AGENDA
College of
Education Council
October 13, 2004
Room 301B, Porter Building
2:00 p.m.
1. Call to Order.
Establishment of a Quorum. (There are 14 voting members; eight voting members constitute a quorum.)
2.. Election of a secretary and student representative to Graduate Council.
3. Approval of the minutes of September 22, 2004. These may be found at http://www.emich.edu/coe/governance/COECouncil/minutes/092204m.html
COE Council agenda and minutes, 1992 forward, may be found at http://www.emich.edu/coe/governance/COECouncil/
4. Reports of Committees
A. Reports from Standing Committees
i. Basic Programs Committee.
New program proposal for Visual Arts major. Materials are available at
http://www.emich.edu/coe/prg_changes/basic_prg/09_23_04.html
Discussion of Hours to Graduation Committee recommendations
ii. Advanced
Programs Committee
New program proposal for Master of Arts in Earth Science Education.
Program revision: Masters in Social Foundations of Education.
Materials for both programs available at
http://www.emich.edu/coe/prg_changes/advanced/09_28_04.html
iii. Professional and Affiliated Programs Committee
See Attachment 1
iv. Personnel
Committee
No report.
v. Planning and Finance Committee
No report.
5. Reports from other College or University Groups
A. Faculty Council
B. Graduate Council
C. Strategic Planning Process
D. Continuing Education Advisory Council
E. EMU Research Advisory Council
F. COE Resource Development Board
G. COE Student Advisory Committee
H. ad hoc Diversity Committee
I. ad hoc Porter Chair Advisory Committee
J. ad hoc Education Alumni Hall of Fame Committee
K. ad hoc Education Students Data Assessment Committee
L. Other COE Groups
M. COE Departments or Offices
N. Porter Building status
O. NCATE/State status.
P. Dean’s report
6. Old business
A. Proposal to revise the governance system for professional education.
7. New business
8. Adjournment.
Next meeting October 27, 2004--2:00 p.m., Porter 301B, or as otherwise set by the Council.
New Programs
M.S. in Geographic Information Systems and Planning
Geographical Information Systems Professionals’ Certificate
Geographic Information Systems Educators’ Certificate [Sent to Advanced Programs]
(6 new graduate courses, 5 for teachers, also 3 course revisions)
Minor in Environmental Biology Studies (7 new courses)
Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence
Graduate Certificate in African American Studies (8 new courses)
Program Revisions
M.S. in Historical Preservation (11 new courses, 5 course revisions—credit hours, titles, descriptions)
Professional Chemistry (UG)
M.S. in Human Nutrition (3 new courses, 4 course revisions)
New Courses
GERN 493 Reading Knowledge of German
GERN 593 Reading Knowledge of German
ENGL 595 Teaching Basic Writing at the College Level
COSC 582 Object-Oriented Design
COSC 667 Machine Learning and Data Mining
COSC 527 Wireless Networking Principles
COSC 653 Software Requirements Engineering
COSC 685 Software Quality Assurance
SWRK 665 Social Work Practice in Behavioral Health
Course Changes
BOTN 215 Economic Botany (title, description, restruction)