MINUTES: Graduate Council – September 30, 2002, 1:15 p.m., East Tennessee Room – DP Culp

ATTENDEES: Barrett, Brown, Caton, Champney, Dixon, Ellis, Herrin, Greer, Hoover, Osborn, Pike, Scheuerman, Smith, Taylor, Whitson

ABSENT: Antkiewicz, Bitter, Norris-Thompson, Ziegler, Woodruff

I. Approval of Minutes – June 17, 2002

Action taken by Council: Approved.

II. Introduction of New Members – Wes Brown, Dean

Dr. Brown introduced the new members elected by their respective Colleges to serve on Graduate Council. New members included Dr. Barrett, Applied Science and Technology; Dr. Marion Whitson, College of Arts & Sciences; and Dr. Wallace Dixon, member at large, College of Arts & Sciences.

III. Graduate Curriculum Sub-Committee – Lee Pike, Chair

A. College of Public & Allied Health – Health Sciences

1. HSCI 4607/5607 – Bacterial Physiology, 4 credits (increased from 3 credit hours) – Course modification.

Action taken by Council: Approved by Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 5/8/02. Approved by Graduate Council 9/30/02.

B. College of Education – Curriculum and Instruction

1. Format C. Substantive Curriculum Modification in an Existing Major. Add non-thesis option to two concentrations:

a. MA in Reading with a Concentration in Reading Education

b. MA in Reading with a Concentration in Storytelling

2. Format E. Termination of a Degree Program. Terminated M.Ed. Reading with concentrations in Reading Education and Reading Storytelling.

3. Format E. Modification of a Title of a Concentration.

Current Title: M.A. in Reading with a Concentration in Reading & Storytelling. Proposed Title: M.A. in reading with a Concentration in Storytelling.

Action taken by Council: Approved.

C. College of Education – Physical Education, Exercise and Sports Sciences

1. Modification in an Existing Academic Major.

A. Format C. Revision of the Sport Management Concentration in the M.A. in Physical Education. Reduction of required credits in the program for 42 to 36 credit hours.

B. Re-designation of the M.Ed. in Physical Education as a

Concentration in the M.A. in Physical Education.

C. Consolidation of the Concentration in Exercise

Physiology and the Concentration in Sport Science in the M.A. in Physical Education to form a Concentration Exercise Physiology and Performance in the M.A. in Physical Education.

2. Format E. Modification of a Title of a Concentration –

Current Title: M.A. in Physical Education with a

Concentration in Exercise Physiology. Proposed Title: M.A.

in Physical Education with a Concentration in Exercise

Physiology and Performance.

3. Format E. Termination of a Concentration:

M.A. In Physical Education with a Concentration in Sport

Science

4. Format E. Termination of A Concentration:

M.A. in Physical Education with a Concentration in Fitness

Leadership

5. Deletion of four courses:

a. PEXS 5510 Data Analysis and Interpretation (3)

b. PEXS 5630 Biomechanics (3)

c. PEXS 5680 Promoting Wellness for Professionals (3)

d. PEXS 5961 Capstone Written Project (3)

6. One New Course:

a. SALM 5232 Sport Communication and Media Relations (3)

Action taken by Council: Approved.

D. College of Nursing – Family/Community Nursing – Two new

courses:

a. FCNU 4037/5037 – Community Concepts for Public Health Nurses (3 credit hours)

b. FCNU 4507/5507 – Social Concerns and Women’s Health (3 credit hours)

Action taken by Council: Approved and forwarded to Undergraduate Curriculum Committee for Action.

E. College of Applied Science and Technology – Technology –

Terminate one concentration:

1. Format E. M.S. in Technology with a Concentration in

Industrial Arts/Technology Education

Action taken by Council: Approved.

2. Format C. Establishment of a Concentration within an

Existing Major. Establishment of a Geoscience

Concentration in the M.S. Technology will allow graduate

Students and professionals to expand their knowledge base

and meet educational needs in Geology, Geography and

Geomatics.

Action taken by Council: Approved.

F. Format E. Termination of an Academic Program.

1. MMUED Master of Music Education

Action taken by Council: Approved.

G. Format E. Termination of a Concentration:

1. M.A. Art Education

Action taken by Council: Approved.

