MINUTES:
Graduate Council
ATTENDEES: Barrett, Brown, Caton, Champney,
ABSENT:
Antkiewicz, Bitter, Norris-Thompson, Ziegler, Woodruff
I. Approval of Minutes
Action taken by Council: Approved.
Dr.
Brown introduced the new members elected by their respective Colleges to serve
on Graduate Council. New members
included Dr. Barrett, Applied Science and Technology; Dr.
Marion Whitson, College of Arts & Sciences; and Dr. Wallace Dixon, member
at large, College of Arts & Sciences.
III. Graduate Curriculum Sub-Committee Lee Pike, Chair
A.
1.
HSCI 4607/5607
Bacterial Physiology, 4 credits (increased from 3 credit hours) Course
modification.
Action taken by
Council: Approved by Undergraduate
Curriculum Committee
B.
1.
Format C.
Substantive Curriculum Modification in an Existing Major. Add non-thesis option to two concentrations:
a.
MA in
b. MA in
2.
Format E.
Termination of a Degree Program.
Terminated M.Ed. Reading with concentrations in Reading Education and
Reading Storytelling.
3.
Format E.
Modification of a Title of a Concentration.
Current
Title: M.A. in
Action taken by Council: Approved.
C.
1.
Modification in an Existing Academic Major.
A.
Format C. Revision of the Sport Management Concentration in the M.A. in
Physical Education. Reduction
of required credits in the program for 42 to 36 credit hours.
B. Re-designation of the M.Ed. in Physical Education
as a
Concentration in the M.A. in Physical Education.
C.
Consolidation
of the Concentration in Exercise
Physiology and the Concentration in Sport Science in
the M.A. in Physical Education to form a Concentration Exercise Physiology and
Performance in the M.A. in Physical Education.
2. Format E. Modification of a Title of a Concentration
Current Title: M.A. in Physical
Education with a
Concentration in
Exercise Physiology. Proposed Title: M.A.
in Physical
Education with a Concentration in Exercise
Physiology and
Performance.
3. Format E. Termination of a Concentration:
M.A. In
Physical Education with a Concentration in Sport
Science
4. Format E. Termination of A
Concentration:
M.A. in Physical Education with a
Concentration in Fitness
Leadership
5. Deletion of four courses:
a. PEXS 5510 Data Analysis and
Interpretation (3)
b. PEXS 5630 Biomechanics (3)
c. PEXS 5680 Promoting
Wellness for Professionals (3)
d.
PEXS 5961
Capstone Written Project (3)
6. One New Course:
a.
SALM 5232 Sport
Communication and Media Relations (3)
Action taken by
Council: Approved.
D.
courses:
a.
FCNU 4037/5037
Community Concepts for Public Health Nurses (3 credit hours)
b.
FCNU 4507/5507
Social Concerns and Womens Health (3 credit hours)
Action taken by
Council: Approved and forwarded to
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee for Action.
E.
College of Applied Science and Technology Technology
Terminate one concentration:
1.
Format E. M.S. in Technology with a
Concentration in
Industrial Arts/Technology Education
Action taken by
Council: Approved.
2. Format C.
Establishment of a Concentration within an
Existing Major.
Establishment of a Geoscience
Concentration
in the M.S. Technology will allow graduate
Students
and professionals to expand their knowledge base
and meet educational needs in Geology, Geography and
Geomatics.
Action taken by
Council: Approved.
F. Format E. Termination of an Academic
Program.
1. MMUED Master of Music Education
Action taken by
Council: Approved.
G. Format E. Termination of
a Concentration:
1. M.A. Art Education
Action taken by
Council: Approved.
H.
Review of Low Producing Programs
1. College of Arts & Sciences Art & Design
- Maintain
three
programs:
a. M.A. in Studio Arts
b. M.F.A. in Studio Arts
c. M.A. with a Concentration
in Art History
Action taken
by Council: Approved.
2. College of Arts
& Sciences Chemistry Maintain one
program:
a.
M.S. in
Chemistry
Action taken by
Council: Approved.
3.
College of Arts & Sciences Sociology and Anthropology
Maintain one program:
a. M.A. in
Sociology
Action taken by Council: Approved.
4.
College of Education Human Development & Learning
Maintain one program:
a.
M.A. in Early
Childhood
Action taken by
Council: Approved.
1. Dr. William Andrew
Clark Technology
Recommend
Associate Membership
2. Dr. P.
Edward French Economics, Finance, & Urban Studies
Recommend
Associate Membership
3. Ms.
Tara Lee Maxwell - Technology
Recommend Interim Membership
4. Dr.
Jonathan Patrick Moorman Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
Recommend Associate Membership (pending signature)
5. Ms. Kellie Price Computer and Information Sciences
Recommend
Interim Membership
6. Ms. Judy Rice Professional Roles/Mental Health Nursing
Recommend
Interim Membership
7. Dr. Jennifer Schaller-Ayers Family/Community Nursing
Recommend
Full Membership
8. Ms. Alison Schaefer Applied Human Sources
Recommend
Interim Membership (pending signature)
9. Dr. Michael Stephen Trent Microbiology
Recommend
Associate Membership
10. Dr. Tiejian Wu Public Health
Recommend
Associate Membership (pending signature)
Action taken by
Council: Approved.
1. Mr. Bruce Behringer Public Health
Interim
Membership Expired Fall 01
Recommend
Interim Membership (pending signature)
2. Dr. Wesley Brown Human Development and Learning
Full
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Full Membership
3. Dr. Scott Champney Biochemistry
Full
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Full Membership
4. Mr. Don R. Davis Art and Design
Temporary
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Full Membership
5. Dr. Nancy Dishner
Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis - Full
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Full Membership
6. Dr. Kenneth Emil Ferslew Pharmacology
Full
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Full Membership
7. Dr. Kenneth E. Hall Foreign Languages
Associate
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Full Membership
8. Dr. David A. Johnson Biochemistry
Full
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Full Membership
9. Dr. Marjorie King Professional
Roles/Mental Health Nursing - Associate Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Full Membership
10. Dr. Richard A. Manahan Accountancy
Full
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Full Membership
11. Dr.
Judy Griffin McCook Family/Community Nursing
Interim
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Associate Membership
12. Dr. John G. Osborne Health Sciences
Interim
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Associate Membership
13. Dr. Larry Prather Economics, Finance, and Urban Studies
Associate
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Full Membership
14. Dr. Phillip Scheuerman Environmental Health
Full
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Full Membership
15. Dr. John S. Vaglia Technology
Full
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Full Membership
16. Dr. Joanne Walker Shields Public Health
Associate
Membership Expired Spring 02
Recommend
Full Membership
17. Dr. Harold Warren Economics, Finance, and Urban Studies
Associate
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Associate Membership
18. Dr. Carole A. Williams Physiology
Full
Membership Expired Fall 02
Recommend
Full Membership (signature pending)
Action taken by Council: Approved.
None
1.
Editorial Changes Jeff Greer distributed editorial changes
for the 2003-3004 catalogs as an
information item.
2. Election of new Graduate Council Chair Dr. Scott Champney
was unanimously
re-elected as Chair.
3. Sub-Committee Appointments Dr. Brown encouraged members
that
were not already on sub-committees to
consider becoming a
member of one of the Graduate Council
sub-committees if they
had particular interests in a
particular area. The current
sub-committees of the
Graduate Council include: Graduate
Curriculum, Graduate Faculty, and
Student Affairs Sub-
Committees.
4. The next meeting of the Graduate Council will be Monday,
October 28, 2002, 1:15
p.m., East Tennessee Room, D.P. Culp
Center.
The
meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m.
Scott Champney, Chair