AGENDA

GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING

March 2, 2016

3:30 p.m.

GLASS HALL, room 237

I. Call Meeting to Order

II. Approval of Minutes

III. Reports

A. Report of Graduate Council Chair – Randy Dillon

B. Report of Graduate College Dean – Julie Masterson

C. Report from Graduate Student Senate – Brooke Bengel

D. Report of Graduate Faculty Membership Committee – Bill Piston

E. Report of Graduate Grievance Committee – Tyler Morris

F. Report of Graduate Scholarship Committee – Kevin Evans

G. Report of Graduate Recruitment Committee – Martha Finch

H. Report of Graduate Curriculum Screening Committee – Ching-Wen Chang

Proposals can be viewed at http://www.missouristate.edu/FacultySenate/160753.htm. Click on the “View existing proposals in the Curricular Action Workflow system” near the top of the page.

SUBSTANTIVE ACTION PROPOSED

CHHS / BMS / Program Change / DNAP, MS to DNAP – change hours from 26 to 27 (and reflect credit hour changes on several required courses), revise wording for CRNA students, change additional program requirements on insurance and additional fees.
DNAP, BS to DNAP - change hours from 118 to 119 (and reflect credit hour changes on several required courses), revise wording for CRNA students, change additional program requirements on insurance and additional fees.
Program Deletion / Delete Master of Science, Nurse Anesthesia program
Course Change / ANE 810 Health and Wellness in the Healthcare Setting – change hours and periodicity
ANE 897 Research for Scholarly Project – change description and periodicity
CHPA / DSS / Course Change / DSS 720 Internship Training is DSS Policy – change description
CCJ / New Course / CRM 741 Cybercrime and Cyber terrorism
REL / Course Change / REL 711 Seminar in South Asian Religions – change title, prerequisite and description
REL 751 Seminar in the History of Judaism and Christianity – change title, prerequisite and description
CNAS / BIO / New Course / BIO 655 Developmental Biology
Course Change / BIO 755 Advanced Developmental Biology – change hours and description
CSC / New Course / CSC 615 Advanced Internet Programming
CSC 655 Software Quality Assurance and Project Management
MTH / Program Change / MS, Mathematics – change entrance requirements
MS, Accelerated Mathematics – change mixed credit hours from 6 to 9
MS, Accelerated Mathematics – change entrance requirements
Course Deletion / MTH 633 Linear Algebra I
COAL / MCL / New Course / MCL 730 Summer Invitational Institute
COE / CLSE / Course Change / SPE 623 Curriclm Methds Early Chld Spe – change prerequisite, hours and description
Grad. Coll / MSAS / Program Change / MSAS – change title to Master of Professional Studies; change description, admission requirements, required courses, research requirement and comprehensive exam requirement; add option in Hospitality Administration
Administrative Studies Graduate Certificate – change title to Professional Studies Certificate; change admission requirements and required courses
Darr / AGR / New Course / AGP 670 Forage Crops for Animals and the Environment

IV. Unfinished Business

V. New Business

VI. Program

Elizabeth Dudash-Buskirk, Provost Fellow for Public Affairs, talking about the 2016 Public Affairs Conference

VII. Adjournment

Randy K. Dillon

Randy Dillon

Chairperson

cc: Colette Witkowski, BMS Monica Feeney, BMS Keith Payne, DSS

Victor Matthews, CHPA Patti Salinas, CCJ Stephen Berkwitz, REL

Alicia Mathis, BIO Ken Vollmar, CSC William Bray, MTH

Jason Jolley, MCL Tamara Arthaud, CLSE Jerry Masterson, MSAS

Anson Elliott, AGR