The Graduate Council Minutes
January 29, 2015
Ward Edwards 1550
3:30 pm
Members/Guests Present: P. Antrim, S. Burns, M. Grelle, S. Hewitt, S. Lankford, J. Mercado, A. Oller, M.
Yousef and B. Bowman (G), J. Clawson (G), C. Kimble (G), A. McCoy (G), A. Norwood (G), P. Plummer (G).
This regular meeting was called to order by the Chair at 3:30 pm in Ward Edwards 1550 and the Director of the
Graduate School and International Admissions was present to record the meeting.
Approval of the Minutes: Move by S. Lankford to approve the minutes of the last meetings (December 4, 2014)
as distributed. (APPROVED)
I. Old Business
College of Education
Department of Education Leadership and Human Development
1. LIS 5100 Foundations of Librarianship – Course Revision – Yousef (APPROVED)
2. LIS 5750 Using Online Resources – Course Revision – Yousef (APPROVED)
3. LIS 5820 Practicum – Course Revision – Yousef (APPROVED)
4. LIS 5910 Action Research in School Libraries – Course Revision – Yousef (APPROVED)
5. Master of Science in Library Science and Information Services – Program Revision – Yousef
(APPROVED)
College of Health, Science, and Technology
Department of Mathematical and Computer Science
6. Master of Science in Mathematics, Actuarial Science and Statistics Option – Program Revision –
Yousef (APPROVED)
II. New Business
Harmon College of Business and Professional Studies
Department of Economics, Finance and Marketing
7. ECON 4085 Predictive Analytics – New Course – Lankford (APPROVED)
Department of Management
8. MGT 4370 Supply Chain Management – Course Revision – Antrim (APPROVED)
School of Accountancy and Computer Information Systems
9. CIS 5681 Big Data Solutions for Business – New Course – Antrim (APPROVED)
Department of Communication Disorders and Social Work
10. CD 5403 Autism: Communication Across the Lifespan – New Course – Burns (APPROVED)
11. CD 5502 Fluency Disorders – Course Revision – Burns (APPROVED)
12. CD 5504 Adult Neurogenic Language Disorders – Course Revision – Burns (APPROVED)
13. Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology – Program Revision – Burns (APPROVED)
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College of Education
Department of Career and Technology Education
14. BTE 4241 Coordination of Cooperative Education Programs – Course Revision – Antrim
(APPROVED)
15. CTE 4280 Implementing CTE Programs and Lab Management – Course Revision – Antrim
(APPROVED)
Department of Educational Leadership and Human Development
16. CSPA 5630 Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education – New Course – Burns (APPROVED)
17. CSPA 5640 Foundations of Academic Advising – New Course – Burns (APPROVED)
18. Graduate Certificate in Academic Advising in Higher Education – New Certificate – Antrim
(APPROVED)
19. Graduate Certificate in Community College Leadership – New Certificate – Antrim (APPROVED)
20. Graduate Certificate Diversity Issues in Higher Education – New Certificate – Antrim
(APPROVED)
21. EDSP 5516 Issues and Trends in Autism Spectrum Disorders – New Course – Antrim
(APPROVED)
22. MSE in K-12 Special Education – Program Revision – Antrim (APPROVED)
College of Health, Science, and Technology
Department of Mathematical and Computer Science
23. ACST 5351Principles of Data Mining – New Course – Yousef (APPROVED)
24. ACST 6950 Master’s Thesis – New Course – Yousef (APPROVED)
25. MATH 4890 Mathematics for Special Education – Course Revision – Yousef (APPROVED)
School of Environmental, Physical, and Applied Science
26. SAFE 4150 Noise Measurements – Course Revision – Yousef (APPROVED)
27. SAFE 4450 Environmental Remediation – New Course – Yousef (APPROVED)
28. SAFE 5125 Advanced Industrial Hygiene – Course Revision – Yousef (APPROVED)
Department of Nursing
29. NUR 4820 Leadership and Management Concepts in Simulation – New Course – Burns
(APPROVED)
30. NUR 4830 Simulation Education Capstone – New Course – Burns (APPROVED)
31. NUR 5204 Family Nurse Practitioner: Primary Care Practicum – Course Revision – Burns
(APPROVED)
III. Discussion Items
32. Fei Cao – Full Graduate Faculty Status Review
33. Spring 2015 Graduation Changes
a. Updates can be found on the website:
(http://www.ucmo.edu/registrar/graduation/questions.cfm)
34. February 2015 Meeting Schedule
b. February 17th at 3:30 pm; meeting with the Provost
c. February 19th meeting has moved to 9:30 am
d. February 26st meeting is tentative pending comments based on electronic votes for last minute
curriculum items.
35. Program Reviews with APRC
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e. GC and APRC members join to review the programs based on department within the College of
Education. APRC members will be in contact to start the review process.
36. Graduate Student nominations are open for the spring 2015 semester.
37. Marketing and branding plan for the Graduate School with University Relations.
f. A meeting has been scheduled to visit with Robin Krause to discuss the look and feel of the
Graduate School.
38. Faculty/Student research and/or scholarship event
g. Complete support for a research recognition event. Many different conversations ensued about
how the event could be structured, but the consensus was that a research event is needed at
UCM for students (undergraduate and graduate) as well as faculty.
39. Philosophy statement to accompany the Graduate School mission statement.
h. Faculty Senate Executive Committee suggested that the Graduate Council develop and adopt
a philosophy statement to go along with the mission statement. The goal of the philosophy
statement would be to delineate how we plan to carry out the various aspects of the mission
statement.
i. Research Mission Statement for UCM
i. The approved mission statement will be included in the Graduate Catalog.
IV. Comments from the Director
40. Additional International Admissions Specialist position
j. The Graduate School received permission to hire another International Admissions Specialist.
Currently, Tina and Shellie are in the interview stage of the hiring process.
41. Graduate Editorial and Information Services Coordinator position description update.
k. The position descript has been submitted to the Human Resources office for review and grading.
42. International Admissions deadlines
l. Admissions deadlines will no longer be considered priority, international students will not have
the opportunity to apply after the deadline has pasted.
43. Graduate Faculty Assembly meeting has been scheduled for April 21st at 3:30 pm. formal announcement to
follow.
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