Faculty Senate Meeting
March 8, 2000
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Library, Rm. 411
In attendance:
Phil Sell, Michael Cicero, Eric Baer, John Pfeffer, Dick Plagge, Vickie Ropp, Glen Avantaggio, Angi Caster, Jack Harton, Toni Castro, Hui Ming Huo, Maggie Brown, Pat Bille
Observers: Josh Sieenaler, Bob Hughes, Kitty Richmore, Rebecca Sliger, Lonny Kaneko
Handouts:
Amendment to the motion to create an Associate of Science Degree (A.S) as outlined in the ICRC.
Phil: there are three items pending before the Senate.
A motion to change the distribution requirements in Social Sciences was on the floor per the previous Senate meeting. Maggie Brown amended the motion so that in the Catalog, on p. 38 under Social Science the passage reading "choose from three of the following departments. No more than ten credits may come from any one area" would be changed to read "choose from three of the following departments. A minimum of five credits must come from each area." The same change would be made on page 42 of the Catalog under Social Science. Under this motion, both Business 110 (Business, Government, and Society) and Education 110 (Introduction to Education) would be removed from the distribution list. A general discussion ensued, with Michael Cicero speaking about the Business 110 class and the implications of removing it from the Social Sciences distribution list. To do so would allow a student to get an A.A. degree without taking a class without a business component. According to Maggie Brown, most of the Social Sciences division faculty think the Business 110 and Education 110 classes should be removed from the Social Sciences distribution list.
After a flurry of discussion and amendments, the motion to change the distribution requirements in Social Sciences was tabled until further feedback could be obtained from the Education and Business departments. Phil Sell summed up the discussion by stating that in his opinion, the issue is whether a division has the right to determine what meets its distribution requirements.
Glen Avantaggio presented information about the distribution list for Humanities in the college catalog. The discussion involved requiring 13-15 credits in Humanities as part of the A.A. Option A distribution requirement, with Writing 100 and either Speech 100 or 213 being required. In addition, Options 1 and 2 under the Humanities List would be merged. Phil Sell asked Glen to come to the next Senate meeting with the revised list that would reflect these changes.
Concerning the proposed Association of Science Degree, Eric Baer made a motion to create such a degree as outlined by state guidelines. John Pfeffer seconded. A discussion ensued in which it was pointed out that a student could graduate with a Highline degree without having taken a diversity/globalism class and a speech class. To address the second concern, an amendment to the motion was made in which the statement "students are strongly encouraged to take an oral communications class" was added to Item V, Options 1 and 2 in the college catalog.
The motion as amended to create an Associate of Science degree was voted on and passed by the Senate.
The next Senate meeting is on Wednesday, March 15 at 4pm.
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Jack Harton
Substitute Faculty Senate Secretary (for Lea Ann Pratt)
March 8, 2000