Graduate Studies Senate Committee Minutes
January 8, 2008
105 Hullihen Hall
Members present:
Charles Mason, Chair; Darwin
Davis, Matthew Kinservik (excused),
Minutes of December 17, 2007 were approved.
Old Business: A) Master of Science with a major in Finance: The Committee recommended that Chuck Mason follow up with Dr. Bowers to edit the Program Policy
Statement. Items needing attention are: 1) Library support letter; 2) Description of FINC 861 course; 3) Corrections of catalog descriptions; 4) Add funding section;
5) Assessment plan; and 6) "typos" in the document. The Committee voted to approve the program with provisional status once the Chair reports back that the Program Policy was updated.
B) Chuck Mason reported that the Program Policy Statement for the M.S. in Fashion Studies was still in progress and the vote on the new program would be taken at the next meeting.
New Business: A)
1) M.Ed. in
2) M.A. and Ed.S. in School Psychology: Committee approved the elimination of three courses and the addition of three new courses and a revision in one course.
3) Master of Instruction: Curriculum change to move the one credit portfolio (648) course to the beginning of the program and add a 2-credit portfolio course (new 669) to the end of the program making the required credits for the degree 33 credits rather than the current 31 credits. Added new concentration in Agriculture Education. The Committee tabled the approval of these changes until it could gather more information about the current M.A. in Agricultural and Technical Education offered in the AG College.
4) Committee voted to disestablish the M.Ed. in Educational Leadership. It is being revised into two new majors.
5) Committee approved the M.Ed. in School Leadership: This is a new major rather than a concentration called Educational Leadership in the old program.
6) Committee approved the M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration: This is a new major rather than a concentration called Educational Leadership in the old program.
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7) Committee approved the Program Policy
Statement for the M.Ed. in Exceptional Children and Youth. There were no course changes but needed
merged in to the
8) Committee approved the revisions to the Ph.D. program in Education that were needed due to the changes in the School Psychology Program (see Number 2) above.
B) The Committee approved the disestablishment
of three concentrations (Early Childhood Development & Inclusive Education,
Applied Family & Community Studies, and Risk and Disabilities) in the M.S.
program in Human Development and Family Studies Program. The Concentration in Family and Human
Development and Research is to remain. The
Committee seeks clarification on whether all M.S. students must have a
concentration or not.
Next meeting: January 15, 2008 at 8:45 in 105 Hullihen Hall
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