MEMORANDUM

January 22, 2009
TO: Members of the Graduate Council
FROM: John Stone, Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education
RE: Graduate Council Meeting of 29 January 2009

The Graduate Council will meet at
2:15pm
Thursday, 29 January 2009
UC 259


AGENDA

  1. Approval of Minutes from the November 6, 2008 meeting
  2. Announcements
    1. Graduate Enrollment Comparison Report for Spring 2009 (see attached)
    2. Graduate Assistantship Application Deadline: 15 March 2009 (link)
    3. Upcoming Business Item at Spring 2009 Graduate Council Meeting: Reconciliation of Graduate and Undergraduate Grading Scales (see attached)
    4. Update on Provost Search Process
  3. Information Only Items
    1. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECED 576: Medical Aspects of Disability
    2. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECFLD 610 General Education Field Experiences
    3. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECED 680 Phase 4 Portfolio
    4. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECED 701 Advanced Methodology and Practices in Special Education
    5. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECED 703 Promoting Reform through Collaborative Leadership
    6. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECED 706 Vocational Assessment of Students with Special Needs
    7. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECED 781 School-to-Work Transitional Programming
    8. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECFLD 789A Practicum – Cognitive Disability
    9. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECFLD 789B Practicum – Learning Disability
    10. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECFLD 789C Practicum – Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
    11. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECFLD 789D Practicum – Cross Categorical
    12. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECFLD 789F Practicum – Early Childhood Special Education Three through Eight
    13. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECFLD 789G Practicum – Early Childhood Special Education Birth to Three
    14. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECFLD 793A Inservice Practicum – Cognitive Disability
    15. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECFLD 793B Inservice Practicum – Learning Disability
    16. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECFLD 793C Inservice Practicum – Emotional Behavioral Disorders
    17. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECFLD 793D Inservice Practicum – Cross Categorical
    18. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECFLD 793F Inservice Practicum – Early Childhood Special Education 3-8
    19. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Special Education: SPECFLD 793G Inservice Practicum – Early Childhood Special Education Birth to Three
    20. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Accounting: ACCOUNT 781 Advanced Accounting Theory I
    21. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: JRNL 620: Law of Mass Communication
    22. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: JRNL 630: Communication and Public Opionion
    23. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: JRNL 631: Mass Communication and Society
    24. Curricular Action: Requisite and Description Change from the Department of Communication: JRNL 789: ACP Project Credits
    25. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: JRNL 798: Individual Studies
    26. Curricular Action: Requisite and Description Change from the Department of Communication: JRNL 799: Thesis Research
    27. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 526: Communication and Gender
    28. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 528: Communication and Conflict Resolution
    29. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 627: Communication Training in Organizations
    30. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 629: Organizational Communication Needs Analysis
    31. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 631: Mass Communication and Society
    32. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 640: New Communication Technologies
    33. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 702: Seminar in Applied Public Communication
    34. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 703: Seminar in Corporate Communication
    35. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 704: Seminar in Mass Communication
    36. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 722: Issues in Human Communication Theory
    37. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 731: Effects of Mass Communication
    38. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 785: Methods of Communication Research
    39. Curricular Action: Requisite Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 798: Individual Studies
    40. Curricular Action: Requisite and Description Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH: 789: Applied Communication Project Credits
    41. Curricular Action: Requisite and Description Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 799: Thesis Research
    42. Curricular Action: Description and Credit Change from the Department of Communication: SPEECH 799: Thesis Research
    43. Curricular Action: Change in Degree from the Department of Communication: Special Course Policy
    44. Curricular Action: Other Curricular Action from the Department of Communication: Department Policy on NCFD students enrolling in 700-level courses
    45. Curricular Action: Other Curricular Action from the Department of Communication: Department Policy on deficiency courses
  4. New Business
    1. Curricular Action: Other Curricular Action: Admission Policy Clarification
    2. Curricular Action: Currency of Bulletin from Department of Department of Curriculum and Instruction Continuation of Course EARLYCHD 540 Nutrition and Health: Early Childhood [Syllabus] [Bibliography]
    3. Curricular Action: Currency of Bulletin from Department of Curriculum and Instruction Continuation of Course: SECNDED 629 Science Methods
    4. Curricular Action: Currency of Bulletin from Department of Curriculum and Instruction Continuation of Course: SECNDED 626 Methods of Teaching English and Language Arts [Syllabus]
    5. Curricular Action: Currency of Bulletin from Department of Communication Continuation of Course: SPEECH 520 Advanced Audio Techniques

Attachments

c.    Chancellor Telfer, Interim Provost Clements, Associate Vice Chancellor Monfils, Deans, Department Chairs, Program Coordinators, Marketing and Media Relations.