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Graduate Council Agenda for April 22, 2013

3:00 – 5:00 p.m., Horrabin Hall, Room 60/QC 60th Street Campus, Room 114

College of Arts & Sciences: Richard Filipink, Amy Patrick Mossman (Vice Chair)
College of Business & Technology: James McQuillan, William Polley
College of Education & Human Services: Lloyd Kilmer, Jill Myers
College of Fine Arts & Communication: Brian Locke (Chair), Tammie Walker

Ex-officio: Nancy Parsons

I. ANNOUNCEMENTS

A. Introduction of new Graduate Council members for 2013-2014

B. Election of Chair and Vice Chair for 2013-2014

C. Graduate Council Meeting Dates for 2013-2014

D. Academic Integrity Incident Reports Filed in the School of Graduate Studies, March 2013 (0)

 II. GRADUATE CURRICULUM

A. Biological Sciences

1. Request for a 400-G Level Course

a. ZOOL 485G/RPTA 485G, Resource Management for Fly Fisheries, 3 s.h. 

B. Curriculum and Instruction

1. Request to Change Graduate Program Requirements

a. Reading

b. Special Education

 C. Economics and Decision Sciences

1. Request for a New Graduate (500 or 600-Level) Course

a. DS 500, Introduction to Business Analytics, 1 s.h.

b. DS 580, Business Analytics and Forecasting, 3 s.h.

c. ECON 602, Department Research Seminar, 0 s.h., repeatable

2. Request to Change Graduate Program Degree Requirements

3. Request for Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program

a. Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Business Analytics

D. Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs

1. Request for a New Graduate (500 or 600-Level) Course

a, IIRA 510, Leadership and Decision-Making, 3 s.h.

b. IIRA 511, Advanced Economic Development Practice, 3 s.h.

c. IIRA 512, Sustainability and Community Development, 3 s.h.

d. IIRA 514, Advanced Community Development Theory and Practice, 3 s.h.

e. IIRA 515, Special Topics in Community and Economic Development, 3 s.h. repeatable to 6 s.h.

f. IIRA 559, Workshops in Community and Economic Development, 3 s.h.

g. IIRA 598, Independent Study, 1-3 s.h. per semester, no more than 6 hours applied to minimum credit hour limits of the program

h. IIRA 599, Special Project, 6 s.h.

2. Request for a New Graduate Program

a. M.A. in Community and Economic Development

E. Instructional Design and Technology

1. Request for Integrated Baccalaureate and Master’s Degree Program

a. B.S./M.S. in Instructional Design and Technology

F. Kinesiology

1. Request for Integrated Baccalaureate and Master’s Degree Program

a. B.A. in Sports Broadcasting/M.S. in Sport Management

G. Physics

1. Request for Multiple-Title Approval

a. PHYS 576, Superconductivity and Magnetism, 3 s.h.

 H. Sociology and Anthropology

1. Request to Change Graduate Program Requirements

III. GRADUATE FACULTY – FULL MEMBERSHIP      

A. C. Gregg Jorgensen, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

B. Abha Singh, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

C. Sebastian Szyjka, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

D. Jeanne Clerc, Professor, Health Sciences

E. Heriberto Urby, Jr., Assistant Professor, Health Sciences

F. Julie C. Herbstrith, Assistant Professor, Psychology

G. Hiroko Sotozaki, Assistant Professor, Psychology

H. Christina P. Davis, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology

I. Nancy A. Schaefer, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology

IV. OTHER BUSINESS

V. STUDENT APPEALS

A. Liberal Arts and Sciences

1. Request for a late withdrawal