Graduate Studies Committee
Minutes of May 8, 2012
Members present: Owen Doonan, Craig Finney, Leilani Hall, Richard Moore, Bruno
Osorno, Jared Rappaport, Jennifer Romack, Abraham Rutchick, Merril Simon, Jackie
Stallcup, Mary-Pat Stein, Mary Woodley
Executive Secretary: Mack Johnson
Guests: Kamiran Badrkhan, Nagwa Bekir, Tracy Buenavista, Deborah Cours, Darrick
Danta, David Gray, Marilynn Filbeck, Sheryl Low, Witaya Mathiyakom, Juana Mora
Staff: Hedy Carpenter, Gloria Roberts
I.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m.
II.
Approval of Minutes
Minutes of the April 10th meeting were approved.
III.
Announcement
Hedy Carpenter announced that an undergraduate student in Chicana/o
Studies, a Mathematics graduate student, and a Psychology graduate student
each won second place at the CSU Student Research Competition at CSU,
Long Beach.
IV.
Curriculum Review
A. College of Health and Human Development
Physical Therapy
1. Course modification proposal in PT 706-Applied Neuroscience to change
unit value, course description, and prerequisites was approved.
2. Course modification proposals in PT 706L-Applied Neuroscience
Laboratory and PT 762-Educational Theories and Practices in Physical
Therapy to delete the course were approved.
3. Course modification proposals in PT 752A-Evidence-Based Physical
Therapy Practice II and PT 752B-Evidence-Based Physical Therapy Practice
III to change course description and basis of grading were approved.
4. New course proposal in PT 752C-Supervised Doctoral Project was
approved.
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5. Program modification proposal for the Doctorate in Physical Therapy to
decrease the total units in the program from 120 to 117 and to use the GRE in
lieu of the UDWPE for the GWAR in the program was approved.
B. College of Humanities
Humanities
1. Program modification proposal for the Graduate Certificate in Advanced
Reasoning, Writing, and Research for Professionals to change the name of the
program to “Graduate Certificate in Advanced Problem Solving and
Planning” was approved.
C. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Anthropology
1. New course proposal in ANTH 693-Teaching Anthropology was approved.
V.
Discussion Items
Merril Simon reviewed the Educational Policies Committee (EPC) policy in
which active courses will be removed from the printed University Catalog if
they have not been offered in five years and courses that have not been offered
in ten years must go through an EPC reactivation process. Simon asked the
committee if they would consider implementing the same policy. The
committee discussed potential issues with the policy and requested
clarification from the EPC before they vote to implement the policy. The
discussion item has been tabled until Fall 2012.
Simon examined the data she received from IR in relation to the GWAR. She
reported that the data included GRE scores and WPE scores but not percentile
scores. She stated that the data indicates that the problem with the WPE was
not that students did not pass the exam, but the degree of difficulty in
accessing the test, which is required to become classified. The GSC and the
associate deans agreed to create a university policy for meeting the GWAR,
but departments may have higher standards that take precedence over the
university policy. Simon, Richard Moore, and Mary-Pat Stein volunteered to
work on a draft policy proposal in order to continue the discussion in Fall
2012.
VI.
Program Reviews
Merril Simon attended the English program review and Leilani Hall attended
the Health Sciences program review. Both GSC members reported that the
external reviewers comments were very positive.
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VII.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 3:25 p.m.
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