East Tennessee State University
Graduate Council
Annual Report
2006-2007

Graduate Council Membership

Voting Members:

 

David Arnall, Ph.D, Member-at-Large
William Scott Champney, Ph.D. College of Medicine
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. College of Medicine
Jo-Ann Marrs, Ed.D. College of Nursing
Phillip E. Pfeiffer, IV, Ph.D., Member-at-Large
Martha Pointer, Ph.D., College of Business and Technology
Jasmine Renner, Ph.D., College of Education
Robert Sawyer, Ph.D., Arts and Sciences
Phillip Scheuerman, Ph.D., College of Public and Allied Health
Marie Tedesco, Ph.D. School of Continuing Studies
Paul Trogen, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
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 School of Graduate Studies

Wayne Gillespie., Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Maria Costa, International Programs
Cecilia McIntosh, Ph.D. Assistant Dean, School of Graduate Studies
Jeffrey Powers-Beck, Ph.D. Assistant Dean, School of Graduate Studies
Michael Woodruff, Ph.D. Vice Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs

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:

37 New Graduate Faculty Appointments

40 Graduate Faculty Re-appointments

47 New Courses Approved

0 Courses Deleted

7 Course Changes

15 Curriculum Changes

00 Editorial Changes

00 Miscellaneous Graduate Council Actions

Section 1: Graduate Faculty Appointments/Reappointments approved

September 30, 2006

(No graduate faculty reviewed)

 

October 30, 2006

(No graduate faculty reviewed)

 

November 20, 2006

 

New Appointments to Graduate Faculty:

Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:

January 29, 2007

 

New appointments to Graduate Faculty:  

Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:

 

February 2007

(No graduate faculty reviewed)

March 26, 2007

New appointments to Graduate Faculty:

Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:

April 30, 2007

 

New appointments to Graduate Faculty:

Re-appointments to Graduate Faculty:

May 23, 2007

(No graduate faculty reviewed)

 Section 2: New Courses Approved

 

October 30, 2006

  1. PHIL 5077 - Contemporary Continental Philosophy
  2. PHIL 5087 - Topics in Analytic Philosophy
  3. CDIS 5290 – Advanced Adult Neurogenic Cognitive Communicative Disorders

 

 

November 20, 2006

1. PMNU 5501 – New Course - Leadership in Nursing Administration

January 29,2007

 

 

 

February 26, 2007

 

March 26, 2007

None

April 30, 2007

 

 

 

Section 3: Courses Deleted

 

Section 4: Course Changes

 

October 30, 2006

None

 

November 20, 2006

 

None

 

December 2006

(No Graduate Council Meeting)

 

January 29, 2007

 

None

February 26, 2007

 

 

March 26, 2007

None

 

April 30, 2007

 

1. Doctor of Public Health Establish a New Concentration

 

May 23, 2007

None

Section 5: Curriculum Changes

 

October 30, 2006

 

The department voted to replace Seminar in Taxation (ACCT 5410) with Income Taxes II (ACCT 4427/5427). Most of our MACC students are attempting to get either their 150 hours required by most all states, or to earn the MACC designation. Without the Corporate Taxation course (ACCT 5427), the pass rate on the CPA exam has decreased. ACCT 4427/5427 is currently in the catalog. The undergraduate option will be retained for those having 150 hours, but needing this course to improve their understanding of corporate taxation. ACCT 5410 will be retained as an elective for MACC students. Additionally, with the change in content of BADM 5710, Strategic Management Process, (since changed to BADM 5500) in the Master of Business Administration program, it does meet the needs of MACC students. Currently, BADM 5500 is used as the first part of a sequence in which MBA students begin working with the clients they will consult with as part of BADM 5800, Strategic Experience. Since MACC students do not take BADM 5800, they should not take BADM 5500. In place of BADM 5500 (previously BADM 5710), MACC students should take a strategy course that fits with their professional interests. Courses from which MACC students may choose include the following: BADM 5170, Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation BADM 5320, Operations Strategy BADM 5340, Human Resource Strategy BADM 5400, Market Strategy MGMT 5590, Strategic Planning for Health Care

 

November 20, 2006

 

1. Non-Substantive Curriculum Change in the Sports Management concentration

2. Substantive Curriculum modification of the Master of Arts in Physical Education

 

December 2006

(No graduate council meeting)

 

January 29, 2007

1. Communicative Disorders Non-Substantive Curriculum Change

 

February 26, 2007

1. Master of Science in Nursing – Non-Substantive Curriculum Change

2. Master of Business Administration – Substantive curriculum modification

3.Master of Business Administration – Add Accounting concentration

4. Master of Education in Elementary Education – Substantive curriculum modification

March 26, 2007

1. ALNU 5210, Advanced Pharmacology for Non-Prescribers

2. FCNU 5220, Population-Based Clinical Nursing Care

3. Non-substantive curriculum change in DSN. Dr. Powers-Beck asked Dr. Marrs to explain this change. Dr. Marrs explained that the Introduction to Graduate Statistics course was being deleted from the program of study and moved to a prerequisite requirement for admission. This change reduces the required number of hours from 62 to 59.

 

April 30, 2007

 

1. Master of Public Health Non-Substantive Curriculum Change

 

May 23,2007

 

1. Master of Education in Elementary Education – Substantive curriculum modification

 

Section 6: Editorial Changes

 No editorial changes

Section 7: Miscellaneous Actions

 None

ETSU rating:

Level: 4 year

Control: Public

Total Enrollment: 11, 869

 

ClassificationsCategory

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

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