The meeting was called to order by Dean Douglas Wartzok at 1:30 p.m. Members in attendance were: Ta-Pei Cheng, Richard Cook, Louis Gerteis, Fran Hoffmann, Matthew Keefer, Roberta Lee, Piers Rawling, Theresa Sears, Margaret Sherraden, Joachim Stoeckler, Anne Winkler. Members absent were: Vengu Lakshminarayanan, Donald Kummer (on leave), Christopher Spilling, Bruce Wilking.

Minutes

The minutes of the 21 January 2000 meeting were approved.

Nomination to the Graduate Faculty

Laura Westhoff, Assistant Professor in History, was appointed to the Graduate Faculty.

Committee Reports

Admissions and Scholarship - Vengu Lakshminarayanan
Dr. Wartzok presented the report on behalf of the chair. The committee reviewed 5 applications for the 5 month Dissertation Fellowships. There were 2 applicants from Biology; 2 from Chemistry and 1 from Physics. Those awarded were 1 from Biology (Tibisey Escalona); 2 from Chemistry (Shiyue Fang and Paul McQuade) and 1 from Physics (Wentao Qin). The committee asked that next year's guidelines strongly request adherence to the 5 page application limit. Council accepted the committee's recommendations.

Curriculum and Instruction - Matthew Keefer/Ta-Pei Cheng
The committee recommends approval of the following course proposals:

Course Additions
History 434 History Curatorship
Math 499 Ph.D. Dissertation Research
I/D 450 Seminar in Women's and Gender Studies
JCE 316 Introduction to Elasticity
JCE 365 Airport Planning and Construction
JCE 380 Computer Applications in Construction Management
JEP 374 Economic Decisions in Engineering
JME 380 Building Environmental System Parameters

Course Changes
CS 464 Multimedia Information Systems
Psych 431 Clinical Supervision

Course Drops
Psych 436 Practicum: Introduction to Psychotherapy I
Psych 437 Practicum: Introduction to Psychotherapy II
Psych 438 Third Year Clinical Supervision
Psych 443 Advanced Clinical Supervision

Council approved the committee's report.

Program Development - Louis Gerteis

The committee reviewed changes in degree requirements for the Master of Arts in Sociology. The department edited and updated the text. After the department corrected some typographical errors in the career section, the committee recommended approval of the changes as revised. Council approved the committee's report.

Discussion of suggested revision to the Rules and Regulations

Dr. Steven Spaner asked that Graduate Council review the wording of Section 2.1, paragraph 3 and section 2.3, paragraph 1 as discussed at the Fall Graduate Faculty meeting. Dr. Spaner proposed the following addition as listed in italics to the current wording approved at that meeting:

Section 2.1, paragraph 3:

"All members of the Graduate Faculty can serve as members of comprehensive exam committees, exit project committees, and master's thesis committees. In general, only those members of the Graduate Faculty with a tenured or tenure-track position may chair master's thesis committees and serve on doctoral dissertation committees. With the approval of the Graduate Dean, non-regular Graduate Faculty who bring a particular expertise to a committee may also serve in these capacities"

Recommended change to underlined section above:
Upon the recommendation of the thesis or dissertation committee chair and the approval of the home department chair or corresponding academic unit head, non-regular Graduate Faculty who bring a pertinent and relevant expertise to a committee may also serve in these capacities.

Section 2.3, paragraph 1:
"All members of the Doctoral Faculty may serve on doctoral dissertation committees. In general, only those members of the Doctoral Faculty with a tenured or tenure-track position may chair doctoral dissertation committees. With the approval of the Graduate Dean, non-regular Doctoral Faculty who bring a particular expertise to a committee may co-chair doctoral dissertation committees.

Recommended change to underlined section above:
Upon the recommendation of the dissertation committee chair and the approval of the home department chair or corresponding academic unit head, non-regular Graduate Faculty who bring a pertinent and relevant expertise to a committee may co-chair doctoral dissertation committees."

Council discussed the proposed revision. Council voted unanimously against approving the resolution to change Section 2.1, paragraph 3 and Section 2.3, paragraph 1 of the Graduate School Rules and Regulations.

Dr. Keefer stated that faculty in the School of Education are discussing the question of supervision of quality and general oversight exercised by the Graduate School. Some Council members expressed the opinion that because the degree is awarded by the Graduate Faculty of the University, final oversight and responsibility must reside in the Graduate School acting on behalf of the Graduate Faculty.

A question was raised regarding the wisdom of having co-chairs for dissertations at all. The Dean noted that this was appropriate when the individual with the best knowledge regarding the topic of the dissertation was a non-tenure/non-tenure-track Doctoral Faculty member such as a Curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden. In such as case, it would be good for the Curator to be a co-chair (for content) with a UM-St. Louis faculty member (for both content and University procedures). The intention was not to create co-chairs between two UM-St. Louis tenure-track or tenured faculty members.

Dean's Report

Dr. Wartzok sent out the 5-year review of the Graduate School and Office of Research Administration to Council. The review will be held on February 29. Members of the review committee are Gordon Anderson (science representative), Richard Wright (social sciences representative, Jim Shymansky (professional schools representative). The outside reviewer is Dr. Linda Brinkley, Vice Provost for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, University of Memphis. Graduate Council noted that they would be willing to meet with the committee.

There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Piers Rawling
Secretary and Vice-Chairperson

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