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GRADUATE COUNCIL MINUTES

February 13, 2007

 

The Graduate Council met Tuesday, February 13, 2007, in the MSC Boardroom at
3:00 p.m. with Dean Allan D. Headley presiding.  Members present were:  Dr.
Hasan Coskun, Dr. Sue Espinoza, Dr. Harry Fullwood, Dr. John Hanners, Dr.
Cynthia Harr, Mr. David Mickelson, Dr. Chester Robinson, Dr. Mary Beth
Sampson, Dr. Janet Walker, Dr. Dayle Yeager and Ms. Adena Young.  Members
absent were:  Dr. Ben Jang, Dr. Jeff Kopachena, Dr. Chris Myers, Dr. Derek
Royal, Dr. Steven Shwiff.  Dr. Jon Travis, Assistant Dean of Graduate
Studies & Research was also in attendance.  

 

The minutes from the last Graduate Council, December 12, 2006, were
approved.

 

REPORT FROM COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION

 

Dr. Harry Fullwood presented the committee report on two requests to change
departmental admissions criteria.  The Department of Curriculum and
Instruction requested that students applying to a master's degree in
Secondary Education be allowed to use the Pedagogy and Professional
Responsibilities (PPR) Exam in lieu of the GRE.  The motion to accept the
new requirement made by Dr. Fullwood was seconded by Dr. Sampson and
approved by the Council.

 

A second request from the Department of Biological and Environmental
Sciences proposed the following criteria:  admission to the Graduate School,
satisfactory GRE score, two letters of recommendation, personal interview,
and a minimum GPA of 3.0 (on a 4-point scale) in related sciences from
his/her previous undergraduate degree.  Dr. Arun Goyal was present to answer
questions from the Council.  It was noted that the personal interview might
not be possible for all applicants.  The motion to accept the proposal with
modification of the personal interview to read:  personal interview when
deemed necessary was made by Dr. Fullwood and seconded by Dr. Hanners.  The
motion was approved unanimously.

 

REPORT FROM COMMITTEE ON CURRICULUM

 

Dr. Hanners presented the curriculum changes shown below.  The Council
addressed the requests from each College separately.  Requests from the
Colleges of Business & Technology and Education & Human Services were
approved with minor editing changes.  After a lengthy discussion on the
request for CSCI 505, the Council voted to approve all requests from the
College of Arts & Sciences.

 

College of Arts & Sciences


ANS 521

ADVANCED POULTRY PRODUCTN

FORM 4: Course to be Deleted


CSCI 505

Internship

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


CSCI 564

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FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HIST 551

RDGS IN U.S HISTORY TO 1775

FORM 3: Change Course


HIST 552

RDGS IN U.S. HISTORY, 1775-185

FORM 3: Change Course


MATH 563

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FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


MUS 513

ADV CHORAL CONDUCT

FORM 5: Cross Listings


MUS 514

ADV INSTR CONDUCT

FORM 5: Cross Listings


MUS 526

MUS LIT & REPERTOI

FORM 3: Change Course


MUS 531

PEDAGOGY

FORM 3: Change Course


MUS 536

Architecture-Music-Philos

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


MUS 550

SEM MUS EDUC

FORM 3: Change Course

 

College of Business & Technology


IT 525

PROBLEMS IN INDUSTRIAL TECH

FORM 3: Change Course

 

