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Minutes of the Graduate Council
March 8, 2010
GRADUATE COUNCIL
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Minutes of Meeting Held on March 8, 2010
Present:
Dean Vogelsang-Coombs, Professors Medina-Rivera, Klinger, Bathala,
Appan, Loovis, Sridhar, Weinstein, Holcomb, Doerder, Rudd, Vaughn,
Spicer, Jeffres, Kosteas, Delgado, Thornton, Jeffers
Absent/Excused:
Professors Ingersoll, Chieh-Chen Bowen
Guests:
Vice President George Walker, Professors Tukel (Operations & Supply
Chain Management), Susbauer (Management & Labor Relations), McClain
(Accounting), Dean Bonder
Dean Vogelsang-Coombs called the meeting to order and established time frames for each Agenda
item.
1. Vice President Walker Remarks
Vice President Walker discussed the rationale for having a separate Graduate College
o Set standards and policies (quality control)
o Add value to graduate education & graduate student experiences
Dr. Walker reiterated the need to establish a Graduate Grants & Scholarly Writing
Center.
Dr. Walker advocated for the Carnegie-style of program review for Ph.D./docoral
programs.
To make strategic planning effective, resources are needed for
o Faculty research.
o Investing in graduate students.
o Establishing effective & productive Learning Community.
Graduate student stipends—The CSU Administration is looking at a process to raise
stipends for Ph.D. students.
2. Approval of February 11, 2009 Minutes. The Council approved the minutes as written.
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3. Dean’s Remarks
The Graduate Council election process has begun electronically.
The Dean met with three sets of external program reviewers
o Music – The external reviewer for the National Association of Schools of Music.
o Computer & Information Science – The external reviewer for a program review.
o Communication – The external reviewer for a program review.
o The Dean suggested an Ad Hoc Committee work with her on strategies for
increasing Ph.D./doctoral stipends; Professors Doerder, Vaughn, Klinger, and
Sridhar volunteered to serve. A meeting will be called after spring break.
4. Continuing Business
a. Proposed changes to Graduate Catalog regulations concerning the Application of Credits
Toward Multiple Advanced Degrees, requested by Dr. Bowen (Urban Studies).
Following a discussion and a round of questions and answers, the Graduate Council received
feedback on a new rule concerning Ph.D./doctoral programs. The current regulation for transfer
of credits will apply to a student who has earned either a master’s degree or a J.D. degree
toward another master’s degree at CSU (maximum of 10 credits). A new regulation will apply
to the transfer of master’s or J.D. credits to a doctoral program as follows.
Cleveland State University students earning a doctoral degree should earn no more than onethird of the credits toward that degree from their CSU master’s or J.D. degree.
For example, in a sixty credit hour doctoral program, no more than 20 credits hours can be
carried forward from the master’s or J.D. degree.
The following conditions must be met:
1. The department granting the second degree has determined the acceptability of the
credits;
2. The credits were earned with a grade of “B” or better in a master’s program or a grade in
the Juris Doctor program that the department granting the Ph.D. has determined is
equivalent to a “B” in a master’s program;
3. The credits were earned within the six-year statue of limitations on course work
applicable to fulfillment of graduate degree requirements at the time of graduation from
the second program. Work over ten years old at the anticipated point of degree
completion also must be reviewed and approved by the College of Graduate Studies
Petitions Committee.
4. (new condition) Pre-requisite courses for a doctoral program are excluded.
A motion was made to approve the proposals to modify the Graduate College regulations
concerning application of CSU credits towards multiple advanced degrees, and the Graduate
Council unanimously approved them.
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b. Modernization of Graduate Faculty By-Laws
Non-substantive changes have been made to the Graduate Faculty By-Laws to modernize the
language and eliminate confusion. The one substantive change removes Article VII, Research
Council, from the By-Laws of the Graduate Faculty. The Research Council is in the bailiwick
of the Vice President of Research & Graduate Studies and has a separate set of procedures. The
Graduate Council Admissions & Standards Committee reviewed the changes and had no
additional comments.
A motion was made to approve the changes to the Graduate Faculty By-Laws including the removal
of Article VII, and the Graduate Council unanimously approved the motion.
5. New Business
a. Global Sustainable Business Practices Certificate—new proposal, 16 credit hours
All students for this Certificate will need to be MBA graduate students. Five new courses are
proposed. Following questions and answers, a motion was made to approve the proposal, and the
Graduate Council unanimously passed the new Global Sustainable Business Practices Certificate.
b. Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) changes
The proposal changed the total credit hours from 68 to 64 in the DBA program by reducing the
doctoral research credits from 24 to 20. This change was unanimously approved by the Graduate
Council.
c. HCA curriculum changes
The proposal was to divide HCA 690, Administrative Internship/Research Project
(4 credits), into two parts. A new course HCA 689 Professional Experience (1 credit) was created
and the existing HCA 690 was reduced to 3 credits. This proposal was unanimously approved by
Graduate Council.
d. Master of Accountancy changes – Financial/Audit Track
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The proposal involved no changes to Level I, a replacement of ACT 521 Cost
Accounting for ACT 600 Managerial Accounting in Level II, and several changes to
Level III.
