Graduate Council – Minutes
East Tennessee State University
August 30, 2010 1:15pm
President’s Conference Room – Dossett Hall 206

New Applications

Reappointments

• A. Change the number of credit hours of electives to 4 and the culminating experience to 6 to make the concentration parallel to the other MPH concentrations.
• B. Remove the word “None from question 7 of the proposal and write a brief sentence stating there are no implications.

• A. List the graduate faculty who are qualified to teach the course.
• B. Correct the two occurrences of merged web addresses in the Bibliography section.
• C. Amend the date of the Smith-Myles text listed in the Bibliography.

• A. Correct the spelling of “literacy” in the Rationale for Proposal section.
• B. In the Purpose and Goals section, begin with something like “The purpose of this course is to provide students the opportunity to study….”
• C. In the Purpose and Goals section, delete the last partial sentence in the first paragraph, and begin a new paragraph with something like “The goals of the course are to:….”
• D. In the Learning Outcomes section, correct the fourth work of the first sentence.
• E. In the Attendance Policy, correct the spelling of the work “than.”

• A. State more clearly the reasons for the change. Include the difficulty students with less than a 2.75 grade point average have in completing the certificate. Include any effects the change will have on completion rates and retention rates for the certificate.
• B. Change “graduate” to former in the Impact section of Form Sum.
• C. Change the “2.70” to 2.75 in the Impact section of Form Sum.
• D. Determine how to add a check box for Change in Admission Requirements on Format PC.

• A. Throughout the proposal, emphasize how this degree is different from the M.S. in Biology degree concentration and how this will open studies in paleontology to students with different prior scientific training.
• B. Change the Proposed Implementation Date to Fall 2011.
• C. On page 3 of the proposal, change “degree is Geosciences” to degree in Geosciences.
• D. After the Geographic Information System reference on the third line of page 3, insert GIS in parenthesis.
• E. Check that all degree abbreviations have periods after each letter.
• F. On page 5, insert “trained” before graduate assistants and “qualified” before adjunct faculty.
• G. On page 5, replace “regular faculty” to tenured and tenure-track faculty.
• H. Also on page 5, remove the last section of the first sentence in the second paragraph.
• I. In the second paragraph on page 5, include information about the geospatial appeal to ETSU undergraduates.
• J. In the Admission, Retention, and Graduation Requirements section, change “bachelor’s degree” to undergraduate course work.
• K. In the Admission, Retention and Graduation Requirements section, the fourth requirement should be changed to a two-page letter discussing career goals and specific academic and research interests.
• L. In the Admission, Retention, and Graduation Requirements section, begin the section with “In addition to the requirements of the School of Graduate Studies….”
• M. Change the credit hours in GEOS 5200 and GEOS 5300 to 3 credits.
• N. Remove the wording after GEOS 5960.
• O. In the Accreditation section, note that SACS will be notified about the new degree if it is approved.
• P. In the third paragraph of the Evaluation Plans, change thesis to theses, job to jobs, location to locations, and appointment to appointments.
• Q. In the Evidence of Demand and Need section, remove the word “can” from the next-to-the-last sentence.
• R. In the Student Interest/Demand section, begin the section with phone call, e-mail and other inquiry evidence of student interest. Move the existing paragraph after the new section.
• S. In the Labor Market Evidence, remove the word “just” from the last line on page 10.
• T. On page 11, in the last sentence of the first paragraph, change “holding down jobs in” to “employed in.”
• U. In the Societal Need Evidence section, spell out the GSA and AAPG in the first reference to these organizations.
• V. On page 12, in the last sentence of the first paragraph, change “here-proposed” to ETSU-proposed.
• W. Correct the word “Geogaphy” at the end of the second paragraph of the page 12.
• X. Remove the paragraphs referring to Appalachian State and Murray State.
• Y. In the last paragraph of page 12, remove “and the immediate surroundings.”
• Z. In the last paragraph of page 12, change the second sentence to “ With faculty strengths in stratigraphy….”
• AA. In the last paragraph of page 12, remove “not only”and “in the associated region.”
• BB. Change the wording on page 13 to “Funds are needed….” And/or clarify this statement.
• CC. The funds that are needed should be reflected on page 15.
• DD. On page 14, the end of the last paragraph should be worded to reflect that the two additional faculty will bridge the differencing perspectives within the department.
• EE. On page 14, remove the next-to-the-last sentence.

