GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
FALL MEETING OF THE GENERAL FACULTY
And
GENERAL FACULTY ASSEMBLY
Combined with a
MEETING OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 2:00 pm
Ferst Center for the Arts
AGENDA
1. Call to Order and Introduction of the President (Ron Bohlander)
2. Approval of minutes of previous meeting April 22, 2008
3. Proposed changes in the Faculty Handbook regarding Hiring and Promotion Guidelines for Professional Research Personnel (Tim Strike Statutes Committee)
4. Presentation of annual reports and pending minutes of Standing Committees of the General Faculty
a. Faculty
Benefits (Bettina Cothran)
Minutes:4/1/08, 4/22/08. No action items.
b. Faculty Honors (Bill Hunt)
c. Faculty Status & Grievance (Carol Colatrella)
d. Statutes (Tim Strike)
e. Academic
Services (Margaret Loper)
Minutes: 2/26/08, 3/25/08, 4/22/08, 8/26/08, 9/16/08. No action items.
f.
Welfare & Security (Jilda Garton)
Minutes: 4/14/08. No action items.
5. Presentation of annual reports and pending minutes of Standing Committees of the Academic Senate
a. Undergraduate
Curriculum (Chuck Parsons and John Tone)
Minutes: 5/7/08, 5/12/08, 6/11/08, 7/16/08, 8/6/08, 8/18/08, 8/27/08, 9/10/08,
10/8/08.
Action items. From 5/7: Math 1 new course, 2 cross-listings with CS; ME
change in degree reqs. related to economics and technical electives. From
7/16: Mod Langs 2 new courses; Arch. 3 new courses; CoC and LCC change in
grade requirements for BS in Computational Media, its International Plan
Option, and its Research Option; Psych. 1 new course and an additional
elective option for Social Science. From 8/18: Procedure for handling
petitions for additional credits in the final term. From 9/10: BME
revision to minor in BME; EAS 2 new courses and a modification to the degree
program concerning expanding a requirement for C or better in certain courses;
HST changes in the minors in History and in Sociology. From 10/8:
Pub.Pol. minors in Political Science, Public Policy, Philosophy of Science
and Technology, and Law, Science, and Technology will require 15 instead of 18
hours; Provosts Office new special topics course re the In/Venture
Prize@Georgia Tech.
b. Graduate
Curriculum (Gary Parker)
Minutes: 5/12/08, 6/12/08, 9/4/08
Action Items. From 5/12: new Guidelines for Petitions, Admission to Graduate
Status without an Undergraduate Degree. Also, Psych. - new PhD
specializations in Cognitive Aging and in Cognition and Brain Science, plus 14
new courses; Building Construction Program - change MS in Building Construction
and Integrated Facility Management from a 12-month program to a 9-month
program. From 6/12: Mgt 3 new courses; ME cross-listing 3 courses
with CS, AE, ECE.
c. Student
Regulations (Paul Benkeser for Jeff Streator, Chair)
Minutes: 4/15/08, 8/25/08, 9/22/08.
Action items. From 8/25: Policy change on student academic grievance
procedures providing additional avenues for students to file the
grievance. From 9/22: Policy on course credit for completion of
International Baccalaureate courses in high school, providing guidance for the
amount of credit.
d. Student
Academic & Financial Affairs (Susan Burns for the chair Augustine Esogbue)
Minutes: 1/31/08, 3/27/08, 4/24/08. No action items.
e. Student
Activities (Mary-Frances Panettiere for the chair Brent Carter)
Minutes: 9/28/07, 11/2/07, 11/30/07, 2/22/08, 3/7/08, 4/25/08
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 (Facundo Fernandez) this report postponed to November 18, 2008
g. Student Honor (Carol Senf)
h. Student
Computer Ownership (Jonathan Giffin)
Minutes: 9/17/07, 2/14/08. Action items: Approval of recommended changes
to laptop requirements and software recommendations
i.
Academic Integrity (Robert Kirkman)
Minutes: 11/2/07, 11/30/07, 2/8/08, 4/18/08. No action items.
6. Any Other Business.
7. State of the Institute Address (President Gary Schuster).
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Ronald A Bohlander
Secretary of the Faculty
October 21, 2008