Department of Physical Sciences

DRAFT

Agenda

Physical Sciences Department Meeting

November 2, 2007

1. Call to order

2. Approve Agenda

3. Approve Minutes of 10/5/07 meeting

4. Announcements

i) Sal Valastro update (Ron)

ii) Michael Strauss Visit (Jim)

iii) New Initiatives Update (Paul)

iv) Evaluation Update

v) Assessment Update

vi) 6 withdrawal rule (Ron)

vii) Sabbatical Application Deadline 12/3/07 (Paul)

5. Supplemental Intruction (James)

6. Nisod Nominations

7. New Business

Breakout Sessions

GEOL/ESTE

1. Assessment Plan

2. Arrange Adjunct Interviews

3. Staffing Crisis

4. Lab Manual

ASTR/ENGR/PHYS

1. Review Master Syllabi (Paul)

2. AC circuits on GPII required topics list (James)

3. Is Math 1324 a suitable prerequisite for PHYS 1401 (Paul)

4. Assessment (Paul)

5. PHY 1653 (Dean)

6. Technical Writing added to core (James)

7. Engineering Degree Plan (Paul)