GRADUATE COUNCIL Minutes Thursday, November 29, 2012 3:30 pm, DePaolo Hall Conference Room Council members attending: Drs. Barth, Blum, Edgerton, Gamble, Howe, Moallem, Taylor, Varadarajan and Walser. Also attending: Drs. Berg, DeVita, McNulty, Parker, Meinhold and Nancy Holland. Dean Roer presided. I. Approval of minutes of October 25, 2012, approved II. Announcements Graduate Faculty Update: The following faculty have been approved since the last Graduate Council meeting. Cameron School of Business Information Systems & Operations Management – Michael Orr, special one year appointment College of Arts and Sciences Biology & Marine Biology – Michelle Staudinger, special three year appointment Chemistry & Biochemistry – Michelle Cree, Chris Galliford, Lyle McAfee, Marcela Roldan, Jack Pender, David Lei, Laurie Stephen, William Bakewell, special three year appointments English – Anthony Atkins, five year appointment, Mark Boren, five year appointment Foreign Languages & Literature – Joann Mount, special two year appointment Public & International Affairs – Jerome Bagnell, Pamela Morrison, special three year appointments Watson College of Education Elementary, Middle Level and Literacy Education – Lisa Buchanan, three year appointment Consolidation of the MED programs III. New Business A. Program and Curriculum Committee 52 curriculum changes forms located in Web Now http://www.uncw.edu/gradschool/council/documentation/webnow.pdf Watson College of Education, MED curriculum changes for 2012-2013, 29 forms, approved EDN 589, Prerequisite change Add course requirements to Secondary Ed, UNCW specialization Add course option to Capstone, Secondary Ed, UNCW specialization MED, Secondary Ed, bring focus areas up to specialization levels MED, Secondary Ed/International, bring focus areas up to specialization levels MED, K-12/Academically and Intellectually Gifted, bring together focus areas under common specialization MED, K-12/Specialty Studies/English as a Second Language, bring together focus areas under common specialization MED, K-12/Specialty Studies/Physical Ed and Health, bring together focus areas under common specialization MED, K-12/Specialty Studies/Spanish, bring together focus areas under common specialization MED, K-12 Specialty Studies, program name change WSE, ITSEF, program name change, TESL MIT 517, new course and syllabus EDL 550, course description change and cross list EDL 551, course description change and cross list EDL 552, course description change and cross list EDL 557, course description and title change, cross list EDL 560, credit hour, course description and title change, cross list EDL 617, new course and syllabus EDL 630, new course and syllabus EDL 631, new course and syllabus EDL 632, new course and syllabus EDL 633, new course and syllabus EDL 634, new course and syllabus EDL 635, new course and syllabus EDL 650, new course and syllabus and cross list EDL 651, new course and syllabus and cross list EDL 625, new course and syllabus and cross list EDL 657, new course and syllabus and cross list EDL 659, new course and syllabus and cross list Cameron School of Business, 8 forms, approved BUS 512, new course and syllabus and cross list MBA 512, cross list MBA, Professional program, degree requirement change MBA, Professional program, prerequisite change MBA, Professional program, degree requirement change (remove course and move to BFC) MBA 556, title change BUS 580, deletion BUS 591, new course International Studies, 8 forms, approved INT 505, new course and syllabus INT 510, new course and syllabus INT 520, new course and syllabus INT 530, new course and syllabus INT 540, new course and syllabus INT 550, new course and syllabus INT 560, new course and syllabus INT 591, new course Mathematics & Statistics, 2 forms, approved 2 MAT, degree requirement changes Public & International Affairs, CMR, 5 forms, approved CMR 551-800, new course and syllabus CMR 537, title change CMR 538, title change CMR 539, new course and syllabus CMR 599, new course Sociology & Criminology, 2 forms, approved CRM/SOC 505, grade mode change CRM/SOC 509, grade mode change B. Policy and Planning Committee Graduate Credit, undergraduates taking graduate courses be limited to 10 hours, approved Dean Roer suggested for Council to consider new procedures and restrictions for admitting non-degree students wanting to take courses without any affiliation to a current graduate program; committee will start discussing next month. IV. Old Business none V. Other None VI. Adjournment 4:20 pm Graduate Council Meetings for 2012-13 January 24, 2013, 3:30 pm, DePaolo Conference Room February 28, 2013, 3:30 pm, DePaolo Conference Room March 28, 2013, 3:30 pm, DePaolo Conference Room April 25, 2013, 3:30 pm, DePaolo Conference Room