice President for Academic Affairs Dan Julius
reception at the Captain Cook
Academic Master Planning process on way Charge is on the Statewide Academic Affairs website Fully intend to receive feedback from everyone Doctoral programs are inevitable; but in order for this to happen there needs to be several conversations regarding following issues: accreditation and Board of Regents. There has to be internal checks and balances, so that when it comes to statewide academic council there would be an internal process to look at issues such as quality Need to go through processes within system and that needs to be transparent Overview of budget Globalization- it is important that we remember we are educating people about what it means to live in a global world. Have 24/ 25 system agreements. Anticipate research and partnership. Visions for the future: further accountability for funding; more pressure and scrutiny on the system to identify what individual campuses need to do and what they do well.
VI. Officer’s Reports A. President’s Report (pg. 10)
B. First Vice President’s Report
C. Second Vice President’s Report (pg. 11)
Nomination period has been extended to March 20th
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VII. Boards and Committees A. Graduate Academic Board (pg. 12)
JOINT GAB/UAB Motion: Approved the following curriculum items. PAR/ CAR (pg. 15-16) Sample spreadsheet (pg. 17-18) Flow Charts (pg. 19-22) Approved
B. Undergraduate Academic Board (pg. 23-25)
Curriculum One abstention Approved MOTION: The UAB requires 094 courses (trial courses) to be coordinated with faculty via the faculty listserve. Approved
C. University-wide Faculty Evaluation Committee
D. Academic Computing, Distance Learning and Instructional Technology (pg. 26) MOTION: ACDLIT committee wants to change the definition of Distance Education from the version Faculty Senate approved in December of 2004. Remove: “Distance education is planned learning that normally occurs in a different place from teaching and as a result requires special techniques of course design, special instructional techniques, special methods of communication by electronic and other technology, as well as special organizational and administrative arrangements." Moore, M. G. & Kearsley, G. (1996). Distance education: A systems view. Washington: Wadsworth Publishing. Replace with: “Distance education is a formal educational process in which the majority of the instruction occurs when student and instructor are not in the same place. Instruction may be synchronous or asynchronous. Distance education may employ correspondence study, or audio, video or electronically mediated technologies.” Technology-Aided Instruction: Organization and Priorities University of Alaska Anchorage Draft 5.b, Feb 9, 2009, Appendix C: NWCCU Distance Education Policy Approved
E. Budget, Planning, and Facilities Advisory Committee- BPFA (pg. 27)
F. Nominations and Elections Committee
G. Diversity Committee (pg. 28-29) H. Faculty Grants and Leaves Committee
I. IUAC- Evaluation of Deans & Directors Update (pg. 30)
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J. Library Advisory Committee (pg. 31)
K. Professional Development Committee
L. Student Academic Success Committee (pg. 32)
VIII. Old Business A. Constitution and Bylaws Update (pg. 33-34)
Approved
B. Accreditation Update http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/accreditation/2010.cfm
Susan Kalina: December- idea of core themes was introduced
Worked on aligning these with the Strategic Plan February- came back from workshop and created groups to discuss themes Report was submitted this Monday and is posted on the Accreditation website
Ron Baker will be here in April to discuss report 2 This expands on report 1 and allows us to update report 1 Trying to look at ongoing process that we can build into Report 3 is due March 2010, includes standard 3 and 4 Plan is to create core theme committees
C. Task Force on Faculty Evaluation (pg. 35)
Judith Moore: Attached is the interim report from the committee There is a website in the attached document
IX. New Business A. University of Alaska Employee e-Learning Resources- Anne Sakumoto (pg. 36)
Demonstration given
B. 2009 Faculty and Staff Giving Campaign- Julia Martinez 30 second message from the Chancellor Making charitable donations to the university Need to search for a variety of creative funding sources Chancellor is recommending funds be sent to the general scholarship fund Gift would be tax deductable Read a scholarship letters
UAA Faculty Senate President’s Report for April 2009 Increase Communication This Senate goal continues to focus on the UA budget. More information is on the Chancellor's Web site at: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/chancellor/legislative-advocacy-2009.cfm. Important dates and events include*April 3
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*April 11
11:30-1:00 p.m. in PSB 166, Spring Faculty & Staff Assembly on Accreditation sponsored by Faculty Senate, the Office of Academic Affairs and CAFÉ. At 2:30 p.m. in LIB 307, President Hamilton will attend Faculty Senate to discuss issues of interest to UAA.
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*May 3 is UAA at Bean’s Café for the First UAA Day of Service when we will serve lunch.
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Accreditation Sullivan Arena for Commencement 2009.
