Office of the Provost

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 April Minutes

III. Announcements

IV. Discussion Items

1. Administrative home for the Certificate in Computational Social Sciences
   Syllabi for proposed new courses

2. Proposed Grad Council Meeting Dates and Submission Deadlines - Academic Year 2005-2006

V. Old Business

VI. New Business

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

New Courses (Action Item):
ARTH 696 Independent Directed Readings
ASTR 790 Advanced Topics in Astronomy and Astrophysics
LING 525 Practicum in ESL
PHIL 632 Twentieth Century, Logical Positivism
PHIL 721 Advanced Seminar in Philosophy
PSYC 833 Social and Cognitive Foundations of Clinical Psychology

Modified Courses (Announcement):
COMM 653 Graduate Communication: Research and Teaching
PSYC 811 Personality Assessment
PSYC 822 Psychopathology I
PSYC 823 Psychopathology II
PSYC 830 Theories of Psychotherapy
PSYC 831 Cognitive Therapy
PSYC 840 Community Psychology - Theory and Practice
PSYC 841 Community Psychology - Theory and Practice II
PSYC 881 Assessment and Psychotherapy Supervision
SOCW 658 Integrative Approaches to Social Work Intervention II
SOCW 670 Communication and Technology for Social Work Practice
SOCW 675 Selected Topics in Organizational Leadership

Modified Concentration (Announcement):
M.A. in Psychology: Concentration in Clinical Psychology
PhD in Psychology: Concentration in Clinical Psychology

Modified Program (Announcement):
Master of Science in Biodefense

Proposals from the College of Nursing and Health Science
Contact Person: Teresa Panniers, 3-1935, tpannier@gmu.edu

New Program (Action Item):
PhD in Health Services Research and Policy

New Courses (Action Item):
NURS 730 Leadership Strategies for the Clinical Nurse Leader
NURS 731 Clinical Nurse Leader Role Integration
Nurs 732 Practicum Clinical Nurse Leader
NURS 810 Program Evaluation in Nursing Education
NURS 811 Nurse as Educator and Scholar

New Concentration (Action Item):
Nurse Educator Concentration in PhD in Nursing

New Tracks (Action Item):
Clinical Nurse Leader Track in M.S. in Nursing Program
Nurse Educator Track in M.S. in Nursing Program

Modified Courses (Announcement):
HSCI 701 Quantitative Decision Making in Health Systems Management
HSCI 722 Electronic Commerce and Online Marketing for Health Services
NURS 623 Clinical Concepts in Communicty Oriented Primary Care

Deleted Course (Announcement):
HSCI 708 Operations/Quality Management of Health Sciences

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

New Certificate (Action Item):
The Online Academy for Teachers University Cerfificate

New Courses (Action Item):
EDCI 577 Curriculum and Methods of Teaching, PK-12
EDCI 678 Advanced Curriculum and Methods of Teaching, Elementary
EDIT 641 Understanding Virtual Schools
EDIT 642 The Online Academy
EDIT 643 Online Mentoring 1: Building Virtual Relationships
EDIT 644 Online Mentoring 2: Promoting Self-Regulation
EDIT 645 Online Mentoring 3: Conceptual Learning
EDIT 646 Online Mentoring 4: Moderating
EDRD 658 Advanced Reading Methods and Language Acquisition, Elementary
EDUC 880 Introduction to International Education

Modified Course (Announcement):
EDCI 558 Integrating Fine Arts, Movement, and Health in Elementary Education

Modified Program (Announcement):
Elementary Education Program Master's Degree

Proposals from the School of Computational Sciences
Contact Person: Peter Becker, 3-3619, pbecker@gmu.edu

New Courses (Action Item):
BINF 741 Introduction to Computer Simulations of Biomolecules
BINF 751 Biochemical and Cellular Systems Modeling
BINF 820 Advanced Topics in Molecular Cell Biology
BINF 831 Structural Genomics Project
BINF 841 Research Topics in Biomolecular Simulations
CLIM 753 General Circulation of the Atmosphere
EOS 796 Directed Reading and Research
NANO 540 Nanotechnology in Commerce and Government

New Certificate (Action Item):
Bioinformatics Certificate

Modified Course (Announcement):
NEUR 604 Ethics in Scienctific Research

Proposals from the School of Public Policy
Contact Person: Jim Finkelstien, 3-2269, jfinkel@gmu.edu

Executive Summary for New Program Proposal (Announcement):
Joint Degree (JD-MPP) Law and Public Policy Studies

New Courses (Action Item):
ITRN 791 Advanced Trade Policy
PUBP 754 Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis for Public Policy
PUBP 793 Large-Scale database Construction and Management for Policy Research

Modified Courses (Announcement):
PUBP 711 Modeling Policy in Dynamic Environments
PUBP 805 Public Policy Systems and Theory
PUBP 807 Advanced Field Research for Policy: Theory and Method
PUBP 808 Advanced Economic Analysis for Policy Research
PUBP 810 Regional Devlopment and Transportation Policy
PUBP 811 Applied Methods in Regional Development adn Transportation Policy
PUBP 820 Technology, Science, and Innovation: Institutions and Governance
PUBP 821 Analytic Methods for Technology, Science and Innovation Policy
PUBP 840 U.S. Policy Making Institutions
PUBP 841 U.S. Policy Making Processes
PUBP 860 Social Theory, Culture, and Public Policy
PUBP 861 Culture and Social Policy Analysis
PUBP 871 Organizational and Information Technology Challenges of the Knowledge Society
PUBP 872 Managing Knowledge-Based Information
PUBP 880 Global and International Public Policy I