Graduate Council Minutes
For meeting held Monday, November 16, 2020
PRESENT: Dan Gil, Steve Mann, Lindsay Ma, Erin Atwood, Mary Twis, Linda Hughes, Darren Middleton, Catherine Coleman, Taryn Allen, Ann Gipson, Emily Lund, Peter Worthing, David Allen, Julie O’Neil, Jan Lacina, Debbie Rhea, Suzy Lockwood, Tim Barth, Mary Kincannon, Johnny Nhan
ABSENT: John Harvey, Giridhar Akkaraju, Patricia Walters, Marlo Jeffries, Will Gibbons, Francyne Huckaby, Courtney Kimmel,
GUESTS: Chris Hightower, Rhiannon Mayne, Ali McCullough, Joanna Schmidt, Jackson Pearson (attended as GSS representative for Courtney Kimmel)
The meeting was called to order at 3:00 p.m. with Dr. Johnny Nhan presiding.
CONSENT AGENDA – All items were approved
I. College of Science & Engineering
Geology:
Proposal for Change in Existing Course(s):
GEOL 50493 – Change in course description
GEOL 50593 – Change in title and description
GEOL 50713 – Change in course number
REGULAR AGENDA – All items were approved, with exceptions as stated by the proposal.
I. College of Education
Change in Program(s):
EDPC-MED (Professional Counseling) – drop program
TCU-MAT (TCUTeach-mid/sec Ed MAT) – drop program
Supporting document – SACSCOC Justification for EDPC-MED & TCU-MAT
II. College of Science & Engineering
Change in Program(s): Ralph Lowe Energy Management
RLEM-CRT – drop program – Proposal was tabled
Supporting document – SACSCOC Justification
New Course(s): Environmental Science
ENSC 50213 – Environmental Geology – Approved with the following revision:
1. Update syllabus using Koehler Center template as example.
ENSC 50493 – Physical Hydrology
ENSC 50593 – Environmental Modeling
III. Neeley School of Business
Change in Program(s):
MAC (Master of Accounting) – drop various programs
MBA (Ministry & Non-Profit) – drop program
MSBA (Master of Science Business Analytics) – change in program requirements
New Course(s):
ACCT 60011 – Accounting Fundamentals – Approved with the following revision:
1. Update syllabus using Koehler Center template as example.
BUSI 60090 – Data Ethics Privacy – Approved with the following revision:
1. Update syllabus using Koehler Center template as example.
INSC 60051 – Tech Boot Camp
Graduate Studies
Graduate Certificate Programs – Report by Dr. Fran Huckaby – Unable to attend, will report at future GC Meeting
Meeting adjourned at 3:35