The Accreditation Committee is working on templates to gather information for the second report due September 1st that focuses on Resources and Capacity. Ron Baker from the NWCCU will be at UAA on April 10th to discuss guidelines for this report in greater detail, and the site visit scheduled for September, 2009. Preparations have started on the third report on UAA’s Planning & Implementation, and Effectiveness & Improvement. This report will describe how UAA uses data on the core themes and outcomes to plan for and improve the university. This report will be submitted on March 1, 2010. For more details please go to: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/accreditation/2010.cfm Faculty Evaluation Task Force Feedback, comments, and concerns are requested on the Gap Analysis Report that was sent to faculty in March. To facilitate feedback, faculty senators are asked to initiate conversations within their colleges and suggest ways to increase discussions. The next Task Force focus is responses to the identified gaps and drafting recommendations by the beginning of fall 2009. The ad hoc Committee on the Evaluation of Teaching has completed their review of policies and documents from other universities including literature on research and practice in university teaching and evaluation of teaching. Their recommendations are expected in May. Please see: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academicaffairs/promotion-and-tenure-task-force/index.cfm IDEA The Provost's IDEA group has completed a report on the SDIS/IDEA transition and their findings matched the Gap Analysis Report released by the Faculty Evaluation Task Force. They are also developing a training curriculum for use by review committees. The CAFE IDEA team continues to schedule meetings with departments and hopes to offer open sessions. They also made presentations to faculty at the retention, tenure, and promotion workshops offered March 27 and April 3rd. The materials of this group are available at: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/facultyservices/idea-faculty-student-evaluations.cfm Constitution and Bylaws Faculty Senate passed a motion at the second reading of the latest changes to the Constitution and Bylaws at the March meeting and a ballot will soon be sent to UAA faculty. Advocate for Research and Graduate Programs In addition to its regular workload the Graduate Academic Board (GAB) broadened its tasks to include a number of collaborative projects. One of these is to develop criteria for evaluating professional doctorate proposals based on NWACCU standards and a survey of peers. Faculty Senate supported the Graduate Council (GC) as part of a graduate school advising body together with GAB and the VP of Research and Graduate Studies. The GC is developing bylaws that will give this council a voice in graduate program development. THANK YOU for your commitment to UAA governance through Faculty Senate and its committees. If you have any comments or questions regarding this report or UAA Faculty Senate, please contact Anne Bridges at [email protected] or 786-1404
B. CBPP Chg BA A632 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
(3 cr) (3+0)
Chg BA A633 Problem Formulation and Decision Analysis (3 cr) (3+0)
Chg BA A634 Organizational Design and Development (3 cr) (3+0)
Chg BA A635 Current Marketing Issues Seminar (3 cr) (3+0)
Chg BA A656 Management Project ( 3 cr) (0+3) C. COE Add EDEC A607 Observation and Documentation: Inquiry in Action (4 cr) (3+2) (stacked with EDEC A407) Add EDEC A608 Analysis of Children’s Literature: Early Childhood Years (3 cr) (3+0) (stacked with EDEC A408)
D. MAT-SU
Add RE Prefix (Renewable Energy) Add VETT Prefix (Veterinary Assisting)
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Undergraduate Academic Board April 2009 Report
Program/Course Action Request
A. CAS Chg CHIN A101 First Year Chinese I (4 cr) (4+0)
Chg CHIN A102 First Year Chinese II (4 cr) (4+0)
Chg KOR A101 First Year Korean I (4 cr) (4+0) Chg LAT A101 Elementary Latin I (3 cr) (3+0) Chg LAT A102 Elementary Latin II (3 cr) (3+0)
Chg HIST A341 History of Alaska (3 cr) (3+0) (currently stacked with HIST A641)
Chg Advanced Placement
Chg BIOL A111 Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4 cr) (3+3)
Chg BIOL A112 Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4 cr) (3+3) Chg BIOL A113 Lectures in Human Anatomy and Physiology I (3 cr) (3+0) Chg BIOL A114 Lectures in Human Anatomy and Physiology II (3 cr) (3+0)
Add BIOL A141 Introduction to Medicine and the Health Professions (4 cr) (3+3)
Add BIOL A198 Individual Research (1-6 cr) (0+3-18) Chg BIOL A240 Introductory Microbiology for Health Sciences (4 cr) (3+3) Chg BIOL A241 Lectures in Introductory Microbiology for Health Sciences (3 cr) (3+0) Chg BIOL A242 Fundamentals of Cell Biology (4 cr) (3+3) Chg BIOL A252 Principles of Genetics (4 cr) (3+3) Chg BIOL A271 Principles of Ecology (4 cr) (3+3) Add BIOL A298 Individual Research (1-6 cr) (0+3-18) Chg BIOL A308 Principles of Evolution (3 cr) (3+0) Chg BIOL A309 Biogeography (3 cr) (3+0) Chg BIOL A334 Biology of Vascular Plants (4 cr) (3+3)
