GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES

 

May 1, 2014

 

PRESENT: Paul Adogamhe, Cindy Anderton (for Jeff Cook), Nick Bentz, Scott Bradley, John Chenoweth (for Jianzhou Zhu), Sang Choi, Corey Davis, Colin De Mers, Will Drago, Michael Gueno, Glenn Hayes, Sarah Hessenauer, Kimberly Knesting-Lund, Lopa Mukherjee, Kim Naber, Carol Normand, Manuel Ossers, Mark Schroeder, Shannon Stuart, Matthew Winden (for Denton Marks), Kelly Witte, Ozgur Yavuzcetin, and John Zbikowski.

 

ABSENT: Paul Ambrose, Marshall Anderson, Jessica Callaway, *Shannon Cummins, John Frye, *Pete Mesner, Amber Moulton, Lauren Smith, Gautam Wadhwa, and Wenquan Zhang.

 

GUEST: Jodi Hare, Carolyn Morgan and Diana Shull (for Carol Elsen)

 

*Previously notified.

 

The May 1, 2014, meeting was called to order at 2:18 p.m. by Dean John Stone. He noted that this would be the last meeting of the Graduate Council in which there would be a representative from each academic department. Starting in the fall of 2014, the new Graduate Council membership guidelines will be in effect. He thanked all the members for their service to this committee, and especially to Scott Bradley, who will be retiring at the end of this academic year. He has served on the Council for the last sixteen years.

 

Glenn Hayes moved, with a second by Corey Davis, to approve the minutes of the April 3, 2014 meeting. John Zbikowski noted one minor correction to the minutes. With no other questions or concerns, the minutes were approved.

 

Announcements

1. Jodi Hare presented a summary of the new 'F' grades that will be in effect for the fall 2014 term. The new grades are FX and NCX (for the student who never attended class), FS and NCS (for the student who stopped attending the class at any point during the semester). The regular 'F' grade will be assigned for the student who continued to attend class and "earned" the 'F' grade. These grades were created in response to the federal government's requirement for financial aid adjustments for those students who unofficially withdraw from all of their classes in a semester. Faculty will need to determine why a student received an 'F' grade, and assign the correct version of the 'F' grade.

 

Information Only Items

1. Curricular Action: Course Deletion from the Department of Safety: SAFETY 752 Safety Communications

1. Curricular Action: Course Deletion from the Department of Health Physical Education and Recreation: PEPROF 571 Kinesiology

1. Curricular Action: Course Deletion from the Department of Health Physical Education and Recreation: PEPROF 616 Exercise Prescription and Leadership

1. Curricular Action: Course Deletion from the Department of Educational Foundations: LIBMEDIA 551: Building Library Media Collections

1. Curricular Action: Course Deletion from the Department of Psychology: PSYCH 624 Human Learning

1. Curricular Action: Course Deletion from the Department of Psychology: PSYCH 640 Psychological Tests & Measurement

1. Curricular Action: Course Deletion from the Department of Psychology: PSYCH 644 Principles of Behavior Modification

1. Continuation of Inactive Courses approved:

 

Business Items

 

Glenn Hayes moved to approve items A and B on the agenda, the two math courses. Mark Schroeder seconded the motion. After much discussion about the need for the course at the graduate-level, Will Drago moved, with a second by Manuel Ossers to table the two proposals. The motion to table was approved.

 

Next Kelly Witte moved, with a second by Carol Normand, to approve the new course from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. This course will provide more in-depth research in working in higher education. The motion carried.

1. Curricular Action: New Course from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction: HELEAD 781: Capstone Portfolio and Career Application

 

Kelly Witte again moved for approval of agenda items D, E, F, and G. Scott Bradley seconded the motion. The motion carried.

2. Curricular Action: New Course from the Department of Health, Physical Education Recreation and Coaching: COACHING/PEPROF 779: Career and Professional Development Strategies

2. Curricular Action: New Course from the Department of Health, Physical Education Recreation and Coaching: COACHING/PEPROF 781: Capstone Portfolio and Career Application
3. Curricular Action: Change in Major: MSE-Professional Development

2. Curricular Action: Change in Major: MSE-Professional Development

 

Next, Manuel Ossers moved, with a second by Paul Adogamhe, to approve the submajor changes from the Counseling Department. The motion carried.

6. Curricular Action: Change in Submajor: MS-Counseling - Higher Education

6. Curricular Action: Change in Submajor: MS-Counseling School

 

Carol Normand, with a second by Sang Choi, moved to approve items J-L on the agenda. With not questions or concerns, the motion carried.

 

8. Curricular Action: Change in Major from the Department of Accounting: MPA

8. Curricular Action: New Certificate Program from the Department of Management: Graduate Project Management Certificate

8. Curricular Action: Change in Human Resource Management Certificate Program

 

Other Items

 

Mark Schroeder moved to approve the proposed separation of the Mathematics and Computer Science departments. The two departments will be the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Computer Science. Lopa Mukherjee seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Will Drago moved, with a second by Colin De Mers, to approve the GMAT waiver request. Motion carried.

