AGENDA

GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING

October 12, 2016

3:30 p.m.

Plaster Student Union, Room 308

I.Call Meeting to Order

II.Approval of Minutes

III.Reports

A.Report of Graduate Council Chair – Ching-Wen Chang

B.Report of Graduate College Dean –Julie Masterson

C.Report of Graduate Student Senate

D.Report of Graduate Faculty Membership Committee – Erin Buchanan

The following people are recommended for full graduate faculty status:

Amber AbernathyPSYResearch

Kimberly IrelandCSDProfessional

Matthew McKayGGPResearch

Anne WinklerPASProfessional

John ZastoupilMUSResearch

The following were tabled by the committee:

Department Criteria for Agriculture

Faith BenzerARTResearch

Ronald Del VecchioAGRResearch

Sarah JonesCSDProfessional

Alicia Walker SOCResearch

E.Report of Graduate Grievance Committee – Scott Zimmerman

F.Report of Graduate Scholarship Committee – Kyoungtae Kim

G.Report of Graduate Curriculum Screening Committee – John Prescott

Please note that we are now using the electronic system for curricular proposals. You can view these curricular proposals from to the Graduate Council meeting. Click on the “View existing proposals in the Curricular Action Workflow system” near the top of the page.

NON-SUBSTANTIVE ACTION PROPOSED

CHHS / BMS / Course Change / DTN 744 Practicum in Area of Concentration – change description
CHPA / SOC/ANT / Course Change / ANT 600 Applied Anthropology – change title

SUBSTANTIVE ACTION PROPOSED

CHHS / SWK / New Course / SWK 643 Nonprofit Management in the Health and Human Services
CHPA / REL / Course Change / REL 675 Archaeology and the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible – change title, prerequisite & description
Course Deletion / REL 676 Archaeology and the New Testament
SOC/ANT / New Course / ANT 705 Anthropological Theory and Practice
CNAS / CSC / New Course / CSC 611 Algorithms and Advanced Data Structures
CSC 612 Advanced Database System Concepts
CSC 613 Computers Systems Fundamentals
CSC 701 Seminar I
CSC 702 Seminar II
CSC 735 Data Analytics
CSC 742 Evolutionary Computing
CSC 745 Advanced Multimedia Programming
CSC 746 Human Computer Interaction
CSC 747 Multimedia Communications
CSC 765 Ubiquitous Computing and Internet of Things
CSC 790 Graduate Topics in Computer Science
COAL / ENG / New Course / ENG 654 Topics in Ethnic American Literature
Course Change / ENG 652 American Romantic Literature – change title and description
ENG 656 American Realism – change title and description
ENG 659 Modern American Literature – change title and description
MJF / New Course / JRN 607 Media Law
Course Change / MED 667 Screenwriting – change title and description
MUS / Program Change / MM – change Music Education Concentration admission requirements and course requirements
Course Change / MUS 618 Choral Arranging – change hours
MUS 675 Band – change description
MUS 775 Band – change of description
COB / FIN / Program Change / Graduate Certificate in Finance – add additional course to list of electives
TCM / Program Change / MS, Project Management – change program description and degree requirements; change admission requirements for accelerated option
COE / CLSE / Course Change / SPE 780 Contemporary Issues in Special Education – change title, description and periodicity
DARR / AGR / New Course / AGB 694 Agricultural Entrepreneurship

IV.Unfinished Business

V.New Business

VII.Adjournment

Ching-Wen Chang

Chairperson

cc:Colette Witkowski, BMSDavid Rohall, SOC/ANTMichelle Day, SWK

Stephen Berkwitz, RELKen Vollmar, CSCTammy Jahnke, CSC/CNAS

W.D. Blackmon, ENGMary Pardue, MJFJulie Combs, MUS

Kent Ragan, FINNeal Callahan, TCMJames Satterfield, CLSE

Ronald Del Vecchio, AGR