Approved

Graduate Study Committee Meeting Minutes

January 17, 2017

Members Present: Adele Schepige, Chung-Fan Ni, John Rector, Patrick Graham, Tom Kelly, Melanie Landon-Hays, Lars Soderlund, Elisa Maroney, Terry Gingerich, Stewart Baker, Dirk Freymuth, Justin Schepige

Ex-Officio: Linda Stonecipher, Kristin Mauro

Minutes:Kristen Larson

Guests:Amy Clark, Interpreters

Agenda Item / Who / Outcome/Follow-up
Approval of November minutes / Adele Schepige / Approved
Curriculum Proposals
Elementary MAT program and MTH 621, 622, 623
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education
TA 442/542 Using Creative Dramatics to Teach Across the Curriculum / Adele Schepige
Patrick Graham
Adele Schepige / Review and Explanation of rationale for proposed eMAT, prerequisites needed for entry in to the eMAT program (67 credits)
  • Coordinator will evaluate transcripts and content area
  • Need for one additional elementary ed faculty
  • MTH 621, 622, 623 created specifically for eMAT
  • Amy-will changing ED 609 to 1-9 credits affect other programs? Currently 1-15cr
  • ED 681 in proposal should be ED 581
  • ED 616-edit to repeat for up to 9 credits
  • One cohort/year, more if demand necessitates; 2yr program
Approved
Modified and New courses:
  • DHHE 648 Educational Audiology and Spoken Language Development Split to maximize the instruction of each content area
  • DHHE 648 Educational Audiology (modify)
  • DHHE 649 Spoken English Development (new)
  • DHHE 643 Instructional Approaches and Classroom Management-split to maximize instruction of each
  • DHHE 643 Instructional Approaches in DHHE (modify)
  • DHHE 647 Classroom Management in DHHE (new)
  • DHHE 609 Practicum-modify allowing 1-3 credits
  • No changes to credit hours
Approved
Drop course, no longer offered in curriculum
Approved
New Business
4+1 Programs
President Fuller / Tom Kelly
Adele Schepige / Discussion: What is the appropriate number of graduate credits and undergraduate can take and count toward UG & Grad degree?
  • 15 is consistent with other Oregon Universities
  • 500 level courses
  • Will pay UG tuition for the 15 grad credits
  • No problem for Degree Works-Amy
  • Questions
  • At what point would student apply for graduate program?
  • Credit based or Progression based?
  • Need for policy development that will apply across programs wanting to develop 4+1 options
  • Linda and Amy will provide a policy draft to the Graduate Studies Committee
Invite President Fuller back for a follow-up to his January 2016 visit.
  • Request visit for April
  • Ideas for discussion topics
  • Off campus grad programs
  • Summer stipend for course development
  • PhD programs
  • Requirements for graduate faculty

Closing of Meeting / 4:40 pm

Next Meeting: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 3:30-5 pm Location: ITC 205