Faculty Senate Meeting December 11, 2024

College of Business and Economics Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes
Date: December 11, 2024
Subject: Faculty Senate Meeting
Chairperson: Angela Fa'anunu
Vice Chair: Terrance Jalbert
CoBE Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes 12-11-2024 PDF

Attendance: Angela Fa'anunu, Terrance Jalbert, Todd Inouye, Sukhwa Hong, Amir Mohammadian, Benjamin Zenk, Helen Tien, Hee Sun Kim, Chenbo Shi, Keisuke Nakao, Xuan Xie, Marcia Sakai, Sara Marusek, Andrey Siminov.

Meeting Type: Hybrid

1. Approval of Minutes: Minutes of 10-28-2024 Meeting Approval
Motion: Sukhwa Hong
Second: Todd
Vote: 11-0-0

2. Teaching of Business Law Starting in Fall 2025 Discussion

We visited with Sara Marusek, as a potential transfer faculty from Political Science.
We discussed having a vote early in 2025 on bringing Dr. Marusek into the college.

3. Motion to move ECON 300, 301, 302 or 340 requirement from Pre-Core requirement section to the:

Professional Core requirement section of the Business and Accounting Majors. Change Pre Business Core requirement from 30 credits to 27 credits. Change Professional Business Core Requirements from 24 credits to 27 credits.
We will discuss accepting AS degree from HCC as completing the core requirements at our next meeting. Doing so will facilitate transfers for HCC students.

Motion: Ben
Second: Angela
Vote: 13-0-0

4. Recommendation for a faculty to serve on Academic Policy Committee:

Hee Sun Volunteered

5. Proposal to change ECON 131 Math Prerequisite to:

"Once MATH course numbered 125 or higher (any one of which can be taken concurrently); or instructor's consent".

Motion: Amir
Second: Todd
Vote: 13-0-0

6. Motion to Adjourn:
Motion: Sukhwa Second: Terry Vote: 12-1-0