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Graduate Studies Committee Meeting for
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Graduate Studies Committee Meeting for November 30, 2006
Members Present: S. Basim, M. Bednarski, R. Bilisoly, C. Button, G. Claffey, R. Cohen, S. Cohen, M. Davis, R. Emiliani, K. Farrington, G. Fitzgerald, P. Foster, Z. He, M. Matthews, G. Mejia, B. Nicholson, J. Nicoll-Sneft, S. Seider, K. Tower, K. Weiss, R. Wood, N. Zlatareva
Guests/ex. officio: P. Lemma, A. Pautz
G. Fitzgerald called the meeting to order at 2:35pm.
I. Welcome and Approval of Minutes A. Members present approved the October 26, 2006 minutes with no edits.
II. Announcements from Dean Lemma A. Problems with Planned Programs: Several problems have been found by the Graduate Office. Please bring this information back to your departments so that all advisors are aware of it. a. Students are continuing to not have their planned program submitted until the end of their programs. b. Some students have submitted the planned program without elective courses being filled in. This leaves the impression that students can take any classes that they choose. c. Some students have 400 level courses that are not in the Graduate Catalog. Before approving any 400 level courses for the Planned Program, please check that the course(s) are in the graduate catalog.
B. Lists were sent to all GSC representatives and to department chairs of over 1000 continuing students who have not yet registered for spring 2007. Many departments have notified the students to register as soon as possible. Please ask if your department can do the same.
C. Faculty have notified the Dean about students who they think have dropped or have withdrawn from the program; they have also stated that students have changed their programs. In order for any of these to become official, students need to initiate an action: they need to submit an official University withdrawal through the registrar’s office or submit an official change of Major form through the Graduate Office.
D. Graduate reception for Academic Awards and Outstanding Scholars will be held February 22, 2007, 5pm-7pm.
E. At the Graduate Forum on December 7, a draft rubric for assessing graduate capstones will be distributed in preparation for NEASC accreditation. If no one from your department is able to attend the forum, contact the Dean to discuss the general use of the rubric for all graduate programs. The Dean hopes to pilot the use of the rubric in spring 2007.
F. The Graduate Admissions date for applications has been extended until December 11, 2006, due to fewer applications being received than expected. If Departments are willing to extend this date for processing applications further, please contact Dean Lemma.
DI. Committee Reports
A. Appeals None.
B. Policy
S. Seider reported that the Policy Committee met to review the following:
1. Note that the FRESH START POLICY has two possible iterations and two possible titles.
ITERATION #1 FRESH START POLICY A student can independently or in conjunction with the Department initiate an appeal to the Dean, School of Graduate Studies that includes a rationale as to why grades for courses taken X or more years ago at Central Connecticut State University that appear on the CCSU graduate transcript not be calculated for the program he or she is now enrolled. Each case will be decided on its own merits.
Guidelines: · Graduate students admitted to a program · Graduate level transcript grades from CCSU · Graduate students may only use this option one time.
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ITERATION #2 GRADE OMISSION POLICY A student who has been admitted to a graduate program can independently or in conjunction with his or her Department initiate an appeal to the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies that includes a rationale as to why grades for graduate level courses taken X or more years ago at CCSU that appear on the graduate transcript should not be used in calculating the student’s GPA. Courses so omitted from the GPA calculation may not be used in the planned program in which the student is now enrolled. Each appeal will be decided on its own merits and students may use this option only one time.
The discussion ensued about the italicized areas and which iteration to use. A consensus could not be made on this or the number of years that should be used. As a result, this was tabled pending further feedback back from departments. Tabled.
2. POLICY ON 500 LEVEL COURSES TAKEN AS NON-MATRICULATED STUDENT At the discretion of the advisor and the Dean, School of Graduate Studies, 9 credits at the 500 level taken as a non matriculated student may be applied to the student's graduate degree's planned program of study. In addition, at the request of the student, the Department and Dean will review the student’s graduate transcript as a non-matriculated student and may approve other courses, beyond those nine credits, that he or she wishes to be applied to that degree program.
Students must be admitted to a graduate program in order to be awarded a degree in that program. Approved.
3. POLICY ON 400 LEVEL COURSES AND ABOVE
Courses numbered 400 and above may be included in a planned program of graduate study when they are listed in the graduate catalog and the course description so allows. Students may have a maximum of nine credits (and in some cases zero to six, depending on the program) at the 400 level when approved by the program advisor. The nine credit limit on 400-level courses does not apply to graduate post-baccalaureate teacher certification programs and to some official certificate programs. Graduate students enrolled in 400-level classes are required to do additional work as compared to their undergraduate classmates.
