GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES


March 13 , 2003
PRESENT: Kathy Asala, John Aulerich, Stephen Havlovic, Sharon Kolb, Manuel Ossers, Tim Reutebuch, Bambi Statz, Tony Truog, David Van Doren (for Brenda O’Beirne), and Yushan Zhao.
ABSENT: Paul Adogamhe, *Mohammad Ahmadi, *Marshall Anderson, Janet Barrett, Scott Bradley, *Randy Busse, *Ni Chang, Wade Dazey, Zoreh Ghavamshahidi,  Robert Gruber, Jeffrey Heinrich, Dianne Jones, Andrew Kapp, Steven Karges, Dan McGuire, *Pete Mesner, Leda Nath, John Patterson, *Barbara Penington, Julima Rivera, Steven Sahyun, and Dan Wangerin.
GUESTS: Shannon Stuart, Diana Rogers-Adkinson, and Don Zahn.


*Previously notified.


Associate Dean Stone called the meeting to order at 2:20 p.m. Tony Truog moved to approve the minutes of the December 12, 2002, meeting. Bambi Statz seconded the motion.The motion carried.


Announcements

  1. Graduate enrollment for the spring 2003 term is down slightly, but is very near the Chancellor’s goal of 8% of total FTE. We are currently at 7.43%.
  2. Due to the budget situation, the status of assistantships for next year is not clear.The deadline for assistantship applications for the 2003-04 academic year is March 15th.There are presently 63 applicants on file for next year.A letter explaining the uncertainty of the status of assistantships for next year will be sent to all applicants shortly.
  3. There were seven applicants for the graduate student research awards.All seven were funded - five students were awarded $500 and two students were awarded $400.

Information Only Items

Yushan Zaho moved, seconded by Tony Truog, to approve items A-D of the Information Only items to be received and recorded on the agenda. The motion carried.The items included:

  1. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the MCS Department: MCS 735 Telecommunications and Networking
  2. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the MCS Department: MCS 740 Information Systems Strategy and Policy
  3. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the MCS Department: MCS 760 Topics in Information Technology
  4. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the MCS Department: MCS 770 Advanced Database Design and Management

Business Items

Items A-D, the curriculum proposals from the Department of Special Education, were unanimously approved on a Kolb/Van Doren motion.The items included: The remaining business items, E-G, were approved on a Havlovic/Truog motion.Those items included:

  1. Curricular Action: New Course from the Department of Special Education: SPECED 607 Foundations of Autism Spectrum Disorders
  2. Curricular Action: New Course from the Department of Special Education: SPECED 608 Methods for Teaching Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
  3. Curricular Action: New Course from the Department of Special Education: SPECED 609 Nonviolent crisis Intervention
  4. Curricular Action: Graduate Certificate in Autism Specialist Program
  5. Curricular Action: Change in Major from the Accounting Department: Clarify Electives in the MPA Program
  6. Curricular Action: Change in Major from the Business Education Department: Change required core in MS Business Education.     TO:     FROM:
  7. Curricular Action: Change in Major from the School Business Management Program: Change in elective courses in MSE School Business Management

A brief discussion followed about the graduate policy that does not allow more than three grades of BC or C to be counted toward a graduate degree .Don Zahn presented the issue, which centered on the BC grade and what this grade really signifies. A few suggestions were given to remedy the situation; however, there was no resolution and the issue will probably be raised at another meeting.


The meeting adjourned at 2:38 p.m. on a Bambi Statz/Stephen Havlovic motion.

Respectfully submitted,
Sally Lange
Secretary