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Del BIOL A352 Human Genetics (3 cr) (3+0) Chg BIOL A378 Marine Biology (3 cr) (3+0)
B. CBPP Chg ACCT A310 Income Tax (3 cr) (3+0) Chg ACCT A452 Auditing (3 cr) (3+0)
Chg LGOP A110 Logistics, Information Systems and Customer Service (3 cr) (3+0)
Chg LGOP A120 Warehouse and Inventory Control Operations (3 cr) (3+0)
Chg LGOP A125 Transportation Services (3 cr) (3+0) Chg LGOP A160 Purchasing and Supply Management (3 cr) (3+0) Chg LGOP A235 Transport Operations Management (3 cr) (3+0) Del LOG A290 Selected Topics in Logistics (1-3) (3+0) Chg LOG A378 Foundations of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (3 cr) (3+0) Chg LOG A 379 Transportation Management (3 cr) (3+0) Chg LOG A415 Purchasing Management (3 cr) (3+0) Chg LOG A416 International Logistics and Transportation Management (3 cr) (3+0) Chg LOG A417 Materials Management (3 cr) (3+0) Chg LOG A495 Internship in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management (3 cr) (0+9)
Chg Occupational Endorsement Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain
Operations Chg Undergraduate Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Operations Chg Associate of Applied Science in Logistics Chg Bachelor of Business Administration, Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management C. CHSW Chg Certificate in Civic Engagement Chg HS A220 Core Concepts in the Health Sciences (3 cr) (3+0) Chg JUST A251 Criminology (3 cr) (3+0)
Chg CEL A395 Civic Engagement Internship (3-9 cr) (1+8-14)
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Chg CEL A450 Civic Engagement Capstone (3 cr) (2+2) D. COE Chg Bachelor of Arts, Early Childhood Education Chg Post Baccalaureate Certificate, Early Childhood Pre-K-Third Grade Add EDFN A304 Comparative Education (3 cr) (3+0)
Chg EDEC A407 Observation and Documentation in Early Childhood (4 cr) (3+2)
(stacked with EDEC A607)
Chg EDEC A408 Children’s Literature: Early Childhood Years (3 cr) (3+0) (pg. 244) (stacked with EDEC A608) E. KOD Chg Undergraduate Certificate, Occupational Safety and Health Chg Undergraduate Certificate: Industrial Safety Program Support
F. KPC Add CED A126 Yoga for Educators (1 cr) (1+0) Chg OSH A120 Safety Program Management and Recordkeeping (3 cr) (3+0) Chg Associate of Applied Science in Occupational Safety and Health
G. MAT-SU
Add RE Prefix (Renewable Energy) Add VETT Prefix (Veterinary Assisting)
Informational Item: The header for Preparatory/Development courses in the catalog needs to be clearly defined. Rationale: Currently, Preparatory/Developmental courses are listed as non-credit courses.
Motions: Approve the Curriculum Handbook as amended on March 20, 2009.
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CHANGES TO CHAPTER 7, PAGE 54 OF THE 2008-2009 CATALOG. INSERT HEADER FOR PREPARATORY/DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES RATIONALE: A050-A099 ARE NOT NON-CREDIT COURSES COURSE NUMBERING SYSTEM Each course offered by the University is defined by the department designator, a campus designator, and a three-digit course number. The designator commonly abbreviates the name of the discipline or department (for example, ENGL for English). In general, the first numeral of the three-digit course number indicates the year in which the course is ordinarily taken. For example, ENGL A111 is ordinarily taken by first-year students, and ENGL A313 is taken by third-year students. Advances in course level (lower, upper, and graduate) correlate with sophistication of academic work. It should be noted that some students find introductory courses more demanding than advanced, specialized courses. In such courses, a more comprehensive approach and the first exposure to new ways of thinking may be harder for some individuals than covering a smaller, more familiar, area in much greater detail. The following definitions describe the types of courses that can be expected at each level:
NON-CREDIT COURSES A001-A049: Non-credit courses. Offered as career development, continuing education or community interest instruction. Not applicable to any degree or certificate requirements (even by petition). They have no regular tuition but do have other special fees.
AC001-AC049
PREPARATORY/DEVELOPMENTAL COURSES A050-A099: Courses with these numbers provide basic or supplemental preparation for introductory college courses. They are not applicable to transcripted certificates or associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degrees, even by petition.
ACADEMIC CREDIT COURSES Courses with these numbers count toward undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates as described below. Each course includes a component for evaluation of student performance. Student effort is indicated by credit hours. One credit hour represents three hours of student work per week for a 15-week semester (e.g., one class-hour of lecture and two hours of study or three class-hours of laboratory) for a minimum of 750 minutes of total student engagement, which may include examination periods. Equivalencies to this standard may be approved by the chief academic officer of the university or community college. Academic credit courses are numbered as follows.