Courses numbered under 400 may be applied toward teacher certification and official certificate programs when recommended by the advisor but will not be approved for inclusion in other graduate degree programs. Approved.
C. Scholarship G. Fitzgerald reported in D. Mitchell’s absence. The Graduate Studies Scholarship Committee met on November 9 and 13th to review the nominations for the Graduate Academic Awards and Outstanding Scholar Awards. The following nominees were recommended for Graduate Academic Awards:Student Name Graduate Program Amundsen, Allan M.A., History Camposeo, Katherine M.S., Art Education Curraro, Marriah M.S., TESOL DePeau, Edward M.S., Mathematics Dickson, Robert M.S., Music Education Girard, Brian M.S., Biological Sciences: Anesthesia Harrington, Marcia M.S., Early Childhood Education Heverling, Kerry M.A., English Howard-Bender, Katherine M.S., Reading and Language Arts Kwasnick, Dennis M.S., Criminal Justice Leavitt, Katherine M.S., Computer Information Technology Linabury, Mark M.S., Educational Foundations Liu, Qing M.A., Mathematics McCarthy, Brian M.A., Spanish McGurn, Katherine M.A., Public History McKay, Elizabeth M.A., Psychology Mihalyo, Marianne M.A., Biomolecular Sciences Murugan, Senthil M.S., Data Mining Murphy, Cherilyn M.S., Physical Education O’Brian, Richard 6th Year Certificate, Reading & Language Arts O’Connell, Carli M.S., Special Education Oliveri, Nadine M.S., Marriage and Family Therapy Powell, John M.A., Biology Preli, Linda M.S., Natural Sciences: Science Education Putt, Rebecca M.S., Communication Schmidt, Matthew M.S., Technology Management Sigel, Pat M.S., Professional and Rehabilitation Counseling Sikora, Behn M.S., Educational Leadership Smith, Scott M.S., Geography Sparrow, Ryan M.S., Engineering Technology Weatherby, Carol M.S., Elementary Education
The following nominees were recommended for Outstanding Scholar Awards:
Student Name School & Program McKay, Elizabeth Arts & Sciences M.A., Psychology Oliveri, Nadine Education & Professional Studies M.S., Marriage and Family Therapy Sparrow, Ryan Technology M.S., Engineering Technology
Information on the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program was distributed.
D. Curriculum
J. Nicoll-Senft reported that the committee met with the following recommendations:
Item #1: Criminal Justice a. Course revision of CJ 510 Proseminar on Law and Social Control b. Course revision of CJ 520 Proseminar on the Administration of Justice c. Course revision of CJ 533 Research methods in Criminal Justice d. Course revision of CJ 534 Quantitative Analysis in Criminal Justice Research Approved. Item #2: History b. Course Deletion: HIS 423 Colonial Period of American History c. Course Deletion: HIS 424 Establishment of a New Nation d. Course Deletion: HIS 425 Era of National Development e. Course Deletion: HIS 426 The United States, 1850-1896 f. Course Deletion: HIS 427 The United States, 1890-1933 g. Course Deletion: HIS 428 The United States since 1933 h. Course Revision: HIS 442 European History, 1650-1815 i. Course Revision: HIS 443 European History, 1815-1918 j. Course Revision: HIS 444 European History, 1918 to Present k. Course Revision: HIS 453 History of Modern China l. Course Revision: HIS 454 History of Modern Japan m. Course Deletion: HIS 463 Constitutional History of the United States to 1900 n. Course Revision: HIS 472 Modern Middle East o. Course Revision: HIS 473 History of Judaism p. Course Deletion: HIS 489 American Labor History q. Course Revision: HIS 501 Historiography Approved. Item #3: Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies a. Course Revision: WS 430 Internship in Women’s Studies b. Course Revision: WS 469 Readings in Women’s Studies Approved. Item #4: Reading a. Course Deletion: RDG 505 Developmental Readings in Secondary School b. Course Addition: RDG 506 Developmental Readings in Secondary School Tabled. Item #5: Biology a. Course Revision: BIO 321 Marine Invertebrate Biology b. Course Revision: BIO 412 Human Physiology c. Course Revision: BIO 420 Ornithology Approved. Item #6: Biomolecular Sciences a. Course Revision: BMS Human Physiology Approved. Item #7: Computer Science a. Course Revision: CS 410 Introduction to Software Engineering b. Course Revision: CS 481 Operating Systems Design c. Course Revision: CS 492 Computer Security Tabled. Item #8: English a. Course Revision: ENG 530 Special Topics in Literature b. Program Revision: MASTER OF ARTS IN ENGLISH Approved. Item #9: Nursing a. Course Revision: NRSE 490 Health Care Management Tabled. Item #10: Physical Education and Human Performance A. Course Revision: PE 402 Organization and Administration of Physical Education B. Course Revision: PE 406 Adapted Physical Education Approved. Item #11: Psychology a. Course Revision: PSY 470 Theories of Personality Item #12: Special Education a. Course Revision: SPED 498 Independent Study in Special Education b. Program Revision: Post-Baccalaureate Program for Certification in Special Education Approved.
