Acadia University Senate
Agenda
SENATE
AGENDA FOR 12 SEPTEMBER 2005
31 August 2005
Dear Member of
Senate:
I advise you
that a meeting of the Senate of Acadia University will occur at 4:00 p.m., Monday, 12 September 2005 in Room 132 of
the Beveridge Arts Centre. The AGENDA
follows:
1) Minutes of the Meeting of 13 June 2005
2) Announcements and Communications
3) Business Arising from the Minutes
a) 2004-2005
Annual Report from Senate Committees (045-46-REP)
i) Honorary Degrees (also attached to June 05 Agenda) *
ii) Library (also handed
out at the June 05 meeting) *
iii) Executive (also handed out at the June 05
meeting) *
iv) Academic Integrity *
v) Curriculum *
b) Accommodations
for Students with Learning Disabilities (045-52-TIE)
4) New Business
a) Integrity
with regard to students with learning disabilities at Acadia
(056-01-INT) *
b) TIE
- Explanation of Teaching Hours Guidelines for Intersession Courses
(056-02-TIE) *
c) Curriculum
Committee - Certificate of French Proficiency (056-03-CRE) *
5) Other Business
Yours
sincerely,
Rosemary
Jotcham
Registrar
and Secretary of Senate
* Material Attached
Attachment 3)a)i)
Senate Agenda/12Sep05
045-46-REP
HONORARY DEGREES
COMMITTEE
Annual Report for 2004-2005
December 22, 2004
Committee Members 2004-2005
Dr. Gail Dinter-Gottlieb (Chair)
Dr. Robert Wilson (Acadia Divinity College)
Dr. John
Colton, Professional Studies Representative
Dr. Dan Toews, Faculty of Science
Representative
Dr. Gregory Pyrcz, Faculty of Arts
Representative
Mr. Patrick LeGay, Acadia Student’s
Union Representative
Ms. Alecia Tucker, Recording Secretary
Mr. Andrew Smith, Board of Governors
Purpose of Committee:
(1)
Solicit
and receive suggestions for honorary degrees from the University community and
to make recommendations to the Senate for the award of honorary degrees;
(2)
To
receive, through the President, nominations for the appointment of “Professores
Emeriti” and to make recommendations thereon to Senate.
Meetings 2004-2005
December 10, 2004
February 17, 2005
Agenda of Meetings:
- Minutes of previous meetings or
results of Senate votes on nominees
- Consideration of Nominees
- Review and update criteria and
procedures for nomination of Professors Emeriti
- Adjournment
Summary of Committee Activities:
The Committee forwarded to Senate for a vote by secret ballot a total of
ten honorary degree nominations of which nine honorary degree received approval
by Senate. The Committee forwarded to
Senate for a vote a revised document to clarify the procedures and criteria for
nominations of Professores Emeritus.
Respectfully
submitted by the Chair,
Gail Dinter-Gottlieb
President
and Vice-Chancellor and
Chair,
Honorary Degrees Committee
Attachment 3)a)ii)
Senate Agenda/12Sep05
045-46-REP
Annual Report of the
Senate Library Committee
2004-2005
13 June 2005
The Senate Library Committee held no meetings during the
past year.
Barry
Moody, Chair
Attachment 3)a)iv)
Senate Agenda/12Sep05
045-46-REP
2004-2005
Report to Senate from
the Academic Integrity Committee
The Committee met on three occasions during the academic
year to discuss the dissemination of information about the importance of
academic integrity to the Acadia University
community.
The Registrar spoke to new members of faculty about the
academic integrity policies at Acadia and the importance
of stressing appropriate conduct to all their students as part of their course
outlines.
A website is nearing completion and should be launched in
the fall of 2005.
An article was published in the April 14, 2005 issue of the Athenaeum. It dealt with a
specific case of academic misconduct at Acadia and the
consequences of that for the students involved and the rest of the Acadia
academic community.
The Registrar is maintaining a list of students who have
committed academic integrity offences. Forty-one individuals were added to the
list during the academic year.
