GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
FALL MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
Combined with a
MEETING OF THE GENERAL FACULTY
Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 2:00 pm
Student Center Theater
AGENDA
1. Call to Order Dr. Kirk Bowman, Executive Board Chair
2. Opening Remarks on behalf of the President Dr. Anderson Smith, Senior Vice-Provost for Academic Affairs
3. Approval of minutes of previous meeting October 14, 2010
4. Presentation of Degree Candidates Ms. Reta Pikowsky, Registrar
5. Announcements concerning the Georgia Tech Charitable Campaign Mr. Tom Horton, Co-Chair
6. Report on intercollegiate athletics from Georgia Techs Faculty Athletics Representative Prof. Sue Ann Allen
7. Brief update and synopsis of Georgia Techs Computer and Network Usage and Security Policy Dr. Bohlander, Secretary of the Faculty
8. Second reading of a proposed change in the definition of
General Faculty at Georgia Tech Prof. Tom Morley, Task Force Chair
Background to proposal
Comparison of old and proposed new
text for the Faculty Handbook
Preliminary list of titles with
faculty status.
9. Presentation of pending minutes of Standing Committees of the Academic Senate.
a. Undergraduate
Curriculum (Prof. George Riley)
Minutes: 10/26/10, 11/2/10, 11/9/10
Action items. From 11/2: Mgt 1 new course; Econ modification to BS in
Economics, updating documentation of grade requirements; Public Policy 5 new
courses, 1 deactivated, & update to course numbers required for the
LS&T minor and Pre-Law Certificate; Modern Languages restated requirement
for second semester language classes before first semester credit awarded &
16 new courses; ISyE 1 new course.
b. Graduate
Curriculum (Prof. Julia Babensee)
Minutes: 10/7/10, 11/4/10
Action Items. From 10/7: Mgt 1 new course. From 11/4: Public Policy 1
new course; ISyE 2 new courses; CoC-CS 11 new courses.
c. Student Regulations Committee (Prof. Chuck Parsons)
Minutes 8/30/10, 9/23/10, 10/21/10
Action items. From 10/21: The substitution in Fall 2011 of a Student-Faculty Expectations document
for the current Student
Bill of Academic Rights.
10. Any Other Business.
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Ronald A Bohlander
Secretary of the Faculty
November 15, 2010