MINUTES:
Graduate Council October 29, 2001, 1:15 p.m., East Tennessee Room DP Culp
ATTENDEES: Brown, Caton, Champney, Green, Herrin,
Honaker, Hoover, Lane, Pike, Pfeiffer, Scheuerman, Smith, and Taylor
ABSENT:
Antkiewicz, Ellis, Lindahl, Osborn, Norris-Thompson, Woodruff
GUESTS: Gardner, Musich, Riser, and Roberts
I. A. Minutes 9/24/01
Action taken by Council: Approved
II. Curriculum Sub-Committee Dr. Lee Pike,
spokesperson
A.
College
of Arts & Sciences/Department of Mathematics Format F Modify admission
requirement to include:
1.
Submission
of the general GRE scores, and
2.
Submission
of three letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with the
applicants academic performance and likelihood of success in graduate school.
The
present program admission requirements for the masters degree in mathematical
sciences does not include the GRE, nor does it include three letters of
recommendation. Many of the applicants
to the program provide these items, but not all.
Action
taken by Council: Approved with
revision of documentation.
B.
College
of Arts and Sciences/Department of Communication.
New
Course MCOM 5010 Comparative Mass Media Systems 3 credit hours A
comparative study of mass media systems operating in various parts of the
world, in their distinctive environments.
Action
taken by Council: Approved with
addition of
Library
Adequacy Report, rationale statement, and grading scale specifications.
2. New Course MCOM 5020
Media and Cultural Diversities
3 credit hours A study of the images of the cultural environment as seen through the mass media, and their impact on the cultivation of conceptions of majority and minority status.
Action
taken by Council: Approved with addition of rationale statement and grading
scale specifications.
3. New course PCOM 5990 Readings and Research 1-3
credit
hours Students who are not enrolled in other course
work
but may requirement the use of university facilities
and/or
faculty, guidance for studies, research, or
preparation of a
prospectus, project, or thesis must enroll in this
class.
Action
taken by Council: Approved
C.
College
of Applied Science and Technology/Computer and Information Sciences New
Course CSCI 5857 User Interface Programming 4 credit hours New elective
course for CSCI majors.
Action
taken by Council: Approved and forwarded to the Undergraduate Curriculum
Committee for action. The Computer and
Information Sciences Department must provide revised catalog copy for the MS
program to Graduate Council and information on other graduate programs that
would use this course in their programs.
D.
James
H. Quillen College of Medicine Department of Biochemistry &
Molecular
Biology Reduce credit hours for BIOC 5010/6010
Biochemistry
from 8 credit hours to 7 credit hours.
Action taken by Council: Approved with minor revisions.
III. Graduate Faculty Sub-Committee Pat Smith,
spokesperson
A. New Appointments:
1.
Michael
Cody, English, recommend Associate membership.
2.
Mark
DiCicco, English, recommend Associate membership.
3.
Michaele
Duncan, Computer and Information Sciences, recommend Interim membership.
4.
Michael
Dunn, Public Health, recommend Associate membership.
5.
Wayne
Gillespie, Criminal Justice and Criminology, recommend Associate membership.
6.
Ronald
Hamdy, Quillen Chair of Geriatrics and Gerontology, recommend Full membership.
7.
David
Holleran, Criminal Justice and Criminology, recommend Associate membership.
8.
Jay
Jisha, Physical Education and Exercise Science, recommend Associate membership.
9.
Istvan
(Steve) Karsai, Biological Sciences, recommend Associate membership.
10.
Maryann
Kyle, Music, recommend Associate membership.
11.
Lorie
Moffitt, Computer and Information Sciences, recommend Interim membership.
12.
Keith
Nakoff, Technology, recommend Interim membership.
13.
Vernon
Pine, Computer and Information Sciences, recommend Interim membership.
14.
Qing
Yuan, Computer and Information Sciences, recommend Associate membership.
B. Reappointments:
1.
Gene
Bailey, Computer and Information Sciences, Full
expired 012, recommend Associate
membership.
2.
Stephen
Brown, Criminal Justice and Criminology, Full
expires 013, recommend Full membership.
3.
Tom
Coates, PEXS, Associate expires 013, recommend Full
membership.
4.
Michael
Everett, Economics, Finance, and Urban Studies,
Full expired 011, recommend Associate
membership.
5.
Stephen
Fritz, History, Full expired 021, recommend Full
membership.
6.
Judy
Gouge, Technology, Interim expired 021, recommend
Interim
membership.
7.
Susan
McCabe, Nursing, Associate expires 013, recommend
Full
membership.
8.
Ken
Mijeski, Political Science, Associate expired 012,
recommend
Associate membership.
9.
James
Mooney, Communications, Full expired 012, recommend
Associate
membership.
10.
James
Perry, Psychology, Full expired 011, recommend
Associate
membership.
11.
Laraine
Powers, Health Sciences, Associate expired 012,
Associate
membership.
12.
Dale
Royalty, History, Full expired 012, recommend
Associate
membership.
13.
Uta
Schambra, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Associate expires
013,
recommend Full membership.
14.
Elaine
Walker, Internal Medicine, Associate expires 013,
recommend
Full membership.
15.
Carolyn
Wetzel, Biological Sciences, Associate expires
021, recommend Full membership.
16.
Edwin
Williams, English, Full expired 011, recommend Full
Membership.
Action taken by Council: Approved
IV.
Old
Business None
V.
New
Business None
VI.
Adjournment
There being no further business the meeting was
adjourned
at 2:15 p.m.
Signed minutes in Graduate
Office
Scott Champney, Chair