Office of the Provost - George Mason University

GRADUATE COUNCIL

GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
for the
March 9, 2005
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.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of February Minutes

III. Announcements

IV. Discussion Items

Foreign Transcript Evaluation

Dissertation Committee
By the time that a doctoral student is advanced to candidacy, the dean or director of the school/college/institute appoints a dissertation committee upon recommendation of the program director. The committee consists of a graduate faculty member (see Graduate Faculty section in this chapter) from the department of the student's field of study and at least two other members of the graduate faculty, one of whom must be from outside the student's department or degree program (for programs not in departments). Additional members may be appointed who are not members of the graduate faculty or who are from outside the university.
Student initiated changes in the composition of the dissertation committee may occur only with the approval of the dean or director of the school/college/institute in consultation with the committee. Such changes may be made for extenuating circumstances only. Faculty may resign from a dissertation committee with appropriate notice by submitting a resignation in writing to the dean or director of the school/college/institute.

V. Old Business

VI. New Business

Proposals from the College of Arts and Sciences
Contact Person: Dee Holisky, 3-8721, dholisky@gmu.edu

New Program (Action Item):
PhD in Political Science

Proposals from the College of Education and Human Development
Contact Person: Joan Isenberg, 3-2037, jisenber@gmu.edu

New Courses (Action Item):
EDUC 873 Education Policy: Comparative and International Perspectives
EDUC 874 The Achievement Gap

Modified Courses (Announcement):
EDCD 617 Counseling in International Schools
EDCD 619 Multicultural Counseling in International Schools
EDCD 621 Consultation and Leadership Skills for the International School Counselor
EDCI 516 Bilingualism and Language Acquisition Research
EDCI 519 Methods of Teaching in Bilingual/ESL Settings
EDCI 520 Assessment in Bilingual/ESL Settings
EDCI 521 Curriculum Development for Language Learners
EDCI 777 Research to Practice
EDRD 615 Teaching Reading/Writing in Multicultural/Multilingual Settings
EDSE 619 Applied Behavior Analysis: Principles, Procedures and Philosophy
EDSE 621 Applied Behavior Analysis: Empirical Bases
EDSE 623 Applied Behavior Analysis: Assessments and Interventions
EDSE 624 Applied Behavior Analysis: Applications
EDSE 625 Applied Behavior Analysis: Verbal Behavior

Modified Concentration (Announcement):
ASTL, Special Education Emphasis

Proposals from the College of Nursing and Health Science
Contact Person: Teresa Panniers, 3-1900, tpannier@gmu.edu

New Courses (Action Item):
These two new courses are cross listed
HSCI/NURS 621 Management of Health Service Organization
NURS/HSCI 621 Management of Health Service Organization

New Concentration (Action Item):
Concentration in Health Care Security & Privacy

Modify Program (Announcement):
Health System Management

Proposals from the Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution
Contact Person: Wallace Warfield, 3-3649, wwarfield@gmu.edu

New Course (Action Item):
CONF 798 Thesis Proposal

Modified Course (Announcement):
CONF 713 Dynamics of Reflective Practice in Inter Personal and Multi Party Conflicts

VII. Adjournment