Graduate Council Agenda | November

Thursday, November 16th, 2017

2:00 p.m.

Upchurch Conference Room, Bell Engineering

  1. Minutes for the October 19th, 2017, Graduate Council meeting will stand approved if no corrections are received. (Please review the Graduate Council Minutes).
  2. Note: The section marked in yellow on Attachment A has been deleted in accordance with Board of Trustees Policies
  3. Announcements
  4. Old Business: None
  5. New Business, Program Change Proposals, Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness,
    1. Proposal to modify the M.S. degree in Agricultural Economics (AGECMS) by changing “other requirements” from a “maximum of 9 hours at the 4000 level” to “maximum of 9 hours from (a) graduate courses cross listed with courses numbered 4000 or lower and/or (b) courses numbered 4000 or lower”
    2. Proposal to modify the M.S. degree in Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Economics Agribusiness concentration (AGECMS-AGBS) by moving AGEC 5413 from one block of courses to another and adding AGEC 5603 as an option
    3. Proposal to modify the M.S. degree in Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Economics International Agribusiness concentration (AGECMS-INAG) by adding AGEC 5603 as an option
  6. New Business, Program Change Proposals, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
    1. School of Art, proposal to modify the MFA degree in Art (ARTMFA) by making several curriculum and policy changes
    2. Program in Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, proposal to modify the M.A. degree (CLCSMA) by clarifying catalog copy and proposing that theses be accepted in languages other than English
    3. Department of Communication, proposal to modify the M.A. (COMMMA) degree by deleting the option to take 4000-level courses for graduate credit
    4. Department of English, proposal to modify the Ph.D. degree (ENGLPH) by removing the option to teach ENGL 1023 as part of the focused study in Rhetoric and Composition
    5. Department of History, proposal to modify the M.A. degree in History (HISTMA) by changing admissions criteria, increasing hours of research or reading graduate seminars at the 7000 level from 9 hours to 12 hours, and clarifying the requirement about courses taken outside the student’s major field; catalog editing was also included
  7. New Business, Program Change Proposals, College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders,
    1. Proposal to modify the Ph.D. degree in Counselor Education (CNEDPH) by changing the name to Counselor Education and Supervision and to make several curriculum changes
    2. Proposal to modify the M.S. degree in Counseling (CNSLMS) by 1) adding two new concentrations in Addiction Counseling and Rehabilitation Counseling; 2) adding names for School and Clinical Mental Health Counseling Concentrations; and 3) changing the core to 36 course hours and concentrations to 24 hours
  8. New Business, Program Change Proposals, College of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, proposal to modify the M.S. degree (CVEGMS) by reducing the number of required hours for the course-work-only option from 36 to 30.
  9. New Business, program Change Proposals, Walton College of Business, Department of Information Systems, proposal to modify the Enterprise Systems Graduate Certificate (ENTSCG) by adding ISYS 5103 as an elective; catalog editing was also included
  10. Business, Program deletion, Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders, Proposal to delete the M.S., degree in Rehabilitation (RHABMS) because the program is being merged with the M.S. degree in Counseling; Rehabilitation will be a concentration in the M.S. degree in Counseling. The proposals may be viewed on the Program and Unit Changes page by clicking on program management. The proposals are also in Attachment B.
  11. Discussion of the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) (Attachment C)
  12. Discussion of the proposed new graduate faculty classifications contained in Attachment D
  13. Course change reports from the University Course and Programs Committee (UCPC) (Attachment E)
  14. Graduate faculty recommendations for faculty: A preliminary list is attached (Attachment F). A complete list will be distributed at the meeting.
  15. Other Business