GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
GENERAL FACULTY ASSEMBLY
Followed by
ACADEMIC SENATE EARLY FALL MEETING
Tuesday September 19, 2000. 3:00
p.m. Student Center Theater
AGENDA
Amended September 14, 2000
Meeting of the General Faculty Assembly
Meeting of the Academic Senate
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Edward W. Thomas
Secretary of the Faculty
August 23, 2000
September 14, 2000 (date of last revision)
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Attachments to agenda distributed at the meeting: Action items as follows:
(1) Undergraduate Curriculum Committee: item #2 thru #7 of minutes of April 26, 2000
(2) Graduate curriculum Committee: Item #2 and #3 of minutes of April 27, 2000
(3) Student Regulation Committee: Item #2 of minutes of September 19, 2000
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Review of Minutes:
Note: The Executive Board has decided not to supply "paper" copies of routine minutes (relating to faculty assemblies or standing committees) as attachments to agenda distributed at meetings. Instead we ask that interested faculty review them in advance at the web sites indicated below. Major "action items" being submitted for specific faculty vote will be attached to the agenda distributed at the meeting.
A). Minutes of the February 29, 2000 and April 18, 2000 meetings of the General Faculty assembly are to be found as follows:
http://www.facultysenate.gatech.edu/gfamin29feb.html
http://www.facultysenate.gatech.edu/asmin18april.html
B). Minutes of Standing committee of the General Faculty to be submitted for approval are as follows and may be reviewed in advance at the following web site (none involve action items):
http://www.facultysenate.gatech.edu/Committeeminutes99-00.html
(1) Faculty Benefits Committee. Minutes of November 8, 1999, February 23, 2000, May 12, 2000 and June 26, 2000
(2) Faculty Honors Committee. Minutes of February 23, 2000
(3) Statutes Committee. Minutes of September 28, 1999 and February 15, 2000
(4) Academic Services Committee. Minutes of September 13, 1999; October 05, 1999; November 2, 1999; December 10, 1999; January 20, 2000; February 17, 2000; March 16, 2000; April 20, 2000 and Library Subcommittee minutes of October 15, 1999; May 2, 2000
(5) Welfare and Security Committee. Minutes of November 4, 1999, December 9, 1999, January 27, 2000, February 24, 2000 and April 27, 2000.
C). Minutes of the April 18, 2000 meeting of the Academic Senate may be found as follows:
http://www.facultysenate.gatech.edu/asmin18april.html
D). Minutes of Standing Committees of the Academic Senate for Academic Year 1999-2000 to be submitted for approval are as follows and may be reviewed in advance at the following web site (Action items are noted):
http://www.facultysenate.gatech.edu/Committeeminutes99-00.html
(1) Undergraduate Curriculum Committee:
Minutes of April 12, 2000
Minutes of April 26, 2000 (Action items: Certificate in HPS, New courses in HPS and ML, Approval of Music courses for Humanities credit)
Minutes of May 3, 2000
Minutes of June 14, 2000
(2) Graduate Curriculum Committee:
Minutes of April 27, 2000 (Action items: New courses in Mgt and Computer Science)
Minutes of June 15, 2000
(3) Student Regulations Committee:
Minutes of September 16, 1999 (Action item related to the change in final exams for graduating students — approved already at the November 30, 1999 meeting of the Academic Senate)
Minutes of February 22, 2000 (Action item related to exams in dead week — approved already at the April 18, 2000 meeting of the Academic Senate)
Minutes of April 10, 2000
Minutes of June 5, 2000 (Action item related to the last date for complete withdrawal from school— approved already by the Executive Board on June 20, 2000 )
(4) Student Activities Committee:
Minutes of August 26, 1999, November 16, 1999, December 1, 1999, December 2,1999, February 1, 1999, March 13, 2000 & April 26, 2000
(5) Student Computer Ownership Committee:
Minutes of December 9, 1999, January 18, 2000, February 22, 2000
E). Minutes of Standing Committees of the Academic Senate for Academic Year 2000-2001 to be submitted for approval are as follows and may be reviewed in advance at the following web site (Action items are noted):
http://www.facultysenate.gatech.edu/CommitteeMinutes00-01.html
(1) Minutes of September 7, 2000 (Action item: Point of official student contact — submitted now for approval)