2010-2011 Graduate Council Actions
2010-2011 Graduate Council Actions
Degree
Program
Request Type
B.A./M.A.
Spanish
New 4+1
Master of
Occupational
Therapy
(MOT)
Occupational
Therapy
Change admission
criteria
M.A.
Environmental
Studies
New specialization
Master of
Public
Administration
(MPA)
Master of
Public
Administration
(MPA)
Master of
Urban
Planning,
Design, and
Development
(MUPDD)
MPA
Changes to 6 tracks
MPA
Changes to 6 tracks
MUPDD
Changes to the
Economic Development
specialization
Nature of Change
Creating a new 4+1 program
in Spanish
Change admissions criteria of
3.0 gpa overall, 2.8 science and
2.8 for last 48 credit hours to
3.0 gpa for all three conditions
Creating a new specialization of
Sustainable Economic
Development within the M.A. in
Environmental Studies
Increase PAD 619/PAD
630/PAD 631 from three credits
to four credits
PAD 630 will be a core course
in all 6 tracks; PAD 604 will be
a requirement in 5 tracks, an
elective in the Economic
Development track
Removing courses no longer
relevant, adding courses
regularly offered & relevant;
students simultaneously earn
Urban Economic Development
Certificate (dept. issued);
increase number of courses
required by one; total credit
hours unchanged
Grad Council
Action Date
Action
September 7, 2010
Approved on the
condition we
receive
confirmation of
College faculty
approval
September 7, 2010
Approved
September 7, 2010
Approved
September 7, 2010
Approved; dept. is
encouraged to
submit new syllabi
showing content
differences to justify
credit increase
September 7, 2010
Approved
September 7, 2010
Approved
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2010-2011 Graduate Council Actions
Degree
Program
Request Type
Urban Studies
Changes to the
Economic
Development
specialization
Master of Public
Administration
(MPA)
Urban Studies
Changes to the
Economic
Development
specialization
Master of
Computer
Information &
Sciences
(MCIS)
CIS
Changes to program
Master of
Business
Administration
(MBA)
MBA
Changes to program
M.S. in Urban
Studies
Graduate Faculty
New/Renewal Summer
Nature of Change
Removing courses no longer
relevant, adding courses regularly
offered & relevant; students
simultaneously earn Urban
Economic Development Certificate
(dept. issued); giving option of exit
project or thesis in place of
capstone; total credit hours
unchanged
Removing courses no longer
relevant, adding courses regularly
offered & relevant; students
simultaneously earn Urban
Economic Development Certificate
(dept. issued); total credit hours
unchanged
Core requirements become a
Group I; CIS 606 required Group I
course; creating Group 2 list of
courses in which students take
minimum of 6 credit hours (2 or
more courses) from required list;
reducing elective credit from 22-24
to 14-16; maximum of 2 500-level
courses from specific list; language
requirement clarified per University
standards; standardized testing
admission requirements revised;
change independent study
allotment from 5 to 3 credit hours;
increasing professional internship
hour from one to two; maximum of
12 credit hours for non-degree
students
Allow students to choose an
international business course from
a list, rather than the previously
required MBA 602 course
Graduate Faculty Renewal
Committee recommends approval
of 22 applicants; 2 practitioner
status under Criteria 4
Grad Council
Action Date
Action
September 7, 2010
Approved
September 7, 2010
Approved
September 7, 2010
Approved
September 7, 2010
Approved
September 7, 2010
Approved
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2010-2011 Graduate Council Actions
Degree
Program
Request Type
Action
September 7, 2010
September 7, 2010
Dr. Weyman will
call UCC chair
September 7, 2010
Cheryl Delgado
volunteered
Request for future
discussion item
Newly formed independent
School of Nursing representation
on Graduate Council
September 7, 2010
Non-voting member
may attend
meetings until a
written proposal is
submitted
Program modifications
Dropping 4 credit elective, drop
required PAD 651 course, create
new required course HIS 598,
change completion hours from 20
to 16
October 14, 2010
Approved
October 14, 2010
Further discussion
with UCC chair,
Interim Graduate
College Dean &
Provost
Review process of
Program Development
Plan (PDP) at Cleveland
State University
Strategic Initiative Fund
proposal
Museum StudiesHistory
Grad Council
Action Date
Dr. Tumeo & Dr.