College of Education & Human Services


COUN 650

Inst Th & Meth in Coun Ed

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


ECE 548

Inquiry-Based Learning

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


EDAD 508

FAC LEARN FOR DIV STUDENTS

FORM 3: Change Course


EDAD 554

LEADING THE LEARNING COMM

FORM 3: Change Course


EDAD 574

DEV QUALITY INSTRUCT PROGRAMS

FORM 3: Change Course


EDAD 595

RESEARCH LIT & TECHNIQUES

FORM 3: Change Course


EDAD 602

COMM FOR EFFECT LEARNING

FORM 3: Change Course


EDAD 607

USING EVAL AND DATA TO IMP LEA

FORM 3: Change Course


EDAD 610

LEAD LEARN COMM PRACTICUM

FORM 3: Change Course


EDAD 614

LEAD LEARN COMM INTERNSHIP

FORM 3: Change Course


EDAD 619

DESIGNING CURRICULUM

FORM 3: Change Course


EDAD 622

LEAD/MAN ORG CHGE FOR IMPROV

FORM 3: Change Course


EDAD 623

ALLOCAT RES FOR EFFECT LEARN

FORM 3: Change Course


EDAD 626

USING THE LAW IN EDU PRACT

FORM 3: Change Course


EDAD 656

BUILD CAP FOR POW LEARNING

FORM 3: Change Course


ELED 642

RESEARCH:DESIGN & REPLICATN

FORM 3: Change Course


ELED 651

CURR & INSTR DESGN

FORM 3: Change Course


ELED 652

RESEARCH ON LEARNR

FORM 3: Change Course


ELED 653

PROFESSIONAL WRTNG

FORM 3: Change Course


ELED 655

ASSESSMENT LRNG & LRNR

FORM 3: Change Course


ELED 657

CONTENT AREA LITERACY

FORM 3: Change Course


ELED 658

PROCESS WRITING ELEM SCH

FORM 3: Change Course


ELED 689

INDEPENDENT STUDY

FORM 3: Change Course


ELED 690

SEMINAR ELEM ED

FORM 3: Change Course


ELED 691

MIND, BRAIN, AND EDUCATION

FORM 3: Change Course


ELED 695

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

FORM 3: Change Course


ELED 697

SPECIAL TOPICS

FORM 3: Change Course


ELED 718

DOCT DISSERTATION

FORM 3: Change Course


ETEC 525

INT APPL FOR EDU AND TRAINING

FORM 3: Change Course


ETEC 526

COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS

FORM 3: Change Course


ETEC 527

TECHNOLOGIES INSTR DELIVERY

FORM 3: Change Course


ETEC 544

COMPUTER OPERATING SYS EDUCATion

FORM 3: Change Course


ETEC 557

INTEGR TECH THROUGHOUT THE CUR

FORM 3: Change Course


ETEC 561

LEARNING & TECHNOLOGY

FORM 3: Change Course


ETEC 579

ADM MEDIA TECH PROGRAMS

FORM 3: Change Course


ETEC 587

ADV DEV WEB-BASED MATER

FORM 3: Change Course


ETEC 588

ISSUES IN ED TECH

FORM 3: Change Course


ETEC 591

DISTANCE ED DESIGN & IMPLEMENT

FORM 3: Change Course


ETEC 594

E-RESEARCH ISSUE & STRAT

FORM 3: Change Course


HHPH 516

PROB & TRENDS IN H/PE

FORM 3: Change Course


HHPH 537

INT'SHIP HEALTH PR

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HHPH 542

PROFESSIONALISM IN H/PE

FORM 4: Course to be Deleted


HHPH 544

HLTH PROMO ADM/MGMT

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HHPH 547

HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HHPH 550

HLTH PROM SP POPS

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HHPH 585

PROG DES HLTH PROMO

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HHPH 591

Seminar

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HHPK 501

ADM BKBL TRA COACH

FORM 4: Course to be Deleted


HHPK 516

PROB & TRENDS IN H/KINE

FORM 3: Change Course


HHPK 542

PROFESSIONALISM IN H/KINE

FORM 4: Course to be Deleted


HHPK 564

FAC/EQUIP IN KINE & SPORT

FORM 3: Change Course


HHPK 591

GRADUATE SEMINAR IN EXER SCI

FORM 3: Change Course


HHPK 593

BIOMECHANICS

FORM 3: Change Course


HHPK 617

STAT PROCEDURES EDUCATL RESEAR

FORM 5: Cross Listings


HHPK 664

FITNESS TEST EXERCISE PERSCP

FORM 5: Cross Listings


HHPS 520

GOV ETHICS SPORT

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HHPS 525

MARK & PR IN SPORT

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HHPS 529

FIN & ECON IN SPORT

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HHPS 530

SPORT PSYC

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HHPS 535

SPORT SOCIO

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HHPS 537

INTERN SPT STUD

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HHPS 539

SPORT LAW

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HHPS 584

ADM RECREATION PRO

FORM 3: Change Course


HHPS 594

LEAD IN SPT/REC

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


HIED 639

SEMINAR SUPERVISN INSTRUCT

FORM 3: Change Course


PSY 501

Pharmaco-therapy

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


PSY 510

Cognitive Sciene

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


PSY 514

Intro Hum-Comp Inter Des

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


PSY 518

THESIS

FORM 3: Change Course


PSY 605

Single Subject Designs

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course


PSY 675

ADVANCED TOPICS IN ED PSY

FORM 3: Change Course


PSY 691

CLINIC PRACT PSY

FORM 3: Change Course


PSY 790

INTERNSHIP IN SCHOOL PSY

FORM 3: Change Course


SPED 574

APPRAISAL EXCEP CHILD

FORM 3: Change Course


SPED 605

Single Subject Designs

FORM 1: Add/Reinstate Course

 

Dr. Hanners presented the requests for changes in curriculum outlines (form
6).  The following requests were unanimously approved by the Graduate
Council

 

PhD in Counseling

MS in Health & Kin Sports Studies with thesis

MS in Health & Kin Sports Studies without thesis

MEd in Health & Kin Human Performance without thesis

MS in HKSS Health Promotion with thesis

MS in HKSS Health Promotion without thesis

MS in HKSS Motor Performance with thesis

MEd in Early Childhood

MS in Agricultural Sciences

 

Presentation by Provost

Provost Frank Ashley addressed the Council about the mechanism of state
funding to institutions.  An important factor is that the Coordinating Board
looks at the level of the course and the level of the students in the
course.  He indicated that we should review how our courses are coded to
determine if the appropriate CIP code has been assigned, which consequently
affects the funding that we receive.

 

Dr. Travis gave a report on the Tom Jackson Workshop on Graduate
Recruitment, recently held on campus.  A follow-up meeting for anyone who
has ever attended a Jackson Workshop will be held February 19, 2007, in the
Rio Grande Room of the MSC.  Participants can share their recruitment plans
or other aspects of recruitment.

Discussion Items

Dean Headley gave a brief description on the following discussion items:

Thesis grading

Thesis credit hours (less than three semester hours)

Graduate Faculty attendance at Commencement

These will be discussed further at future Council meetings.

 

Announcements

February 23, 2007, is the deadline for graduate faculty applications

 

Next Meeting:   March 13, 2007, 3:00 p.m.

 

ADJOURNMENT

The Council adjourned at 4:24 p.m.   

 

Louise Skinner

Secretary to the Graduate Council

 

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