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Graduate Council
Minutes #491
October 18, 2023
Attending: Ashley Dockens, Robin Latimer, Tom Harvey, Ruthie Robinson, Theresa Hefner-Babb, Brett Welch, Kristan Traxler, Carly Cox, Ken Young, Debbie Troxclair, Yueqing Li, Vivek Natarajan, Connie Howard
Approval of Minutes
#490 – September 20, 2023
Motion to accept minutes, Harvey; second from Dockens; motion passed
Old Business
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Deaf Studies & Deaf Education - Department proposing to change exiting EdD program to a PhD, provided updated syllabi for courses to be reviewed. Dr. Clark joined the previous meeting and described the proposal.
Council members were to review proposal and provide feedback via email and vote at the October meeting.
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DSDE 6301 |
Deaf History |
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DSDE 6305 |
Psycholinguistics |
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DSDE 6309 |
Doctoral Seminar |
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DSDE 6315 |
Statistics |
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DSDE 6316 |
RDS I |
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DSDE 6317 |
RDS II |
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DSDE 6320 |
Intro to Qualitative Research |
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DSDE 6321 |
Advanced Qual Research |
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DSDE 6325 |
Comparative Culture Studies |
Grad Studies will make a list of bullet points based on today’s discussion and share with council for further input. Once completed, the assessment will be provided to Provost Brown for consideration. The goal is to come to a final decision and let the department know if the proposal will be moving forward or not.
New Business
Introduced new council members. Discussed the need for more materials to be submitted with curriculum items, i.e. degree plan, justification, etc.
College of Arts and Sciences
Chemistry & Biochemistry – proposing one new master’s level courses for Chemistry graduate program
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Course Change or Addition |
Course Prefix & Number |
Course Title |
Degree(s) Impacted |
Effective Semester |
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Addition |
CHEM 5381 |
Scientific Communications |
MS |
Fall 2023 |
Motion to accept, Latimer; second from Natarajan; motion passed
College of Fine Arts & Communication
Deaf Studies & Deaf Education – proposing one new master’s level course for master’s level graduate program
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Course Change or Addition |
Course Prefix & Number |
Course Title |
Degree(s) Impacted |
Effective Semester |
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Addition |
DSDE 5323 |
Scholarly Writing |
MA |
Summer 2023 |
Motion to accept, Natarajan; second, Robinson; motion passed
College of Engineering
Electrical Engineering – proposing 9 course changes and 13 course additions for master’s and doctoral level graduate programs
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Course Change or Addition |
Course Prefix & Number |
Course Title |
Degree(s) Impacted |
Effective Semester |
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Addition |
ELEN 6307 |
Advanced Computer Network Analysis and Design |
DE |
Fall 2023 |
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Addition |
ELEN 6311 |
Advanced Cyber Physical System & Security |
DE |
Fall 2023 |
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Addition |
ELEN 5312 |
Advanced Power Electronics |
DE |
Fall 2023 |
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Addition |
ELEN 6314 |
Advanced Robotics Systems |
DE |
Fall 2023 |
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Addition |
ELEN 5316 |
Advanced Digital Communications |
DE |
Fall 2023 |
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Addition |
ELEN 6317 |
Advanced PLC Systems & Programming |
DE |
Fall 2023 |
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Change |
ELEN 6325 |
Advanced VLSI Design and Testing Issues |
DE |
Fall 2023 |
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Addition |
ELEN 6346 |
Statistical DSP and Modeling |
DE |
Fall 2023 |
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Addition |
ELEN 6350 |
Advanced Python Programming |
DE |
Fall 2023 |
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Addition |
ELEN 6366 |
Image Processing |
DE |
Fall 2023 |
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Addition |
ELEN 6372 |
Antennas Design & Analysis |
DE |
Fall 2023 |
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Change |
ELEN 5311 |
Cyber Physical System & Security |
MS |
Fall 2023 |
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Change |
ELEN 5307 |
Computer Network Analysis & Design |
MS |
Fall 2023 |
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Change |
ELEN 5312 |
Power Electronics |
MS |
Fall 2023 |
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Change |
ELEN 5314 |
Robotics Systems |
MS |
Fall 2023 |
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Change |
ELEN 5316 |
Digital Communications |
MS |
Fall 2023 |
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Change |
ELEN 5317 |
PLC Systems & Programming |
MS |
Fall 2023 |
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Change |
ELEN 5336 |
Advanced Instrumentation and Automation Systems |
MS |
Fall 2023 |
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Change |
ELEN 5346 |
Statistical DSP |
MS |
Fall 2023 |
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Addition |
ELEN 5350 |
Python Programming |
MS |
Fall 2023 |
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Addition |
ELEN 5366 |
Image Processing |
MS |
Fall 2023 |
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Addition |
ELEN 5371 |
Computational Electromagnetics |
MS |
Fall 2023 |
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Addition |
ELEN 5372 |
Printed Antennas & RF Circuits |
MS |
Fall 2023 |
These changes address the issues resulting from stacked courses. They clearly differentiate rigor levels between undergrad, graduate, and doctoral level courses.
Motion to approve, Natarajan; second from Harvey; motion passed