Respectfully submitted,
Rosemary Jotcham
Committee Chair
Attachment 3)a)v)
Senate Agenda/12Sep05
045-46-REP
2004-2005
Report to Senate from the Curriculum
Committee
The curriculum committee considered
116 curriculum changes from 15 academic units on campus during the 2004/5
academic year.
New program approved: 2
Program modified: 17
Program deleted: 1
New courses approved: 23
Courses deleted: 20
Courses modified: 52
Following is a summary of the
type and number of course modifications:
Change in course weight: 3
Change in course
description: 24
Change in academic level: 5
Change in course delivery: 2
Change in course title: 16
Change in course number: 2
One new program was sent
back to the unit for further information.
Specifics regarding the
course and program changes that were approved appear in the minutes of the
December 2004, January 2005 and February 2005 Senate meetings.
Respectfully submitted,
Rosemary Jotcham
Committee Chair
Attachment 4)a)
Senate Agenda/12Sep05
056-01-INT
It is moved that the Academic
Integrity committee examine issues of integrity with regard to students with
learning disabilities at Acadia. In particular, the mandate of the committee will be
to examine recommendations made by the Senate Timetable, Instruction and
Examination committee in light of information on current procedure brought
forward to Senate by the Coordinator of Academic Support Programs. In making
its recommendations and to ensure fairness, the Academic Integrity must take
advice from the Equity officer as well as the Coordinator of Academic Support
Programs. It will present its report to Senate by the end of February 2006.
Attachment 4)b)
Senate Agenda/12Sep05
056-02-TIE
TIE Committee
explanation of teaching hours guidelines for intersession courses:
Each 3 credit hour course within the intersession consists
of 36 contact hours between instructor and students. These hours may be spread among the available
times as the instructor sees fit. If
there is an option for more than 36 hours the instructor may, for example,
choose to meet with the class for fewer hours each day or insert a study day
into the schedule.
Students should be notified of the meeting schedule as part
of the course outline at the beginning of the course.
Attachment 4)c)
Senate Agenda/12Sep05
056-03-CRE
The Senate Curriculum
Committee requests that the following proposal be considered by Senate.
Rosemary Jotcham,
Committee Chair
Certificate of
French Proficiency (with an option for French Teachers)
Students entering the program will take a placement test to
determine the level of entry into the program.
Students with an intermediate knowledge of French will start with 1213,
1223. Students with an advanced knowledge of French will start with French
2013, 2023. In exceptional cases,
students with little or no knowledge of French may be placed in French 1113,
1123 (true beginners). Students must
complete French 3733 or 3523 to achieve the Certificate. Advanced students
may in some cases receive permission to substitute higher-level courses for
certain requirements.
Required (21
to 39 hours, depending on the level of the student)
- 1113 –
Basic French 1
- 1123 –
Basic French 2
- 1213 –
Intermediate French 1
- 1223 –
Intermediate French 2
- 2013 –
Français avancé niveau 1
- 2023 –
Français avancé niveau 2
- 2153 –
Compréhension et expression orales, niveau 1
- 2163 –
Compréhension et expression orales, niveau 2
- 2713 –
Compréhension et expression écrite OU
3313 – Séminaire 1 – Stylistique française
- 3153 –
Expression orale avancée, niveau 3
- 3163 –
Expression orale avancée, niveau 4
- 3733 –
Expression écrite avancée OU 3523 Séminaire 2 – Stylistique française
- 4403 –
Méthodologie de l’enseignement du français langue seconde 1. OU 4413 – Bectures dirigées
1. Students who have already taken
FRAN 4403 must take FRAN 4413.
Students who have not taken 4403 may take both 4403 and 4413 if
they wish. Students in the general
proficiency program may substitute 3 hours of electives.
Electives (chosen among the following):
- 2033 –
Français scientifique
- 3213 –
Littérature jeunesse
- 3513 –
L’Acadie: Une culture unique
- 3523 –
L’Acadie: Quatre siècles
d’expression littéraire (This course already exists as an on-line course
offered through the Division of Continuing Education)
- 3633 –
Le Québec moderne
- 3703 –
La France
contemporaine
- 4003 –
Sociolinguistique
- 4413 –
Lectures dirigées 1
- 4423 –
Lectures dirigées 2
- 4503 –
Littératures du monde francophone