GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

CALLED MEETING OF THE GENERAL FACULTY

Combined with

MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE

And

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC FACULTY

Tuesday, April 19, 2005, 3:00 pm

Student Center Theater

 

AGENDA

 

1.      Opening Remarks by the President.

2.      Approval of Minutes of previous meetings -- (02/01/05). [Attachment #1]

3.      Presentation of Degree Candidates. (Jo McIver, Registrar)

4.      Annual Report of the Faculty Athletics Representative (Nemhauser) [Attachment #5]

5.      Report on Faculty Handbook Format modification (Bohlander) [Attachment #4]

6.      Report on Rising Costs of Textbooks (Maloney/Meyers) [Attachment #3]

7.      Approval of Minutes of Standing Committees of the Academic Senate [see link to web site listing #2 below]

a.       Undergraduate Curriculum: 01/10/05, 02/09/05, 02/23/05, 03/9-16/05, 03/30/05; Study-Abroad Subcommittee 10/20/04, 11/01/04, 11/24/04, 01/12/05 [Action items: Change in BS ChBE with the Biotechnology option; New Course in Physics (02/23/05); Inactive Courses in COE, MGT, NS, ME, CS, HTS; New Courses in ECE, CHEM, EAS, NS, ML, CHBE, CETL, LCC, ME, ECON, CS, and HTS; Approval of list of courses for the International Plan; Revised Courses in MUSIC; Revision to Pre-Law Certificate and the Law, Science, and Technology Minor; Awarding of posthumous degree by Int. Affairs; New Policy on the preparation and enrollment of Undergraduate Teaching Assistants; Approval of Undergraduate Research Option; Curriculum modifications to BS degrees in ME, ECON, and CS; Curriculum modifications to allow students to participate in the International Plan in AE, CE, EE, CmpE, ARCH, CS, ISyE, HTS, INTA, INTA-ECON, ML-INTA, GE-ML, MGT, and BIOL (03/30/05)]

b.      Graduate Curriculum: 02/24/05, 04/05/05 [Action items: new ECE Course; Clarification of policy on hour loads for graduate students (02/24/05); Changes in MS ARCH; new Courses in ARCH and LCC (04/05/05)]

c.       Student regulations: 02/04/05 [Action items:  Modification of Section V of the Student Rules & Regulations to implement a Grade Substitution Policy (02/04/05)]

8.      Approval of Minutes of Standing Committees of the General Faculty  [see link to web site listing #2 below]

a.       Faculty Benefits: 11/22/04, 01/10/05, 02/14/05

b.      Statutes: 12/09/04

c.       Academic Services: 01/13/05, 02/03/05, 03/10/05

d.      Welfare & Security: 12/06/04, 02/08/05

9.      Any Other Business.

 

Said Abdel-Khalik

Secretary of the Faculty

April 18, 2005

 

Links to cited documents:

 

  1. Minutes of Faculty Meetings:
    1. February 1, 2005 meeting of the Academic Senate combined with Spring meeting of the General Faculty and General Faculty Assembly:  http://www.facultysenate.gatech.edu/ASGFGFA2005-020105-Minuteswp.htm
  2. Minutes of Committee Meetings:  http://www.facultysenate.gatech.edu/CommitteeMinutes.htm
  3. Textbook Costs (presentation by Jerry Maloney and Rosalind Meyers)
  4. Faculty handbook Updates and Recommendations (presentation by Ron Bohlander)
  5. Report of the Faculty Athletics Representative
    1. NCAA Academic Reform (Presentation by George Nemhauser)
    2. NCAA Division I 2003-04 Academic Progress Rate Form