University Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies Meeting

 

Jan 10, 2006

9:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M.  – Arts and Sciences Conference Room (164 S. College Ave)

 

Agenda (updated Jan 3, 2007)

 

I.                   Approval of the Agenda:

 

II.                Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting: Dec 6

 

III.             Old Business:

 

    1. Modification of Program Policy Statement for Mechanical Engineering Grad Programs (APA form, attachment -1) (policy, attachment -2) Andras Szeri will join us at 9:30

 

IV.             New Business:

 

    1. Revision and name change for Winterthur Museum MA in Early American Studies (attachment)
    2. Disestablish MA in Art (attachment)
    3. Revise Master of Fine Arts degree requirements (attachment)
    4. New Certificate program in Fashion and Apparel Design (attachment) Marsha Dickson may join us at 10:00
    5. Art History Graduate Policy Document Revision (attachment)
    6. School of Nursing Graduate Policy Document Revision (attachment)

 

V.             Deferred Items on Hold from Previous Meetings and Items Held in Reserve for Future Discussion:

 

    1. New MS in Bioresources Engineering (attachment -1) (full proposal, attachment -2) (policy, attachment -3)
    2. Statistics for Graduate Programs

 

VI.             Future Meeting Dates and Times

 

                  Next meeting: January 24, 2007        

 

                  Time:  9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

 

                  Location: Arts and Sciences Conference Room (164 S. College Ave)

 

                  Planned Meetings:

 

                  Spring Semester TBD

 

 VI.             Projected Program Items

                 

                  Combined BS-MS in Exercise Sciences

                  New interdisciplinary program in Engineering

                  Dual Degree for MS in Engineering and MBA

                  Name change of PhD in Linguistics