Graduate Council Meeting Minutes 10/19/11
GBB 202, 12:10-1:00 p.m.
Members Present: D. Campbell, J. Halfpap, A. HeavyRunner-Rioux, J. Hodgin, J. Hunt,
R. Judd, M. Mayer, H. Naughton, C. Palmer, K. Swift
Members Absent/Excused: A. Borgmann, D. Erickson, J. VanDyke
Ex-officio members Present: S. Ross, S. Sprang
The meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m.
The 10/12/11 minutes were approved.
Communication:

Dustin Hollist, Sociology agreed to serve on the IIP Admissions Committee.
Business Items

The Council briefly discussed the program review document for MCLL. It was
agreed that the Council’s role is to provide an objective view of the program, to
highlight strengths and weaknesses from the reviewed documents. It is up to the
administration to ask the difficult questions. The document was approved and will
be sent to the department.

The following Humanities curricular items were approved.
History
HSTR 418
UG
HSTR 435
UG
Research Seminar: Britain
1500-1800
Consolidate two existing courses,
change for U to UG
Latin America: Human
Rights and the Politics of
Memory
Change the title from Latin America:
Politics of Memory, change descr
Philosophy
Program
program description
Modification

Update program requirements to be in
line with the MA in Environmental
Philosophy
The Social Science Consent agenda (appended) was approved. There are several
questions regarding the proposed Masters in Non Profit Administration and the
changes to the current certificate program. PSC 406-410 require more complete
syllabi and better defined graduate increments. PSC 502 is a core course for the
graduate program and needs a stronger syllabus. There is a concern that most of the
courses are taught by adjunct faculty. Representatives of the program will be invited
to a meeting to discuss the issues. A revised graduate increment is also pending for
COMM 425 UG.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 PM.
Social Science Consent Agenda
Anthropology
ANTY 432 UG
Medical Anthropology and
Global Health
New Course
ANTY 452 UG
Geography
GPHY 421 UG
GIS in Archaeology
New Course
Sustainable Cities
Change title from Towns and Rural
Settlement, change descr (new
course)
Psychosocial Aspects of
Illness and Disability in
Older Persons
New course
Health Science
HS/ SW 440
UG
Political Science
PSCI 401 UG
Nonprofit Human
Resource Management
Change title from Nonprofit
Administration Human Resources
PSCI 402 UG
Nonprofit Volunteer
Management
Change title from Issues in
Nonprofit Administration Volunteer
Management
PSCI 403 UG
Nonprofit Program
Planning and Evaluation
PSCI 404 UG
Issues in Nonprofit
Administration: Ethics and
Legal Issues
Nonprofit Advocacy and
Public Policy
Change title from Issues in
Nonprofit Administration Program
Planning
Delete
PSCI 405 UG
PSCI 528
Strategic Human Resource
Management
Change title from Issues in
Nonprofit Administration and Public
Policy
New course
Psychology
PSYX 536
PSYX 537
PSYX 560
SW 553
SW 554
Sociology
SOCI 460 UG
SOCI 470 UG
Advanced Child and
Adolescent
Psychopathology
Child Assessment
Advanced Learning and
Cognition
Change title from Advanced Child
and Adolescent Exceptionalities
Leadership in Uncertain
Times
Suicide Prevention/
Intervention
New course
Capstone in Rural and
Environmental Change
Update course description and
reduce prerequisites
Environmental Sociology
Update course description, change
the semester it is offered, and drop
prerequisite requirement
New course
Change title from Advanced
learning, change descr
New course