Graduate Studies Committee
Minutes of March 9, 2010
Members present: Thomas Devine, Leilani Hall, Vickie Jensen, David Moguel, Jared
Rappaport, Jennifer Romack, Merril Simon, Jackie Stallcup
Excused: Craig Finney, Tina Kiesler, Bruno Osorno, Mary Woodley
Executive Secretary: Mack Johnson
Guests: Elizabeth Adams, Nancy Burstein, Beverly Cabello, Deborah Chen, Deborah
Cours, Shoeleh Di Julio, Robert Espinoza, Marilynn Filbeck, Beth Lasky, Henrik
Minassians, Sue Sears, Christina von Mayrhauser
Staff: Hedy Carpenter, Gloria Roberts
I.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:08 p.m.
II.
Approval of Minutes
Minutes of the February 9th meeting were approved.
III.
Announcement
Gloria Roberts announced that the CSU Statewide Competition will be held
on April 30 – May 1, 2010 at CSU, San Jose. She reported that there are ten
undergraduate and graduate students representing CSU, Northridge.
IV.
Curriculum Review
A. College of Education
Special Education
1. Course modification proposals in SPED 400-Introducation to Special
Education, SPED 402A-Functional Assessment and Positive Behavior
Support, SPED 401C-Inclusive Practices, SPED 506D, 506MM, 506MS,
506EC-Special Education Internship Field Experience, SPED 541B-Getting
Started-Introduction to Teaching in Urban Schools, SPED 509MMIntroducation to Assessment of Diverse Learners with Mild/Moderate
Disabilities, SPED 670-Reading Processes, SPED 505MM-Curriculum and
Instruction for Diverse Learners with Mild/Moderate Disabilities, SPED
504MS-Teaching Diverse Learners with Moderate/Severe Disabilities, SPED
403DHH-Early Field Experience in Deaf Education, SPED 504D-Teaching
Diverse Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Learners, SPED 560-Assessment and
Development of Language in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students, SPED
561D-Teaching Reading to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Pupils, SPED 563Audiology and Spoken English Development for Teachers of Deaf and Hard
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of Hearing Students, SPED 565-Fundamentals of Teaching Written English to
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students, SPED 566D-Curriculum and Instruction
in SPED for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students, SPED 500-Early
Communication and Literacy for Young Children with Disabilities, SPED
535-Working with Families of Young Children with Disabilities: A
Transdisciplinary Approach, and SPED 538-Transdisciplinary Teaming in
Early Childhood Special Education were approved with minor revisions.
2. New course proposals in SPED 404-Teaching Diverse Learners with
Social-Communication Disabilities including Autism, SPED 406-K-12
Literacy Instruction for Diverse Learners with Disabilities, SPED 416Educating Diverse Learners with Disabilities and Working with their
Families, SPED 580S-ECSE/MM/MS Advanced Specialist Fieldwork
Analysis in Education of Learners with IEPS, and SPED 567D-Teaching Deaf
and Hard of Hearing Students with Special Needs were approved with minor
revisions.
3. Program modification proposal for the Education Specialist Preliminary
Credential Programs in Mild/Moderate Disabilities, Moderate/Severe
Disabilities, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and Early Childhood Education to
change program requirements to meet new Education Specialist standards was
approved.
B. College of Humanities
Chicana/o Studies
1. New course proposal in CHS 488-Literature of Borders and Globalization:
The Americas was approved.
English/Linguistics
1. Course modification proposal in ENGL 610-Seminar in Syntax was
approved.
2. New course proposal in LING 566-Research Methods for Applied
Linguistics was approved with the following caveat:
 Revise prerequisite in item #1 for Intro to TESL.
3. New course proposal in LING 568-TESL Testing and Assessment was
approved with the following caveat:
 Bring out Methods of Assessment for SLO in item #17.
College of Humanities
1. New program proposal for the Graduate Certificate Program in Advanced
Reasoning, Writing, and Research for Professionals was withdrawn to rewrite
proposal and review at the May meeting.
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2. New course proposals in PSHU 501-Critical Thinking and Decision
Making for Advanced Professionals, PSHU 502-Cultural Literacies, PSHU
503-Critical Textual Analysis, PSHU 504-Writing for the New Millennium,
and PSHU 505-Conducting and Presenting Research in the Digital Age were
approved with corrections and clarifications.
3. New course proposal in PSHU 599-Culminating Project was withdrawn to
rewrite proposal and review at the May meeting.
C. College of Science and Mathematics
Biology
1. Course modification proposal in BIOL 691-Graduate Proseminar to change
unit value was approved.
2. New course proposal in BIOL 511/L-Molecular Markers in Evolutionary
Studies and Lab was approved with minor revisions.
3. Program modification proposal for the M.S. in Biology to update the
catalog description to comply with current practices was approved.
D. College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Public Administration
1. Program modification proposal for the Master of Public Administration to
add a fifth track to the MPA program by linking URBS graduate certificate
was approved.
V.
S-Factor Curriculum Assignments and Schedule
The committee received S-Factor related curriculum from seven colleges.
Consistent with GSC practices, two members were assigned to lead the review
and discussion of curriculum from each of the colleges. Additionally, the
month/meeting of the review was determined. Following is a listing of the
colleges, GSC representatives, and month of review.
Colleges of Arts, Media, & Communication and Business & Economics –
David Moguel (Secondary Education) and Merril Simon (Educational
Psychology & Counseling) – April
College of Education – Bruno Osorno (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
and Mary Woodley (Oviatt Library) – April
College of Health & Human Development – Leilani Hall (English) and Tina
Kiesler (Marketing) – May
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College of Humanities – Thomas Devine (History) and Vickie Jensen
(Sociology) – May
College of Science & Mathematics – Jared Rappaport (Cinema & Television
Arts) and Jennifer Romack (Kinesiology) – May
College of Social & Behavioral Sciences – Craig Finney (Recreation &
Tourism Management) and Jackie Stallcup (English) – May
VI.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 3:25 p.m.
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