Agenda
Meeting of the Faculty Council
January 10, 2014, 10:00 a.m., Dean’s Conference Room, 3rd Floor Pafford
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
1. Minutes of the meeting of December 6, 2013 (see FC web site: http://www.westga.edu/coss/index_172.php)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Updates from January 8, 2014 Chairs Meeting
a. Budget Items
i. Summer budget is approximately $496,000
ii. Online Teaching Training Grants-9 positions at $5000 each (counts as a summer course-faculty
limited to two summer courses unless extenuating circumstances (e.g., limited faculty) require
faculty to teach three)
iii. Grant Writing Grants will be allocated to each department ($2500 each-counts toward 33 1/3%
of summer salary; may teach two additional courses)
iv. For FY15, 7 of top 17 new faculty positions sent to the BOR are designated for COSS
b. Administrative Council will begin discussions on a policy for Chairs’ teaching load (one is not written
down-borrowed from COAS)
c. Course Enrollment limits (i.e., what counts as a half or full course, etc.) needs an updated policy; needs
of departments will be pulled together to help inform the creation of policy
d. SACS compliance: 23 items are not in compliance for COSS; Dean and Associate Dean will prepare first
round of the report; Chairs and Departments will help fill-in missing items for the second round
e. Studer Group survey is coming; All are encouraged to participate and give feedback
2. Other items taken from the floor
OLD & NEW BUSINESS
1. ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (Hunt, Pope, Smallwood)
a. Proposal: to approve course and program modifications (see Course Catalog System) (Associate Dean
Smallwood)
i. Course modifications/additions/deletions
1) PSYC 3010-Human Growth & Development
2) PSYC 3110-Human Sexuality
3) PSYC 3150-Abnormal Psychology
4) PSYC 3470-Existential Psychology
5) PSYC 3580-Holistic Health Psychology
6) PSYC 3590-Sports Psychology
7) PSYC 3730-Social Psychology
8) PSYC 3900-Personality Theories
9) PSYC 4003-Statistics for the Social Sciences
10) PSYC 4085-Horizon Seminar
11) PSYC 4864-Consumer Behavior
12) PSYC 4884-Intergrative Seminar
13) PSYC 4887-Practicum: Experiences in Human Services
ii. Program modifications/additions/deletions
1) Master of Arts with a Major in Sociology
2. PLANNING COMMITTEE (Aanstoos, Johnson, Yates)
a. Faculty Council asked to brainstorm effective and creative ways to take attendance in courses (especially
large lecture courses) to assist in keeping accurate records for those who receive financial aid (federal
requires reporting of students last date of attendance as part of receiving financial support)
b. Elections
i. Need to form the ad-hoc elections committee
ii. Psychology and Sociology will elect new representatives
iii. Need to encourage nominations for Chair (two-year term) and Chair-Elect (three-year term)
(tenured-faculty only)
3. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (Hunter, Moon, Dixon)
a. Appoint an ad-hoc committee to work with Anne Barnhart and others to develop ideas for a Faculty
Information Literacy Institute
4. OTHER BUSINESS/ANNOUNCEMENTS