2009-2010 Graduate Council Actions
Degree
Program
Certificate
Autism
Licensure
School Nurse
licensure
M. Ed.
Gifted Education
MLR
Request Type
Nature of Change
New certificate; 16
credits
Move program from
HPERD to School of
Nursing
4 new courses; new
certificate
Grad Council
Action Date
September 10, 2009
Action
Approved
Move within College of
Education & Human Services
September 10, 2009
Approved
Changes to prerequisites
September 10, 2009
Approved
Management &
Labor Relations
Changes to prerequisites of
EGT 513, EGT 519 & EGT 580
Deletion
Delete MLR 645/745
September 10, 2009
Approved
MLR
Management &
Labor Relations
New course
September 10, 2009
Approved
MBA
Marketing
Deletion
September 10, 2009
Approved
MBA
Marketing
New course
September 10, 2009
Approved
Certificate
Marketing Analytics
Modification of
requirements
September 10, 2009
Approved
M.S.
Chemistry
New course
September 10, 2009
Approved
M.S.
Chemistry
New course
September 10, 2009
Approved
M.A./M.S.
Mathematics
New course
September 10, 2009
Approved
Office of
Sponsored
Research
Summer ’09
Graduate Faculty
status renewal
Program Review
Add new course MLR 557/457
Human Resources Information
Systems
Delete MKT 602 Marketing
Research
Add new course MKT 531
Marketing Research
Replace MKT 602 (deleted)
with MKT 531 (new)
Add new course CHM 517
Forensic Chemistry, cross listed
with CHM 417
Add new course CHM 596
Forensic Internship, cross listed
with CHM 496
Add new course MTH 520
Combinatorial Mathematics with
content of former MTH 531 &
cross listed with MTH 420
Graduate Council
representative
Volunteer requested
September 10,2009
Justin Vaughn
volunteered
Approval of Committee
recommendations
28 applications, 27
recommended, 1 no action &
encouraged to re-apply
September 10, 2009
Approved
Volunteers
Dean’s appointees/Grad
Council appointees to Program
Review Committee
October 14, 2009
Justin Vaughn for
CLASS;
Nigamanth
Sridhar for
Business
1
Degree
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
Program
Request Type
4+1
Reaffirm existing policy
on double-counting
credits
Leadership &
Lifelong Learning
Proposal revisions
Leadership &
Lifelong Learning
Leadership &
Lifelong Learning
Proposal revisions
Proposal revisions
Nature of Change
4+1 student is not allowed to
exercise additional option of
‘banking’ 9 graduate credit hours in
addition to maximum of 12 hours to
be double-counted towards their
degree.
Adding 2 new courses ALD 802
Advanced Seminar in Adult
Learning & Development & ALD
889 Research Seminar and
Proposal Writing
Prerequisite & required course
changes
Reduced required elective credits
from 8 to 4
Grad Council
Action Date
Action
October 14, 2009
Approved
October 14, 2009
Approved
October 14, 2009
Approved
October 14, 2009
Approved
Approved
M.A./M.S.
Mathematics
New course
Add new course MTH 591 Financial
Mathematics, cross-listed with MTH
491
October 14, 2009
Master’s
Music
Program revisions for
instrumental, voice, &
keyboard majors
Add ensemble requirement;
reduces elective credits & increases
track requirements
October 14, 2009
New course
Add new course CIS 580
Introduction to Computer
Architecture with former content of
CIS 600 & cross-listed with CIS 480
Master’s
Computer
Information
Science
pending receipt of
revised grading
scheme on
syllabus; received
10/16/09
Approved
Approved
October14, 2009
pending changes to
grading scheme on
syllabi, more clearly
defined qualitative &
quantitative
differences between
grad/undergrad
Approved
Master’s
Accounting
Master’s
Computer
Information
Science
New course
Add new course ACT 521 Cost
Accounting
October 14, 2009
New course
Add new course CIS 580
Introduction to Computer
Architecture with former content of
CIS 600 & cross-listed with CIS 480
November 10, 2009
pending removal
of C+ from
graduate grading
scheme on
syllabus
Revised syllabus
received; course
approved
2
Degree
Program
Request Type
Master’s
History
Program modifications
Master’s
History with
specialization in
Museum Studies
Program modifications
Certificate
Health Law
New certificate
M.A.
Mathematics
Program modifications
M.S.
Mathematics
Program modifications
Physics
New course
College of
Engineering
Graduate Committee
member replacement
Certificate
B.A./M.S.
B.S./M.S.
Law
Mathematics
Mathematics
New certificate
New 4+1 program
New 4+1 program
Ph.D.
Urban Studies &
Public Affairs
Program modifications
Ph.D.
