Minutes of the Graduate Committee
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5241 N. Maple, M/S TA 43
Fresno, California 93740-8027
Office of the Academic Senate Ext. 8-2743
October 12, 2010
Members Present: M. Wilson (Chair), S. Brown-Welty, N. P. Mahalik, S. Skelton, M. Stevens.
Member Absent: K. Carey (excused), R. Yazdipour (excused).
Visitors: Mohan B. Dang, Dr. Mukunda, P. Gajurel, Kurt Cline.
The meeting was called to order by Chair Wilson at 2: 00 p.m. in Thomas #117.
1. Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of 9/28/2010.
2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda as distributed.
3. Communications and Announcements.
A. The committee received a program review from Animal Science. This program review
will be reviewed and discussed in future meetings.
B. The committee received a Proposed Option in Computer Engineering for the Master
of Science in Engineering degree program. This proposal will be reviewed and discussed
in a future meeting.
C. The Chair informed the committee the Ms Alyssa Black had complied with the instructions
for completing her application. Her Masters program was approved by the committee.
The chair will forward the paperwork in her case.
D. S. Brown-Welty notified the committee that the proposal for the off– campus doctoral
program will be ready for review at the next meeting.
4. Revised interdisciplinary application from Ms Deanna Cox was reviewed by the committee.
The major revision was to obtain signatures of faculty
members that will supervise the course of study. Ms Cox explained to the committee
what her program would entail. Ms Cox’s detailed the
degree sought in Environmental Policies in Developing Countries. All visitors listed
above were in attendance to support her application. The
committee had some concern about how and when the graduate writing requirement would
be met. However, the faculty in attendance, and Ms.
Cox, presented a plan to meet the requirement. Ms Cox was instructed by the committee
to make minor changes to the plan to reflect the
process of completing the writing requirement. The committee approved the plan for
Ms. Cox to pursue the Masters Degree in Interdisciplinary
Studies.
5. There was discussion and a vote on the program review for the Master’s in Biotechnology
that was presented at the previous meeting. A vote
resulted in the recommendation to approval the program.
MSC to adjourn at 2:44 p.m.
The next scheduled meeting of the Graduate Committee will be Tuesday,
October 19, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. in Thomas #117.
Agenda
1. Approval of the Minutes of 10/12/10.
2. Approval of the Agenda.
3. Communications and Announcements.
4. Reading Masters Online: TIME CERTAIN: 2:20 - 1st Reading.
5. Bakersfield Ed.D. Program - 1st Reading.
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