12-7-2021
DECEMBER 7, 2021
1-3 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: Webex:
Committee: Greg Moody (Chair), Kara Radzak/Michelle Samuel (Integrated Health Sciences), Christina Demopoulos (Dental), Doris Watson (Education), Shahram Latifi (Engineering), Wendy Kveck (Fine Arts), Finley Cotrone (Hospitality), Christian Jensen (Liberal Arts), Catherine Dingley (Nursing), Dong-Chan Lee (Sciences), Neeraj Bhandari (Public Health), Benjamin Burroughs (Urban Affairs), Corrin Sullivan (Medicine), Cory Tucker (Library) , Claudia Chiang-Lopez (GPSA)
Ex-Officio: Elizabeth Barrie (Online Education), Gail Griffin (Provost’s Office), Lindsay Couzens (Provost’s Office), Ruth Garay (Registrar), Sam Fugazzotto (Grad College), April Fox (Grad College), Tracy Johnson (Grad College), Emily Lin (Grad College), Rosemary Le
Invitees: Lisa Bendixen (Education), Alice Corkill (Ed Psych), Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Public Health), Kim Charron (Accounting), Donnamarie Krause (Occupational Therapy), Donna Costa (Occupational Therapy)
Graduate Programs Committee Agenda
1. Committee Business
a. None
2. Program Deletions/Deactivations
a. None
3. New Programs
a. Adv Grad Cert in Mixed Research Methods – Lisa Bendixen
i. Question about difference between this and existing methods programs
ii. Motion passes: 11-0
4. Program Changes
a. PhD Ed Psychology – Alice Corkill
i. Motion passes: 11-0
b. PhD Ed Psychology / Juris Doctor – Alice Corkill
i. Motion passes: 11-0
c. MS Ed Psychology – Alice Corkill
i. Motion passes: 11-0
d. Master Public Health - Lung-Wen Antony Chen
i. Question: Do you have other methods to assess applicants without the GRE then?
ii. Motion passes: 12-0
e. MS Accounting – Kim Charron
i. Motion passes: 12-0
f. Occupational Therapy Doctorate (Course Requirements) – Donnamarie Krause
i. Motion passes: 12-0
g. Occupational Therapy Doctorate (Completion Requirements) – Donna Costa
i. Motion passes: 12-0
5. Informational Items
a. Education - Teaching & Learning. Doctor of Philosophy - Curriculum & Instruction - post-master's subplan, "Research Required Courses – Credits: 12" section. Clerical correction of previous errors: adjusting the instructions in the section to: "Complete a total of 12 credits by completing all the following courses (6 credits), and 6 credits of advisor-approved coursework. EPY 718, and EPY 721 are not eligible for substitution."
b. Fine Arts - School of Music. Artist Diploma - Clerical correction of previous errors: on total credits display for course sections. Program total credits is correct, and course sections were fixed to match course requirements already in place.
c. Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dual Degree: Doctor of Philosophy - Electrical Engineering & Master of Science - Mathematical Sciences – clerical correction of previous errors: removed term "double-counted" for courses in degree requirements, fixing past clerical error, adjusted to "counted between"
d. Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dual Degree: Master of Science in Engineering - Electrical Engineering & Master of Science - Mathematical Sciences – clerical correction of previous errors: removed term "double-counted" for courses in degree requirements, fixing past clerical error, adjusted to "counted between"
e. Fine Arts - School of Music. Doctor of Musical Arts - Performance - String Subplan - Clerical correction of previous errors: mentioning 6 credits within the instructions of this 9 credit course section. Now mentioned correctly, 9.
f. Policy. If there is an aggregate change of 25 percent or more in the number of clock or credit hours or program content within an existing program, it will require Board of Regents approval. In these cases, program changes will only be reflected in the Catalog after approval by the Board of Regents. This policy is now displayed under Program Changes, within the Graduate Curriculum website: https://www.unlv.edu/graduatecollege/curriculum