All actions taken by the Graduate Council will have a twenty-one (21) day faculty protest period except for new courses, course changes and petitions which will be considered approved by the Graduate Faculty if no written protest is received in the Graduate College within seven (7) days.

Present: Lee Williams, Janis Paul, Julia Abramson, Sanaz Aghazadeh, Samir Barman, Sally Beach, Michael Bemben, LeRoy Blank, I-Kwang Chang, Sudarshan Dhall, John Duncan, Charity Gillman, Charbel Khoury, Mary Linn, Maureen Taylor, Theodore Trafalis, Irvin Wagner

Absent: William O. Ray, Denise Beesley, Sam Stalcup, Bret Wallach

Guest: Musharraf Zaman

General Business

• The minutes from June 5, 2007 were approved.
• There was an introduction of members after which Dean Williams explained the purpose of the Graduate Council and how it is structured to govern graduate studies at the University.

Program Modifications 

• The Engineering Master of Science proposed program modification was approved.  The changes will make the program more uniform by specifying the coursework and other requirements.  The new program will not, however, eliminate the interdisciplinary aspect of the program.
• The Engineering PhD proposed program modification was approved.  The new program will require more specific coursework and other requirements which will make it more uniform and focused.  It will not, however, eliminate the interdisciplinary aspect of the program.
• The Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum M. Ed. proposed program modification was withdrawn.
• The Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum PhD proposed program modification was withdrawn.
• The Master of Music Theory proposed program modification was approved.  The changes will make the program more specific and focused, which will more directly aim toward the objectives of the degree.

Interdisciplinary Degree Program

• Wei Guan’s proposed interdisciplinary degree program was tabled.  It was determined that the proposed courses are those required for a PhD in Math, which eliminates the need for an interdisciplinary degree.  It was not clear, however, that her dissertation topic fits the Math degree.

Course Changes

The following course changes and proposals were unanimously approved.  Only brief information regarding approved changes follows; however, original course change proposals will be on file in the Graduate College through the seven-day protest period if you have questions or concerns about any of the following.  Please contact the Graduate Council Secretary, Clarissa Dobrinski, at 325-3811 if you wish to review any of these materials.

AMGT 5030. Course addition
AMGT 5043. Course addition
AMGT 5053. Course addition
AMGT 5130. Course addition
AMGT 5153. Course addition
CEES 5333. Change course number; change prerequisite
ECE †3793. Change prerequisite; add corequisite; change description
ECE †3813. Change prerequisite
ECE †4773. Delete graduate credit within the department
ECE G4823. Change prerequisite
ECE 5163. Change prerequisite
ECE 5533. Course addition
ECE 5553. Course addition
ECE 5563. Course addition
ECE 5573. Course addition
ECE 5583. Course addition
ECE 5593. Course addition
ECE 6813. Change prerequisite
EDSS 5043. Course addition
LSTD 5163. Course addition
MUTH 5813. Course addition
MUTH 5823. Course addition
MUTH 5843. Course addition
MUTH 5853. Course addition
MUTH 5863. Course addition
MUTH 5873. Course addition
MUTH 5883. Course addition
MUTH 6833. Change course number; change prerequisite
S WK 5223. Course addition
TCOM 5113. Change course number; add crosslisting; change prerequisite
TCOM 5213. Change course number; add crosslisting; change prerequisite
TCOM 5223. Change course number; add crosslisting;
TCOM 5253. Change course number; add crosslisting; change prerequisite
TCOM 5272. Change prerequisite
TCOM 5553. Add crosslisting; change prerequisite
TCOM 5583. Course addition
TCOM 5593. Course addition

The following new course proposals were tabled until it is determined where there are duplicate courses in other departments:

AMGT 5023
AMGT 5143
AMGT 5243
ECE 5543

Informational Items

• Dean Williams updated the Council on graduate enrollment management and fellowship accountability.

With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m.  The next regularly scheduled meeting will be October 2, 2007.