GPCC Meeting Minutes
November 7, 2015
Marietta Campus, Student Center
Members Present: Lucy Ackert, Barbara Blake, Ramona Devonish, Mike Dishman, Sheryl Duggins, Ana
Edwards, Rebecca Hill, Martin Hudson, M.A. Karim, Darina Lepadatu, Rick Mosholder, Scott Nowak, Nita
Paris, Camille Payne, Walt Thain, Jack Zheng,
Members Absent: Mine Hashas-Degertekin, David Evans, Stephanie Foote, Albert Jiminez, Pavan
Meadati, Stuart Napshin
Ex-Officio Members Present: Bill Bailey, Nikki Palamiotis
Guests/Presenters: Patricia Hart, Karen Kuhel, Julie Lance, John Carlyle Smith,
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Meeting called to order by Scott Nowak at 12:33pm.
Motion to approve agenda by Walt Thain, seconded by Martin Hudson. Motion approved.
Motion to approve minutes from 10/7/15 by Ramona Devonish, seconded by Walt Thain.
Motion approved.
M.A. Karim – Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Dept of Civil and Construction
Engineering
a. CE 6333 – course revision to name (add “advanced”) and update description
b. CE 6433 – new course proposal
c. Motion to approve on second read by Nita Paris, seconded by Martin Hudson. Motion
approved.
Rick Mosholder - Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of First-Year and Transition
Studies
a. Update course prefix for 8 courses from FYP to FYS for consistency with approved
program and current catalog. 4 additional courses were approved previously.
b. Courses FYPFYS: 5400, 5500, 5600, 5700, 5900, 6000, 6100, 6200
c. Motion to approve on first read and waive second read by Nita Paris, seconded by
Camille Payne. Motion approved.
Karen Kuhel - Associate Professor of TESOL, Department of Inclusive Education
a. INED 7778 – Course revision proposal – update prereqs
b. INED 7955 - New course proposal
c. INED 7900 - Course revision proposal – change to course number, prefix, credit hours,
and prereqs
d. MED in Special Education – program revision to reflect course changes
e. Program attempting to create 7955 as Capstone to replace 7900 so that they can use
7900 for Special Topics. Concern that you cannot reuse a course for something else.
Program tabled INED 7900 request.
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Motion to approve everything except INED 7900 on first read by Nita Paris, seconded by
Rebecca Hill. Motion approved.
g. Motion to waive second read for everything except INED 7900 by Walt Thain, seconded
by Nita Paris. Motion approved.
Trish Hart - Associate Professor of Nursing, Wellstar School of Nursing
a. Changes to 8 courses. All changes are to descriptions to better align with current
terminology.
b. Courses are NURS: 7780, 7793, 7794, 7795, 7796, 8880, 8881, 8882
c. Motion to approve on first read and waive second read by Camille Payne, seconded by
Barbara Blake. Motion approved.
Julie Lance - Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work, Department of Social Work and
Human Services
a. SW 7705 course revision to description
b. Motion to approve on first read by Nita Paris, seconded by Camille Payne. Motion
approved.
c. Motion to approve on second read by Camille Payne, seconded by Nita Paris. Motion
approved.
Svetlana Peltsverger - Associate Professor of Information Technology, Department of
Information Technology
a. IT 6873 and IT 6883 course revision to pre-reqs
b. Motion to approve on first read and waive second read by Nita Paris, seconded by
Sheryl Duggins. Motion approved.
c. Graduate Certificate in IT Security program revision to incorporate IT 6873 and 6883
changes.
d. Motion to approve on first read and waive second read by Nita Paris, seconded by
Martin Hudson. Motion approved.
e. MS in Information Technology program revision to incorporate IT 6873 and 6883
changes.
f. Motion to approve on first read and waive second read by Nita Paris, seconded by
Martin Hudson. Motion approved.
Discussion of a common Special Topics course that any program could use. This is not
feasible as each program will need the prefix to match their program.
Brief presentation by Tom Ball, Associate Dean of the Southern Polytechnic College of
Engineering and Engineering Technology regarding the renaming of the MS in Engineering
Technology to the MS in Applied Engineering.
Meeting Adjourned 1:40pm.