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:Linda Schwartzstein (Acting Chair, Provost Office), Peter Becker (COS), Jamie Cooper (CHSS), Yariv Ephraim (IT&E), Roy Hinton (SOM), Joan Isenberg (CEHD), Terrence Lyons (ICAR), Daniel Menasce (IT&E), Linda Miller (CVPA), Agnieszka Paczynska (ICAR, for Terrence Lyons), Hugh Sockett (CHSS), James Vail (CHHS), Steve White (CEHD).

Special Attendees:  Andrew Flagel, Dean, Admissions Office; Susan Allan Nan, Director, Certificates Program, ICAR; Susan Jones, University Registrar; Wendy Payton, Director, Special Projects, Office of the Provost; Daniel Robb, Director, Graduate Admissions, Admissions Office.

I.Call to Order

Linda Schwartzstein called the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m.

II. Approval of April Minutes

The minutes of the April 18, 2007 meeting were approved as written.

Linda Schwartzstein thanked out-going Council members Hugh Sockett and Stephen White for their work on the Graduate Council.

IV. Discussion Items

A. Official Transcript Evaluations (Daniel Menasce)
 
Daniel Menasce asked Council members to consider possible changes to the way official transcript evaluations are processed, in an effort to speed up the ability of units to send offer letters of admission to top students. He stated that in the current competitive environment, IT&E is losing international students to schools who either do not ask for official transcript evaluations or have a much faster turnaround time.

After considerable discussion, Council members agreed to ask the Graduate Academic Policies Committee and Daniel Menasce to meet to discuss this issue and come back to the Council in August with a recommendation.

B.

MEETING DATES	PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Wed. Aug. 29 *	Tues. Aug. 7
Wed. Sept. 19	Thurs. Aug. 30 **
Wed. Oct. 17	Tues. Sept. 25
Wed. Nov. 28 *	Tues. Nov. 6
Wed. Dec. 19	Thurs. Nov. 29 **
Wed. Jan. 23 *	Thurs. Jan. 3
Wed. Feb. 20	Tues. Jan 29
Mon. Mar. 17	Mon. Feb. 25
Wed. April 16	Tues. Mar. 25
Wed. May 21	Tues. April 29



*Fifth Wednesday of the month
** Material cannot be accepted after this date
*** Fourth Wednesday of the month

(A tentative Board of Visitors meeting schedule for 2007-2008 was published following the Grad Council meeting; the March Grad Council meeting has been changed to an alternate date as indicated above.)

Proposal from the College of Visual and Performing Arts
Contact Person: Linda Miller, 3-4551, lmille6@gmu.edu

Modified Courses (Announcements):
AVT 596 Independent Study
AVT 599 Special Topics in Art and Visual Technology
AVT 673 Performance Studio II
AVT 675 Advanced InterArts Topics (originally posted as, Performance Studio I; course title corrected 6/5/07)


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

New Course (Action Items): Approved
EDUC 622 Curriculum Development Across IB Programs
EDUC 623 Models and Strategies for Teaching and Learning in IB Schools
EDUC 624 Assessment and Learning in IB Schools
EDUC 626 Inquiry Into Action – IB Teachers, Learners and Schools
EDUC 627 Contemporary Issues and Trends in IB

Modified Course (Announcement):
EDIT 747 Technology and Teacher Education

New Concentrations (Action Items): Approved
ASTL Advanced IB
ASTL/Literacy: PK-12 Classroom Teachers

Modified Concentration (Announcement):
ASTL Literacy Concentration

New Certificates (Action Items): Approved
Advanced IB
ASTL/Literacy: PK-12 Classroom Teachers

Modified Certificate (Announcement):
ASTL Literacy Certificate


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

Executive Summary for Doctor of Nursing Practice

New Courses (Action Items): Approved
GCH/NURS 802 Measurement Theories and Applications in Healthcare Research
GCH/NURS 804 Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis for Health Care Research I
GCH/NURS 805 Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis for Health Care Research II
GCH/NURS 806 Advanced Multivariate Statistics and Data Analysis for Health Care Research
GCH/NURS 807Measurement Theories and Applications in Healthcare Research
GCH 602 Global Health Issues Related To Violence
GCH 714 Epidemiology for Nursing Practice
GCH 726 Advanced Seminar in Epidemiology
HAP 546 Leadership Strategies in Health Policy
HAP 735 Risk Analysis in Health and Bioscience
HAP 745 Health Care Security Policy
HAP 660 Health Policy Formation and Implementation
HAP 661 Policy Development and Analysis for Community Health Programs
HAP 690 Independant Study
HAP 764 Health Policy and Government Payment Systems for Health Care Services
HAP 765 Methods for Health Policy Analysis
NURS 556 Principles of Assessment and Evaluation in Nursing
NURS 719 Advance Health Assessment
NURS 723 Clinical Decision Making
NURS 726 Perspectives in Nursing Education
NURS 727 Application of Nursing Education Principles to Curriculum and Program Development
NURS 729 Practicum and Seminar in Nursing Education II
NURS 730 Leadership Strategies for the Clinical Nurse Leader
NURS 731 Clinical Nurse Leader Role Integration
NURS 732 Clinical Nurse Leader Practicum
NURS 733 Introduction to Forensic Science
NURS 734 Role of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner & Interpersonal Violence
NURS 735 Crime Lab and Crime Scene Investigation
NURS 736 Psychological and Legal Aspects of Forensic Science
NURS 737 Investigation of Injury and Death
NURS 745 Pharmacology

