Attendance: Bisbee, King, Klatsky, Pan, Perdiguera, Silky, Smith, Vanouse.

1. Approval of Minutes of April 7, 2006.  Silky moved approval as written; Klatsky seconded.  The motion was passed.
2. Dean’s Report.  Dr. King reported the following items:

• Concerns are being raised in Albany about Oswego’s Memorandum of Understanding which states that acceptable GMAT scores for applicants to the MBA are in the 400 range.  Albany wants a minimum score of 500 on the GMAT for admission to SUNY programs.  The School of Business and Dr. King are currently working on wording of a new policy which will indicate that over a defined period of time, the acceptable score on the GMAT for admission to the MBA program will be raised to 500.  At this time, there is less concern about the GRE’s.  However, Dr. King will be working with Graduate Coordinators to develop a policy indicating that applicants with GRE scores below 500 will only be admitted conditionally unless there are extenuating circumstances.
• Graduate Brochures.  These are still in process, and there will be a graduate intern available throughout the summer to assist departments in completing the task.
• The College is planning a Graduate Studies Week during Fall 2006: October 30- November 3.  Throughout the week there will be workshops for undergraduate student to attend.  Day and evening scheduling will be planned for these workshops.  Meantime the Graduate Office personnel has plans to attend a larger number of Graduate Fairs over a more encompassing area of NY state in the fall. 
• Progress is being made in locating a Syracuse site for graduate programs. 
• Dr. King is hoping to fund more Graduate Assistants for the future.  Currently Oswego has 70.  This is a relatively large number for a comprehensive campus, but more are needed as new programs are offered.
• The need for graduate content courses was discussed briefly.  These are needed by the students in the Curriculum and Instruction program as NYS professional certification regulations require 12sh of content related courses minimum. 
• Professional Science Masters (PSM). This is a master’s degree that many industrial employers would like to have available for their employees.  The Sloan Foundation is active in financing such programs especially when there is evidence of cooperation between business, industry, and the university.  Currently a model is being developed between central NY businesses, industries and the SUNY campuses in order to seek support of the Sloan Foundation.  If the model is supported the central office for such programs would be on the SUNY Oswego campus.

    3.    Council Chair Report. 

• Vanouse reported that the revisions to CPS 509 were approved. 
• In addition, Graduate Council reaffirmed  the course outline proposal format that was approved in April 2004, and the Council is working on developing a procedure for submitting revised course outlines.
  

   4.   Old Business. 

• Proposed Policy on Awarding Two Degrees at the Graduate Level.  This was deferred again.  It appears from the survey of other units that is being completed that they are following other policies.
• Procedures for Submitting Course Revisions.  The draft was reviewed and approved with revisions.  J. Smith will make the revisions and forward them to Kevi McNeilly in the Graduate Studies Office for distribution to departments.
• Semester Add/Drop Policy.  After discussion concerning the number of classes a student could attend prior to adding, there seemed to be a general consensus that the policy was okay as it is much the same as it currently is except for the last three days of the add period being the option of the instructor; the policy will go back to Academic Policies Council for its support.
• Psy 505 Topics in Abnormal Psychology: Trauma and Loss.  G. Klatsky presented the proposal and rationale.  Following a brief discussion, the course was approved pending editorial revisions of the outline format.
• BA (Psychology)/MBA (Business).  This item was deferred as many members did not have the materials.

5.      New Business

• LIT 515 Teaching Young Adult Literature.  Deferred to next meeting.
• Art Department change in admission statement.  The following catalog admission statement was approved for the Art Department:Students with less than 71hours in art or an allied subject (subject to approval of the Graduate Committee) are required to take supplemental undergraduate studio courses before they begin the M.A. degree program.  “We require that all the students in the Fine Arts oriented area of the program be full time (nine to twelve hours per semester).”   The program coordinator will consult with the graduate faculty member in the area of the student’s main interest to make this judgment.

The meeting adjourned at 9:20. 

J. Smith recorded the minutes.