MEETING
DATE: 9-15-2021
1:00-3:00 p.m.
MEETING
LOCATION: webex
Committee: James
Navalta (Chair), Han-Fen Hu, Sean Boyd, Heather Dahl, Lawrence Larmore, Kimberly
Mellen, Gail Sammons, Alicia Rico, Mary Bondmass, Erin Rosenberg, Shichun
Huang, Maryann Overcamp-Martini, Corrin Sullivan, Godson Adjovu, Amy Tureen
(James proxy)
Ex-Officio: Emily Lin (Graduate College), April Fox (Graduate
College) Sam Fugazzotto (Office of the Registrar), Ruth
Garay (Office of the Registrar)
Invitees: Jay Shen, Patricia Cook-Craig
Agenda
- Committee Business
- Introductions
- Schedule of meetings
- Committee Charges (13)
- Review and make recommendations on
all proposals for new graduate 500-800 level courses
- Review and make recommendations
on all proposals to change existing graduate 500-800 level courses
- Proxy Form Link: Grad Committee Proxy form
- New Graduate Experimental Course
(X-Course) Creation Form:
- To further expedite creation and approval
of experimental courses, a new form has been developed. The new form
maintains the standards of the original course creation form, reducing
the number of approval steps.
- After the technical review step, the
approval is only required for the department Chair and the
College/School Associate Dean before going to the GCRC.
- Curriculum Forms Grading Updates:
- S/F grading has been added as an option
to both the course creation and change forms. S/F grading will count
towards GPA. Is there a need for this type of grading? What would be the
guidelines for using this option?
- For S/X/F thesis/dissertation grading,
faculty will only enter"X" grades until the culminating
experience form is completed and submitted. Based on the culminating
experience form, the final grade (either S or F) will be registered for
the student.
- S/X/F/ Grading as an Option for All Courses:
- Is there a need for S/X/F grading for
your program? What are the guidelines for using this option? NOTE: Grade-point values are not assigned for S. Many
graduate and professional schools may not accept satisfactory/fail
credits, or accept them only if accompanied by written evaluations of
the work accomplished in such courses that bear upon the field of
specialization. UNLV does not accept graduate courses graded
satisfactory/fail for use in a degree program except for thesis,
dissertation, or professional paper credits.
- Roberts Rules
- New Courses
- HCA - 728 Foundations of Health Services Organization
Theory (Jay Shen)
Gail
motioned, Sean seconded. Proposal passed.
- HCA - 738 Research Design in Healthcare Administration
(Josue Epane)
Proposer
was unable to attend, tabled until next meeting
- PPY - 703 Administrative and Judicial Decision-making
(Patricia Cook-Craig)
Gail
motioned, Mary-Anne seconded. Proposal passed.
3. Course Changes and Deletions
1. AAE - 695 Special Topics in Architectural Design – Tabled
for future meeting pending information from the proposer on the rationale
behind course variability and adjustment of syllabus to reflect differentiation
between graduate and undergraduate requirements.
2. ANTH - 649C Laboratory Methods in Archaeology
3. ANTH - 672 Hormones and Human Behavior
4. NURS - 729R Translational Evidence for Healthcare Systems
- Informational Items
- Going forward graduate courses will not have any
information in the field called "notes" when displayed on
acalog/catalog. "Notes" is a generic and ambiguous term, and if
a course needs information displayed, that information needs to be in a
different field, or only in the backend in MyUNLV, within the correct
field, e.g. max credits, repeatability, etc. We will be deleting
"notes" from the catalog display as we move forward on course
changes.
- Full catalog changes: term "hours"
removed, only use of "credits" going forward; pronouns changed
to "they/their"; term "track" removed, with use of
only "subplan" going forward.
- CIP code change for NUTR academic subject code:
Request from NSHE. Description: This is an administrative change
presented for informational purposes. The CIP code was changed from
31.1901 (Nutrition Sciences) to 51.31 (Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services).
51.31 was chosen in conjunction with college and department leadership.
4. SW 671 fixed an error
on course credits, adjusting to variable 1-3.
5. EDH 610 fixed an error
on course credits, adjusting to variable 1-3. Effective Spring 2022.
