The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m. by Nasser Arshadi. Members in attendance were: Shirley Bissen, Kathleen S. Brown, Ronald Dotzel, Peggy Ellis, Thomas Eyssell, Andrew Glassberg, E. Terrence Jones, Thaddeus Metz, David Rose.

I.  Minutes of the Meeting

The minutes of the March 15, 2002 meeting were approved.

II.  Committee Reports
Curriculum and Instruction - Ronald Dotzel

The Committee recommends that the following courses be added:

JEE 314 Solid State Power Circuits & Applications
JEE 331 Control Systems I
JCE 339 Computational Structural Mechanics
JCE 394 Public Transportation Technology
ENG 396 (4160) Special Topics in Writing
ENG 5200 MFA Readings
ENG 5170 Techniques, Methods and Effects in Fiction Writing
BA 324/3684 The Japanese Management System
BA 325/3685 Role of the Global Corporation
BA 406/7020 Seminar in Business Administration Teaching
BA 407/7021 Philosophical Foundations of Business Administration
BA 490A/7890 IS Research Seminar
BA 490B/7891 Quantitative Research Methods in IS
BA 490C/7892 Qualitative Research Methods in IS
BA 490D/7893 Special Topics in IS
LOM 408B/5330 Business Logistics Systems
LOM 408C/5322 Lean Production
LOM 408D/5381 International Logistics and Operations Management
LOM 408E/5332 Logistics and Supply Chain Modeling
BA/LOM 408F/5333 Topics in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
LOM 408G/5334 Internship in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
MKT/LOM 408/5770 Supply Chain Management
 

The Committee recommends that the following courses presented for addition NOT
 BE APPROVED (due to unresolved departmental impact):

LOM 484/7310 Statistical Modeling
LOM 488/7312 Experimental and Survey Design and Analysis

Course 484 was signed-off by Dr. Ray Balbes, Chair of Math/Computer Science but he now wants to remove his approval. Dr. Balbes did not want to sign off his approval for course 488. The Math/Computer Science department believed these courses could be offered by their department. Dr. Glassberg moved to return these courses to the unit with a request that they discuss the course content with Dr. Balbes. If the departments come to an agreement, then an on-line vote could be held. The motion was accepted and unanimously approved.

The Committee recommends that the following course changes be approved:

JME 331 Control Systems I
JME 390 Mechanical Engineering Design Project
JME 395 Current Topics in Mechanical Engineering Design
ENG 303(4130) Advanced Poetry writing
ENG 304(4140) Advanced Fiction Writing
ENG 459(5190) Literary Journal Editing
BA 343/3451 Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Entities
BA 345/3411 Cost Accounting
BA 347/3441 Income Taxes
BA 414/5301 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
BA 340a/3401 Financial Accounting and Reporting I
LOM 487/6360 Advanced Logistics and Operations Management App.
IS 425/6831 Advanced MIS Applications
IS 426/6837 Management of Client/Server Computing
LOM 428/7350 Operations Research-Deterministic Models
LOM 429/7352 Operations Research-Stochastic Models
LOM 430/5326 Quality Management
IS 480/6800 Management Information Systems
LOM 481/5300 Statistical Analysis for Management Decisions
LOM 482/5350 Management Science Methods
LOM 483/5320 Production and Operations Management
IS 485/6825 Management Information Systems: Theory and Practice
LOM 486/5312 Advanced Statistical Methods for Management Decisions
LOM 487/6360 Advanced Operations Research Applications
IS 488/6840 Information Systems Analysis
IS 489/6845 Database Management Systems
IS 491/6835 Electronic Commerce
IS 492/6832 Information Systems Strategy
LOM 493/5354 Simulation for Managerial Decision Making
LOM 494/6354 Advanced Operations Research Topics
IS 495/6850 Information Systems Design
IS 496/6836 Telecommunications: Design and Management
IS 497/6833 Decision Support Systems
IS 498/6834 Fourth Generation Languages and End-User Computing
IS 499/6890 Management Information Systems Thesis Research
IS 423a/6805 Applications of Programming for Business Solutions
IS 423b/6806 Managerial Applications of Object-Oriented Techniques
IS 423c/6807 Business Programming and File Systems
IS 423d/6808 Internet Programming for Business
IS 424a/6892 Seminar in Current Management Information Syst. Topics
IS 424b/6891 Seminar in Management Information systems
IS 424c/6838 Business Process Design
IS 424d/6881 Management of Transnational Information Systems
LOM 494b/6395 Seminar in Logistics and Operations Management
BIO 324/3123 Tropical Resource Ecology Field Studies
BIO 325/3145 Tropical Vertebrate Ecology
BIO 326/4602 Molecular Biology
BIO 327/2483 Biotechnology Laboratory I
BIO 328/4615 Biotechnology Laboratory II
BIO 335/4622 Molecular Cell Biology
BIO 338/4612 Molecular Genetics of Bacteria
BIO 351/4501 Flowering Plant Families: Phylogeny and Diversification
BIO 375/4713 Techniques in Biochemistry
BIO 389/4889 Senior Seminar
BIO 424/5123 Advanced Tropical Resource Ecology Field Studies
BIO 425/5145 Advanced Tropical Vertebrate Ecology
BIO 426/6602 Advanced Gene Expression in Eukaryotes
BIO 428/6615 Advanced Techniques in Molecular Biology
BIO 435/6622 Advanced Molecular Cell Biology
BIO 438/6612 Advanced Molecular Genetics of Bacteria