Modified Course (Announcement):
SOCW 651 Social Policies, Programs & Services

Deleted Courses (Announcement):
GCH 612 Epidemiology and Health Services Research
HSCI 525 Risk Analysis in Health and Bioscience
HSCI 546 Leadership Strategies in Health Policy
HSCI 550 Entreprenurship in Health Care
HSCI 557 Introduction to Clinical Genetics in Health Care
HSCI 580 Alternative Health Care Practices
HSCI 603 Advanced Clinical Nutrition
HSCI 745 Health Care Services Policy
HSCI/NURS 520 Rehabiliation Therapy and Practice
HSCI/NURS 544 Washington Internship in Health Policy
HSCI/NURS 799 Advanced Quantitative Analysis for Healthcare Research I
HSCI/NURS 800 Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis for Healthcare Research II
HSCI/NURS 801 Advanced Multivariate Statistics and Data Analysis for Healthcare Research
HSCI/NURS 802 Measurement Theories and Applications in Healthcare Research
NURS 610 Electronic Commerce and Outline Market for Health Services
NURS 657 Perspectives in Nursing Education
NURS 658 Practicum and Seminar in Nursing Education
NURS 659 Healthcare of Aging Person with Chronic Illnesses
(NURS 659 Submitted in error and withdrawn)

New Certificate (Action Items): Approved
Forensic Nursing

New Program (Action Items): Approved
Masters of Science in Global Health

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

New Courses (Action Items): Approved
CASR 501 Intro to Terrorism: Critical Analysis & Strategic Response
(Course name corrected and approved during the Council meeting.)
CASR 699 Strategic Responses to Terrorism: Coordinated Decision-Making
ECON 675 Economics of Religion I
RELI 632 World Religions in Conflict and Dialogue
SOAN 510 Culture and Globalization

Modified Course (Announcement):
BIOD 999 Doctoral Dissertation
ECON 875 Economics of Religion

New Certificates (Action Items): Approved
Critical Analysis and Strategic Response to Terrorism

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

New Courses (Action Items): Approved
CHEM 567 Chemistry of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions
CHEM 568 Bioorganic Chemistry
CHEM 665 Protein-Protein Interactions: Methods and Applications
GEOG 605 GIS: Socioeconomic Applications
MATH 624 Euclidean geometry
MATH 781 Advanced Methods in Applied Math
MATH 784 Nonlinear Functional Analysis
MATH 790 Classical Potential Theory
PHYS 614 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials

Modified Course (Announcement):
GEOG 550 Geospatial Science Fundamentals

Deleted Courses (Announcement):
CSI 612 Physical Chemistry of Solids

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

New Courses (Action Items): Approved
IT 763 Research Methods in Systems Engineering and Information Technology
IT 780 Queuing Modeling of Computer-Communication Networks
IT 784 Advanced Topics in Nonlinear Programming
OR 763 Research Methods in Systems Engineering and Information Technology
OR 780 Queuing Modeling of Computer-Communication Networks
OR 784 Advanced Topics in Nonlinear Programming
OR 842 Models of Probabilistic Reasoning
OR 888 Distributed Estimation and Multisensor Tracking and Fusion
OR 944 The Process of Discovery and Its Enhancement in Engineering Applications
SYST 540 Analysis for Systems Management
SYST 735 Topics in Stochastic System Simulation
SYST 763 Research Methods in Systems Engineering and Information Technology
SYST 842 Models of Probabilistic Reasoning
SYST 850 Systems Integration Engineering
SYST 888 Distributed Estimation and Multisensor Tracking and Fusion
SYST 944 The Process of Discovery and Its Enhancement in Engineering Applications

Modified Course (Announcement):
IT 735 Topics in Stochastic Simulation
IT 842 Models of Probabilistic Reasoning
IT 850 Systems Integration Engineering
IT 888 Distributed Estimation and Multisensor Tracking and Fusion
IT 944 The Process of Discovery and Its Enhancement in Engineering Applications
OR 540 Management Science
OR 735 Topics in Stochastic Simulation


Deleted Courses (Announcement):
IT 863 Empirical Methods in Information Technology
IT 880 Queuing Modeling of Computer-/Communication Networks
IT 884 Advanced Topics in Nonlinear Programming

 

VII. Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 2:33 p.m.