The numbering sequence signifies increasing sophistication in a student’s ability to extract, summarize, evaluate and apply relevant class material. Students are expected to demonstrate learning skills commensurate with the -appropriate course level, and to meet, prior to registration, prerequisites for all courses as listed within the course -descriptions.
LOWER DIVISION COURSES Lower division courses are usually taken by freshmen and sophomores.
: Continuing Education Unit (CEU) courses: CEUs are awarded upon completion of a course of study that is intended for career development or personal enrichment. CEU courses may not be used in degree or certificate programs or be converted to academic credit. The number of CEUs awarded is related to the amount of time required to master the material presented, with one CEU typically awarded for 10 hours of active participation in a directed learning environment with an instructor available, or for 20 hours of laboratory or experiential learning where the student’s investigation and discovery is largely independent. The number of CEUs awarded is determined by the chief academic officer (dean or director) of the offering unit. Fractional CEUs may be awarded.
A100-A199: Freshman-level, lower division courses. Introduce a field of knowledge and/or develop basic skills. These are usually foundation or survey courses. Applicable to certificates, associate, and baccalaureate degrees in accordance with certificate and degree requirements.
A200-A299: Sophomore-level, lower division courses provide more depth than 100-level courses and/or build upon 100-level courses. These courses may connect foundation or survey courses with advanced work in a given field, require previous college experiences, or develop advanced skills. Applicable to certificates, associate, and baccalaureate degrees.
UPPER DIVISION COURSES
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Upper division courses are usually taken by juniors and seniors. Upper division courses require a background in the discipline recognized through course prerequisites, junior or senior standing, or competency requirements. These courses demand well-developed writing skills, research capabilities, and/or mastery of tools and methods of the -discipline.
A300-A399: Junior-level, upper division courses build upon previous course work and require familiarity with the concepts, methods, and vocabulary of a discipline. They are applicable to baccalaureate degrees and may be -applicable to associate degrees, in accordance with degree requirements. These courses are not applicable to graduate degree requirements.
A400-A499: Senior-level, upper division courses require the ability to analyze, synthesize, compare and contrast, research, create, innovate, develop, elaborate, transform, and/or apply course material to solving complex problems, and generally require a substantial background of study in lower-level courses.
These courses are applicable to baccalaureate degrees, in accordance with degree requirements. These courses may be applied to graduate requirements for some master’s degrees with prior approval of the student’s graduate study committee. However, a student may not apply a course to both a baccalaureate and a master’s degree.
GRADUATE LEVEL COURSES A600-A699: Graduate-level courses require a background in the discipline, and an ability to contribute to written and oral discourse on advanced topics in the field at a level beyond that required by a bachelor’s degree. These courses demand rigorous analysis, synthesis, and research skills and require the ability to read, interpret and evaluate primary literature in the field. Students analyze raw data, evaluate models used in research and draw independent conclusions. Preparation includes demonstrated accomplishment in a specific course or discipline, or completion of a significant and related program of study. Student activities are often self-directed and aimed not only at the formation of supportable conclusions, but also at a clear understanding of the process used in those formations. These courses are applicable to post-baccalaureate, masters, post-baccalaureate certificates, and doctoral degrees, in accordance with degree requirements. With prior approval of the major department they may be used to meet degree or graduation requirements for some baccalaureate degrees, but a student may not apply a course to both a baccalaureate and a graduate degree.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES A500-A599: Courses with these numbers are designed to provide continuing education for professionals at a post-baccalaureate level. These courses are not applicable to university degree or certificate program requirements, are not interchangeable with credit courses, even by petition, and may not be delivered simultaneously (stacked) with credit courses of similar content. These courses may be graded Pass/No pass or, if the course includes an evaluation component, by letter grading. The measurement of student effort is indicated by professional development credits. Each professional development credit awarded requires at least 12.5 hours of student engagement in a directed learning environment under the supervision of a qualified instructor. These courses are provided on a self-support basis.
The following second and third digits or course numbers are used for specific types of courses:
-90 selected topics -92 seminars and workshops -93 special topics courses, to be offered only once -94 trial (experimental) courses intended to become permanent -95 internships, practica, community-based learning, or cooperative education -97 independent studies -98 individual research -99 thesis
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Non degree (050-099) Change to: Preparatory courses with these numbers provide basic or supplemental preparation for introductory college courses. They are not applicable to transcripted certificates or associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degrees, even by petition.
Appendix F
Replace the definition (end of the first paragraph) with following Distance Education Definition approved by the Faculty Senate on March 6, 2009 “Distance education is a formal educational process in which the majority of the instruction occurs when student and instructor are not in the same place. Instruction may be synchronous or asynchronous. Distance education may employ correspondence study, or audio, video or electronically mediated technologies.” Technology-Aided Instruction: Organization and Priorities University of Alaska Anchorage Draft 5.b, Feb 9, 2009, Appendix C: NWCCU Distance Education Policy
Implementation The new PAR (Program/Prefix Request form) was approved by UAB/GAB on February 27 and the Faculty Senate on March 6, and has been approved by OAA. The transition period during which the current CAR/PAR will be accepted will end on July 31, 2009. As of August 1, 2009, the updated PAR and CAR must be submitted with curriculum paperwork.
