Graduate
Council
Annual Report
2005-2006
Graduate Council Membership
Voting Members:
William Scott Champney, Ph.D.
Tausha Clay, Graduate Student, Member at Large
Wallace Dixon, Ph.D. Member at Large
Mark Ellis, M.S.L.S. Library
Helene Halvorson, M.S.W. Member at Large
Don Hoover, Ph.D.
Jocelyn Howard, Graduate Student, Member at Large
Jo-Ann Marrs, Ed.D.
Martha Pointer, Ph.D.
Phillip Scheuerman, Ph.D.
Isabel Bonneyman Stanley, Ph.D. Faculty Senate
John M. Taylor, Ph.D. College of Education
Marie Tedesco, Ph.D. School of Continuing Studies
Marian Whitson, Ph.D. College of Arts and Sciences
Non-voting Members
Wesley Brown, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and
Dean of the
Maria Costa, International Programs
Cecilia McIntosh, Ph.D. Assistant Dean,
Mary Ellen Musick, Assistant Registrar, Data Management
Jeffrey Powers-Beck, Ph.D. Assistant Dean,
Michael Woodruff, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs
Queen Brown, Office Manager, School of Graduate Studies (Recorder)
Meeting Dates
Meetings were held at Burgin Dossett Hall, President Conference Room at 1:15 p.m.
Summary of Actions Taken
The Graduate Council took the following actions:
55 New Graduate Faculty Appointments
53 Graduate Faculty Re-appointments
67 New Courses Approved
5 Courses Deleted
4 Course Changes
13 Curriculum Changes
00 Editorial Changes
20 Miscellaneous Graduate Council Actions
Section 1: Graduate Faculty Appointments/Reappointments
approved
June 13, 2005
(No graduate faculty reviewed)
September 26, 2005
New Appointments to Graduate Faculty:
Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:
October 31, 2005
(No graduate faculty reviewed)
November 28, 2005
New appointments to Graduate Faculty:
Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:
December 2005
(No Graduate Council meeting)
January 2006
(No Graduate Council meeting)
February 28, 2006
New appointments to Graduate Faculty:
Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:
March 27, 2006
New appointments to Graduate Faculty:
Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:
April 2006
(No graduate faculty reviewed)
Section 2: New Courses Approved
June 13, 2005
September 26, 2005
1. PUBH 6410: Epidemiological Methods for Community Health
2. PUBH 6150: Evaluation Methods in Community Health Programs and
Services
3. PUBH 6100: Environmental Concerns in Community Health
4. PUBH 6130: Community Health Strategic Leadership and Policy
Development
5. PUBH 6110: Health Behavior in Community Health
6. PUBH 6950: Applied Research in Community Health
7. PUBH 6850: Doctor of Public Health Practicum
8. PUBH 6960: Doctor of Public Health Dissertation
9. PUBH 6120: Ethics in Public Health Practice
10. PUBH 6140: Empowering Communities for Health Action
11. PUBH 6160: Ecological and Systems Approaches to Community Health
12. PUBH 6170: Economic Evaluation Methods for Community Health
13. PUBH 6377: Theory and Practice of Health Communications
14. PUBH 6200: Human Biology for Public Health Practitioners
15. PUBH 6420: Outcomes Assessment
16. PUBH 6430: Surveillance Methods
17. ENVH 6900: Research Group Rotations
18. ENVH 6910: Experimental Design
19. ENVH 6920: Doctoral Seminar
20. ENVH 6957: Special Topics in Environments Health Sciences
21. ENVH 6960: Doctoral Research and Dissertation
22. ENVH
6990: Doctoral
October 31, 2005
1. HDAL 5563 Advanced Counseling Techniques with Children
2. HDAL 5810 Psychological Assessment
3. BIOM 5800/6800 Proteins and Proteomics
November 28, 2005
February 28, 2006
(Curriculum committee – no action)
March 27, 2006
1.
