Minutes of the Graduate Committee

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO

5240 N. JACKSON AVENUE, M/S UC43
Fresno, California 93740–8023

Office of the Academic Senate
Ext. 8–2743

October 9, 2007

Members Present: M. Perez (Chair), S. Brown–Welty, D. Dickerson,
T. Dull, G. Kriehn, N. Mahalik, T. Skeen,
Z. Wang, R. Yazdipour.
Members Absent: None.
Visitors: S. Church, R. Dundas, R. Koons,
J. McMenamin, J. Pickford.

The meeting was called to order by Chair Perez at 2:00 p.m. in the
University Center, Room #203

  1. Minutes: MSC to approve the Minutes of 9/25/07.
  2. Agenda: MSC to approve the Agenda as distributed.
  3. Communications and Announcements.
    a. Two new committee members, N. Mahalik and R. Yazdipour,
    were welcomed by the committee.
    b. Chair Perez announced that the one–step graduate
    application process is up and running on–line.
  4. Proposal for Pursuing Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree
    Program by Joel Pickford.
    J. Pickford described his program proposal with the working title
    of Documentary Studies with Emphasis in Southeast Asian Cultures.
    The committee made the following motion:
    MSC to request the following changes be incorporated into
    the proposal and that a revised proposal be
    resubmitted to the Division of Graduate Studies.
    a. Specify the manner in which the graduate writing
    requirement will be met since the course listed in the
    original proposal has been removed.
    b. Describe and provide details on how the photographic
    exhibition will be made into a thesis instead of a
    project. The committee suggests that Charles Radke in
    the graduate office be consulted and his input made
    part of the documentation.
    c. Provide a narrower thesis title.
  5. Proposal for Pursuing Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree
    Program by Robert Koons.
    R. Koons described his program proposal with the working title of
    Western Sierra Nevada Railroad Logging, Soil Compaction and Its
    Effect on Forest Recovery. The committee made the following
    motion.
    MSC to approve the degree program proposal with the
    following changes. (A final copy of the proposal
    should be submitted to the Division of Graduate
    Studies.)
    a. Remove SW 100 from the prerequisite list and change
    the course name to Soil and Water Science in the
    Graduate Program of Study.
    a. List Thesis Hours for the Spring 2009 semester.
  6. Graduate Committee Annual Report 2006–07.
    Postponed until next week.

MSC to adjourn at 3:05 p.m.

The next scheduled meeting of the Graduate Committee is Tuesday,
October 16, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the University Center, Room #203.

Agenda.

  1. Approval of the Minutes of 10/9/07.
  2. Approval of the Agenda.
  3. Communications and Announcements.
  4. GRE Waiver Requirement Spanish Program.
  5. Kinesiology Program Review 2:20 Time Certain.
  6. Graduate Committee Annual Report 2006–07.

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