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Date: March 31, 2009 From: Hilary Davies Summary of Curriculum Handbook changes
• Major reorganization and reformatting
• A statement is included in the Introduction that curriculum (CARs, PARs, CCGs, and catalog copy) should be updated on an ongoing basis to reflect professional and institutional accreditation standards.
• Revised CAR (Course Action Request)
Box 13 has been revised. Library Coordination Box has been added.
• New PAR (Program/Prefix Action Request) Prefixes are not deleted but are inactivated. Changed “delete” to “inactivate” in appropriate places including flowcharts.
• Detailed instructions on additions/revisions to courses, GERs, programs and policy (Sections 5 – 8).
• Detailed instruction for completing the Course Content Guide, the CAR and PAR.
The CCG guidelines and instructions will precede the CAR guidelines and instructions. There will be duplication within the instructions for the CCG and CAR.
• The Library Resource Form is no longer required. Departments should contact their
library liaisons early in the curriculum process and indicate this on the CAR/PAR.
• The Coordination Form is no longer required. See list of instructions in the handbook.
• Flowcharts revised to clarify the process, including initiation and coordination requirements.
• Change the timelines from 10 days to 2 weeks in faculty listserve coordination guidelines.
Meeting Date: March 3, 2009 in RH 112 from 3:00 until 4:00 PM Attendees:
√ Gail Johnston, Chair √ David Fitzgerald √ Nalinaksha Bhattacharyya √ Bruno Kappes √ Ed McLain √ Angela Dirks Sam Thiru √ Carrie King
Overview of Meeting
1. Anchorage campus was closed March 13th for spring break so the committee met on Tuesday March 3rd instead in RH 112 from 3:00 to 4:00 PM.
2. Discussion focused on the Faculty Distance Education Handbook V8. We reviewed changes to the draft.
3. Agreement was made to meet a second time before the Faculty Senate meeting in April. We will meet Friday March 27, 2009 in RH 112 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM.
4. Committee work assignment in preparation for next meeting Friday March 27, 2009:
a. Gail will provide a digital copy of UAA IT Governance Structure. b. Dave will provide a digital copy of Intellectual Property Rights. c. Dave will reformat the updated copy. d. Carrie will submit a paragraph about the bookstore. e. Carrie will contact Jackie Cason for assistance in editing V10.
Upcoming ACDLIT meetings: Friday March 27, 2009 in RH 112 from 2:00 until 4:00 PM Friday April 10, 2009 in RH 112 from 2:00 until 4:00 PM
Meeting Date: March 27, 2009 in RH 112 2:00 until 4:00 PM Attendees:
√ Gail Johnston, Chair √ David Fitzgerald Nalinaksha Bhattacharyya Bruno Kappes √ Ed McLain √ Angela Dirks Sam Thiru Carrie King
Overview of Meeting
1. Discussion focused on the Faculty Distance Education Handbook V10 with comments from Jackie
Cason. Changes were made to the document and deliberations were held concerning format improvements. Committee expressed appreciation for the thorough review and feedback provided by Jackie.
2. The UAA IT governance structure (PDF document) was discussed then removed from the Distance Education Faculty Handbook.
3. Committee work assignment in preparation for Friday April 3, 2009 faculty senate meeting:
a. Dave will reformat the updated copy. b. Angela will provide the minutes of the meeting. c. Gail will prepare the faculty senate report.
4. Committee agreed to submit the Distance Education Faculty Handbook for the Faculty Senate review
April 3, 2009 meeting, with approval pending from the Faculty Senate May 1, 2009.
5. ACDLIT meeting scheduled for Friday April 10, 2009 canceled. Any changed made to the Distance Education Faculty Handbook will be made in the fall of 2009.
