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January 17, 2024

Date/Time
Wednesday, 01/17/2024
Location
Reaud 312
Submitted By:
Kristan Traxler

ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ University  

Graduate Council   

Minutes #493 

January 17, 2024 

 

Attending: Brett Welch, Ashley Dockens, Robin Latimer, Kristan Traxler, Theresa Hefner-Bab, Ruthie Robinson, Tom Harvey, Connie Howard, Ken Young, Debbie Troxclair, Vivek Natarajan 

Approval of Minutes  

#492 – November 15, 2023 

Motion to accept, Dockens; second from Latimer 

Old Business  

Graduate Faculty Review – Decision made to send out one last email to faculty who did not submit G4 and CC department chair and college dean 

New Business 

 College of Arts & Sciences 

Mathematics – Proposing changes to eight existing courses for the MS in Mathematics based on SACS feedback 

Course Prefix & Number 

Course Title 

Effective Semester 

MATH 5308 

Ordinary Differential Equations 

Fall 2023 

MATH 5310 

Real Variables 

Fall 2023 

MATH 5312 

Complex Variables 

Spring 2024 

MATH 5315 

Numerical Analysis  

Fall 2023 

MATH 5320 

Modern Algebra 

Spring 2023 

MATH 5325 

Partial Differential Equations 

Spring 2023 

MATH 5340 

Topology 

Spring 2023 

MATH 5380 

Statistical Inference 

Spring 2022 

Approved course changes pending:  

  • Course objective and outcome to ensure standards are met 
  • Undergraduate and Graduate syllabi are different (to ensure rigor differences) between 5315, 5325, and 5380) 
  • Math needs to remove undergrad pre-requisites for graduate courses to prevent issues in Registrar’s office 

Motion to accept, Harvey; second from Robinson 

College of Education & Human Development 

Deaf Studies Deaf Education – Proposing 6 course adds and 15 course changes  

Course Prefix & Number 

Course Title  

Add or Change 

Effective Semester 

Degrees Affected 

DSDE 5340 

Introduction to Qualitative Research  

Change 

 

Fall 2023 

MA in Deaf Studies 

DSDE 6301 

Deaf History  

Change 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6301 

Deaf History 

Change 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6302 

Law and Deaf Individuals 

Change 

 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6304 

Curriculum 

Change 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6305 

Psycholinguistics 

Change 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6308 

Cognition and Cognitive Development 

Change 

 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6309 

Doctoral Seminar 

Add 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6312 

Bilingual Theories 

Change 

 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6313 

Proposal Writing 

Change 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6314 

Ethics 

Change 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6315 

Statistics 

Change 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6316 

Research Design and Statistics I 

Change 

 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6317 

Research Design and Statistics II 

Change 

 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6318 

Research Seminar 

Add 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6320 

Introduction to Qualitative Research  

Change 

 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6321 

Advanced Qualitative Research 

Change 

 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6322 

Critical Pedagogy 

 

Add 

Fall 2023  

EdD 

DSDE 6323 

Scholarly Writing 

Add 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6324 

ASL/English Linguistics 

Add 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

DSDE 6325 

Comparative Cultural Studies 

 

Add 

Fall 2023 

EdD 

 

Course adds and changes accepted pending syllabi be checked to ensure the following are present and accurate in each graduate course 

  • Higher order Bloom’s Taxonomy cognitive levels are the primary levels of rigor in objectives and outcomes.  
  • All syllabi have very clear late work and absence policies. 

Motion to accept Harvey, second from Latimer