Spicer will get
additional
information on full
time graduate
student status from
financial aid, CISP
and possibly
RACGS
Minimum # of credits
required for full-time
graduate student status
Certificate
Nature of Change
Program Development
Plan (PDP) process
Suggestion to revise full time
graduate student status from 9
credits to 8 credits
Request that the review process
for PDP’s at CSU be Graduate
Council approval then sent
directly to Columbus, rather than
current process of sending to
UCC after Graduate Council
approval
A proposal to increase doctoral
stipends has been approved;
Graduate Council representative
is needed on the Task Forces
formed for implementation
Discussion
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2010-2011 Graduate Council Actions
Degree
M.Ed.
Program
CASAL
Grad Council
Action Date
Request Type
Nature of Change
Minimum credit hours
required to hold a
graduate assistantship
Dr. Tumeo reported on a request
to reduce credit hours required to
hold a graduate assistantship for
full time graduate student status
from 9 to 8
October 14, 2010
Graduate Council
representation for the
new School of Nursing
Discussion of Graduate Council
representation overall
October 14, 2010
Graduate Council
representation
Committee presented 2 possible
formats for faculty representation;
further discussion
December 6, 2010
Minimum credit hours
required to hold a
graduate assistantship
The subcommittee presented a
revised paragraph for the
Graduate Catalog
December 6, 2010
Program title change to
better align with
accrediting body
Change title of the Community
Agency Counseling program from
Community Agency Counseling to
Clinical Mental Health Counseling
December 6, 2010
Action
Dr. Tumeo & Dr.
Bubenik will draft a
formal proposal
suggesting a change
to 8 credit hours
minimum after
consulting with
program directors
Dr. Delgado, Dr.
Tumeo, Dr. Jeffres will
prepare a report to
revise the means of
calculating Graduate
Council representation
Michael Spicer, Alan
Weinstein & Bill
Kosteas joined the
subcommittee to work
on continue work on
revising GC
representation
The proposed
paragraph, with the
revision of a
minimum of 8 credits
to hold a graduate
assistantship was
approved
Approved
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2010-2011 Graduate Council Actions
Degree
Program
Request Type
Master’s
Public Health
(MPH)
Revisions
Master’s
Legal Studies
Full Planning Proposal (FPP)
Graduate Faculty
New/Renewals, Fall 2010
Certificate
Applied Predictive
Modeling
(Mathematics)
Nature of Change
Change number of credits in
Capstone Project from a variable
3-6 to 3 credits each in two new
courses, MPH 685 & MPH 686;
change MPH 691 from elective to
required course which will
decrease the electives from 15 to
12 credits;
total number of required hours in
program will not change.
This is a consortium program and
all programs are submitting the
same changes for approval by
their campus curriculum bodies.
FPP being submitted for
movement through University
26 applications received—
Committee recommends 23 5year, 1 3-year approved, 1
denied, 1 pending dept. chair
comments
Grad Council
Action Date
Action
December 6,
2010
Approved
December 6,
2010
Approved
December 6,
2010
Approved 24
applications & 2
denied
December 6,
2010
Justin Vaughn
volunteered
Dr. Tumeo stepping down as
Grad Council rep to
University Assessment
Committee
Graduate Council representative
needed
Subcommittee formation
Form subcommittee to research &
discuss GPA for graduate
admissions, GPA to hold
assistantship, and GA allocations
December 6,
2010
Professors Sridhar,
Delgado, Shelton
volunteered,
Vogelsang-Coombs
agreed as an
‘outside’ GC member
Graduate Council
representation
Joanne Goodell named as
replacement for spring semester
for E.Michael Loovis, who is on
sabbatical
January 19, 2011
Approved
January 19, 2011
Request made for
further clarification;
especially with
admission criteria and
accommodations for
students in other
programs
New certificate
Certificate will use existing
courses and be a total of 16
credits
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2010-2011 Graduate Council Actions
Degree
M.A.
