GRADUATE COUNCIL
for the
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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 March 17, 2008 Minutes
III. Announcements
IV. Discussion Items
A. Statis of the Student Health Insurance Initiative for Doctoral Students (Linda Shwartzstein)
B. Embargoes of Theses and Dissertations (John Zenelis)
V. Old Business
VI. New Business
Proposal from the College of Education and Human Development
Contact Person: Ellen Rodgers, 3-2034, erodger1@gmu.edu
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New Courses (Action Item):
EDSE 504 Elementary Curriculum and Content for Special Educators
EDRS 825 Advanced Research Methods in Self-Study
EDUT 801 Current Research and Trends in Early Education of Diverse Learners
Modified Course (Announcements):
EDSE 622 Augmentative Communication
Modified Certificate (Announcements):
Students with Disabilities who Access the Adapted Curriculum Certificate
Certificate in Assistive Technology
Modified Concentration (Announcements):
MEd in Curriculum and Instruction Concentration in Assistive and Special Education Technology
Proposal from the College of Health and Human Services
Contact Person: James D. Vail, 3-1913, jvail@gmu.edu
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Executive Summary for Master of Science in Health Policy
New Courses (Action Item):
HAP 642 Health Policy Development and Analysis
HAP 714 Ethical Issues in Health Administration and Policy
Modified Course (Announcement):
HAP 866 Politics of Influencing Health Policy
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 Item):
ASTR 998 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal
ASTR 999 Doctoral Dissertation
EOS 556 Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation
PHYS 998 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal
PHYS 999 Doctoral Dissertation
Modified Course (Announcement):
FRSC 500 Introduction to Forensic Science
FRSC 510 Crime Scene Analysis
FRSC 520 Forensic Toxicology
FRSC 530 Criminal Law
FRSC 540 Forensic Chemistry
FRSC 550 Issues in Forensic Anthropology
FRSC 560 Forensic DNA Sciences
FRSC 570 Introduction to Biochemical Forensics
FRSC 590 Forensics Capstone Course
Modified Program (Announcement):
Masters in Computational Science
Modified Certificate (Announcement):
Certificate in Forensics
Proposal from the School of Public Policy
Contact Person: Christopher Hill, 3-2270, chill2@gmu.edu
Proposal from the Volgenau School of Information Technology & Engineering
Contact Person: Daniel Menasce, 3-1537, menasce@gmu.edu
Executive Summary Masters in Real Estate Development
New Courses (Action Item):
REAL 502 Real Estate Client Leadership and Project Management
REAL 580 Real Estate Development Fundamentals
Modified Courses (Announcements):
IT 842 Models of Probabilistic Reasoning
OR 842 Models of Probabilistic Reasoning
SYST 842 Models of Probabilistic Reasoning
Deleted Courses (Announcements):
CEIE 580 Real Estate Development Fundamentals
CEIE 582 Real Estate Client Leadership and Project Management