MINUTES:
Graduate Council – April 26, 2004, 1:15 p.m., Meeting Room 3, DP Culp Center
ATTENDEES:
Barrett, Brown, Powers-Beck, Champney,
ABSENT:
GUESTS: Flowers, Maier
I. Approval of Minutes – March 29, 2004
Action
Taken by Council: Approved.
II. Graduate Faculty Sub-Committee
– Wally Dixon, Chair
A.
Re-Appointments:
1.
Dr.
Hal Knight,
Full Membership Expired 033
Dr. Knight’s reappointment to graduate faculty application
was revisited by the Council as to the recommended level of membership. Dr.
Dixon explained the concept behind allocating levels of membership explaining
specific guidelines in the application package.
He further solicited input and recommendations from Council members as to
how and what the sub-committee should be looking at in their attempts to revise
and/or redefine the graduate faculty guidelines for appointment to the ETSU
Graduate Faculty. Several ideas were discussed such as the possibility of just
having one level of membership and letting the sub-committee delegate the
number of year’s membership based upon the application package content. The possibility of sending back application
packages that do not contain comments from the coordinator, chair, and dean of
the college/department was also discussed.
It was the consensus of the Council that there needs to be more
clarification of the guidelines.
Action Taken by Council: Dr. Knight was reappointed to Full
Membership on the ETSU Graduate Faculty.
III. Curriculum Sub-Committee – Lee Pike, Chair
A.
Sciences
a. Establish a
Graduate Certificate in E-Business with
18 credit hours, and five
planned new courses.
b. Establishment of four new
courses:
1. CSCI 5011 Internet Technology
I, 3 credit hours
2. CSCI 5012 Internet Technology
II, 3 credit hours
3. CSCI 4017/5017 Introduction to
Information
Assurance, 3 credit hours
4. CSCI 4027/5027 Information
Management, three
credit hours.
c. The final new course has not yet been
presented for
approval.
B.
a. Establish a Graduate Certificate
in Epidemiology
15 credit hours, 3 new courses:
1.
PUBH 5030 Overview of Public Health, 3 credit
hours
2.
PUBH
5405 Epidemiology II, 3 credit hours
3. PUBH 5410 Statistical Software for the
Health
Professions, 3 credit hours
This program will migrate toward 100% on-line
program
in addition, the proposal fits with consortium plans.
b. Establish an Epidemiology Concentration
in the MPH degree in Public Health, 45 credit hours, 4 new courses, 5350, 5420, 5430,
5450; plus 2 created for certificate program, 5405, 5410; Thesis or field experience, will fit current
accreditation standards.
c.
Establishment of four
new courses:
1.
PUBH 5350 Biostatistics II, 3 CH
2.
PUBH 5420 Epidemiology of Chronic Disease, 3 CH
3.
PUBH 5430 Epidemiology of Infectious Disease, 3
4.
PUBH 5450 Environmental/ Occupational Epidemiology, 3 Ch
d. The
department will submit editorial change proposals to change Biostatistics to
PUBH 5310 Biostatistics I and PUBH 5400 Epidemiology to Epidemiology I
IV. Old Business
A. Dr. Brown extended
sincere thanks to the entire Graduate
Council membership, especially those
members that served as
chair or members on respective graduate
council
Subcommittees.
B.
Dr. Champney asked Dr.
Brown about the specific role of each
Assistant Dean in the
the graduate office would have two assistant deans.
Dr. Brown
explained that he has planned two one-half day
retreats with
Drs. Herrin, Powers-Beck, and McIntosh in May to
look at
functions, responsibilities and role each assistant
dean
would have in the
V. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 2:15 p.m.
Scott Champney, Chair