Discussion item: Pre-requisites for programs pertaining to students who are conditionally admitted to permit online registration. Proposed pre-requisites should read: Conditional or fully admitted to the MS/MA XXX Program” to allow both conditional and fully admitted students to register online.
The Issues: 1. If “conditional admit” was added to the Banner coding, then students conditionally admitted could register online. 2. This could allow them to register for classes that are not listed in their letter.
Discussion ensued. A reminder was made that conditionally admitted students need to notify the advisor that they took the courses listed as conditions and met all conditions. After the advisor verifies this, the Dean sends a formal letter to the student admitting them to the program and changes the student’s code in Banner.
Another way this could work would be that if a department has a program that requires pre-requisites, they must decide whether to make this decision across the board or on a case by case basis. The Dean asked that this be taken back to departments to see what they want to do.
DII. Report from the Graduate Student Association None.
DIII. Old Business
A. By-Laws S.Cohen reported back from the Faculty Senate with suggested revisions for the GSC Bylaws. Suggestion 1: I.A. The Faculty Senate suggested that the departments stagger the terms of the members. G. Fitzgerald reminded the committee that because each department has their own election schedule, there is never any time when the committee has a complete change over. I A. One member and alternate shall be elected for a two-year term from and by the faculty of each academic department offering graduate degrees and of the University library. Elected alternates can serve as voting representatives of their departments only when elected members are unable to fulfill their responsibilities.
Suggestion 2: II. A. Terms: The Faculty Senate questioned why committee members have two year terms and the chair and secretary have three year terms. G. Fitzgerald explained that this is a non-issue. The committee leadership serve longer terms to more continuity to the committee. If the person in the position is not re-elected by their department, GSC can re-elect them since they hold a leadership position. II.A. The GSC shall organize itself in the spring before the end of the academic year, electing its chair and secretary from among those members representing academic departments and the University library. The chair and secretary shall serve a three-year term, not to exceed two consecutive terms. Suggestion 3: II. E. Bylaws Amendment: The decision was made to add 2/3 majority vote of GSC members present, since that is the practice. II.E. The by-laws may be amended by a 2/3 majority vote of GSC members present at any regular or special meeting of the GSC provided that written amendments are presented to the GSC members at least 30 days prior to the call of the meeting. The by-laws shall be provided to members prior to the first fall GSC meeting. Suggestion 4: II F. This was changed from the Monday prior to the meeting to three working days prior to the meeting.
A. II.F. An agenda of items to be considered in any meeting shall be sent by the Chair to members of the committee, Department Chairs and appropriate administrators no later than three working days prior to the meeting.
DIV. New Business Meeting dates: G. Fitzgerald announced the meeting dates for the spring. January 25, 2007 February 22, 2007 March 22, 2007 April 26, 2007
DV. Adjournment –3:50 pm.
