Office of the Provost


GRADUATE COUNCIL

GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
for the
October, 2003
Meeting


Graduate Council meetings are held monthly, August through May, in Mason Hall Room D5, from 1:30-3:00. See schedule for exact dates. All meetings are open to the general George Mason University community.
PROPOSALS FROM THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

CVPA Submission:

    New Program (Action Item):
    Master in Arts Management    SCHEV Form Grad Council Form (includes MAM new courses listed below)


    New Certificates and Concentrations (Action Item):

    Artist Certificate in Instrumental Performance
    Artist Certificate in Piano Performance
    Artist Certificate in Vocal Performance
    Master of Music in Pedagogy and Performance (New Concentration)

    New Courses (Action Item):
    The MAM courses can be found in the Grad Council Form for the Master in Arts Management:
    MAM 602, Seminar in Arts Management
    MAM 603, Arts in Society
    MAM 604, Public Relations & Marketing Strategies for the Arts
    MAM 704, Budgeting and Finance for Arts Management
    MAM 710, Arts Policy
    MAM 740, Internal Internship, Laboratory Rotation
    MAM 790, External Internship
    MUSI 555 Music As A Healing Art
    MUSI 551 Keyboard Pedagogy
    MUSI 595 Teaching Internship
    MUSI 541 Diction for Singers I, Italian Diction and English Diction
    MUSI 542 Diction for Singers II, German Diction and French Diction
    MUSI 612 Advanced Topics in Music Theory

    Modified Programs (Announcement):
    These program modifications can be found within one document - AVT Program Modifications
    Art and Visual Technology M.F.A., Inter Arts Emphasis, change catalog requirements
    Art and Visual Technology M.F.A., delete reference to "graphic information design"
    Art and Visual Technology M.A. and M.F.A., change admission requirements
    Art and Visual Technology M.A., Digital Arts Emphasis, change degree requirements
    Art and Visual Technology M.F.A., Digital Arts Emphasis, change degree requirements
    Art and Visual Technology M.A. and M.F.A., add portfolio requirements
    Art and Visual Technology M.F.A., delete two paragraphs in catalog copy

    Modified Courses (Announcement):
    AVT 610 Entrepreneurship in the Arts, Upgraded content
    MUSI 563, 564, 565 Renumbering
    MUSI 580 Title change
    MUSI 552 Add lab segment
    MUSI 525, 526 Title change
    MUSI 688 Title and credit change

    Deleted Courses (Announcement):
    These course deletions can be found within one document - AVT course deletions
    AVT 613
    AVT 614
    AVT 618

PROPOSALS FROM THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

    New Courses (Action Item):
    EDRD 830   Foundations of Literacy: Birth through Later Childhood
    EDRD 831   Foundations of Literacy: Adolescence through Adulthood


    Modified Course (Announcement):

    EDCD 628Counseling and Social Justice

PROPOSALS FROM THE SCHOOL OF COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCES

    New Programs (Action Item):
    Ph.D. in Neuroscience (joint: SCS/CAS/Krasnow)

      Includes new courses:

      NEUR 701 Neurophysiology Laboratory
      NEUR 709 Neuroscience@GMU Seminars
      NEUR 710 Special Topics in Neuroscience
      NEUR 741 Introduction to Neuroimaging
      NEUR 751 Applied Dynamics In Neuroscience
      NEUR 752 Modern Instrumentation in Neuroscience
      NEUR 851 Advanced Computation and Brain Dynamics
      NEUR 998 Dissertation Proposal
      NEUR 999 Doctoral Dissertation

    Ph.D. in Physical Sciences (joint: SCS/CAS)

      Includes new courses:
      PSCI 701 Frontiers of Physical Sciences
      PSCI 702 Research Methods
      PSCI 703 Seminar in Physical Sciences
      PSCI 998 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal
      PSCI 999 Doctoral Dissertation

PROPOSALS FROM THE SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING

    New Courses (Action Item):
    TCOM 562 Network Security Fundamentals
    TCOM 603 Standards for Advanced Optical Networks
    TCOM 750 Coordinating Seminar

PROPOSALS FROM THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY