The meeting was called to order by Dean Douglas Wartzok at 1:30 p.m. Members in attendance were: Ta-Pei Cheng, Richard Cook, Peggy Ellis, Allison Hoewisch, Matthew Keefer, Donald Kummer, Thaddeus Metz, Joachim Stoeckler, Anne Winkler. Members absent were: Ed Bennett, Shirley Bissen, Kyungho Oh, Adell Patton, David Rose, Margarat Sherraden (on leave).

I. Minutes of the Meeting

The minutes of the 15 December 2000 meeting were approved.
 

II. Nominations to the Graduate Faculty

Council reviewed and approved the following faculty for membership in the Graduate Faculty:
Steven P. Churchill, Research Assoc. Professor, Biology
Claude Fauquet, Research Professor, Biology
Jan Salick, Research Professor, Biology
Scott Lindsten, Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

III. Committee Reports

Curriculum and Instruction - Thaddeus Metz

The committee recommends approving the following proposals to add courses to the curriculum.

AE 411 History of Adult Education (add)
AE 416 Survey of Adult Distance Education (add)
AE 417 Multicultural Issues in Adult Education (add)
AE 420 Survey of Human Resource Development and Adult Education (add)
*AE 412 Philosophical Foundations of Adult Education (change title, description)

*The committee questioned the use of the word 'philosophical' in the title and description. The philosophy department is not signed on to teach this course, and it will in the near future offer a course in the philosophy of education (cross-listed with Education). Substituting the term 'theoretical' for 'philosophical' in AE 412 would therefore be more apt and avoid confusion. The chair has indicated to us that she is inclined to consent to this change, but we are awaiting a final decision from her.

The committee recommends approving the following proposals to add courses to the curriculum. The courses are all considered to be foundational for graduate students focusing on Higher Education:

HE 401 Current Issues in Higher Education (add)
HE 402 Student Affairs Administration (add)
HE 406 Governance of Higher Education (add)
HE 420 Legal Aspects of Higher Education (add)
HE 421 Legal Aspects of Postsecondary Teaching (add)
HE 422 Policy Analysis of Higher Education (add)
HE 430 The Community College (add)

The committee recommends approving the following proposals to add courses to the curriculum. The courses are all necessary for the Counseling doctoral program to receive accreditation:

CE 475 Doctoral Practicum (add)
CE 476 Doctoral Internship I (add)
CE 477 Doctoral Internship II (add)

The committee recommends approving the following proposals to add courses to the curriculum or change some extant courses. Most of the alterations are needed for the Teacher Education Program leading to teacher certification:

SE 313 The Psychology and Education of Exceptional Individuals (change prereq/desc)
SE 322 Inclusive Education: Theory and Practice (change title, prereq, description)
TE 310 Introduction to Instructional Methods (add)
TE 312 The Psychology of Teaching and Learning (add)
TE 313 The Psychology and Education of Exceptional Individuals (add)
TE 315 Literacy Learning and Instruction (change)

The committee recommends approving the following proposals to add courses to the curriculum:

Ed 495 Doctoral Research Tools (add)
Nrs 305 Values in Professional Nursing (add)
PE 340 Community Health Education (add)
PE 348 Teaching Health in the Secondary School: Grades 9-12 (add)
PPA 435 Issues in Urban Management (add)

The committee recommends approving the following proposals to drop courses from the curriculum. So far as we can tell, all the course material has been reallocated to different courses:

CE 436 Student Personnel Work in Higher Education (drop)
Mus 344 Applied Music (drop)
Mus 345 Applied Music (drop)
Mus 346 Applied Music (drop)
Mus 347 Applied Music (drop)
Mus 344Z Seminar in Pedagogy and Literature (drop)
Mus 345Z Seminar in Pedagogy and Literature (drop)
Mus 346Z Seminar in Pedagogy and Literature (drop)
Mus 347Z Seminar in Pedagogy and Literature (drop)

Council accepted the committee's report to accept the proposals. AE 412 is pending approval until the committee receives a response from the department.
 

Program Development - Richard Cook

The committee reviewed three changes in degree requirements. The MS in Nursing is redefining its options for the degree - nurse educator, nurse leader and advanced practice nurse. The Master of Music Education degree is updating its description to reflect course additions, changes, and deletions. The MFA program is requiring fewer literature courses and adding literary journal editing to the electives. Council accepted the committee's report to approve the proposed changes in degree requirements.
 

Rules and Regulations

Since the Education committee member could not attend today's Council meeting, the Rules and Regulations committee thought it would be best to postpone discussion of the proposed changes from the School of Education until March.
 

IV. Dean's Report

Course renumbering - The Senate is reviewing changes to the course numbering system: 400-499 Course open to undergraduate and graduate students, but mostly focused on senior-level courses; counts toward the minimum for a given degree for an undergraduate but depending on degree program may not count for a graduate degree.

500-599 Graduate course, also open to seniors with special permission; counts toward the minimum for a given undergraduate and graduate degree.

600-699 Graduate course open to doctoral students and to master's students with special permission; counts toward the minimum for a given degree.

The College of Arts and Sciences is developing a proposal to offer a 2-3 bachelor's/master's program. Students would be dually admitted and start taking graduate courses in their senior year for graduate credit. Graduate School regulations preclude students from using credits for both the undergraduate and the graduate degree. Students would obtain an undergraduate degree simultaneously with receipt of a master's degree. They would complete the full 30 hours required for the graduate degree and receive an undergraduate degree based on 108 hours of credit. It is not yet certain that the University can award an bachelor's degree for 108 credit hours. Another problem is payment. Currently, the UM System only allows payment for a course based on the student's matriculation status; i.e., all courses for which a graduate student enrolls are billed at the graduate rate, even if the student is not receiving graduate credit for a particular course. The combined bachelor's/master's degree idea will work only if fees are assessed based on the level of credit received for the course, undergraduate or graduate, rather than the matriculation status of the student.
 

V. Other business

Dr. Keefer asked about graduate research assistants and the cap on salary if they are paid from grants. Dr. Wartzok noted the amount paid on external awards is usually between $16,000 and $18,000; externally funded GRAs can be paid no more than $22,000 per year. Mission Enhancement Graduate School Fellows are paid $12,000 for twelve months. These students do not hold a GTA assignment during the time they are Fellows. GTAs/GRAs supported through Mission Enhancement are paid $12,000 for the nine-month academic year. GRAs supported by the UMSL Research Award program are paid between $556 - $1500/month. Graduate Council set the minimum for master's students at $5000 for 9 months and $7500 for 9 months for doctoral students.

There being no other business the meeting adjourned at 2:23 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
 

Matthew Keefer
Vice-Chairperson and Secretary

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