FREN
4107/5107
April 24, 2006
1. PUBH
6160 -Systems
Approaches to Public Health Issues- (3 hrs.)
2.
PUBH 6195 - Seminar in Public Health- (1 hr.)
3. PUBH
6210– Population
Based Research Methods I: Health Assessment and Surveillance- (3 hrs.)
4. PUBH
6220 New Course Proposal - Population Based Research Methods II: Innovative Designs and
Methods- (3 hrs.)
5. SPCH 5100
6. SPCH 5300
7. SOAA 5017
8. APST 5237
9. GEOL 5307 -Field Methods in Paleontology
May 2006
(No graduate council meeting)
Section 3: Courses Deleted
June 13, 2005
1. PSYC 5911: Practicum in Mental Health
II (3 hrs)
September 26, 2005
None
October 31, 2005
None
November 28, 2005
None
February 28, 2006
None
March 27, 2006
1. THEA 4547/5547 – This course replaced by
THEA 2530 Dramatic Structure
April 24, 2006
1. PHIL 5027
2. ELPA 7821
3. BIOL 5600
Section
4: Course Changes
June 13, 2005
1. PSYC 5911-Clinical Psychology Clerkship (1 hr., repeatable), revised from Practicum in Mental Health I (formerly 3 hrs.)
September 26, 2005
None
October 31, 2005
None
November 28, 2005
None
December 2005
(No Graduate Council Meeting)
January 2006
(No Graduate Council meeting)
February 28, 2006
(No curriculum reviewed)
March 27, 2006
April 24, 2006
May 2006
(No Graduate Council meeting)
Section
5: Curriculum Changes
June 28, 2005
1. Master of Arts Clinical Psychology Concentration - Substantive curriculum modifications and revised admissions standards for the Master of Arts Clinical Psychology concentration
It is the primary objective of the Clinical Psychology
concentration to prepare students to pursue the doctorate in Clinical
Psychology through completion of an articulated MA/PhD program. The mission of this articulated program is to
provide doctoral training in Clinical Psychology for Rural Behavioral Health
and Practice in the context of integrated primary health care. Program objective are: (1) understanding of
theoretical principles and practices of psychology; (2) development of
expertise in experimental design, data analysis, and oral and written
presentation of research results; (3) competitive skills for professional
positions in clinical psychology; (4) cultural competence in both rural and
integrated health care psychological practice.
2. Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program
The mission of this program is to provide doctoral training in Clinical Psychology for Rural Behavioral Health and Practice in the context of integrated primary health care. Program objectives are: (1) understanding of theoretical principles and practices of psychology; (2) development of expertise in experimental design, data analysis, and oral and written presentation of research results; (3) competitive skills for professional positions in clinical psychology; (4) cultural competence in both rural and integrated health care psychological practice.
The purpose of the Environmental Health Sciences Ph.D. Program is to promote the environmental health sciences, and identify, prevent, and manage disease and injury. This purpose will be fulfilled through dedication to higher (doctoral level) education and training, distinction in research, innovation in policy development, and improvement of health strategies.
October 31, 2005
November 28, 2005
Delete the
currently required HDAL 5817, Introduction to Psychological Testing and replace
this course with HDAL 5810 Psychological Assessment course.
Delete the currently
required HDAL 5817, Introduction to Psychological Testing and replace this course
with HDAL 5810 Psychological Assessment
course.
Add SOWK 5430,
Psychopathology in Social Work Practice as an alternative to the currently
required course, PSYC 5828 Psychopathology.
December 2005
(No graduate council meeting)
January 2006
(No graduate council meeting)
February 28, 2006
(No curriculum reviewed)
March 27, 2006
The department recognizes the importance of
this course as a physics elective within the major requirements. Three credit hours has been found to be
inadequate to allow for coverage of the numerical techniques contained in this
course in addition to the necessary instruction in the use of computer
programming languages and operating systems.
