GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
FALL MEETING OF THE GENERAL FACULTY,
GENERAL FACULTY ASSEMBLY, AND
THE ACADEMIC SENATE
Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 3:00 pm
Student Center Theater
AGENDA
1. Call to Order and Opening Remarks Provost Rafael Bras.
2. Approval of minutes of previous meeting April 24, 2012
3. Announcements concerning the Georgia Tech Charitable Campaign Ms. Hope Wilson, Chair
4. Report on progress in creating a Central Policy Library for Georgia Tech Ms. Mia Reini, Director of Compliance and Policy Management, and Dr. Ron Bohlander, Secretary of the Faculty
5. Presentation of annual reports and pending minutes of Standing Committees of the General Faculty
a. Faculty
Benefits Mr. David Millard filling in for the chair, Prof. Bettina Cothran
Minutes: 12/5/11, 1/23/12, 2/27/12, 4/9/12 & 8/27/12 ... No action items.
b. Faculty Honors Prof. Joel Sokol
c. Faculty Status & Grievance Prof. David Anderson
d. Statutes
Ms. Jeanne Balsam
Minutes 4/17/12, 4/24/12, 5/31/12, 6/19/12, 7/24/12, & 9/17/12. No
action items.
e. Academic
Services Dr. Amy DUnger, 2012-13 Chair filling in for the 2011-12 Chair, Dr.
Helena Mitchell
Minutes: 8/31/11, 9/29/11, 10/26/11, 11/16/11, 12/14/11, 1/24/12, 2/14/12, 3/13/12,
5/15/12, & 7/31/12. No action items.
f. Welfare & Security Mr. Bob Pikowsky filling in for the 2011-12 chair, Prof. Margaret Kosal
6. Presentation of annual reports and pending minutes of Standing Committees of the Academic Senate
a. Undergraduate Curriculum Profs. Jerry Seitzman and Pradeep Agrawal
Minutes: 7/24/12, 7/27/12, 8/14/12, 8/21/12, 9/4/12, 9/18/12, 10/2/12
Action items: From 7/24: Public Policy & College of Business modification in the Minor in Leadership Studies involving changes in course requirements and options with some new courses and an internship; MSE 1 new course; Me 1 new course + a modification to the BSME degree involving new course options and a new optional concentration in Mechanics of Materials. From 8/14: INTA 1 new course; General Education Subcommittee approval of certain courses (and denial of others) to satisfy USG General Education requirements. From 9/4: Public Policy & College of Business further clarification of the modification in the Minor in Leadership Studies approved in the 7/24 meeting; Public Policy modification to the Minor in Law, Science, and Technology and to the Certificate in pre-Law involving course requirements; CoA-Building Construction 1 new course, 1 course deactivated, and a modification to the Bachelor of Science in Building Construction involving a course change requested for compliance with accreditation; Biology modification in the Minor in Energy Systems bringing it in line with a campus-wide minor in this topic with cross-disciplinary course requirements and a capstone project. From 10/2: Appl. Physiology 1 new course; Public Policy change the name of the Minor in Philosophy of Science and Technology to the Minor in Philosophy, and a similar change to the name of a corresponding certificate to Certificate in Philosophy; ME change in the process of changing major into Mechanical Engineering raising the standards for such a change except for students who started as freshmen at Georgia Tech and are still within their first 2 semesters (or 3 if they start in the summer); ISyE change in the process of changing major into Industrial and Systems Engineering raising the standards for such a change in a way similar to the above; Psychology minor change in the course requirements for a BS in Psychology.
b. Graduate Curriculum Profs. Jonathan Clarke and Benjamin Flowers.
Minutes: 9/6/12, 9/13/12, 10/4/12
Action Items: From 9/6: CoA-City Planning approval of a modified proposal for an MS in Geographic Information Science and Technology degree involving a small change to the credit hours required. From 9/13: Office of Research Compliance Requirement for Masters degree students to complete Responsible Conduct in Research training deferred from fall 2012 to fall 2014; Public Policy modification of the Certificate in Public Policy adding to the list of elective course options; Business 1 new course; CoA-Building Construction 1 new course; CoA-Architecture 10 new courses & 4 courses deactivated in fall 2013. From 10/4: Appl. Physiology modification to the MS in Prosthetics and Orthotics involving course requirements.
c. Student Regulations Prof. Chuck Parsons
Minutes:
9/15/11. 10/6/11, 11/10/11, 12/1/11, 8/30/12
Action items: From 10/6: Addition to Exam Guidelines -
Students will have the full two hours and fifty minutes to complete the final,
unless otherwise stated on the syllabus. Students must be notified of any
changes to the duration of the final exam at least two weeks before the first
day of Finals Week. From 11/10: Change to Section VI.
F. of student regulations concerning Change of Major - "3. Students
who change their majors must complete the degree requirements in the Catalog
that was effective for the term in which the change of major became official,
or any subsequent Catalog." From 12/1: Change
Catalog Section V.C., Grade Substitution) should add: 6. This
policy is not petitionable. (although the Registrar could consider unusual
circumstances arising from student illness or other misfortune); change the
Catalog Section V.A.2 to read: 2. The following grades will be
used in the cases indicated and will not be included in the calculation of
scholastic average: S satisfactory performance in a course, U
unsatisfactory performance in a course, V assigned when the course has been
audited; no credit given; and implies no academic achievement on the part of
the student.; addition to the Catalog, Section VI.D (Scholastic
Regulations/Maximum Schedule Load): 5. During Phase I registration, the
Institute reserves the right to limit undergraduate students to 18 credits
maximum for Fall and Spring terms and graduate students to less than 21 hours
depending upon the needs of the program or School.
d. Student Academic & Financial Affairs Prof. Craig Tovey
e. Student Activities Mr. Bruce Henson
Minutes: 9/8/11, 10/21/11, 11/4/11, 12/2/11, 1/25/12, 2/15/12, 2/29/12, 3/14/12, 3/28/12, 4/11/12, & 4/18/12
Action items: Approval of all student activity charters and constitution revisions recommended by the committee as documented in their minutes and the annual report.
f. Student Grievance & Appeal Prof. Arnie Schneider
g. Student Honor Profs. Blake Leland and David Bucknall
h. Student
Computer Ownership Ms. Lori Critz
Minutes: 9/15/11, 2/15/12, 9/12/12
i. Academic Integrity Prof. Tom Morley
Minutes: 11/1/11. Action item: Change in the statement of the Sanctioning Model clarifying that indirect effects of sanctions are not covered by the model itself.
7. Any other business.
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Ronald A Bohlander
Secretary of the Faculty
October 22, 2012 afternoon edition