Graduate Council Meeting Minutes 11/16/11
GBB 202, 12:10-1:00 p.m.
Members Present: R. Arouca, A. Borgmann, D. Campbell, J. Halfpap, J. Hodgin, J.
Hunt, R. Judd, M. Mayer, H. Naughton, C. Palmer, K. Swift
Members Absent/Excused: D. Erickson, A. Heavy Runner-Rioux, J. VanDyke
Ex-officio members Present: S. Ross, S. Sprang
Guest: J. Tompkins. A. Vernon
The meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m.
The 11/9/11 minutes were approved.
Communication
 The Council discussed several quality concerns (admissions standards, the lack of
pre-requisites, and mostly adjunct instructors) regarding the proposed Masters in
Nonprofit Management (MNM) with Professors Tomkins and Vernon. It seems there
could be collaboration with permanent faculty in other departments. Apparently the
School of Business is concerned about the impact on their accreditation. There is a
lot of overlap with their curriculum, which seems inefficient when resources are
strained.
An Advisory Committee has been in place for 10 years that includes a representative
from the School of Business and Directors from local Non-profits. Although there
are many MNM programs nation-wide this would be only one of two offered by a
public university completely online.
It was suggested that Political Science attempt to establish common ground with the
Business School and other disciplines to enrich the program. The Director of the
MBA program is interested in collaborating. It is not the Graduate Council’s role to
settle differences between programs. The Graduate Council is interested in reviewing
a revised proposal that addresses the issues concerning program quality and
sustainability including course prerequisites, program admission requirements,
reliance on primarily adjunct instructors, and overlap with existing programs.
Business Items -curriculum review

The professor of ARTH 400 agreed to change the title to match the title of the MSU
course: Art and Architecture of Egypt. The course was approved.

Revised course descriptions were received for CSCI 447/547 and 448/548 and the
courses were approved.

The Humanities consent agenda below was approved. Follow-up is still pending for
LING 472/572 and 478/578.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 PM.
Humanities Consent Agenda
Anthropology
LING 471 UG
Phonetics and Phonology
LING 473 UG
Language and Culture
LING 474 UG
Historical Linguistics
LING 475 UG
Linguistic Field Methods
LING 484 UG
LING 489 UG
North American Indigenous
Languages and Linguistics
Morphology
LING 571
Phonetics and Phonology
LING 573
Language and Culture
LING 574
Historical Linguistics
LING 575
Linguistic Field Methods
LING 584
North American Indigenous
Languages and Linguistics
Morphology
LING 589
UG to U, Co-convening with LING
571
UG to U, Co-convening with LING
573
UG to U, Co-convening with LING
574
UG to U, Co-convening with LING
575
UG to U, Co-convening with LING
584
UG to U, Co-convening with LING
589
New course. Co-convening with
LING 471
New course. Co-convening with
LING 473
New course. Co-convening with
LING 474
New course. Co-convening with
LING 475
New course. Co-convening with
LING 484
New course. Co-convening with
LING 489