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Graduate Council
MINUTES #476
March 9, 2022
Attending: Jerry Lin, Carly Cox, Tammy Henderson, Vivek Natarajan, Debbie Troxclair, Donna Azodi, David Short, Jeff Forret, Brett Welch, Xianchang Li
Approval of Minutes
#475 – February 16, 2022
Motion to accept: Azodi; second: Forret
Old Business
College of Education & Human Development
Teacher Education – proposal for new M.Ed in Literacy Leadership in Urban Education was tabled at Feb 2022 meeting due to in-progress syllabi revisions, and council had issues with the inclusion of “Urban Education” in the program title that was not reflected in any of the course titles or descriptions. Recommendations were made to Dean Spina and changes were made.
Course Addition |
PEDG 5304 |
Foundations of Literacy Leadership |
Course Addition |
PEDG 5305 |
Multisensory Literacy Learning |
Course Addition |
PEDG 5306 |
Practicum I – Elementary Populations |
Course Addition |
PEDG 5308 |
Second Language Literacy |
Course Addition |
PEDG 5309 |
Literature and Instructional Materials in Urban Reading Programs |
Course Addition |
PEDG 5311 |
Politics of Literacy |
Course Addition |
PEDG 5312 |
Practicum II – Secondary Populations |
Course Addition |
PEDG 5313 |
Administration and Supervision of Urban Literacy Programs |
Course Addition |
PEDG 5314 |
Identification and Correction of Reading Difficulties |
Course Addition |
PEDG 5320 |
Cognition and Emergent Literacy |
College of Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering – proposing new graduate certificate program: Engineering with Nature. Includes one course addition (CVEN 5339) and one course change (CVEN 5335).
New Business
College of Arts & Sciences
Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice – proposing course addition (CRIJ 5346 Capstone in Criminal Justice) as a required course for the Master’s in Criminal Justice degree plan; course was previously offered as an elective course.
English & Modern Languages – proposing modification of MA Teaching Spanish degree plan to include two previously-approved thesis courses. Memo provided by department contains degree plans for thesis and non-thesis options.
College of Business
School of Accounting – proposing degree plan changes for MS Professional Accounting to align curriculum with the program’s new STEM designation. See memo for full details. No course additions or changes needed.