Graduate Curriculum Committee (GCC) Meeting

September 28, 2016

Call to Order:11.00by Steven Williamson, Chairperson

Voting Members Present: Oliver Schnusenberg, Timothy Bell, Mina Baliamoune, Dawn Russell, Steven Williamson,Bruce Kavan, and Parvez Ahmed

Non-voting Members present: Christopher Johnson, Andres Gallo, and Amy Bishop

Non-voting members not present: Bob Schupp

Guests: Mark Dawkins, Paul Fadil, David Jaeger, Mary Beale, Steve Paulson

  1. Discussed the rationale for moving the MBA and MSMto the same schedule, i.e., either all classes to 8 weeks or all classes to 16 weeks. After a lengthy discussion, the committee voted to move all classes to 16 week terms as of fall semester, 2017. One no vote and one abstention are noted.
  1. The Graduate Curriculum Committee discussed the entrance requirements, i.e., test scores and GPAs, for the MSM and MBA, including policies for admittance based upon exceptions and or waivers. The GCC voted NOT TO ESTABLISH a policy for exceptions, thus exceptions will remain the purview of the administration. One no vote and one abstention was recorded. Further after looking at the test requirements or lack thereof for admission to the MSMprogram, the GCC voted to remove the GMAT/GRE requirement for all MBA applicants who have graduated from a Florida University System school with a business degree and a 3.0 or better overall undergraduate GPA. Admission to the MBA program may still be granted based upon the scaled scores defined by the Graduate Advisor that include GMAT/GRE scores combined with undergraduate GPA. One no vote was recorded. The MAcc has its own admission standards and these remain unchanged, however the MAcc faculty voted to adopt whatever standards the MBA follows (per David Jaeger, Accounting and Finance Department Chair).
  1. The GCC discussed the motion that had been put on the floor at the College spring faculty meeting concerning term limits on committees and it was the consensus of the committee that the term-limit motion was not passed – (there is no reflection of passage in the College minutes). Williamson was nominated to continue as chair of the GCC – with no other committee members allowing their names to be put into nomination – Williamson was elected.

The meeting adjourned at 12.10.

The next meeting has not yet been scheduled.