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AcademicCouncilAgendaMarch82016
Friday,March4,2016at5:45:16PMCentralStandardTime
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Texas Tech University
Academic Council
Meeting of March 8, 2016
10:30 AM, Provost¹s Conference Room
(note time and location changes)
AGENDA
1. Minutes of the February Meeting (attached)
2. Decrease in Student Credit Hours required for the BS Degree in Architecture (Ellis; attachment)
3. Increase in Student Credit Hours required for the Healthcare Administration major for the MS in
Business Administration (Pasewark; attached)
4. New Graduate Certificate in Energy Economics in the Area of Energy, Economics & Law
(Pasewark; attached)
5. New Graduate Minor in Business Statistics (Pasewark; attached)
6. New Intra-institutional Dual JD/MS degree in Law and Sport Management (Myhra; attached)
7. New Minor in Human Sciences (Lauderdale; attachment)
8. Delete Graduate Certificate in Petroleum Engineering (Morse; attached)
9. Change in Entrance GPA Requirement for Mechanical Engineering and Petroleum Engineering
(Morse; attachment)
10. Change in Entrance GPA Requirement for Nutritional Sciences (Huffman; attached)
11. Change name of concentration from Biochemical & Molecular Nutrition to Nutritional
Biochemistry & Physiology (Huffman; attached)
12. Proposal to Establish the Department of Veterinary Sciences (Galyean, Akers; 2 attachments)
13. Course Approvals (McKinnon; attached)
14. Debriefing on Retention Symposium (P. Hughes; attached)
15. Other Business
16. Announcements and Reminders
1. President¹s Excellence in Gender Equity Awards
2. Other
Adjourn by 12:00 Noon
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Special Note: A large number of items was received from the Graduate School on behalf of the
Graduate Council on Friday afternoon, March 4. The number of items together with those on this
agenda were deemed too many for one meeting. Accordingly, at the March 8 meeting we will discuss
the prospect of holding a second March meeting on Tuesday, March 22 or another date. This will
provide an opportunity for the other items (some of them course approvals) to be considered and still
make the timeline for catalog submission in early April.
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