Attending: Kristan Traxler, Brett Welch, Ashley Dockens, Robin Latimer, Ruthie Robinson, Kenneth Young, Vivek Natarajan, Theresa Hefner-Babb, Debbie Troxclair, David Short
Approval of Minutes #495
Motion to Accept
1st Vivek Natarajan, 2nd Ashley Dockens
New Business
College of Arts & Sciences
Computer Science - proposing 1 course change
Course Prefix & Number |
Course Title |
Action |
Effective Semester |
CPSC 5325 |
Data Science and Big Data Analysis |
Change |
Summer 2023 |
Motion to Accept; 1st Vivek Natarajan, 2nd Robin Latimer
History - proposing 5 course additions, 2 course changes, and 1 course deletion
Course Prefix & Number |
Course Title |
Action |
Effective Semester |
HIST 5304 |
The Old South |
Change |
Spring 2024 |
HIST 5307 |
Graduate Seminar on Women and Gender in American History |
Addition |
Spring 2024 |
HIST 5307 |
American Presidency |
Deletion |
Spring 2024 |
HIST 5353 |
Nazi Germany |
Change |
Spring 2024 |
HIST 5368 |
Grad. Sem. in the Middle East in the 20th Century |
Addition |
Spring 2024 |
HIST 5317 |
Grad. Sem. in African-American History since 1877 |
Addition |
Spring 2024 |
HIST 5370 |
Grad. Sem. on Monsters in Mexican-American History |
Addition |
Spring 2024 |
HIST 5375 |
Grad. Sem. on Chicano History |
Addition |
Spring 2024 |
The council approves the courses. However, the department needs to correct and send course objective & student outcomes for HIST 5304, 5368, and 5317 for higher standards on Blooms Taxonomy.
Motion to Accept
1st Vivek Natarajan, 2nd Ashley Dockens
College of Engineering
Civil Engineering – proposing 7 course deletions & 2 course additions
Course Prefix & Number |
Course Title |
Action |
Effective Semester |
CVEN 5306 |
Computer Aided Design |
Deletion |
Spring 2024 |
CVEN 5307 |
Bridge Engineering |
Deletion |
Spring 2024 |
CVEN 5309 |
Civil Engineering Fundamentals |
Deletion |
Spring 2024 |
CVEN 5313 |
Fluid Mechanics |
Deletion |
Spring 2024 |
CVEN 5318 |
Stress Analysis and Matl Systems |
Deletion |
Spring 2024 |
CVEN 5325 |
Fundamentals of Air Pollution |
Deletion |
Spring 2024 |
CVEN 5330 |
Environmental Systems Modeling |
Addition |
Spring 2024 |
CVEN 5332 |
Composite Structures |
Deletion |
Spring 2024 |
CVEN 5372 |
Computational Methods for Civil Engineers |
Addition |
Summer 2024 |
The council does not approve of these courses. The department needs to provide a degree plan justifying the deletion and addition of courses and correct course objectives and student learning outcomes to match rigor.
Graduate Faculty Members Term Ending Summer 2024
Name |
College |
Department |
Vivek Natarajan |
Business |
Management & Marketing |
Debbie Troxclair |
Education & Hum. Dev. |
Educational Leadership |
Ken Young |
Education & Hum. Dev. |
Educational Leadership |
Tom Harvey |
Education & Hum. Dev. |
Educational Leadership |