Minutes of the Graduate Studies Committee
for December 12, 2000

The Graduate Studies Committee Met on 12/12/00 at 3:30 PM in MOLN 275

In attendance were Khan and Olsen. Thomson and Wang participated through discussion and votes over e-mail.

1. The first item considered was Angenline McArthur's response to BUS 741. This was passed out at the meeting. She wrote that changing the class from 3 to 2 credits would not significantly alter the material covered. The basic theoretical material would be the same while the number of cases covered and any overlap with the Organizational Behavior class would be reduced. Committee members were satisfied with the response.

2. The request for curricular change for COMM 702 Organizational Communication which added Instructor Consent required to the prerequisites was approved on the understanding that the instructor, Theresa Castor, wished to counsel enrolling students appropriately.

3. Next the catalog copy for the Master of Science in Applied Molecular Biology was considered.

The following recommendations for editorial changes were compiled from suggestions given by members:

• On p.1. there is a duplication of the word the under Goals of the program, first line.
• On p. 1 under Summary of Requirements: the third line should read "the degree" rather than "graduation" and the last line should read "cannot" rather than "can not"
• On p. 3 after Chemistry: there should be a period at the end of the paragraph. It was suggested that the chemistry and biology requirements should read consistently as far as use of commas and colons. THIS WAS SUGGESTED GENERALLY FOR ALL GRADUATE CATALOG COPIES FOR ALL PROGRAMS.
• On p. 4 It should be clarified where additional requirements for international sutdents is listed. It was suggested that the paragraph for international students shoudl be moved below the paragraph on Admission on Probation
• On p. 4 Paragraph on Admission on Probation: The seventh line contains the word "prerequisite" which should be in the
  plural and the word "admissions" which should be in the singular.
• On p.4 Continuation should be listed with Arabic rather than Roman numerals.
• On p.4. The third to last line "requires" shoudl be "require".
• On p. 5 the First line reads "readmission" - is readmission or reinstatement implied? This contradicts Item (III) under Continuation on p.4.

The committee approved the catalog copy subject to editorial corrections.

4. Finally, the catalog copy for the MBA program was considered.

• On p. 1 the wording should be changed to "The program is designed to be completed in two and one half years of full time study to seven years of part time study".
• On p.1. Under Structure of the Program it is written that students meet foundations through coursework or examinations. It is not clearly stated whether foundations coursework can be transferred in to the program.
• On p. 3 Remove the word "form" from the end of the first sentence.

It was found that several courses are listed under "Graduate Courses" (BUS 528, 532, 556, 558, and many 600 level courses. It is not listed earlier whether these constitute foundations, core, or elective courses and need to be listed in one of these three areas. Other courses such as BUS 713, 719, 733, 735, 746, 754, 755, 776, 786 were suspected to be electives but were not listed anywhere in the program courses. It was suggested that electives be listed. Also, it was suggested that courses from other
departments that were part of the MBA program (e.g. Communication or Economics courses) shoudl also be included in the list of courses.

As far as individual course listings, BUS 528 was found to list this prerequisite: Not open to students sho have taken MIS 328 or equiv This was repeated again in the body of the course description. The committee's suggestion was that this sentence be removed from the body of the course description. This suggestion applies to BUS 556, 558, 624, 635, 637.

The Committee approved the MBA catalog copy subject to its meeting the above suggested revisions.

The meeting adjourned at 4:20 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Farida Khan,
Chair