We are proposing an increase in credit hours to provide more time for
formal instructor/student interaction, especially in allowing more time for
programming related instruction.
The department is undergoing minor changes in
the curriculum for physics majors. Among
these changes is an effort to make it easier for students to take more
specialized course in sub-disciplines of physics (such as Astrophysics,
Biophysics, etc.). Also, the department
is reviewing existing courses to see that they most effectively meet the most
critical curriculum needs of the physics major.
Currently, students are asked to take PHYS 3110 (Thermodynamics) as a
prerequisite for Kinetic and Statistical Physics. However, students often do not take these
courses in sequence and a significant fraction of time is spent reviewing the
material taught in Thermodynamics in the Kinetic and Statistical Physics
course. The fundamental concepts of
thermodynamics are introduced in the calculus based introductory physics course
sequence PHYS 2110-20 which is required of all majors. Thus, the department has decided to integrate
the most important advanced concepts of the course PHYS 3110 (Thermodynamics)
into the Kinetic and Statistical Physics course. This will avoid the duplication of material
which was an inefficient use of faculty resources and also give majors the
opportunity to add an additional physics (or mathematics) elective in a
different subject area to their curriculum.
The course title is also being changed to reflect the content change
with the formal addition of material in thermodynamics. Concurrent with this proposal to modify the
course PHYS 4117/5117 we are submitting a proposal to delete the course PHYS
3110.
April 24, 2006
1. Doctor of Public Health Degree-revised to the DrPH degree curriculum based on the external review of the program
The original core was
increased by two existing three credit courses (PUBH 5350 Biostatistics II and
PUBH 5405 Epidemiology II) and a new one hour course, the seminar below-
PUBH 6195 Seminar in Public Health. One existing course in the core was
also significantly revised (PUBH 6160) and is included below
The concentration in Community Health was changed form the selection of courses form a guided list to four specific courses, two of which are new.
2. Graduate Certificate in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
- Approved with the following changes:
- Include tuition amounts in Financial Projections
- Change “both of these courses...” to “three of these courses…” in the Student Interest/Demand section
- In the third bullet under Evaluation Plans, the word “that” in the third line needs to be removed, and the word “their” in the following line should be changed to “that”
- A new 18 credit hour graduate certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language. (See ENGL TOSEL attachment.)
May 2006
(No Graduate Council meeting)
Section 6: Editorial Changes
No editorial changes from June 2005 to May 2006
Section 7: Miscellaneous
Actions
June 13, 2005
None
September 26, 2005
1. OIT is working on a new CPS that hopes to solve some of the problems experienced with the current system.
2. An announcement of the ongoing discussion and possible proposal of an alternate thesis dissertation format was given by Dr. Cecilia McIntosh. This topic is to be continued at the next graduate council meeting.
3. A
committee was formed to handle the application for a Graduate Student Research
Grant Program to be funded by the
4. New Chairman election to be held at next Graduate Council Meeting
October 31, 2005
Graduate Research Grant Program
1. Announcement was sent to all Graduate Faculty and all Graduate Students on
October 18, 2005.
2. Election of Scott Champney to serve as the Chair of Graduate Council for the
next
3 years – ActionTaken by Council: Approved
3. Thesis Award will be announced next meeting
4. RODP is developing a Graduate Curriculum at
the State level and needs a representative from ETSU for meetings in
recommended Rick Osborn. ActionTaken
by Council: Approved
November 28, 2005
1. ETSU SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES THESIS, DISSERTATION, AND CAPSTONE AWARDS – All changes to the forms were discussed and approved except some questions about the guidelines. Should expectations of hypothesis be clarified? A modification of #3 was asked to incorporate the
words “clearly defined goals.” Changes to the guidelines will be discussed at
the next Graduate Council Meeting.
