MINUTES:
Graduate Council – January 28, 2002, 1:15 p.m., East Tennessee Room – DP
Culp
ATTENDEES: Bitter, Brown, Champney, Herrin, Honaker,
Hoover, Kasmai, Osborn, Lindahl, Pike, Pfeiffer, Lane, Scheuerman, Smith,
Taylor
ABSENT:
Antkiewicz, Caton, Ellis, Green, Norris-Thompson, Woodruff
I. Minutes 11/26/01
Action taken
by Council: Approved with minor
revision.
II. Curriculum Sub-Committee –
Lee Pike, Chair
A.
College of Arts & Sciences - Foreign Language
1. Approval
requested for three new courses:
SPAN 4127/5127 - Introduction to the
Spanish-Speaking Community
SPAN 4137/5137 - Translation and Community Outreach
SPAN 4147/5147 - Interpretation and Community
Outreach
Action
taken by Council: Approved with minor
revision
1. Approval
requested for one new course:
FNCE 4697/5697 - International Investments
Action
taken by Council: Approved with minor
revision and forwarded to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee for approval.
2.
Revisions in the Master of Public Management
Degree)
A. Change degree designation from MPM to MPA, retain
MCM
B. Modify core MPA requirements (reducing hours)
C. Consolidate two concentrations (Urban &
Regional Planning and
Urban
& Regional Economics) into one (Planning & Development)
D. Establish new concentration (Public Financial
Management)
E. Terminate three concentrations Community
Development, General
Administration, and Municipal Services Management)
Action
taken by Council: Approved with minor
revision and forwarded to the Academic Council for approval.
3.
Approval requested for three new courses:
PMGT 5750 - Public Sector Financial
Management
URBS 5020 - Urban Planning Theory
URBS 4347/5347 - Economic Development
Planning
Action
taken by Council: Approved with minor
revision and URBS 4347/5347 will be forwarded to the Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee for approval.
4.
Delete One Course:
URBS 5130 - Seminar in Urban Geography and
Planning
Action taken by
Council: Approved.
C. College of Arts & Sciences
1.
Department of Communication - Approval requested for
two new courses:
PUBR
5310 – Media Management
PUBR
5320 – Public Relations Case Studies
Action taken by
Council: Approved with minor revision.
2.
Department of English – Approval requested for one
course
Deletion:
ENGL
5837 – American Nonfiction
Action taken by Council: Approved.
D. College
of Education – Department of Curriculum & Instruction
1.
Approval requested for four new courses:
CUAI
4437/5437 – ESL Assessment and Testing
CUAI
4447/5447 – ESL Reading and Instruction
CUAI
4457/5457 – ESL Methods and Techniques
CUAI
4467/5467 – ESL Curriculum Development
Action taken by Council: Approved with minor revisions.
1.
Approval requested for two changes to the M.S.
program in
Environmental
Health:
First, the department
would require a change in the admission requirements to increase the minimum
GPA admission requirement from 2.5 to 3.
Action taken by Council: Approved with minor revision and forwarded to the Academic
Council for approval.
Second, add Toxicology
(ENVH 5357) as a graduate core course requirement.
Action taken by Council: Approved.
A. New Appointments:
1. Raymond McClain,
CASS, recommend Associate membership.
B. Reappointments:
1.
Murray S. Anthony, Accountancy, Associate membership
expired
002,
recommend Associate membership.
2.
Michelle M. Duffourc, Pharmacology, Associate
membership expired
013,
recommend Associate membership.
3.
Scott Koterbay, Art and Design, Associate membership
expired
013,
recommend Associate membership.
A. Update on
English Requirement - Roberta Herrin, spokesperson - The Council recommended
that a statement be added to the catalog narrative in English for a writing
sample of 5 to 10 pages to include the phrase “for all students receiving
departmental financial aid.”
Action taken by Council: Approved.
A. Revised Text for Second
Master’s Policy – Roberta Herrin, spokesperson
Dr. Herrin submitted a
suggestion for clarification of the Second Master’s Degree policy that has been
in effect for two years. The revision
would be included in the 2002-2003 Graduate Catalog. After review and discussion by the Council, several suggestions
were made for improvement in the wording of the revised policy. The following policy was submitted for
Council approval:
A student holding an earned master’s degree may qualify for
a second master’s degree by
completing a minimum of 21 semester hours of ETSU graduate work for thesis
programs, or 24 hours of ETSU graduate work for non-thesis programs, approved
by the student’s advisory committee.
All specific program requirements, with the possible exception of
electives or
duplicative courses, must be met for the second degree. Such requirements include the comprehensive
exam or culminating experience, such as thesis, strategic experience, or
project. In warranted circumstances, credit used to satisfy graduate
certificate requirements may be applied toward the second degree.
Action taken by Council: Approval of revised wording.
B. Editorial Changes – Steve Honaker, spokesperson
Steve Honaker provided a
list of 42 Editorial Course Description Changes for the 2002-2003 Graduate
catalog approved through the minor editorial change process.
C. International English
Language Testing System – IELTS – Roberta Herrin, spokesperson
Dr. Herrin presented the
IELTS test booklet for review by the Council and requested approval to include
in the 2002-2003 Graduate Catalog the following statement: “In warranted
circumstances an international student may submit the IELTS in lieu of
TOEFL.” She explained that the TOEFL
is not available in
countries where US sanctions are imposed, such as in Iran. Additionally, Dr. Elhindi has researched
IELTS and reports that it is more flexible, has higher reliability, and would
possibly eliminate the need for the current Oral Proficiency Interview
(OPI). At a later date, Dr. Elhindi
will be invited to address the Graduate Council on the comparative merits of
the two exams. Preparatory to his
visit, Council members are asked to review the IELTS booklet, share with their
constituencies, and be prepared for full Council discussion in the future.
Action taken
by Council: Approved
D. Graduate Catalog Update –
Steve Honaker provided an update on the status of the 2002/2003 Graduate
catalog.
E. MSW Report/Revised Second
Year Curriculum – Wes Brown, spokesperson
Dr. Brown provided an update
on the status of the Master’s in Social Work (MSW) program explaining that
there were 15 editorial changes (mostly numbers and course titles), four new
courses, and seven deleted courses which were not in the original curriculum
proposal approved by the Council. The
editorial changes and course deletions have already been done.
F. DocuShare Update – Wes Brown, spokesperson
Dr. Brown updated Council
members on the application serving program for graduate applications. He
explained that the College of Education has been part of the pilot study and it
appears to be working well. The School
of Graduate Studies will begin bring on other colleges during this spring
semester.
Dr. Brown also informed
members that the Doctor of Science in Nursing (DSN) has been approved by THEC
through interim action and will start accepting students for summer 2002. The Doctor of Audiology (AudD) program and
the Master of Social Work will probably be on the March 2002 TBR agenda.
There being no further
business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:40 p.m.