Urban Studies &
Public Affairs
Program modifications
Education
First Ring Leadership
Program
Program modificationstitle change
Education
First Ring Leadership
Program modificationsadmission & exit
Education
First Ring Leadership
Program modifications-
Education
First Ring Leadership
Program modification
Nature of Change
Writing sample required for
admissions & total credit hours
increased from 32 to 36
Writing sample required for
admissions & total credit hours
increased from 32 to 36
New certificate program
Increase total credits from 32 to
36
Increase total credits from 32 to
36 & require MTH 514 as
introductory course
Adding new course PHY 660
Electronics
Dr. Ana Stankovic was nominated
from Fenn College of Engineering
as replacement on Grade Dispute
Committee for Dr. Chansu Yu
who is on sabbatical
Health Law Certificate proposal
New 4+1 proposal
New 4+1 proposal
To combine the existing three
specializations into one entitled
Urban Policy & Development
Renaming the mandatory UST
810 Economic Development
Seminar to UST 810 Urban Policy
& Development Seminar
Change title to Inspired Leaders
Principal Licensure Program
Adjustments to admission and
exit requirements
Require residency for the
capstone course
Change course delivery to a
blended format, face-to-face and
online
Grad Council
Action Date
Action
November 10, 2009
Approved
November 10, 2009
Approved
November 10, 2009
First reading
November 10, 2009
Approved
November 10, 2009
Approved
November 10, 2009
Approved
December 7, 2009
Approved
December 7, 2009
December 7, 2009
December 7, 2009
Approved
Approved
Approved
December 7, 2009
Approved
December 7, 2009
Approved
December 7, 2009
Approved
December 7, 2009
Approved
December 7, 2009
Approved
December 7, 2009
Approved
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Degree
Program
Request Type
M.Ed.
Organizational
Leadership
Program modifications
M.Ed.
Organizational
Leadership
Program modifications
M.Ed.
Organizational
Leadership
Program modifications
Fall 2009 graduate
faculty status
new/renewals
Approval of Committee
recommendations
M.Ed.
Master’s
M.S.
Ph.D.
Master’s
COEHS-Chinese
Language Teaching
Licensure
Legal Studies
Addition of a Chinese
language license
specialization
PDP-Master of Legal
Studies (Law) for nonlaw disciplines
Nature of Change
Adding a community partnership
practicum & a school leadership
practicum
Changing course prefixes from
EDQ to CEL
Deleting 4 courses & replacing
with others
46 applications, 44 recommended
for new/renewal; Council
discussion recommended 45 be
renewed
14-month program modeled on
the MUST (Master of Urban
Secondary Teaching) program
New program proposal
Grad Council
Action Date
Action
December 7, 2009
Approved
December 7, 2009
Approved
December 7, 2009
Approved
December 7, 2009
Approved
February 11, 2010
Approved
February 11, 2010
Approved
Approved with 2
requested
changes—naming a
program director
and removing
admissions criteria
that undergrad
degrees from an
unaccredited
school are accepted
Discussion & tabled
to solicit input from
program directors,
chairs, Associate
Deans
Computer
Engineering
PDP-Master’s in
Computer Engineering
Thesis option, 30 credits; nonthesis option 32 credits
February 11, 2010
Urban Studies
Transfer of credits to
Ph.D. from Master’s or
J.D.
Increase allowed transfer of
credits from a CSU earned
Master’s or J.D. to the Ph.D.
program
February 11, 2010
Public Administration
Changes to MPA
specializations & core
curriculum
Delete & add elective and
required courses to 4
specializations
February 11, 2010
Approved
February 11, 20101
Send to program
directors, dept.
chairs, and
Associate Deans
Cross-listed courses
document
Approved by Graduate College
Admissions & Standards
Committee & UCC
4
Degree
Master’s
Ph.D.
Program
Graduate Catalog
Graduate Catalog
Graduate Faculty Bylaws
Approved
New regulation--no more than 1/3
total credits in a Ph.D. program
can be transferred from an
earned master’s or J.D. degree at
CSU
March 8, 2010
Approved
Modernizing language with
grammatical changes AND
removing Article VII, Research
Council from the By-laws
March 8, 2010
Approved
March 8, 2010
Approved
March 8, 2010
Approved
March 8, 2010
Approved
March 8, 2010
Approved
March 8, 2010
Approved
April 13, 2010
Approved
Current regulation will apply to
students who have earned
master’s or J.D. degrees
toward another master’s
degree at CSU with a
maximum of 10 credits
DBA
Business
Administration
Program changes
MBA
Health Care
Administration
Divide HCA 690 (4
credits) into 2 courses
Master of
Accountancy
Accounting
Program changes to
the Financial/Audit
track
B.A./M.A.
March 8, 2010
Change to Graduate
Catalog regulation
concerning application
of credits toward
multiple advanced
degrees
Change to Graduate
Catalog regulation
concerning application
of credits toward
multiple advanced
degrees
Non-substantive
changes to language
and one substantive
change
Global Sustainable
Business Practices
Rehabilitation
Science
Strategic
Communication
Action
Nature of Change
Certificate
Ph.D.