Level III changes involved adjustments in required courses, and increased credits from 3
to 4 for ACT 621, ACT 622, and ACT 631.
Students will be allowed specific replacement courses if they have successfully
completed a required course as an undergraduate.
The program faculty changed the name of ACT 460/560 from International Accounting
to International Accounting Standards. The total credit hours in the Master of
Accountancy program were reduced from 33 to 30. The Graduate Council unanimously
approved the proposed changes.
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e. Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science – Program Development Plan (PDP)
Following a round of questions and answers, a motion to approve the PDP for a new Ph.D. in
Rehabilitation Science was unanimously approved by Council.
7.
Committee Reports:
a. Faculty Senate
i.
The proposal for the Urban specialization changes was approved.
ii.
The proposal for a 4+1 in Mathematics was approved.
b. University Admissions & Standards – No report.
c. College of Graduate Studies Admissions & Standards –No report.
d. University Curriculum Committee – Most issues involved undergraduate matters.
e. Graduate Faculty Review Committee – Will be meeting April 15.
f. Petitions Committee
i. The Committee met in February with no major issues.
g. Grade Dispute Committee – No report.
h. Program Review Committee – The report from the external reviewer for the Department
of Music was received. The Communication, Music, and CIS visits by the external
reviewers took place and all received favorable comments.
i. University Research Council Committee – No report.
8.
Announcements/Applause
• The College of Engineering hosted a Robotics competition for high school and
middle school students. Last year, the first year, there were 35 students representing
12 teams; this year 28 teams with 155 students participated.
• Professor Loovis was recently awarded a Fulbright. He will be visiting Finland.
• Professor Vaughn recently returned from coordinating the national political
conference, “Rhetoric, Politics, and the Obama Phenomenon” held at Texas A & M
University. Cleveland State University was well represented amongst the more
well-known schools.
• Professor Kosteas has officially received tenure.
9. Next Meeting: The next Graduate Council meeting is scheduled for April 13, 2010 at
2:00 p.m. in Room 200 of Parker-Hannifin Hall.
10. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m.
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Proposed Changes to Graduate Catalog Regulations
Application of Credits Toward Multiple Advanced Degrees
#1
Current Regulation
A student who has earned either a master’s or
Juris Doctor degree at Cleveland State University
may apply toward a subsequent advanced degree
a maximum of ten credits of graduate or law
school course work earned toward the first degree
under the following conditions:
1. The department granting the second
degree has determined the acceptability of
the credits;
2. The credits were earned with a grade of B
or better, and
3. The credits were earned within the sixyear statue of limitations on course work
applicable to fulfillment of graduate
degree requirements at the time of
graduation from the second degree
program. Work over ten years old at the
anticipated point of degree completion
also must be reviewed and approved by
the College of Graduate Studies Petitions
Committee.
Proposed Regulation
A student who has earned either a master’s or
Juris Doctor degree at Cleveland State
University may apply toward a subsequent
master’s degree a maximum of ten credits of
graduate or law school course work earned
toward the first degree under the following
conditions:
1. The department granting the second
degree has determined the acceptability
of the credits;
2. The credits were earned with a grade of
B or better, or a grade in the Juris
Doctor program that the department
has determined is equivalent to a “B” in
a master’s program; and
3. The credits were earned within the sixyear statue of limitations on course
work applicable to fulfillment of
graduate degree requirements at the
time of graduation from the second
degree program. Work over ten years
old at the anticipated point of degree
completion also must be reviewed and
approved by the College of Graduate
Studies Petitions Committee.
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Rationale
The current regulation has
only been applied to the
transfer of credits from a
master’s degree program
or the JD to another
Master’s degree at CSU.
This proposal clarifies the
practice.
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Proposed Changes to Graduate Catalog Regulations
Application of Credits Toward Multiple Advanced Degrees
#2
Current Regulation
Proposed Regulation
Cleveland State University students earning a
doctoral degree should earn no more than onethird of the credits toward that degree from
their CSU master’s or J.D. degree.
For example, in a sixty credit hour doctoral
program, no more than 20 credits hours can be
carried forward from the master’s or J.D.
degree. The following conditions must be met:
1. The department granting the second
degree has determined the acceptability
of the credits;
2. The credits were earned with a grade of
B or better in a master’s program or a
grade in the Juris Doctor program that
the department granting the Ph.D. has
determined is equivalent to a “B” in a
master’s program;
3. The credits were earned within the sixyear statue of limitations on course
work applicable to fulfillment of
graduate degree requirements at the
time of graduation from the second
degree program. Work over ten years
old at the anticipated point of degree
completion also must be reviewed and
approved by the College of Graduate
Studies Petitions Committee, and
4. Pre-requisite courses for a doctoral
program are excluded.
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Rationale
This proposal emerged
from doctoral program
directors and creates a
rule that is specific to the
transfer of master’s/J.D.
credits to a doctoral
program.