2. Announcement – Paul Webb won the Regional Research Association’s Award for an outstanding Dissertation
3. Announcement - International Ambassadors (Dr. Powers-Beck, Dr. Rebecca Pyles and Dr. Maria Costa)
a. International Education week
b. International students website with host programs
c. International friends program
4. Announcement – No Graduate Council Meeting will be held in December. Graduate Council will reconvene in January.
December 2005
(No Graduate Council meeting)
January 2006
(No Graduate Council meeting)
February 28, 2006
The Graduate Students Research Grant Awardees for 2006 report was made
by Dr. McIntosh. Those students selected
and the selection members who served were distributed to the council members. The selection process of students was
discussed. Twenty applications were
received and ten graduate students were selected by the committee. The students selected have received their
award money in the amount of $500 each and a press release was issued on Friday. The names of recipients and their thesis or
dissertation research are as follows:
Dr. McIntosh made an appeal for volunteers from the Graduate Council to chair the selection committees. Those council members present were asked to consider chairing a selection committee. The deadline to receive applications is March 15, 2006 and the selection process should take from two to four weeks.
Dr. Brown gave a detailed report on doctoral programs and the recent rating from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. ETSU received a rating based on Ph.D. awarded in 2003-04 and there were none. Since the rating (last five years), ETSU has approved seven doctoral programs. The choices from the report were as follows:
a. single doctoral – other fields
b. stem field
c. humanities field
d. comprehensive doctoral – medical (stem + humanities + educational)
e. doctoral professional
The rating next time should be doctoral professional based on ETSU total inventory of programs. The snapshot of the Carnegie Foundation is as follows:
ETSU rating:
Level: 4 year
Control: Public
Total Enrollment: 11, 869
Classifications Category
Undergraduate Bal/HGC: balanced arts & sciences/professions,
Instructional Programs: high graduate coexistence
Graduate Instructional
Programs: 5-Doc/Ed: Single doctoral (education)
Enrollment Profile: HU: High undergraduate
Undergraduate Profile: FT4/S/HTI: Full-time four-year, selective, higher
Transfer-in
Size and Setting: L4/NR: Large four-year, primarily nonresidential
Footnotes:
Graduate degree program classification is based on fewer than 50 degrees;
Classifications may be unstable.
Undergraduate program classification: the percentage of majors is within 5 percentage points of a category border (professions direction).
Undergraduate program classification: the graduate coexistence measure is within 5 percentage points of the category with lower coexistence.
5. Announcements – Dr. Jo-Ann Marrs stated the Nursing RODP program has been approved and accredited.
March 27, 2006
1.
Proposal
for Alternate Thesis/Dissertation Format Option
–
presenters:
Don Hoover and Kevin Burke
–
This is
a recommendation not a requirement
–
Prepared
by Dr. Cecilia McIntosh
Proposal for Alternate Thesis/Dissertation
Format Option
In the fall of 2005,
there was a request for a meeting to discuss and consider the possibility of
accepting an alternate (manuscript/journal) thesis/dissertation format. The program proposal for a Ph.D. in
Environmental Health Sciences also indicated interest in this idea. The Alternate Format would embrace including
organization of the major part of the thesis or dissertation into scientific
journal article format. An ad hoc
committee was formed to start a dialogue and to look into this further. Current members of this committee are:
Kevin Burke, chair,
Dept. Physical Education, Exercise, & Sport Sciences
Kurt Maier, Dept.
Environmental Health Sciences
Mitch Robinson,
Asst. Dean Biomedical Sciences Grad. Program
John Taylor,
“retired”, Curriculum and Instruction
Don Hoover,
Biomedical Sciences
Celia McIntosh,
Asst. Dean Graduate Studies; also Biological Sciences
The committee has
met several times to discuss options and formats, to find facts on other
programs allowing this format, and to draft a thesis/dissertation guide that
includes this as an option. Information
on these topics is presented below.
