Attending: Kristan Traxler, Brett Welch, Ashley Dockens, Robin Latimer, Ruthie Robinson, Kenneth Young, Vivek Natarajan, Theresa Hefner-Babb, Debbie Troxclair, David Short
Approval of Minutes #495
Motion to Accept
1st Vivek Natarajan, 2nd Ashley Dockens
New Business
College of Arts & Sciences
Computer Science - proposing 1 course change
| Course Prefix & Number | Course Title | Action | Effective Semester | 
| CPSC 5325 | Data Science and Big Data Analysis | Change | Summer 2023  | 
Motion to Accept; 1st Vivek Natarajan, 2nd Robin Latimer
History - proposing 5 course additions, 2 course changes, and 1 course deletion
| Course Prefix & Number | Course Title | Action | Effective Semester | 
| HIST 5304 | The Old South | Change | Spring 2024 | 
| HIST 5307 | Graduate Seminar on Women and Gender in American History | Addition | Spring 2024 | 
| HIST 5307 | American Presidency | Deletion | Spring 2024 | 
| HIST 5353 | Nazi Germany | Change | Spring 2024 | 
| HIST 5368 | Grad. Sem. in the Middle East in the 20th Century | Addition | Spring 2024 | 
| HIST 5317 | Grad. Sem. in African-American History since 1877 | Addition | Spring 2024 | 
| HIST 5370 | Grad. Sem. on Monsters in Mexican-American History | Addition | Spring 2024 | 
| HIST 5375 | Grad. Sem. on Chicano History | Addition | Spring 2024 | 
The council approves the courses. However, the department needs to correct and send course objective & student outcomes for HIST 5304, 5368, and 5317 for higher standards on Blooms Taxonomy.
Motion to Accept
1st Vivek Natarajan, 2nd Ashley Dockens
College of Engineering
Civil Engineering – proposing 7 course deletions & 2 course additions
| Course Prefix & Number | Course Title | Action | Effective Semester | 
| CVEN 5306 | Computer Aided Design | Deletion | Spring 2024 | 
| CVEN 5307 | Bridge Engineering | Deletion | Spring 2024 | 
| CVEN 5309 | Civil Engineering Fundamentals | Deletion | Spring 2024 | 
| CVEN 5313 | Fluid Mechanics | Deletion | Spring 2024 | 
| CVEN 5318 | Stress Analysis and Matl Systems | Deletion | Spring 2024 | 
| CVEN 5325 | Fundamentals of Air Pollution | Deletion | Spring 2024 | 
| CVEN 5330 | Environmental Systems Modeling | Addition | Spring 2024 | 
| CVEN 5332 | Composite Structures | Deletion | Spring 2024 | 
| CVEN 5372 | Computational Methods for Civil Engineers | Addition | Summer 2024  | 
The council does not approve of these courses. The department needs to provide a degree plan justifying the deletion and addition of courses and correct course objectives and student learning outcomes to match rigor.
Graduate Faculty Members Term Ending Summer 2024
| Name | College | Department | 
| Vivek Natarajan | Business | Management & Marketing | 
| Debbie Troxclair | Education & Hum. Dev. | Educational Leadership | 
| Ken Young | Education & Hum. Dev. | Educational Leadership | 
| Tom Harvey | Education & Hum. Dev. | Educational Leadership |