The Committee recommends that the following course be dropped:

JEE 305 Product Engineering (no longer taught)

Council accepted the committee's report and voted unanimously to approve.

Dr. Arshadi presented Council with additional courses which met the March deadline in Academic Affairs but didn't reach the Graduate office until earlier this week. He asked that Council consider them during the meeting. The courses are:

Comm 354/3354 Comparative Telecommunication Systems (change)
Phys 4306 Emergent Microscopy Practicals (add)
Chem 377/4772 Physical Biochemistry (change)
SW 451/6150 Theory and Practice with Families (change)
CCJ 471/6471 Evaluating Criminal Justice Intervention (add)

Council questioned whether CCJ 471 needed approval by the Sociology department. Does it relate to the current evaluation research course that is cross-listed with multiple departments? Dr. Arshadi will consult with Criminology and Sociology and report back to Council. 

A motion to approve the first four courses in the above set of courses was accepted and approved unanimously.

Program Development Committee - E. Terrence Jones

The Graduate Council Program Development Committee met April 5. Attending were Yael Even, Terry Jones, Susan Kashubeck-West, Haim Mano, and Peter Stevens. Carol Peck and Mary Stralka had scheduling conflicts but did have the opportunity to review the proposals and comment by e-mail.

At the meeting, the Program Development Committee reviewed the following proposals and, in each instance, recommends that the Graduate Council approve them.

The proposals are:

1. New emphasis area for the Masters in Business Administration: Logistics and Supply Chain Management. 
2. Graduate Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. 
3. Changing the Master in Business Administration emphasis area now entitled "Quantitative Management Science" to "Operations Management." 
4. Changes in the degree requirements for the MA English/MFA Creative Writing. 
5. 2+3 BA/MA Dual Degree in Philosophy. 
6. 2+3 BS/MA Dual Degree in Economics. 
7. Changes in the Masters in Gerontology. 
8. New emphasis area for the Masters in Education: Community Counseling. 
9. Education Specialist in School Psychology. 
10. Graduate Certificate in School Psychology. 
11. Masters in Education in Adult and Higher Education.
12. Education Specialist in Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling/Therapy. 
13. Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of Writing.

Council accepted the committee's report to recommend approval of all submissions.
 

Rules and Regulations Committee - Thad Metz

1. Composition of Graduate Council.

• The issue: with the formulation of the new College of Fine Arts and Communication, we must either revise the rules about the appropriate number of council members or reduce the number of members currently apportioned to a given unit.

"The Graduate Council will consist of fifteen members of the Graduate Faculty, with representation apportioned to professional schools and divisions of the College of Arts and Sciences in proportion to the number of full-time Graduate Faculty members in each school and division at the start of the fall semester; each professional school and division containing Graduate Faculty will have at least one representative."

Prior to the new College of Fine Arts and Communication, the distribution of the 15 Graduate Council members was this:

Social Sciences/History 4 members 112 graduate faculty
Math/Physical Sciences 4 members 102 graduate faculty
Humanities 2 members 61 graduate faculty
Education 2 members 60 graduate faculty
Business 1 member 40 graduate faculty
Optometry 1 member 11 graduate faculty
Nursing 1 member 21 graduate faculty

C. The interim solution: not to change the rules, but instead to take one member away from humanities and give it to fine arts/communication.

Social Sciences/History 4 members
Math/Physical Sciences 4 members
Education 2 members
Humanities 1 member
Fine Arts/Communication 1 member
Business 1 member
Optometry 1 member
Nursing 1 member

D. My proposal: adopt the interim solution.

E. Rationale for my proposal: one member should be taken away from humanities since fine arts was previously in the humanities. The fine arts/comm. college will have 32 faculty members; presumably most of these used to fall under the heading of "humanities" but now no longer do.

2. Composition of the Doctoral Faculty Selection Committee.

• The issue: with the formulation of the new College of Fine Arts and Communication, we must either revise the rules about the appropriate number of committee members or reduce the number of members currently apportioned to a given unit.