MINUTES, GRADUATE CURRICULUM SUBCOMMITTEE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5240 North Jackson Avenue, M/S UC 43
Fresno, California 93740­8023
Office of the Academic Senate
Ext. 82743
April 11, 2007
Members Present.
J. Austin (Chair), F. Harmsen, T. Thonus, P. English,
S. Willis, M. Xiao.
Members Absent.
C. Barakzai.
Visitors.
M. DenBeste, D. DeLeon.
The Graduate Curriculum Subcommittee was called to order by Chair,
J. Austin, at 8:40a.m. in University Student Union, Room 310.
1.
Minutes.
MSC to approve the Minutes of 2/21/2007.
2.
Agenda.
MSC to Approve the Agenda as distributed.
3.
Communications and Announcements.
L. Neal announced that there will be a meeting next Wednesday, April
18, 2007 from 8:30­9:30 a.m. in USU, Room 310. New proposals will be
mailed to the committee members this week.
J. Austin announced that we have a new Graduate Dean, Karen Carey,
from the College of Science and Mathematics.
4.
College of Social Sciences
History
Second Reading
New Graduate Course Request (Item #19)
History 296 Topics in History for Teachers
MSC to Approve and Waive Third Reading with friendly
suggestion to revise course syllabus.
New Graduate Course Request (Item #20)
History 297 Internship in History
The Committee made suggestions for revision of course syllabus with
proposal to be reviewed at a future meeting.
College of Science and Mathematics
Mathematics
First Reading
Graduate Course Change/Deletion Request (Item #8)
Math 291 Seminar
Change in number of units
The Committee made suggestions for revision of course description with
proposal to be reviewed at a future meeting.
Graduate Course Change/Deletion Request (Item #9)
Computer Science 291T
Course Classification Change from 25 to 5 only
MSC to Approve and Waive Second Reading.
The next scheduled meeting of the Graduate Curriculum Subcommittee will be
held April 18, 2007 from 8:30­9:30 a.m. in USU, Room 310.
Agenda.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Approval of the Minutes of 4/11/07.
Approval of the Agenda.
Communications and Announcements.
First Reading.
College of Science and Mathematics
Psychology
Catalog Statement Revision Request
M.S. in Psychology to Ed.S. in Psychology
8:40 a.m. Marilyn Wilson Psychology #10 ? J. Austin
Chemistry/Forensic Science
New Graduate Course Request
Chemistry 340T Topics in Chemistry
8:50 a.m. Eric Person Chemistry/Forensic Science #11 ? J. Austin
New Graduate Course Request
Chemistry 228 Mass Spectrometry
9:00 am Eric Person Chemistry/Forensic Science #12 ? J. Austin