The following graduate courses and programs have been proposed for review and approval by the Graduate Council. If you have questions about these courses, please contact the individual listed. If you have additional concerns please contact Tish Moreno (703) 993-8705 or email pmoreno1@gmu.edu. The proposals listed below will be discussed at the January 19, 2005 Graduate Council meeting.

Proposals from the College of Arts and Sciences
Contact Person: Dee Holisky, 3-8721, dholisky@gmu.edu
New Courses (Action Item):
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):
Certificate in ESL/Special Education

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

New Program (Action Item):
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):
MBA 714 Managing Growth in Small Business
MBA 719 Entrepreneurship Laboratory
Modified Concentration (Announcement):
MBA, Concentration in Enterprise Management

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

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

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

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