Endorsement
Request Type
Nature of Change
Grad Council
Action Date
Action
Mathematics
Revisions to keep program
viable
Remove required courses MTH
553/MTH542/MTH 564/MTH
539/MTH 581; replace with
existing courses MTH 514/MTH
567/MTH 520/MTH 587; change
core courses from 16 to 12
credits, increase elective offering
from 16 to 20 credits; total credits
remains unchanged
January 19, 2011
Approved with one
‘no’ vote and one
‘abstention’
Teacher Leader
New endorsement structured
around new Ohio
requirements for teacher ed
preparation
Four new courses (ADM 686/EDB
575/CNS 711/EST 577)
January 19, 2011
Approved
Program
School of Nursing
Graduate Faculty renewal
criteria
Discussion
Graduate Faculty By-Laws
Certificate
Applied Predictive
Modeling
(Mathematics)
New Certificate, resubmission
Submission of criteria for School
of Nursing, now independent
Sending a representative if a
Council member is unable to
attend meeting
Changes in language to reflect
Graduate Admissions
administrative functions’ move to
Enrolment Services division
Certificate will use existing
courses and be a total of 16
credits
January 19, 2011
January 19, 2011
Approved pending
addition of examples
for last 4 bullet points
relating to
practitioner status
1) sending representative to
listen, comment and report
back—Approved; 2) if a vote
seems close or contentious,
discussion will take place during
the regular Council meeting, but
an email vote will occur within
the next week so all Council
members’ votes will be
recorded--Approved; 3)
additional option to hold a
special meeting before next
regularly scheduled monthly
Council meeting, if necessary,
for timely or contentious issues
February 1, 2011
Approved
March 7, 2011
Admissions criteria
clarified; Approved
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2010-2011 Graduate Council Actions
Degree
DBA
Master’s
Program
Request Type
Operations & Supply
Chain Management
Curriculum changes
Nonprofit
Administration &
Leadership
Curriculum changes
Speech & Heating
Course changes
Graduate Faculty status
New/Renewal Spring
Certificate
Diversity Management
(Psychology)
New Certificate
M.A.
Psychology (Consumer
& Industrial Research)
Curriculum revisions
M.S.
Urban Studies
Certificate
Early Childhood
Generalist Endorsement
Curriculum revisions
New Certificate
Nature of Change
Students w/out sufficient
background will take prep
courses; students w/out MBA will
take 4 business prep courses
NAL 601 from prereq to core;
NAL 603 from prereq to elective;
NAL/PAD 657 becomes a core
course
SPH 524 becomes 2 separate
courses (SPH 524 & new course
SPH 520; reduce SPH 532 from
3 to 3 credits; reduce SPH 591
from 3 to 1 credit; total credits
remain same (41)
Graduate Faculty Renewal
Committee received 25
applications & recommends 23
approvals, one denial, one
pending additional information
Total of 9 courses, maximum 18
credits, replaces Continuing Ed
certificate
Remove required/core PSY 531;
add PSY 511 as required/core
Raise core credits from 16 to 20;
UST 689 reactivated as new
course; rename Urban Policy
Analysis specialization to Urban
and Public Policy specialization;
remove Law and Public Policy
specialization & merge into
Urban and Public Policy
specialization; change course
title for UST/PAD/PDD/NAL 602;
add elective courses to all
specializations
For those w/ Early Childhood
license (PK-3); will add 4-5
endorsement; 4 new courses
Grad Council
Action Date
Action
April 12, 2011
Approved
April 12, 2011
Approved
April 12, 2011
Approved
April 12, 2011
Approved
May 3, 2011
Approved
May 3, 2011
Approved
May 3, 2011
Approved
May 3, 2011
New courses not numbered or
approved, graduate grading scale
missing; Motion approved pending
receipt of required information
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2010-2011 Graduate Council Actions
Degree
Program
Request Type
Ph.D.
Urban Education
Curriculum revisions
Ph.D.
Urban Education
Curriculum revisions
Graduate Faculty ByLaws revision
Nature of Change
Delete UST 800, replace with
UST 802 or UST 808
Delete UST 803 & UST 805 as
required course in Counseling
Psychology track
Revise Graduate Council
representation to include all
Colleges, Schools and Units and
allow for expansion/reduction
Grad Council
Action Date
Action
May 3, 2011
Approved, with 3 “no”
votes
May 3, 2011
Approved
May 3, 2011
Discussion; wording will
be finalized for a vote in
the Fall 2011
Revised 5/31/11
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