Upcoming ACDLIT meetings:
Friday April 10, 2009 in RH 112 from 2:00 until 4:00 PM - CANCELED
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Minutes for March 20, 2009: (GHH 103: 3:00 - 4:30) X Carlos Alsua-School of
Management E Herminia Din (Excused: on
sabbatical) X Songho Ha
X Beverly Barker - Chemistry X Jeanne Eder X Sean Licka
E Robert Boeckmann X Wayne Edwards X Natasa Masanovic
Russell Pressley, Academic Advising Coordinator (CHSW)
X Provost Driscoll (consulting only) Dr. Ted Kassier, Director of International Affairs-present
I. An Overview of the Hiring of International Faculty – Guest Mr. John Bhend, Senior
HR Consultant will be responsible henceforth for negotiating the laws regarding international faculty. We must not discriminate for or against foreign nationals, if qualified to work in USA. The UAA dept. shall pay for the visa necessary for a foreign national hire for the length of the contract, if terminal. Also must pay for the faculty member’s return to their home country. Research Professionals and staff have different visas, some temporary, some for permanent residency. If tenure-track, visa (H1b – up to $5,000) is valid for up to six years, applied for within first 18 months. Dept of Labor mandates hiring a US citizen if one is qualified. Certain rules apply for the hiring process for international faculty that make it more expensive. It is a practice, but not required by law, for dept. to pay for legal fees related to hiring (not for personal issues of residency, etc.) up to $6,000. HR will try to keep track of all international students and faculty, with the goal of doing the proper legal work at the proper time.
Provost Driscoll: UAA has no staff attorneys, and the UA System Office of General Counsel does not have staffing in specialty areas such as international hires. The usual practice is to hire private firms for such legal jobs. We have a “preferred lawyer list” to refer university clients to. Often no one notices until a month before expiration of a visa, resulting in panic and difficult results.
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Director of International Affairs will try to stay ahead of such crises, subject to the availability of necessary resources.
II. Judges needed for April 4th
III. A. Informational: Faculty Awareness Issues of Disability Support Services: Kaela Parks, Director of Disability Support Services (DSS) will be joining us on April 17
Native Oratory Contest – contact Prof. Nancy Furlow. Prizes for winners - $1,000 - $250.
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IV. B. NCBI/UAA’s Welcoming Diversity and Prejudice Reduction Spring Workshop for Faculty will take place on Friday, April 24
to discuss DSS and universal access.
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V. Next meeting: Friday, April 17
from 9:00am to 4:15pm in Gorsuch Commons, Room 107.
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Announcement: March 23
, 3 – 4:30, GHH 103
rd at 7:30 in Arts 117, Jose Torres-Tama from New Orleans will present his performance art. Out North Theater has been helping.
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Institutional & Unit Assessment Committee
UAA Faculty Senate April 3, 2009
Members: L. Foster and F. Pearce (co-Chairs); K. Jones, E. Kopacz, H. Mannion, K. Rawlins. Synopsis of Recent Progress: Following completion of faculty and staff survey lists, per college, the IDEA Center began distributing surveys about the leadership of our colleges and schools on February 20th with an expected survey end date of March 20th. Numerous reminders were distributed to both faculty and staff over the survey period which was extended to March 27th. The response rates, as of Friday evening, March 27th
During this survey process, several issues arose including:
1. IDEA accidentally activated the survey early, prior to the IUAC’s planned distribution of email announcements.
2. The email list serves from which IDEA distributed the surveys were defective for many of the Colleges and included faculty and staff who had long left the university while not including some faculty and staff who had long been at UAA. This is an issue that must be resolved before next year’s survey. In particular, it results in an underestimated response rate. The resolution must take place in the deans’ offices.
3. While the surveys were sent only to faculty and staff on the Anchorage campus, the Governance
email list serves used to distribute reminders from this Committee were MAU wide (excluding PWSCC). Hence, many faculty and staff who were not surveyed nevertheless received
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announcements and reminders about the survey. While overall this distracted from the survey process, it did indicate through the many emails of those not being surveyed a strong desire to participate in such a survey process, e.g., by staff working for nonacademic units, faculty at community campuses, etc.
4. Several staff members noted in emails and telephone calls to the Committee’s Co-Chair (LMF)
that they would like to participate but remained unsure of the confidentiality of the survey. In spite of explaining how their confidentiality was guaranteed, several noted they “could not take the risk”.
The Committee will meet next on April 15th
. Topics for this meeting will include this year’s response rates with particular attention to the staff surveys, errors in the survey list serves, suggestions for next year’s survey process, and a discussion on expanding the survey to our community campuses.
The Committee welcomes questions and suggestions from faculty and staff as it continues its work this year. _____________________________________________________________ Prepared by IUAC Co-chair Larry M. Foster, March 28, 2009.
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LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (LAC) REPORT TO UAA FACULTY SENATE (FS) MARCH 2009
• ATTENDANCE. Alberta Harder, Carl Hild (APU Co-chair), Christine Hanson, Clare Chesher, David
Meyers, Elizabeth James, Garry Kaulitz, Gina Boisclair, Robert McCoy, Robin Hanson, Sally Bremner (UAA Co-chair), Steve Godfrey, Steve Rollins (Library Dean), Susan Mitchell.
