Attendance: Abraham, Basualdo, Bisbee, Klatsky, King, LeFevre, Pan, Perdiguaero, Silky, Smith, Vanouse.

1.Approval of Minutes for September 30, 2005.  The minutes were approved as written.

2.  Report of Graduate Dean.  Dr. King reported the following items:

• The Graduate View Book is currently at the printers. The next step of working with individual departments to develop program specific materials will begin soon.  Also a consultant is being sought to assist individual departments develop their graduate web sites.  There will be one standard format for these web sites.
• Dr. King and Kevi have been attending Graduate Fairs throughout NYS.  There are about a dozen scheduled for the Fall semester.
• International Education is working with the Graduate Studies Office to promote Oswego’s graduate programs abroad - most recently in India.
• Dr. King is currently negotiating with faculty at Oneonta to serve as a review person on an Outside Review Committee for the MAT English Program.
• Faculty representatives from the Math and Curriculum and Instruction Department met to make revisions to the MAT Math in response to the Outside Review report.  This program will soon be moving through the review process on campus.
• The administration is continuing to move forward in continuing the development of 5-Year Programs at Oswego.
• The 9sh limit guideline is now being implemented by the Registrar’s office.
• Dr. King and the Research Office are currently completing a review of enrollment over the last 10 years.  The results of this work will be reported at the next meeting.
• Departments are encouraged to develop listservs for each of their programs.  This would facilitate notifying graduate students of opportunities on campus.

3.  Report of Council Chair.  Dr. Vanouse reported the following items:

• MBA 520 proposed course outline was distributed.
• There is still a need for a graduate student representative on the Academic Integrity Task Force.
• There is a need to have a graduate student representative on the Committee Recommending a person for Distinguished Professor.
•  Dr. Vanouse distributed a copy of the registration form for graduate students.  The Registrar is asking the Council to review this.
• Dr. Vanouse announced that there is a graduate level Writing Arts course outline coming soon.

4.  Old Business. 

            a. Technology Course Approval.The following Technology course were as written:

• • TED 531 History and Philosophy of Technology Education
  • TED 532 Advanced Instructional Methodologies for Technology Education
  • TED 533 Curriculum Development for Technology Education
  • TED 534 Assessment in Technology Education
  • TED 535 Laboratory Instructional Environments in Technology Education

b. Course proposal format for Special Topics courses.  EDU 505 Topics in Education was distributed with the agenda.  G. Klatksy distributed HCI 530 Seminar in Contemporary Topics in HCI.   Others indicated that they knew of other outlined that might be used for samples.  Thus, the item was tabled.

c. Curriculum and Instruction Course approval.  The following two courses were approved as written:

• • ADO 593 Field Experience III: Planning and Teaching
  • ADO 594 Interdisciplinary Methods: Grades 7-12
  • ADO 530 Culminating Seminar was not reviewed due to a request from the C&I Department.  It will be resubmitted at a later date.

5. New Business: The following items were distributed and/or added to the next agenda:

• BIO 525, CSC 516, CSC535, 560, 554, 566, 570, 586, CPS 505, CPS 508,
• CPS 509, CPS 512, CPS 513, CPS 515, CPS 516.
  • Special Topics course outline
  • Routing Forms
  • Registration Forms.
• • Special Topics course outline
  • Routing Forms
  • Registration Forms.

   

  Meeting adjourned at 9:20.

  Next meeting Nov. 4, 2005

  Minutes submitted by J. Smith