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

I. Minutes

The minutes of the 16 February 2001 meeting were approved.

II. Nomination to the Graduate Faculty

Dr. Susan Catapano, Assistant Professor in Teaching and Learning, was appointed unanimously to the Graduate Faculty.

III. Committee Reports

Admissions and Scholarship - Joachim Stoeckler

The committee reviewed one master's and seven doctoral applications for the Graduate School Fellowships. The committee recommends that Alan Cohen and James Henriksen from Biology and Haibo Yang from Applied Mathematics be awarded the Fellowships. The department which submitted the master's application will be asked to elaborate on the application packet. Those applications not selected will be held and reviewed again in the second pool of applicants.

The committee suggested re-wording the application to state that 3 letters of recommendation and a statement by the student of his or her goals SHOULD be attached instead of MAY be attached.

Council accepted the committee's report.
 

Curriculum and Instruction - Ta-Pei Cheng

The Curriculum and Instruction Committee recommends the approval of the following Philosophy course additions. These courses are needed for the new Master's degree program.

Phil 321 The Analytic Tradition I-Origins to Logical Positivism (add)
Phil 322 The Analytic Tradition II - Post-Positivism to Present (add)
Phil 381 The Darwinian Heritage (add)
Phil 383 Topics in History and Philosophy of Science (add)
Phil 384 Topics in History and Philosophy of Medicine (add)
Phil 410 Seminar in Significant Figures in Philosophy (add)
Phil 421 The Analytic Tradition (add)
Phil 430 Seminar in Social and Political Philosophy (add)
Phil 438 Seminar in Ethical Theory (add)
Phil 440 Seminar in Epistemology (add)
Phil 445 Seminar in Metaphysics (add)
Phil 460 Seminar in Logic (add)
Phil 478 Seminar in Philosophy of Mind (add)
Phil 479 Seminar in Philosophy of Cognitive Science (add)
Phil 480 Seminar in Philosophy of Science (add)
Phil 482 Seminar in Philosophy of Social Science (add)
Phil 490 Philosophical Issues in Other Disciplines (add)
Phil 495 Thesis Research (add)

The Committee also recommend approval of the following course change and drop proposals. This overall rationalization of advanced course offering by the Philosophy Department has been undertaken in view of their new MA degree program.

Phil 301 Plato (change)
Phil 302 Aristotle (change)
Phil 305 The Rationalists (change)
Phil 306 The British Empiricists (change)
Phil 307 Topics in American Philosophy (drop)
Phil 307 Kant (change)
Phil 308 Hegel (change)
Phil 309 Phenomenology and Existentialism (change)
Phil 310 Significant Figures in Philosophy (change)
Phil 315 Ethics in Criminology and Criminal Justice (change)
Phil 320 Topics in non-Western Philosophy (change)
Phil 330 Social and Political Philosophy (change)
Phil 335 Classical Ethical Theory (change)
Phil 338 Recent Ethical Theory (change)
Phil 339 Topics in Ethical Theory (change)
Phil 340 Theories of Knowledge (change)
Phil 345 Metaphysics (change)
Phil 350 Special Readings in Philosophy (change)
Phil 351 Special Topics in Philosophy (change)
Phil 352 Feminism and Science (change)
Phil 360 Advanced Formal Logic (change)
Phil 370 Topics in Philosophy of Language (change)
Phil 374 Topics in Aesthetics (change)
Phil 375 Musical Aesthetics (drop)
Phil 376 Philosophy of History (change)
Phil 378 Topics in Philosophy of Mind (change)
Phil 379 Philosophy of Cognitive Science (change)
Phil 380 Topics in Philosophy of Science (change)
Phil 382 Philosophy of Social Science (change)
Phil 385 Topics in Philosophy of Religion (change)
Phil 387 Topics in Philosophy of Law (change)
Phil 390 Philosophical Issues in Other Disciplines (change)
Phil 485 Seminar in the Humanities (drop)

The Curriculum and Instruction Committee recommends the approval of the following course additions by the Economics Department. This new program in "applied forensic economics" will be offered responding to unmet need and capitalizing on existing faculty talent.

Econ 449 Internship in Forensic Economics (add)
Econ 447 Writing Reports and Papers in Forensic Economics (add)
Econ 446 Statistical Research in Forensic Economic Analysis (add)
Econ 444 Assessment of Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death (add)
Econ 442 Labor Economics in Forensic Economics (add)
Econ 440 Law and Forensic Economics (add)
Econ 390 Internship in Applied Economics (add)

The need to add the following nine courses by various departments have, in the opinion of this Committee, been well justified. In all cases the departments already have the faculty to teach these courses. We recommend their approval.

