MINUTES: Graduate Council – September 30, 2002, 1:15 p.m., East Tennessee Room – DP Culp

ATTENDEES:  Barrett, Brown, Caton, Champney, Dixon, Ellis, Herrin, Greer, Hoover, Osborn, Pike, Scheuerman, Smith, Taylor, Whitson

 

ABSENT: Antkiewicz, Bitter, Norris-Thompson, Ziegler, Woodruff

I.  Approval of Minutes – June 17, 2002

 

            Action taken by Council:  Approved.

 

II. Introduction of New Members – Wes Brown, Dean

 

      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.    College of Public & Allied Health – Health Sciences

1.        HSCI 4607/5607 – Bacterial Physiology, 4 credits (increased from 3 credit hours) – Course modification. 

 

Action taken by Council:  Approved by Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 5/8/02. Approved by Graduate Council 9/30/02.

 

B.    College of Education – Curriculum and Instruction

1.        Format C. Substantive Curriculum Modification in an Existing Major.  Add non-thesis option to two concentrations:

a. MA in Reading with a Concentration in Reading Education

                 b. MA in Reading with a Concentration in Storytelling

 

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 Reading with a Concentration in Reading & Storytelling.  Proposed Title: M.A. in reading with a Concentration in Storytelling.

 

 

Action taken by Council:      Approved.

 

C.    College of Education – Physical Education, Exercise and Sports Sciences

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. College of Nursing – Family/Community Nursing – Two new

   courses:

a.    FCNU 4037/5037 – Community Concepts for Public Health Nurses (3 credit hours)

b.    FCNU 4507/5507 – Social Concerns and Women’s 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.

 

                 

IV.  Graduate Faculty Sub-Committee – Ron Lindahl, Chair

           

            A.  New Appointments:

 

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.

 

B. Reappointments:

 

            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.



V.       Old Business

 

None

 

VI.   New Business

 

            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.

 

VII.   Adjournment

 

            The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Champney, Chair