In attendance: Dave McShaffrey (Chair), Laura Little, Jim O’Donnell, Bill Bauer, Mark Sibicky, Tina Ullman, Cathy Brown, Sharon Douglass.

Meeting minutes from December 3, 2003, were approved as amended.

Items:
Graduate catalog: McShaffrey reminded members to review the catalog for areas previously assigned and to send editorial changes and corrections directly to Prof. Fraser MacHaffie. The Records Office should be contacted if there are changes to course numbers as part of an effort to improve Council’s communications with that office. Bauer and Brown suggested including the information about enhanced courses in the Academic Policies & Practices section.

Degree audit sheets & substitution of elective classes across departments: Sibicky requested having this issue on the agenda for a future meeting. Sibicky stated the issue came up in his department due to his impending sabbatical which may cause a lack of enough faculty to teach electives in the PSYC graduate program.

Constitution sections for Graduate Council: Members discussed the changes to forward to Faculty Council including composition of Council, student representatives, and voting rights. McShaffrey relayed the concerns of Faculty Council and Curriculum Committee about the size of council and possible voting blocks of program directors. McShaffrey will submit latest revisions to Prof. Ed Osborne for discussion at Faculty Council’s meeting today. McShaffrey anticipates these changes will be on the agenda for the February 9, 2004, faculty meeting.

Education proposal preparation: Bauer gave members 3 handouts as an overview of the certification program: summaries of new EDUC classes for the proposed Mild/Moderate Certification Intervention Specialist Certification, the program’s degree plan, and the State Superintendents Task Force for Preparing Special Education Personnel report. Bauer stated the report being submitted to NCATE for approval is lengthy so copies are not being made for each Council member but he will have a copy available for anyone that wants to review it.

Meeting time for spring semester: There was a general consensus to keep the same meeting time this semester. McShaffrey will contact the members not present to find out if any conflicts with this time are ongoing.

Next meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 4, 2004, 12 noon, 207 McDonough.
Meeting adjourned at 12:58 pm.