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.

Members attending: Peter Stearns (Chair), Linda Schwartzstein (Provost Office), Peter Becker (SCS), Meg Brindle (CVPa), Phillip Buchanan (SOM), Dee Holisky (CAS), Joan Isenberg (CEHD), Stephen Nash (IT&E), Teresa Panniers (CNHS), Jerome Short (CAS), Steve White (CEHD).

Special Attendee: Dr. Claudio Cioffi, Director, Computational Social Sciences, Center for Social Complexity.

I. Call to order

Provost Stearns called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m.

II. Approval of December Minutes

Minutes of the December 15, 2004 meeting were approved as written.

III. Announcements

IV. Discussion Items

Provost Stearns asked Council members if there are specific issues they would like to address during the semester. Dr. Nash requested an update on the contract for transcript evaluation for international credentials. Linda Schwartzstein said she would check with Andrew Flagel, Dean of Admissions and report back to the Council.

Dee Holisky suggested the Council discuss the number of credits that extended studies students are allowed to register for at the graduate level. The discussion should include both policy and the way Banner is set up to allow students to take credits.

Phillip Buchanan stated that the Council had previously agreed to look at the equivalence of a foreign three-year Baccalaureate.

V. Old Business

None

VI. New Business

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

New Courses (Action Item): Approved
ARTH 600 Methods and Research in Art History
GOVT 998 Dissertation Proposal
GOVT 999 Dissertation Research

Modified Courses (Announcement):
CHEM 563 General Biochemistry I
CHEM 564 General Biochemistry II

Modified Concentration (Announcement):
Psychology, Concentration in Biopsychology
Psychology, Concentration in Developmental Psychology

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

New Certificate (Action Item): Approved
Certificate in ESL/Special Education

Proposals from the College of Information Technology and Engineering
Contact Person: Stephen Nash, 3-1499, snash@gmu.edu

Modified Program (Announcement):
(This was originally posted as a new program but was changed by Council to a modified program announcement.)
Accelerated BIS/MS in Telecommunications Program
(Combined undergraduate and master's program)

Proposals from the School of Management
Contact Person: Phillip Buchanan, 3-1129, buchanan@gmu.edu

New Course (Action Item): Approved
MBA 714 Managing Growth in Small Business
MBA 719 Entrepreneurship Laboratory

Modified Concentration (Announcement):
MBA, Concentration in Enterprise Management

Proposals from the Office of the Provost Computational Social Sciences
Contact Person: Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, 3-1402, ccioffi@gmu.edu

New Course (Action Item): Approved CSS 643 Land Use Modeling Techniques
CSS 645 Spatial Agent-Based Simulations

VII. Adjournment at 1:45 pm