• A. In the Course Description section, change the last words to “peer-review journal.”
• B. In the Facilities section, reword to something like “Current classroom and proposed classrooms in Ross Hall that will available in July 2011 are adequate.
• C. In the Purpose and Goals section, insert a sentence before the bulleted items something like “The goals of the course are to:.”
• D. In the Learning Outcomes section, add the words “be able to” before the bulleted section.
• E. In Major Assignments section, change “write-up” to written and remove the parenthesis around prospectus
• F. In the Major Assignments section, change write-up to document.
• G. In the Grade Assignment section, change the write-up words to draft
• H. In the Attendance Policy section, remove “for a graduate class.”

• A. Change credits to 3.
• B. Reword the Facilities section to something like “Current classroom and proposed classrooms in Ross Hall that will be available in July 2011 will be adequate.
• C. I n the Purpose and Goals section, reword the bulleted section to read something like “The goals of the course are to: Provide the students with familiarity with….”
• D. In the Major Assignments section, add the word “and” before new applications, and delete the “Such topics will focus on the technology aspect.”
• E. In the Grading Scale remove the words “University Grading Scale.”
• F. In the Attendance Policy, remove “For a graduate class.”

• A. Reword the Rationale for Proposal to remove the phrase “provide students with time.”
• B. In the Rationale for Proposal, insert the word “projects” after the word “these.”
• C. Reword the Facilities section to something like “Current classroom and proposed classrooms in Ross Hall that will be available in July 2011 will be adequate.
• D. In the Learning Outcomes section, reword the first bullet to read “have produced field or laboratory research” and the second bullet to read “have produced written documentation which may be ….”
• E. Reword the second sentence of the Grade Assignment section to read something like “Notes with a large number of …”
• F. In the Attendance Policy section, remove “For a graduate class.”

• A. Remove all of the information in the Explain Special Circumstances section.
• B. In the Rationale for Proposal section, just state the need for the course in a new graduate degree program.
• C. Remove the Course Description.
• D. Reword the Facilities section to something like “Current classroom and proposed classrooms in Ross Hall that will be available in July 2011 will be adequate.
• E. Remove the Syllabus information.

New Applications:

Reappointments:

The council members discussed at length the different criteria for member and affiliate status. Therefore, Dr. Gordon Bailes, Dr. Suzanne Smith, and Dr. Mark Steadman were approved at the “Member” level. The council will continue the discussion of application of the criteria for different categories at the next meeting. To facilitate future discussions of committee recommendations, all members of the council will be granted access to the DataStore to review the graduate faculty appointment and reappointment forms.

Dr. Gillespie summarized the report on spring award ceremony held April 27, 2010 at 10:00 am in the D. P. Culp auditorium. The ceremony was well attended. Dr. Gillespie mentioned the departments who gave awards could have the recipient at the annual award ceremony be recognized. This is an option for the departments and several departments participated this past spring.

Dr. McIntosh reported the programs approved over the summer were the M.A. in New Media Studio (will be admitting first class fall 2011), the Health Care Translation and Interpreting Certificate (admitting for fall 2010), and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (admitting first class spring 2011). Dr. McIntosh thanked the council for their valuable contributions to getting the new programs approved in a timely fashion.

• 1. Dr. David Arnall
• 2. Ms. Amy Arnold
• 3. Dr. Martha Pointer
• 4. Dr. Eric Glover

The graduate faculty subcommittee for the 2010-2011 academic years is as follows:

• 1. Dr. Jon Webb
• 2. Dr. David Arnall
• 3. Dr. Paul Trogen
• 4. Dr. Don Hoover
• 5. Dr. Jeff Beck

Dr. Beck gave a summary of the Acalog system. The Acalog system is the electronic version of the undergraduate and graduate catalogs. Currently, the catalog is in a pdf version until the electronic system can be fully implemented. The university will continue to print a small number of graduate catalogs for the near future.

Dr. McIntosh explained that, with the increasing number of graduate certificates programs at ETSU, the graduate deans have been drafting language to clarify policy related to graduate certificates. This includes consideration of “dual degree”, articulation of certificate coursework into graduate programs, etc. The deans intend to bring this to the Council for discussion at the September meeting.

Dr. McIntosh informed the Council that the long term graduate data report should be available in October this year. It will have a 15-year history of ETSU graduate programs’ applications, admissions, fall enrollment, fall credit hours, and annual graduates.

The THEC “Public Agenda for Tennessee Higher Education” funding formula was tabled until the next meeting.

Dr. McIntosh announced the centennial convocation will be October 1st. She suggested the council members consider marching with the School of Graduate Studies banner at the convocation.

There was no further business to conduct; therefore, the meeting was adjourned at 2:55 p.m.