• LIBRARY AS PLACE (LP) ACTIVITIES:
o Floor maps and event display board: Steve Godfrey reported group investigations and consultation with Eric Lopez to select best locations. They propose maps (each approximately 40” x 24”) for all three floors side by side at the site of the themed book displays. A video display monitor for events would be mounted above the first floor map in the center position. LP also proposed floor maps at locations beside the spiral stairwell on the 2nd and 3rd
o Arc Gallery signage will be a 16” x 24” glass-fronted cabinet to display exhibition posters, with the materials and design in keeping with the donor recognition sign close by.
floors. Maps near the elevators are under consideration too.
o Arc Gallery surveillance camera. Steve is discussing installation to tie into the circulation desk surveillance with Howie Morse and Eric Lopez. Electicity to run this is a big issue.
o More study spaces (LibQUAL initiative). LP asked LAC members to poll students for suggestions, and researched space-utilization, outlets, traffic/noise patterns. Their detailed spreadsheet recommends table sizes, locations and additional chairs needed. Dean Rollins said current furniture could be better placed for noise control, but thought table and chair capacity described was about right.He applauded LP’s work, and will work on finding funding. Christine Hanson suggested tables be adapted to allow laptop security, by making a hole to accommodate a cable. This will be done.
o Arc Gallery exhibitions. The photographs of Petra Lisiecki will open on March 20th. Hiroko Hirada has been awarded $2700 from the Japan Foundation to fund most of the expenses for a display for the 1000th
anniversary of Tales of Gengi in November, including a guest lecturer.
• LIBRARY RESOURCES (LR) ACTIVITIES: o Focus Groups for library staff, Math, Sciences & Computer Sciences, Psychology (UAA & APU). More
input was gathered on LibQUAL resource gaps. $10,000 will bolster resources with non-recurring costs for these groups. LR’s SOF proposal for e-books won high interest at PBAC, but Steve says funding may now be suspended in view of the economic crisis and pressure on departmental operation budgets. We’ll know by May 1st
o Letter requesting greater share of overhead funding. Elizabeth James drafted a letter from LAC to Research and Graduate Studies asking for an increase in the current 3% of overhead from research grants, based on the estimated 10% inflation for materials and in view of LibQUAL findings and accreditation coming in 2010. Dean Rollins suggested this go to the Provost also.
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• LIBRARY SERVICES (LS) ACTIVITIES:
o Seeking more input on library website. Sally approached the Library Web Team re. an open meeting at UAA. They preferred a surprise noontime pizza event at SUB, “Will work for Pizza.” Since this would target undergraduates, we’ll wait till QuickSearch has been available for longer. Meantime APU is scheduling a tea to discuss the website on March 19th
o Quick tutorial classes on using the library website. Sally discussed this with the Reference Team. They felt this had been done before with limited success, and prefer to create an online tutorial. They will likely do some on QuickSearch once they have had time to learn more about it.
. Faculty and graduate students will be invited and QuickSearch will be demonstated.
o Anti-Plagiarism intitiative. Don Mohr will submit his interim report to the Provost today. Sally has been formatting his References using QuickSearch and RefWorks. He’ll speak to LAC in April. LS have gathered more links for discipline-specific resources to add to AHI pages, and work is proceeding on the “cultural plagiarism” piece. LR focus groups and APU faculty report the AHI website is appreciated.
NEXT MEETING: April 17th, in the Consortium Library Room 309, 11:30 am.
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UAA Faculty Senate Professional Development Committee February and March, 2009
Co-Chairs: John Mouracade ([email protected]; 786-4437) Mari Ippolito ([email protected]; 786-1718) Members: Lauren Bruce, Carol Coose, Susan Garton, Mari Ippolito,
John Mouracade
The committee met on Monday, February 2, at 2:30 p.m. and Monday, March 2, 2009. Lauren Bruce committed to distribute an article reporting on research on universities’ use of resources. This article reports on two studies which found that increased expenditure of university funds was effective in only two areas:
• Faculty services, support, and development • Student counseling and tutoring
Nevertheless, UAA’s strategic goals only directly mention faculty development with reference to improving faculty recruitment and retention. Lauren has suggested to Will Jacobs that explicit references to faculty development should be included in germane sections of the strategic. Lauren is co-chairing the ad hoc committee on the evaluation of teaching with Betty Predeger. The committee’s discussions have focused on relevant policies and practices of peer institutions (e.g., how teaching is defined, the institutional philosophy of teaching, how teaching effectiveness is evaluated). With almost all of the institutions examined, some patterns have emerged:
• All of these institutions tend to marginalize the importance of student evaluations in assessing teaching effectiveness.
• A number of these institutions support some form of peer evaluation that is shaped/focused by faculty being evaluated as a means of assessing teaching effectiveness and enhancing professional development of faculty.
This ad hoc committee is in the beginning stages of formalizing their findings, including but not limited to, suggesting a definition of and philosophy of teaching for UAA and recommending what tools should be utilized at UAA to assess teaching effectiveness. One tool that has been discussed extensively is faculty evaluation by peers upon faculty request.
