Graduate Council Meeting Minutes 11/14/12
GBB 202, 12:10-1:00 p.m.
Members Present: M. Alwell, R. Arouca, D. Biehl, A. Borgmann, D. Campbell, J.
Campana, N. Hassanein, J. Hunt, J. Johnson, M. Mayer, H. Naughton, S. Sprang, K.
Swift, D. Zielaski
Members Absent/Excused: B.Klaassen, E. Stone
Ex-officio members Present: B. Brown N. Hinman, P. Miller, S. Ross, J. Zink
The meeting was called to order by Chair Borgmann.
The 11/7/12 minutes were approved.
Communications
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The curriculum consent agenda was approved at the Senate meeting. ASCRC Chair
Bill Borrie reminded the Senate that the December meeting is the last opportunity for
Level II proposals to be forwarded to the Board of Regents in order to be available
next autumn.
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There will be no meeting next week.
Business Items
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The Science Curriculum Consent agenda appended was approved.
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The Professional Schools Curriculum items appended below were approved. A
response is still pending from HHP. The Curriculum and Instruction program
modification requires additional justification considering the Graduate Schools policy
requiring 36 credits for a nonthesis Master’s. Also CSD will be notified that only 6
thesis credits can count towards a Master’s degree according to Graduate School
policy.
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LING 572, Generative Syntax, was approved as a new co-convening course.
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The Council will be sent the Level I proposal for a new Political Science track in
Nonprofit Management for discussion at the next meeting.
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The Council discussed the draft program review document for Wildlife Biology. Several
editorial edits and additional recommendations were suggested in terms of quantifying the
cause of attrition and needed assessment of student mentoring. The new guidelines for the
self- study include a section on advising and mentoring. Professor Sprang will revise the
draft.
Large or diverse programs have the option to request more than one reviewer. In this case
the program matched Academic Affairs’ funds to bring in a second reviewer.
The Council’s review serves to call attention to what is unattended and to underscore issues
that need to be explicit if they are to be underscored Interim Associate Provost Hinman
questioned whether departments have access to assessment best practices, similar to the
Council’s procedure on graduate increments.
The meeting was adjourned at 1: 00 PM.
Science Curriculum Consent Agenda
Chemistry
CHMY 652
Original Research Proposal
Computer Science
CSCI 426 UG Advanced Programming - Theory and
Practice I
CSCI 446 UG Artificial Intelligence
CSCI 555
Topics in Artificial Intelligence
CSCI 565
Database Systems
Biological Sciences
BIOB 486 UG Genomics
BIOO 433 UG Plant Physiology
Level I
Integrative Microbiology and
Biochemistry
Geosciences
GEO 436 UG
GEO 439 UG
GEO 460 UG
Near Surface Geophysics
Magnetics in Tectonics, Structure, and
Exploration
Process Geomorphology
New course
Change prereqs
Change descr, learning
outcomes, prereqs
Change title from Applications
in Artificial Intelligence,
change descr, learning
outcomes, prereqs,
repeatability
Change prereqs
New course
Change descr, prereqs
change name to Cellular,
Molecular and Microbial
Biology
Change title from Subsurface
Imaging in Archaeology,
change descr
Change title from Applied
Magnetics, change prereqs
change prereqs, change descr
GEO 570
Aqueous Geochemistry
GEO 579
Geochemistry in Hot Springs
Mathematical Sciences
M 524
Topics in Algebra
course descr
course descr
M 525
Topics in Algebra II
Public Health
PUBH 511
History and Theory of Epidemiology
PUBH 521
Leadership in Public Health
PUBH 525
Native American Public Health
Natural Resource Management
NRSM 526
Climate and Society
Delete course
Revised title, description,
prerequisites, and repeatability
New course
New course
New course
new course - co-convene
Professional Schools Curriculum Consent Agenda
Creative Pulse
CP 588
Creative Pulse Apprenticeship
Communicative Sciences and Disorders
Aural Rehabilitation
CSD 450 UG
Language and Learning Disorders in
CSD 550
Young Children/Service Learning
Language and Learning Disorders in
CSD 560
School-Aged Children/Service
Learning
Pediatric and Adult Diagnostics for
CSD 580
change credits from 1 to 2
Change prequisites
Change title
Change title
New course
Speech-Language Pathology
Curriculum and Instruction
program
non-licensure M.Ed
modification
Revise requirements