MINUTES:
Graduate Council –
ATTENDEES:
Barrett, Pointer,
ABSENT: Whitson,
Norris-Thompson, Ziegler, Herrin, Antkiewicz, Woodruff
GUEST: Elhindi, Maier, Marrs, Rayman, Hayes,
Harrington
I. Approval of Minutes –
Action
taken by Council: Approved.
A. New Appointments:
1. Dr. Jo
Ann Marrs – Professional Roles/ Mental Health Nursing
Recommend – Associate
Membership
2. Dr. Craig Turner – Management & Marketing
Recommend
– Associate Membership
Action taken by
Council: Approved.
B. Re-Appointments:
1. Dr.
Anthony Cavender – Sociology & Anthropology
Full
Membership Expired -
Fall 02
Recommend
– Full Membership
2. Dr.
Wendell Hester – Sociology & Anthropology
Full
Membership Expired - Fall 02
Recommend
– Associate Membership
3. Dr.
Michael Pinner - Continuing Education
Interim Membership Expired
– Fall 02
Recommend – Interim
Membership
4. Dr.
Full
Membership Expired – Fall 02
Action taken by Council: Approved.
III. Curriculum Sub-Committee – Lee Pike, Chair
1.
Department of Communication, new course:
a. MCOM 5070 Seminar in
History of Mass Communication
Action
Taken by Council: Approved.
2.
Department
of Foreign Languages, new course:
a. FREN 4017/5017 Advanced French Grammar
Action Taken by
Council: Deferred.
3.
Department
of English, 3 new courses:
a.
ENGL
5160 Second Language Acquisition
b.
ENGL
5170 Teaching English as a Second Language
c.
ENGL
5180 Internship in Teaching English as a Second
Language
Action Taken by Council: Approved with three
dissenting
votes.
4.
Department
of Biological Sciences – new course:
a. BIOL 5910 Research in Biology
Action
Taken by Council: Approved.
B.
1. Department
of Environmental Health, 1 course modification:
a. ENVH 4727/5727 Hazardous
Waste Operations and Emergency
Action
Taken by Council: Approved.
C.
1.
Department
of Professional Roles/Mental Health Nursing, One
course modification:
a.
PMNU
5002 Health Care Delivery Systems
Action Taken by Council: Approved.
2. Department
of Professional Roles/Mental Health Nursing, New
course:
a.
PMNU
6100 Philosophy of Nursing Science
Action Taken by Council: Approved.
1. Editorial Changes –
Jeff Greer distributed editorial changes
to be included in
the 2003-3004 catalogs as an information item.
2. International Students
– IELTS Issues – Wes Brown & Dr. Elhindi
At the request of the
Council at the October 28th Council meeting for additional
information on TOEFL score data and diversity issues if the TOEFL score for
admission of international students was increased, Dr. Brown explained that
increasing the TOEFL score from 213 to 230 for admission would eliminate
one-half of the international students from graduate school. He further stated that there were some
differences in the distribution between paper test scores and computer test
scores.
Action taken by Council: Approved with no change in TOEFL scores
required by
1. GRE Scores – Dr. Brown reviewed the new method of recording GRE scores on SIS with Council members. He suggested that coordinators look at screens 210 and 211 to see how scores are reported. Screen 210 shows scores with and without Analytical portion. If you look at screen 221 it shows the GREWA score. He also informed Council members that at some point in the near future ETS would eliminate the paper test copies sent to institutions and only send scores electronically. Currently, ETSU receives both the paper and electronic version of GRE scores for students.
2. Petition for Second Master’s Degree – Dr. Brown distributed copies of the new form for Petitioning a Second Master’s Degree
emphasizing that this new form seeks to insure that graduate students meet the requirements for a second master’s degree.
The meeting was adjourned
at
Scott Champney, Chair