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GRADUATE COUNCIL

GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
for the
Wednesday, Dec. 19
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.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: The Graduate Council agenda contains some ".docx" documents (Word 2007). If you do not already have Word 2007 you can download the needed plug-in "HERE" inorder to open Word 2007 documents on older versions of Word.

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of the November 2007 Minutes

III. Announcements

IV. Discussion Items

    For Doctoral students who complete and submit their dissertation too late for graduation one semester, but before the beginning of the next: for that next semester, is continuous registration (1 credit) required in 999, or may such students stay "active" by registering in the administrative course (ZREG 200) and just paying the $45 fee. (Susan Jones)

V. Old Business

VI. New Business

    Proposal from the College of Education and Human Development
    Contact Person: Ellen Rodgers, 3-2034, erodger1@gmu.edu

      New Courses (Action Items):
      EDCI 546 Integrating Technology in Elementary Classrooms: Literacy
      EDCI 547 Integrating Technology in Elementary Classrooms: Mathematics
      EDCI 548 Technology in Elementary Classrooms: Social Studies and Fine Arts
      EDCI 559 Research and Assessment in Elementary Education

      Modified Courses (Announcements):
      EDCD 603 Counseling Theories and Practice
      EDCD 604 Assessment and Appraisal in Counseling
      EDCD 606 Counseling Children and Adolescents
      EDCD 608 Group Processes and Analyses
      EDCD 609 Advanced Counseling Skills and Strategies
      EDCD 610 Career and Educational Counseling
      EDCD 626 Principles and Practices of School Counseling
      EDCD 628 Counseling and Social Justice
      EDUC 656 Diagnosis and Treatment Planning for Mental Health Professionals
      EDCD 658 Couples and Family Counseling
      EDCD 755 Practicum in Counseling
      EDCD 791 Internship in Counseling
      EDCD 797 Advanced Topics in Education
      EDCI 554 Methods of Teaching Social Studies and Integrating Fine Arts in the Elementary Classroom
      EDSE 540 Characteristics of Students with Disabilities who Access the General Curriculum
      EDSE 544 Adapted Instructional Methods and Transition for Secondary Learners
      EDSE 629 Secondary Curriculum and Strategies for Students with Disabilities who Access the General Curriculum

      Modified Certificate (Announcement Item):
      Students with Disabilities who Access the General Curriculum

    Proposal from the College of Health and Human Services
    Contact Person: James D. Vail, 3-1913, jvail@gmu.edu

    Proposal from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences
    Contact Person: Jamie S. Cooper, 3-8414, jcooperb@gmu.edu

    Proposal from the College of Science
    Contact Person: Peter Becker, 3-3619, pbecker@gmu.edu

      New Courses (Action Items):
      BIOL 536 Ichthyology
      BIOL 666 Health Genetics Concepts for Health Care
      CSI 772 Statistical Learning
      EOS 684 Select Topics in Geospatial Intelligence
      EVPP 646 Wetland Ecology and Management
      EVPP 647 Wetland Ecology Lab & Field
      FRSC 500 Introduction to Forensic Science
      FRSC 510 Crime Scene Analysis
      FRSC 520 Toxicology
      FRSC 530 Criminal Law
      FRSC 540 Chemical Analysis
      FRSC 550 Issues in Forensic Anthropology
      FRSC 560 Forensic DNA Sciences
      FRSC 570 Introduction to Biochemical Forensics
      FRSC 590 Forensics Capstone Course

      Modified Courses (Announcements):
      BIOL 507 Selected Topics in Ecology
      BIOL 585 Eukaryotic Cell Biology Laboratory

      Deleted Courses (Announcements):
      EVPP 644 Wetland Ecology and Management

      New Certificates (Action Items):
      Forensics

    Proposal from the Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution
    Contact Person: Terrence Lyons, 3-1336,tlyons1@gmu.edu

      New Course (Action Item):
      CONF 665 Special Topics in Conflict Analysis and Resolution

      Modified Courses (Announcements):
      CONF 642 Integration of Theory and Practice
      CONF 658 Diversity and Difference in Conflict Analysis and Resolution CONF 694 Internship
      CONF 713 Reflective Practice in Interpersonal Multiparty Conflict
      CONF 714 Reflective Practice in Organizational or Community Conflict
      CONF 715 Reflective Practice in International Conflict or Civil Strife
      CONF 730 Structural Sources of Conflict
      CONF 750 Evaluation of Conflict Resolution Initiatives
      CONF 802 Theories of the Person
      CONF 803 Stuctural Theories
      CONF 810 Logic of Inquiry and Design of Social Science Research
      CONF 811 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods
      CONF 812 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods

    Proposal from theVolgenau School of Information Technology & Engineering
    Contact Person: Daniel Menasce, 3-1537, menasce@gmu.edu

      New Courses (Action Items):
      CEIE 580 Real Estate Development Fundamentals
      CS 780 Data Mining in Multimedia Databases
      ECE 568 Introduction to Imaging Sensors
      INFS 519 Program Design and Data Structures
      INFS 524 Database Management Essentials
      INFS 772 Intelligent Agents and the Semantic Web
      INFS 774 Enterprise Architecture
      INFS 780 Data Mining in Multimedia Databases
      ISA 522 Information Security Essentials
      ISA 563 Fundamentals of Systems Programming
      ISA 650 Security Policy
      ISA 652 Security Audit and Compliance Testing
      ISA 785 Research in Digital Forensics
      IT 782 Advanced Topics in Combinatorial Optimization
      IT 783 Advanced Topics in Network Optimization
      OR 782 Advanced Topics in Combinatorial Optimization
      OR 783 Advanced Topics in Network Optimization
      OR 981 Optimization in Medicine

      Modified Courses (Announcements):
      CEIE 510 Geographic Information Systems in Engineering
      ECE 545 Digital System Design with VHDL
      ECE 645 Computer Arithmetic
      ECE 681 VLSI Design for ASICs
      ECE 746 Advanced Applied Cryptography

      Deleted Courses (Announcements):
      INFS 514 Database Design and Management
      INFS 590 Program Design and Data Structures
      IT 882 Advanced Topics in Combinatorial Optimization

    Proposal from the School of Public Policy
    Contact Person: Catherine Rudder, 3-2269, arudder@gmu.edu

VII. Adjournment

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