Office of the Provost


GRADUATE COUNCIL

GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
for the
January, 2006
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 December Minutes

III. Announcements

IV. Discussion Items

    A. The Agreement on Dual-degree Ph.D Programs between Seoul Nation University and George Mason University (Peter Stearns)

    B. Improving Graduate Student Writing (Cathy Rudder)
    C. Graduate Teaching Appointments (Wendy Payton)

V. Old Business

VI. New Business

     

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


New Courses (Action Item):
EDCI 677 Advanced Curriculum & Methods of Teaching, Secondary
EDEP 820 Teaching, Learning, and Cognition
EDEP 821 Socio-Cultural Processes in Learning, Instruction, and Motivation
EDEP 822 Advanced-Learning, Motivation, and Self-Regulation
EDEP 823 Research Project in Educational Psychology: Sequence I
EDEP 824 Research Project in Educational Psychology: Sequence II
EDUC 621 Teaching and Learning in the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program

      Modified Courses (Announcement):
      EDCI 516 Bilingualism and Language Acquisition Research
      EDCI 554 Social Studies Methods for the Elementary Classroom
      EDCI 555 Literacy Teaching and Learning in Diverse Elementary Classrooms I
      EDCI 556 Literacy Teaching and Learning in Diverse Elementary Classrooms II
      EDCI 557 Integrating Technology in the Elementary Curriculum
      EDCI 558 Integrating Fine Arts and Movement in Elementary Education
      EDCI 569 Teaching English in the Secondary School
      EDCI 573 Teaching Science in the Secondary School
      EDCI 667 Advanced Methods of Teaching Social Sciences in the Secondary School
      EDCI 673 Advanced Methods of Teaching Science in the Secondary School
      EDCI 725 National and International Leadership Issues in Mathematics Education
      EDCI 726 State and Local Leadership Issues in Mathematics Education
      EDCI 855 Mathematics Education Research on Teaching and Learning
      EDCI 856 Mathematics Education Curriculum Design and Evaluation
      EDCI 857 Preparation and Professional Development of Mathematics Teachers
      EDCI 858 Mathematics Education Research Design and Evaluation
      EDIT 504 Introduction to Educational Technology
      EDUC 521 Foundations of Education, PK­12
      EDUC 539 Human Development and Learning PK-12
      EDUC 542 Introduction to Elementary Curriculum
      EDUC 543 Children, Family, Culture, and Schools, 4-12 Year Olds.


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

New Courses (Action Item):
CSI 670 Economic Systems Design
NEUR 742 Cognitive Neuroscience

VII. Adjournment