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Members Present: C. Broadus-Garcia, G. Claffey, S. Cox, M. Davis, C. Dimmick, J. DiPlacido, K. Farrington, F. Frangione, K. Hermes, J. Kovel, P. Kyem, M. LaFontaine, J. Lefebvre, J. Malley, G. Mejia, E. Pancsofar, V. Rajaravivarma, L. Recoder, M. Roxas, P. Vernesoni Guests/ex officio: P. Lemma, C. Jones, C. Pudlinski, R. Cohen, J. Fitzgerald, J. Nicoll-Senft
J. Malley called the Graduate Studies Committee to order at 2:35 pm and acknowledged the presence of three individuals who will join the Graduate Studies Committee for the next academic year: Ralph Cohen (Counseling and Family Therapy), Joan Nicoll-Senft (Special Education), Glynis Fitzgerald (Communications) I. Approval of Minutes A. Members present approved the minutes of March 20, 2003, with no edits. II. Announcements from Dean Lemma (written as part of agenda) A. Acknowledgement of Appreciation P. Lemma expressed her thanks (in writing) to everyone who has served on the Graduate Studies Committee this year and she especially extended her warm regards to those who will be leaving the committee this year. She stated that the Graduate Studies Committee has played a vital role in re-establishing the visibility of Graduate Studies and in formulating policies and procedures to strengthen the Graduate School. She continued that she is grateful for this input, advice and recommendations. B. Graduate Commencement May 22, 2003. Dean Lemma is seeking faculty to participate for the hooding ceremony and to serve as marshals. C. Graduate Applications Departments are requested to review graduate applications for the fall semester and return them to Graduate Admissions before the end of the semester. In addition, some mechanism should be established during the summer months for departments who review candidate files. If no one will be at the department for the summer, the chair or admission committee is asked to contact Dean Lemma and Kevin Oliva so that a procedure can be put into place. D. Graduate Research and Creative Presentation Day Submission of abstracts by students for the Graduate Research and Creative Presentation Day are due April 29th. Please send as attachments to Dean Lemma or Morgans@ccsu.edu. III. Report from Graduate Student Association (GSA): No formal report. T. Moffo updated committee members about the elections that were in process today and tomorrow. IV. Unfinished Business A. Spring Graduate Forum J. Malley indicated that the recently convened Graduate Forum was a success with excellent conversation among participants. Dean Lemma shared updated enrollment figures for each program. Of specific note was the recipient of the first Graduate Studies Community of Scholarship Tribute. This recognition was awarded to the Biology Department as an example of a program that adheres to and lives the graduate tenets. B. J. Malley reminded members present about the Graduate Research and Creative Presentation Day and urged departments to have their students exhibit their work: Wednesday, May 14th. V. Committees A. Scholarship K. Farrington announced the recipients of the GSA scholarship ($1,000 each): Colleen Sprague Bretthauer (Music Department) and Virginia Crean (Department of Reading and Language Arts) B. Appeals: G. Claffey reported that there were no appeals considered by the committee since the last meeting of the graduate studies committee. C. Policy: C. Broadus-Garcia updated members on the following issues: 1. Graduate Assistant Application: Please be specific about how you will evaluate the graduate assistant(s) in your department. Write in the criteria by which that person will be evaluated. This is an important part of the application process. 2. Enrollment in 500 level courses: The enrollment form is now on line. The major change is the requirement of a 3.00 GPA by the undergraduate applicant who desires to enroll in a 500 level course. 3. Application for Changes in the Admissions Policy by a Department: Two departments submitted changes in admissions policy: Counseling and Family Therapy and Physical Education and Health Studies. Since the Policy Committee has already met and Cassandra only recently received these changes, she brought them to the full graduate studies committee to be discussed and voted upon. Initially, C. Dimmick made a motion to review the two admission changes as a package. There was a second and discussion ensued regarding elements of both submissions. After some clarification, it was C. Dimmick who moved to divide the original motion into two motions. There was a second. J. Malley highlighted the main changes in the admissions requirements into the Counseling and Family Therapy program. Motion to approve changes passed After a lengthy discussion regarding the appropriateness of the graduate studies committee reviewing proposals that involved admittance into the professional program in teacher education, C. Dimmick moved to defer the request to the School of Education and Professional Studies – Professional Curriculum Certification Council. Motion approved 4. Plan C Handbook: C. Broadus-Garcia and Dean Lemma presented a proposal for adoption by the graduate studies committee regarding additions to the Plan C Handbook. These additions involved a place on the acceptance form where two members of the Special Project’s committee must sign and that the Special Project contain a section referred to as a review of the literature. G. Mejia moved to accept these additions to the Plan C Handbook. Motion passed. In further discussion, there was a consensus that there would be maximum flexibility pertaining to style requirements based on the professional judgment of members of each department/program.
D. Curriculum P. Vernesoni extended his sincere appreciation to all the members of the graduate studies curriculum committee. The minutes of the graduate studies curriculum committee from April 17th were approved as submitted with minor editorial corrections. J. Malley added his personal thanks to P. Vernesoni for the consistent, masterful way in which he chaired this committee. He also thanked Dr. Charles Dimmick who is retiring after 30 years of service to CCSU, and to Dr. Chris Pudlinski, Chair of the Curriculum for his leadership and cooperation. C. Pudlinski requested that members present provide him updated information about any courses listed in the appendix of the graduate studies curriculum committee’s report: Courses not taught in the last two years and targeted for removal from the Graduate Catalog. VI. New Business Election of Officers for the new term: September 2003 – May 2005. Nominations for Chair of Graduate Studies committee: G. Mejia. No additional nominations. Nominations for Secretary: K. Farrington. No additional nominations. C. Dimmick moved to accept the slate as nominated, second by C. Broadus-Garcia. Passed. VII. Adjournment - 3:45 pm |
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