The Committee met on October 27 and again on November 3.  They have nine agenda items containing an extensive number of APC items.  Lisa reviewed each of the items.
The first agenda item from COAS (Undergraduate) includes (25) packets of existing course changes, new course additions, changes to degree major concentrations, and new concentration additions from the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History and Political Science & Public Administration.  Melissa indicated that two of the course additions from the Department of Biology (Log# 201108-34 and Log# 201108-36) are somewhat duplicative of the course offerings in the Department of Chemistry.  Lisa was not aware of any issues since these had already passed through the COAS Curriculum Committee.  Melissa will bring these issues to the attention of the Chemistry Department prior to the next FA meeting.
The second agenda item from COAS (Graduate) includes (11) packets of existing course changes, new concentration additions, and changes to degree major concentrations from the Department of Biology. 
The third agenda item from CCB (Undergraduate) includes (5) packets of degree major concentration changes, existing minor changes, existing course changes, and new course additions from the Departments of Accounting & Finance, Economics & Geography, and Marketing & Logistics. There was a concern that Log# 201108-25 (a new course addition of Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean) was still awaiting a follow-up on whether this course needed to be approved by the General Education Council and the Foreign Culture Council.  The Executive Committee agreed to approve this course without the general education and foreign culture course attributes.
The fourth agenda item from CCB (Graduate) includes the termination of the Human Resource major concentration from the Department of Management.  It was determined that this item (FA 11-62) will not be included on the consent agenda. 
The fifth agenda item from CCEC (Undergraduate) includes several existing course changes from the School of Computing.
The sixth agenda item from CCEC (Graduate) includes (4) packets of changes to degree major concentrations and changes to degree majors of existing programs from the Departments of Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.  Zornitza raised a concern with one of the changes to the degree major concentrations in Civil Engineering (Log#201108-83).  “Requested Action 9” in the packet indicated that the required CE elective hours be updated to 12.  Zornitza wondered what impact this change would have on the total hours requirement for the program. Alan clarified that total hours are not increasing but that a single comprehensive elective list is being created for students to choose their elective courses from.
The seventh agenda item from COEHS (Undergraduate) includes (2) packets of several existing course changes and the termination of an existing course from the Departments of Exceptional Student & Deaf Education and Foundations & Secondary Education.
The eighth agenda item from BCH (Undergraduate) contains (2) packets of existing course changes, new course additions, and a change to a degree major for an existing program from the School of Nursing.  Several EC members indicated that some confusion may arise by decreasing the credit hours for the Family/Community Assessment course (NUR3619) to 3 hours for the RPL and APL program when the same course remains a 4 credit hour course for the RN-BSN program.  To remove any confusion Lisa will designate this course as a variable 3-4 credit course.
The ninth agenda item from BCH (Graduate) includes (1) packet of several course additions from the Department of Clinical & Applied Movement Sciences. Ellie raised a concern that the addition of an Advanced Biostatistics course (Log # 201108-4) may be duplicative of a course offered in the Math & Stat Department. Adel confirmed that Math & Stat has offered an advanced statistics course in the past but it has not been offered for many years. Peter will confer with the Math & Stat Department about this course offering prior to the FA meeting.

Due to Kathy’s sudden medical leave there was not time to review the issues raised during last year’s Campus Climate Survey before its dissemination.  These issues will be revisited in more detail next year. 
There is nothing to report from the open hearings of several University policies due to nonattendance by the faculty.  It is highly unlikely that these hearings will continue if there is such a lack of faculty participation. 
Patrick shared a series of emails between Provost Workman and the department chairs concerning a faculty member’s attempt to thwart cheating by forcing students to place their belongings against the wall which ultimately resulted in the University being financially liable for thefts that occurred from student backpacks.  There was also an email from Michelle Dedeo in the Math Department who recounted an issue of students cheating with cell phones and a colleague’s issue with student behavior in the classroom. Michelle Dedeo wondered if it would be possible to obtain WiFi blockers and/or develop a repository list of cheaters. Patrick asked Ellie, Diane, and Lauren to consider these requests and concerns in their respective committees.  Diane indicated that their committee already has made changes to the Academic Misconduct Form which has measures in place to identify repeat offenders.

Patrick shared some of the details on the space arrangements being allotted to the Faculty Association for the Dining Facility currently under construction.