H. Review of Low Producing Programs

1. College of Arts & Sciences – Art & Design - Maintain

three programs:

a. M.A. in Studio Arts

b. M.F.A. in Studio Arts

c. M.A. with a Concentration in Art History

Action taken by Council: Approved.

2. College of Arts & Sciences – Chemistry – Maintain one

program:

a. M.S. in Chemistry

Action taken by Council: Approved.

3. College of Arts & Sciences – Sociology and Anthropology

Maintain one program:

a. M.A. in Sociology

Action taken by Council: Approved.

4. College of Education – Human Development & Learning –

Maintain one program:

a. M.A. in Early Childhood

Action taken by Council: Approved.

IV. Graduate Faculty Sub-Committee – Ron Lindahl, Chair

A. New Appointments:

1. Dr. William Andrew Clark – Technology

Recommend – Associate Membership

2. Dr. P. Edward French – Economics, Finance, & Urban Studies

Recommend – Associate Membership

3. Ms. Tara Lee Maxwell - Technology

Recommend – Interim Membership

4. Dr. Jonathan Patrick Moorman – Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases

Recommend – Associate Membership (pending signature)

5. Ms. Kellie Price – Computer and Information Sciences

Recommend – Interim Membership

6. Ms. Judy Rice – Professional Roles/Mental Health Nursing

Recommend – Interim Membership

7. Dr. Jennifer Schaller-Ayers – Family/Community Nursing

Recommend – Full Membership

8. Ms. Alison Schaefer – Applied Human Sources

Recommend – Interim Membership (pending signature)

9. Dr. Michael Stephen Trent – Microbiology

Recommend – Associate Membership

10. Dr. Tiejian Wu – Public Health

Recommend – Associate Membership (pending signature)

Action taken by Council: Approved.

B. Reappointments:

1. Mr. Bruce Behringer – Public Health

Interim Membership Expired Fall 01

Recommend – Interim Membership (pending signature)

2. Dr. Wesley Brown – Human Development and Learning

Full Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Full Membership

3. Dr. Scott Champney – Biochemistry

Full Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Full Membership

4. Mr. Don R. Davis – Art and Design

Temporary Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Full Membership

5. Dr. Nancy Dishner – Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis - Full Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Full Membership

6. Dr. Kenneth Emil Ferslew – Pharmacology

Full Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Full Membership

7. Dr. Kenneth E. Hall – Foreign Languages

Associate Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Full Membership

8. Dr. David A. Johnson – Biochemistry

Full Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Full Membership

9. Dr. Marjorie King – Professional Roles/Mental Health Nursing - Associate Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Full Membership

10. Dr. Richard A. Manahan – Accountancy

Full Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Full Membership

11. Dr. Judy Griffin McCook – Family/Community Nursing

Interim Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Associate Membership

12. Dr. John G. Osborne – Health Sciences

Interim Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Associate Membership

13. Dr. Larry Prather – Economics, Finance, and Urban Studies

Associate Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Full Membership

14. Dr. Phillip Scheuerman – Environmental Health

Full Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Full Membership

15. Dr. John S. Vaglia – Technology

Full Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Full Membership

16. Dr. Joanne Walker Shields – Public Health

Associate Membership Expired Spring 02

Recommend – Full Membership

17. Dr. Harold Warren – Economics, Finance, and Urban Studies

Associate Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Associate Membership

18. Dr. Carole A. Williams – Physiology

Full Membership Expired Fall 02

Recommend – Full Membership (signature pending)

Action taken by Council: Approved.

V. Old Business

None

VI. New Business

1. Editorial Changes – Jeff Greer distributed editorial changes

for the 2003-3004 catalogs as an information item.

2. Election of new Graduate Council Chair – Dr. Scott Champney

was unanimously re-elected as Chair.

3. Sub-Committee Appointments – Dr. Brown encouraged members that

were not already on sub-committees to consider becoming a

member of one of the Graduate Council sub-committees if they

had particular interests in a particular area. The current

sub-committees of the Graduate Council include: Graduate

Curriculum, Graduate Faculty, and Student Affairs Sub-

Committees.

4. The next meeting of the Graduate Council will be Monday,

October 28, 2002, 1:15 p.m., East Tennessee Room, D.P. Culp

Center.

VII. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m.

Scott Champney, Chair