Grad Council
Action Date
Request Type
New PDP
New proposal, 16 credit hours for
MBA graduate students only
Total credit hours changed from
68 to 64 by reducing research
credits from 24 to 20
Reduce HCA 690 Administrative
Internship/Research Project to 3
credits and create new course
HCA 689 Professional Experience
(1 credit)
Replace ACT 521 for ACT 600 in
Level II; adjust required courses
in Level III; increase credits from
3 to 4 for ACT 621, ACT 622,
ACT 631; change name of ACT
460/560 to International
Accounting Standards; reduce
total credit hours from 33 to 30
Propose a new Ph.D. in
Rehabilitation Science
New 4+1 program
New 4+1 proposal
New proposal
5
Degree
Program
Request Type
Nature of Change
th
Joint
B.A./M.A.
Political Science Dept.
with Bahcesehir
University
3+1+1
B.S./M.S.
Biology
New 4+1 program
Engineering
Graduate catalog
revision
Engineering
Graduate catalog
revision
Addition to the University
Research Council
Addition to the University
Research Council
Addition to Graduate
Council
Ph.D.
School of Nursing
Becoming independent
Urban Education
A specialization in
Nursing Education
Three years at Bahcesehir, 4
year at CSU, bachelor’s degree in
International Relations at
Bahcesehir, master’s in Global
th
Interactions 5 year from CSU
New 4+1 proposal
Removing the policy of allowing a
maximum of 12 graduate credit
hours taken as an undergraduate
to be applied to a student’s
advanced degree; allowing the
‘banking’ of 9 credits to apply to
4+1 students
Changing residency status to
state, “while enrolled at Cleveland
State University” instead of “in the
College of Graduate Studies”
Proposing the position of
Associate Dean be a voting
member of the University
Research Council
Amending previous motion to
make the position of Associate
Dean a voting member of
University Research Council to a
non-voting member
Proposing a liaison role for the
Associate Vice President of
Research as a non-voting
member of Graduate Council
Proposing the School of Nursing
become an independent School
without any College affiliation
Proposing a specialization track
for a Nursing Education Ph.D. in
the doctoral program in Urban
Education; including creating 5
new courses for the specialization
track (NUR 710, NUR 730, NUR
740, NUR 760, NUR 780
Grad Council
Action Date
Action
April 13, 2010
Approved
April 13, 2010
Approved
Approved, with a
recommendation added
that at the point of banking
credits submission, a
transfer fee be assessed
for the
undergraduate/graduate
fee difference
April 13, 2010
April 13, 2010
Approved
April 13, 2010
Approved
May 4, 2010
Approved
May 4, 2010
Approved
May 4, 2010
Approved, one abstention
May 4, 2010
Approved, one ‘no’ vote
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Degree
Program
Request Type
Nature of Change
Health Sciences
For the Department of
Health Science to
become a School of
Health Sciences
B.S./M.S.
Health Science
New 4+1 program
Certificate
Local and Urban
Management
Changes to program
Certificate
Economic Development
Changes to program
Ph.D.
Urban Studies
Changes to Public
Administration
specialization
B.A./M.A.
Experimental
Psychology
New 4+1 program
M.A.
Psychology
Revisions to the
Experimental Research
specialization
Ph.D.
Engineering
Change existing DRE to
Ph.D. in Engineering
Health Sciences Dept. becoming
a School of Health Sciences
remaining in the College of
Science
Creating a 4+1 program in Health
Sciences, maximum of 12 credits
for double-counting
Reducing the number of courses
from 5 to 4, with two required
courses & two electives, which
brings credit hours to a total of
13-15 rather than 17-19
Replace structure of 3 courses &
1 elective to 2 core courses and 2
electives chosen from a more
limited set of courses; require all
students to take PAD/PDD/UST
629; accept either UST 300 or
PAD/PDD/UST 603, or
equivalents as prerequisite
Three new courses to cross-list
with existing 600/800 level
courses (UST 704, UST 733, UST
771)
Creating a 4+1 program in
Experimental Psychology,
maximum of 12 credits for doublecounting
Students required to enroll in a
proseminar every semester for 2
years; students required to
complete particular 3 core
courses
Moving from a professional
doctorate to a research doctorate;
add a direct B.S./Ph.D. admission
category
Schedule for 2010-2011 will
include a deadline of seven
working days for submission of
materials to be placed on agenda
Dates for 2010-2011
Grad Council
Action Date
Action
May 4, 2010
Approved
May 4, 2010
Approved
May 4, 2010
Approved
May 4, 2010
Approved
May 4, 2010
Approved
May 4, 2010
Approved
May 4, 2010
Approved
May 4, 2010
Approved
May 4, 2010
Approved
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Degree
Program
Grad Council
Action Date
Action
May 4, 2010
Approved
Committee recommendations
were discussed for the 31
applications received
May 4, 2010
Graduate Council representative
to attend the May 7, 2010
University Research Council
meeting
Council approved 26
5-year, one 3-year
new/renewal, and 4
applications were denied
May 4, 2010
Nigamanth Sridhar
volunteered
Request Type
Nature of Change
Election results
Election results for Council
representatives were distributed;
Committee members were
discussed & finalized
Graduate faculty
new/renewals
Volunteer
Revised 5/20/10
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