Part I. Rationale for Alternate Format Option for
Theses/Dissertations
As Robert Day (1998) stated, "A
scientific experiment, no matter how spectacular the results, is not completed
until the results are published." While the traditional “chapter” style
for theses and dissertations has deep roots within academe, the advantage of
the alternate (manuscript/journal) format for theses/dissertations is that
students (and faculty) will have published, submitted for publication, or be
ready to submit one or more manuscripts to scholarly journals upon completion
of the thesis/dissertation. For this reason, the ad hoc Alternate
Thesis/Dissertation Format committee recommends this format be added as an option
for thesis/dissertation preparation at ETSU.
Once students (with faculty approval
and assistance) have completed their thesis/dissertation projects, there may be
some resistance from the students to the task of revising their thesis/dissertation
for publication as a peer-reviewed article. Many times the students have worked
so hard on their individual documents that, once completed, they simply do not
want to go through the process of editing and reformatting the thesis/dissertation
for submission to a journal. Often, this leaves the thesis/dissertation
director with the task of “readying” the manuscript for submission. This may
result in a long delay before publication or the manuscript may “slip through
the cracks” and never be submitted for publication. However, many of the student research
projects done in collaboration with faculty mentors are worthy of publication
and dissemination to a wider audience.
The Alternate Format facilitates
timely submission of completed thesis/dissertation research for publication by
substantially reducing the amount of editing that would normally be necessary
using the traditional format. By establishing the Alternate Format as an option,
students and faculty will be encouraged to submit theses/dissertations with a
component that is essentially ready for review by a peer-reviewed journal. In
other words, there will be very little (and in some cases no) editing required
before submission for publication to a scholarly journal. The Alternate Format
encourages a “climate of publication” at the university and provides another
valuable and practical learning experience for the students.
The Alternate Format allows
students to include one or more manuscripts as a significant part of the
thesis/dissertation with each full manuscript contained in its own chapter.
This format also allows for the inclusion of manuscripts that have content
based on the thesis/dissertation research but have been published prior to the
actual writing of the thesis/dissertation. For the Alternate Format, each
manuscript must be formatted in the appropriate style for the journal of
interest. It is imperative that students
discuss possible journals with their Thesis/Dissertation Directors so the
appropriate thesis/dissertation chapters will be developed in the appropriate
style. The style must be agreed
upon by the thesis committee and the student at the thesis/dissertation
proposal meeting. Although the students
will use the style of an appropriate journal, the
Day, Robert A. 1998. How to Write and Publish a Scientific
Paper. 5th ed., The Oryx
Press,
Part II. Examples of Schools Accepting this Format for
All or Some of Their Programs: (note – use seems to be more prevalent in
science-related programs)
Part III. Conditions and Process for Use
a.
Each
program must determine whether or not to accept this format. If the program approves, the Program Director
will need to inform the
b.
If a
program elects to allow use of the Alternate Format as an option, the student’s
committee must agree to its use. The
c.
The
responsibility for assuring the format fits that of the target journal will
rest with the student’s advisory committee.
Part IV. Revised “Guide for Preparation of Electronic
Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
The revised
guideline is attached. Highlighted
portions in the Table of Contents indicate components added to incorporate the
Alternate Format. (The complete guidelines is placed with the March minutes)
Part V. Committee
Recommendation
The ad hoc committee
recommends that the Graduate Council approve the Alternate Format as an
additional OPTION that may be used for a thesis or dissertation under
the specified conditions. This would
take effect in Fall 2006. If approved,
the School of Graduate Studies will immediately disseminate information to
program chairs and coordinators, include this information in the annual
graduate coordinator meeting in the fall, update its ETD site, update and post
the Thesis/Dissertation Format Guideline Document (on the web), and incorporate
this information into future ETD workshops.
Action taken by Council with one opposed: Approved with corrections of language
regarding multiple authors.
Dr. Maria Tedesco
opposed
The definition of a terminal degree relates to the highest degree in a
discipline. For example, in the
April 24, 2006
(No miscellaneous changes)
May 2006
(No Graduate Council meeting)