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April 17, 2024

Date/Time
Wednesday, 04/17/2024
Location
Reaud 312
Submitted By:
Kristan Traxler

ذكذكتسئµ University  
Graduate Council   
Agenda #496 
April 17, 2024 

 

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