University Faculty Senate Committee on Graduate Studies Meeting

 

Jan 24, 2006

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

 

Agenda (updated Jan 18, 2007)

 

I.                   Approval of the Agenda:

 

II.                Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting: Jan 10

 

III.             Old Business:

 

    1. New Certificate program in Fashion and Apparel Design (attachment) James Broomall from PCS and Marsha Dickson will join us at 9:30
    2. Revision and name change for Winterthur Museum MA in Early American Studies (attachment) Ritchie Garrison will join us at 10:00
    3. New MS in Bioresources Engineering (attachment -1) (full proposal, attachment -2) (policy, attachment -3)
    4. Modification of Program Policy Statement for Mechanical Engineering Grad Programs (APA form, attachment -1) (policy, attachment -2)

 

IV.             New Business:

 

    1. Art History Graduate Policy Document Revision (attachment)
    2. School of Nursing Graduate Policy Document Revision (attachment)
    3. MSEG PhD Degree Name Change (attachment)
    4. Linguistics & Cognitive Science Combined BS MS (attachment, starts on page 15)
    5. Selection Committee for Funded Awards (Mary Martin)
    6. Determination of Meeting Dates for Spring Semester

 

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

 

    1. Revise Master of Fine Arts degree requirements (attachment)
    2. Statistics for Graduate Programs

 

VI.             Future Meeting Dates and Times

 

                  Next meeting: Spring Semester Schedule to be developed     

 

                  Time:  TBD

 

                  Location: TBA

 

                  Planned Meetings:

 

                  Spring Semester TBD

 

 VI.             Projected Program Items

                 

                  Dual Degree for MS in Engineering and MBA

                  Revision of Biology program and policy

                        Marine Studies oncentration name change to Marine Biosciences