Shannon Stuart moved, with a second by Sang Choi, to approve the Curricular Schedule for 2014-15. Motion carried.

 

John Zbikowski moved, with a second by Corey Davis, to approve the change in the curricular approval process. With the installation of CourseLeaf schedule for fall 2014, the graduate curricular approval process will mirror the undergraduate curricular approval process. The motion carried.

Shannon Stuart moved to approve the five-year academic calendar (2015-16 through 2019-20). Manuel Ossers seconded the motion. Jodi Hare explained that many areas, such as FP&M, Human Resources and Diversity, program planning, etc., need the information for planning purposes. The motion was approved.

 

Will Drago moved to approve the list of courses to be deleted as part of the course currency exercise. Corey Davis seconded the motion. Motion carred. Below is a list of courses in the currency of bulletin exercise. These courses have either not been offered in the last four years or, if offered, have had no enrollment in the last four years.

ID	Description	Term Last Offered	Course
001055	Modern Art	Fall 2013	ARTHST 518
001091	Watercolor	Spring 2011	ARTSTDIO 524
001115	Electronic Illustration	Fall 2013	ARTSTDIO 585
010098	Adv Digital Photo	Fall 2013	ARTSTDIO 613
001169	Res in Studio Art	Spring 2014	ARTSTDIO 740
005887	Advanced Drawing	Fall 2013	ARTSTDIO 608
003549	Biology Colloquium	Spring 2001	BIOLOGY 590
003560	Plant Physiology	Spring 1984	BIOLOGY 517
009565	Art Excep Child	Spring 2011	CIGENRL 606
002165	Curr Topics In Inst	Summer 2005	CIGENRL 676
002173	Trnds in K-12 Engl	Summer 2006	CIGENRL 720
002179	Mng/Imp Inst Cmpt	Summer 2006	CIGENRL 735
002182	Microcmptr App Cls	Fall 2006	CIGENRL 752
002187	Adv Tech Tchng Mth	Summer 2003	CIGENRL 761
002189	Adv Tech Tchg SS	Summer 1999	CIGENRL 763
002196	Lgl Aspts Ed	Fall 1989	CIGENRL 772
002205	Org Theory & Adm	Spring 2003	CIGENRL 780
002361	Sem Comm Dis	Fall 2007	COMDIS 709
002469	Nut Hlth: Early Chld	Fall 2013	EARLYCHD 540
002471	Chldren's Lit	Summer 2009	EARLYCHD 561
002458	Chldrn at Risk	Fall 2000	EARLYCHD 717
009379	Curr Dev & Int	Spring 2008	EDADMIN 725
009382	Org Theory & Adm	Summer 2004	EDADMIN 780
009420	Lic Port Review	Winter 2006	EDUINDP 675
003943	Fiction Writing	Spring 2014	ENGLISH 575
003948	Prose Stylistics	Spring 2012	ENGLISH 578
003955	Mod Gram Theory	Spring 2012	ENGLISH 583
003959	Top in Linguistics	Spring 2011	ENGLISH 585
003984	Vict & Edward Lit	Spring 2013	ENGLISH 620
004002	Cur Writing Scene	Fall 2012	ENGLISH 677
009393	Assess ESL/BIL	Spring 2014	ESL 605
009403	Pedag Grammar	Spring 2012	ESL 530
009397	Sem ESL/BIL	Fall 2009	ESL 554
001242	Methods Comm Res	Fall 2009	JOURNLSM 785
009277	Database Mrktg	Fall 2009	MARKETNG 775
004590	Theory of Numbers	Spring 2007	MATH 617
004592	Topology	Spring 2001	MATH 631
004596	Math Stats	Spring 2008	MATH 642
004608	Part Diff Equations	Spring 2008	MATH 659
004612	Advanced Calc	Spring 2008	MATH 664
004916	Research Design	Fall 2008	PSYCH 615
002942	Dev Rdg Sec Schl	Summer 2006	Reading 768
003122	Prbl/Driver Ed	Summer 2013	SAFETY 661
009575	CC Field Work	Spring 2014	SPECFLD 585
009722	Ins Pract ECSE- B-3	Spring 2014	SPECFLD 793G
009588	Cognitiv Delay	Spring 2007	SPECFLD 685A
009590	Learn Disability	Spring 2007	SPECFLD 685B
009592	Emot/Beh Disorder	Spring 2007	SPECFLD 685C
009696	Student Teach Sem	Spring 2007	SPECED 670
005405	Womns' Voice/Lives	Spring 2014	WOMENST 503

 

And finally, Carolyn Morgan presented preliminary findings on her project for the upcoming HLC visit. She has been busy determining the global learning outcomes at the graduate level, as well as documenting what makes the graduate experience unique from the undergraduate experience at UW-W. She will continue with the project through the summer and present a final report during the fall 2014 term.

With no further discussion, Scott Bradly, for one final time, moved to adjourn the meeting. Kelly Witte seconded the motion. The meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

 

Sally Lange
Secretary