Graduate Council Minutes
For meeting held Monday, March 06, 2023



PRESENT: David G. Allen, Tim Barth, Gina Bombola, Danielle Brimo-Picanes, Sunny Farhadi, Nicole Fisher, Lynn Flahive, Marlo Jeffries, Todd Kerstetter, Johnny Nhan, Esther Paik, Elizabeth Plummer, Ashley Tull, Kara Vuic, David Weltman, Floyd Wormley, Peter Worthing, Jackie Zhuang

ABSENT: Giri Akkaraju, David E. Allen, Lori Diel, Leslie Ekpe, Amber Esping, Dan Gil, Jason Helms, Dan Jian, Jan Lacina, Suzy Lockwood, Julie O’Neil, Tiffany Wendt

The meeting was called to order at 3:03 pm with Dr. Floyd Wormley and Dr. Johnny Nhan presiding.

CONSENT AGENDA – All items were approved

I. Neeley School of Business

Proposal for Change in Existing Course(s):

BUSI 60090 – Change in credit hours
INSC 60050 – Change in course number, description and credit hours
ACCT 55153 – Change in course number
ACCT 55250 – Change in course number
ACCT 55253 – Change in course number
ACCT 55303 – Change in course number
ACCT 55350 – Change in course number
ACCT 55450 – Change in course number
ACCT 55460 – Change in course number
ACCT 55550 – Change in course number

REGULAR AGENDA – All items were approved

I. Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Proposal for Change in Program(s):

MSAT – Change in program requirements
KINE-MS – Change in program policy
HCHS PhD – Change in program prerequisites
COSD – Change in program requirements

II. Neeley School of Business

Proposal for Change in Program(s):

MSBA – Change in program requirements
MAc – Change in program requirements

Proposal for New Course(s):

ACCT 60110 – Accounting and Analytics – approved with edits
ENTR 70630 – Data Analytics Capstone for Entrepreneurial Decision Making – approved with edits
FINA 60110 – Finance and Analytics
INSC 66110 – Supply Chain Management and Analytics
INSC 60120 – Survey of Analytics Technology – approved with edits
MARK 60110 – Marketing and Analytics
ACCT 55200 – Business Intelligence and Accounting Analytics – approved with edits

III. Graduate Studies

  • Must transfer credits be accepted? It must be stated in the Graduate Catalogue if you do not accept transfer credits.
  • What are the criteria for the new Graduate Chancellor’s Award? This award will only be offered this one year as it is duplicated with the awards already given.
  • Please be aware the Graduate Student Travel Grant Awards have now been exhausted for this budget year. No new awards will be granted for travel to take place prior to June 1st.

Meeting was adjourned at 3:53 pm.