Follow-up reports on meetings with various Deans regarding travel funding (GOAL A
• Carol Coose provided a report from the School of Nursing (Jean Ballantyne, Director) Usual funding: $1,000 annually 2008-2009 funding: $1,500 annually* *Applies to the 2008-2009 academic year only and is due to carryover funding Per Jean Ballantyne, “most faculty take advantage of the travel money.” Funding
awarded can be applied to any conference expenses including travel, lodging, registration, etc.
• John Mouracade provided a report from the College of Arts and Sciences (Linda Ottinger, Director of Finance)
The only source of funding for faculty travel in CAS is the CAS Faculty Professional Development Fund.
Total Annual Amount: $45,000 Maximum Funding per Faculty Member: $ 1,000 Number of CAS Faculty Eligible for Travel Funding: 212
Number of Applications/Average Award: FY 07 52/$640 FY08 59/$750
• Susan Garton reported that she has not yet been able to meet with Mary Snyder, Dean of the College of Education, due to Dean Snyder’s husband’s illness. COE has been operating at a deficit for the last few years so travel money has been scarce. By way of providing a rough estimate of travel funding available in COE, the four faculty members in Educational Leadership each received $500 in travel funding this year.
• John Mouracade is awaiting a response to his inquiry from Robert Lange, Dean of the School of Engineering.
• Randy Magen discussed travel funding with Cheryl Easley, Dean of the College of Health and Social Welfare, and his report will be included in the March meeting report.
A summary report on travel funding will be compiled and issued once the Committee has complete information from all of the Deans and Directors. In accordance with an e-mail to the Committee from Mark Fitch, this Committee has taken steps to coordinate with other groups examining teaching evaluation and effectiveness as appropriate. Some students are also working on increasing IDEA response rates.
The committee members put forth three concerns:
• Teaching effectiveness is, in some respects, discipline specific. Departments within UAA, however, vary significantly when it comes to the mentoring/coaching of new faculty members.
• There is little in the way of formative evaluations of or feedback on faculty teaching such as would be available via the type of peer review programs.
• A number of tenure-track but non-tenured faculty members have few, if any, reliable teaching evaluations and there is no other formalized mechanism other than student evaluations to verify teaching effectiveness at UAA. Even given adequate response rates, the administrators of IDEA have been clear that IDEA should not be the sole source of judgments of teaching effectiveness. If it has accomplished nothing else, the change to the use of IDEA student evaluations has served to highlight the absence at UAA of a comprehensive system of developing and evaluating faculty teaching effectiveness. The various groups which have and continue to address this issue -- some of which are identified above – suggest that UAA plans to take full advantage of the opportunity to rectify this deficit.
The next PDC Meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 6, 2009, at 2:30 p.m.
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TO: Ann Bridges, President UAA Faculty Senate FROM: Letitia Fickel, Chair Task Force on Faculty Work for Promotion, Tenure, Post-Tenure Review, and Hiring DATE: March 29, 2009 RE: Report on Task Force Activities The Task Force completed the Gap Analysis Report, one of the key tasks in our charge. It was sent to the Tenured and Tenure-track faculty list-serve March 18th
, and copied to the Deans and Directors. It has also been posted on the Task Force website at: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academicaffairs/promotion-and-tenure-task-force/index.cfm
We have requested that faculty discuss the report widely with their department, college, and campus colleagues. We are also encouraging and soliciting their feedback, insights, comments, and concerns regarding the report. To date we have received very few comments and little feedback from faculty regarding the report. Therefore, we are considering a number of options to facilitate dialogue, such as hosting a small number of in-person feedback sessions before the end of the year, and contacting Department Chairs to encourage discussion at department meetings. We’d also like to encourage Senate members to initiate conversations within their colleges and departments. Other suggestions from the E-Board or Senate members for increasing the faculty input around the report from would be welcome. The Task Force will meet only a few more times before the end of the academic year. The focus of the work will continue to be discussion of possible responses to the gaps and issues identified through the analysis. The final task for the year will be establishing a small working group to continue through the summer with the drafting of recommendations. As reported previously, we intend to have draft recommendations ready for review by faculty by the beginning of Fall 2009. As Chair, I will be coordinating through the summer with the newly elected Senate President to ensure the coordination with the Faculty Senate E-Board. The ad hoc Committee on the Evaluation of Teaching has been making great progress in their work. They have completed their review of the literature on research and practice in university teaching and evaluation of teaching, and examined a wide array of policies and documents from other universities. For the past month they have been at work drafting recommendations to submit to the Task Force regarding the definition of scholarly teaching, outlining the key components of quality teaching, and clarifying the distinction between scholarly teaching and the scholarship of teaching and learning. We anticipate the completion of this phase of their work by the end of the academic year. Their recommendations will be provided to the Task Force for review and revision as part of the work this summer.