Econ 372 Economics of Nonmarket Decisionmaking (add)
Ger 311 Special Topics in German Culture (add)
His 394 Internship (add)
His 392 Collaborative Research (add)
Psy 408 Psychological Perspectives on Death and Dying (add)
SW 435 Diagnosis and Related Pharmacology for Social Work Practice (add)
SW 444 School Social Work (add)
BA 352 Security Analysis (add)
EdPsy 419 Adult Learning and Development (add)
AdEd 419 Adult Learning and Development (add)

The are a number of proposals for course-changes. We judge them as fairly routing in nature: course renumbering, more accurate course title and description, and prerequisite changes, etc. We recommend their approval.

Acc 445 Seminar in Financial Accounting (change title, prereq, descrp)
Acc 442 Financial Reporting & Analysis (change title, descrp)
Fin 416 International Finance, Investment and Commercial Relations (change descrp)
BA 380 International Finance (change prereq, descrp)
BA 348 Auditing (change prereq)
BA 344 Accounting Information Systems and Spreadsheet Applications (change title, descrp)
Ger 380 Psychology of Death, Dying, and End-of-Life Concerns (change all)
Ger 376 Mental Health and Aging (change prereq)
SW 376 Mental Health and Aging (change prereq)
Psy 376 Mental Health and Aging (change prereq)
His 332 Rome: The Republic and Empire (change title, descrp)
Chem 343 Inorganic Reactions (change prereq)
Chem 323 Laboratory in Instrumental Analysis (change prereq)
Chem 321 Instrumental Analysis (change prereq)
EdPsy 312 The Psychology of Teaching and Learning (change prereq, descrp)
Psy 412 Social Psychology (change prereq)
Psy 432 Mental Health Administration & Professional Issues I (change title, descrp)
Psy 433 Mental Health Administration & Professional Issues II (change title, descrp)
Psy 435 Mental Health Administration & Professional Issues III (change title, descrp)
Psy 468 Seminar: Cognitive Processes (change prereq)
Comm 498 Thesis Research and Preparation (change prereq, hour)
Comm 499 Graduate Internship (change prereq, hour)
Eng 494 Final Writing Project (change prereq, hour)

The History Department proposes to drop the following courses because of their inability to staff these courses with their current faculty. We recommend their approval.

His 358 Central Asia, Nationalism, and the Contemporary World (drop)
His 354 History of Russia from 1917 - Present (drop)
His 353 Russian History to 1917 (drop)
His 347 Europe in the Belle Époque (1870-1914) (drop)
His 345 Europe 1763-1871: Revolution, Reaction, and Reform (drop)
His 343 Absolutism and Revolution: Europe from 1598 to 1715 (drop)
His 334 History of the Church: Early Christianity (drop)
His 333 Rome: The Empire (drop)
His 331 The Ancient World: Greece (drop)
His 330 The Ancient Near East (drop)

Council accepted the committee's report.
 

Program Development - Richard Cook

The committee reviewed four changes in degree requirements:
The Master of Education in Educational Administration is consolidating 3 one hour courses into one three hour course.
The Doctor of Philosophy in Education - Educational Psychology is bringing the program in line with State requirements.
The Master of Arts in Communication is deleting the GRE requirement and requiring a score of 600 for the TOEFL.
The Master of Business Administration is merely making some editorial changes to the MBA emphasis areas.

Council accepted the committee's report to approve three of the four proposals. Council accepted the committee's recommendation to approve the MA in Communication proposal pending correction of some typographical errors.

Some Council members questioned the soundness of more and more departments dropping the GRE test. Should they be required of all Master's programs? It was suggested this might be something the Rules and Regulations committee could review.
 

IV. Dean's Report

The Dean distributed a summary of Mission Enhancement funding. For the first three years, we received a little under $900,000. In July 2001 an additional $300,000 is supposed to be forthcoming. Because we are unsure if that money will be distributed, Chancellor Touhill has asked that we do not plan to spend any additional funds. There are two caveats on future funds availability: the first is whether the legislature will actually provide the requested Mission Enhancement funding; the second is how much the campus will allocate to graduate students support of any Mission Enhancement funding. Of the current amount available for next year, we will need an additional 3.4% in tuition remission costs, $10,000 for student travel, $10,000 for graduate student insurance subsidy, $9,000 for English course release, and $38,880 for 3 Math GTAs. There will be a remainder of about $140,000 for fellowships. In order to fund as many competitive fellowships as possible, the Dean suggested that Chancellor's Assistantships only be awarded to minority students. This will allow fellowship funding for 5 Summer Research Fellows, 6 Graduate School Fellows, and 2 Dissertation Fellows. Money will be tight if no new Mission Enhancement funds are distributed.

There being no other business the meeting adjourned at 2:14 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Matthew Keefer
Vice-Chairperson and Secretary

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