University Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies Meeting

 

Feb 13, 2008

1:30 P.M. until 3:00 P.M. Planned

 (room OK to 3:30 if necessary)

Room 105 Hullihen Hall

Agenda (Updated Feb 5, 2008)

 

I.                 Approval of the Agenda:

 

II.               Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting: Jan. 22 and Feb 5

 

III.              Old Business:

 

                        Items for the Senate

    1. Request for New MS in Biotechnology and to Approve Updated Graduate Program Policy for MS and PhD in Biology (Checklist 24.1)  (Proposal 50) (Policy Checklist 25) (Policy29) (track doc30) Dan Simmons and Melinda Duncan will join us at 2:00 p.m.
    2. Request to Add Concentration in Health Services Administration to RN to MSN in Nursing (Checklist 38.1) (Policy 39.1) (Response + Catalog Desc 51) Larry Purnell will join us at or about 2:45 p.m.  Likely the meeting will continue to 3:30.
    3. Revision to Master of Music major in Music with the Concentration in Performance (Checklist 37)
    4. Request for New Concentration in Agricultural Education for the Instruction Major in the Master of Instruction Degree (Checklist 08) (Policy 07) (Support Letter 06)
    5. Request to Change Name of PhD Major in Climatology to Geography (Checklist 26)
    6. Request to Create a Concentration in Climatology for PhD in Geography (Checklist 27)
    7. Request to Create a Concentration in Land Surface Processes for PhD in Geography (Checklist 28)

 

Items Needing Committee Approval Only

    1. Review of Information Systems and Technology Management Graduate Policy Document (Policy)
    2. Revision of Marine and Earth Sciences College Graduate Policy Document (Checklist) (Policy)
    3. Revision of Geological Sciences Graduate Policy Document (Checklist) (Policy)
    4. Recommendation for including graduate program policy statements in a graduate catalog.

 

IV.             New Business:

                                   

    1. None
    2. Announcements

 

V.                Previous Items Placed on Hold and Items Held in Reserve for Future Discussion:

                       

    1. Revision of Ph.D. Program in IFST
    2. Review of PSPR Self-Study Outline for recommendations for revision
    3. Strategic Planning in Relation to Graduate Studies (Meeting with Strategic Planning Committee Representatives)
    4. Trends in Foreign Applications and Challenges for Foreign Graduate Students

 

VI.             Future Meeting Dates and Times

 

                  Next Meeting:  Feb. 27, 2008 

                  Time:  1:30 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.

                  Location:  Room 230 Purnell Hall

 

                  Planned Meetings: Mar. 12, Mar. 26, Apr. 9, Apr. 23, and May 7. (Room 105 Hullihen Hall for all)