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The Graduate Council will meet on Monday, March 24, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. in Room 311 Byrnes. The following items will be on the agenda:
  1. Chair's remarks (Professor Farber)

  2. Approval of minutes (Minutes of the February 11, 2008 meeting)

  3. Report of the Graduate Dean (Dean Buggy)

  4. Graduate Student Day preparation (Professor Dubinsky)
  5. Report of the Petitions and Appeals Committee (Professor Herman)

  6. Chair will report.

  7. Report of the Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, and Related Professional Programs Committee (Professor Kelehear)

  8.   COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
              Curriculum and Bulletin Change: (Change in Program name-no change to curriculum)
              FROM: WOST Women's and Gender Studies
              TO: WOST Women's and Gender Studies - Change better reflects what is currently taught in the program                      [Effective: Fall 2008]

      DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
              New Course Proposal: (add a new course to program)
              PHIL 715 Ethics in Criminal Justice (3) Classic and contemporary theories of ethics and their applications
              to criminal justice decision-making.
              [Effective: Fall 2008]

      DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
              Curriculum and Bulletin Change: (To add PHIL 715 to Bulletin & to Crosslist)
              FROM: CRJU 714 Ethics in Criminal Justice (3) Classic and contemporary theories of ethics and their applications
              to criminal justice decision-making.           
             TO: CRJU 714/PHIL 715 Ethics in Criminal Justice (3) Classic and contemporary theories of ethics and their applications
              to criminal justice decision-making.
              [Effective: Fall 2008]

      DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
              Curriculum and Bulletin Change: (To add New Certificate Program to Bulletin)
              New Certificate in Criminal Justice Leadership
              [Effective: Fall 2008]

      DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURE
              New Course Proposal: (add a new course)
              SPAN 752 Twentieth-Century Spanish Exile Literature (3) Study of the creative works written by high profile Spanish
              writers while in exile (in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, and the U.S.) during the Spanish Civil War and ensuing
              Francoist regime.           
              [Effective: Fall 2009]

      DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
              New Course Proposal: (add a new course)
              MGSC 711 Quantitative Methods in Business (3) Quantitative procedures used to make informed business decisions.
              The course focuses on the application of descriptive statistics, probability, interval estimates, hypothesis testing, and
              regression to management problems.
              [Effective: Fall 2008]

      DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
              New Course Proposal: (add a new course)
              MGSC 711T Quantitative Methods in Business - Technology-Assisted Instruction Proposal (3) Quantitative procedures
              used to make informed business decisions. The course focuses on the application of descriptive statistics, probability,
              interval estimates, hypothesis testing, and regression to management problems.
              [Effective: Fall 2008]

      DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING
              Curriculum and Bulletin Change: (course description change and removal of a course)
              Program Involved -- Master of Accountancy
              FROM: Business Management and Assurance Track – The Business Management and Assurance Track is a professional
              program that provides students with the advanced knowledge and skills necessary for entry-level positions in
              the areas of auditing, assurance, services, and financial reporting and for further graduate work. Students are
              required to complete each of the following courses: ACCT 732, 733, 734, 736, 737 (15 hours)
              TO: Business Management and Assurance Track, Business Management and Assurance Track is a professional program
              that provides students with the advanced knowledge and skills necessary for entry-level positions in the areas
              of auditing, assurance, services, and financial reporting and for further graduate work. Students are required
              to complete each of the following courses: ACCT 732, 734, 736, 737 (12 hours)
              [Effective: Summer 1 2008]

      DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING
              Curriculum and Bulletin Change: (course name change)
              FROM: ACCT 733 Accounting Theory
              TO: ACCT 733 Accounting Regulation and Financial Reporting Issues
              [Effective: Summer 1 2008]

      MOORE BUSINESS SCHOOL
              Curriculum and Bulletin Change: PMBA (Description change)
              FROM: Professional MBA Program – The degree requirements include the
              following courses in the Moore School of Business: ACCT 728, 729, MGSC 692,
              ECON 720, FINA 760, MBAD 702, MGMT 770, MGSC 791, 796, MKTG 701 and elective
              courses in the Moore School of Business (18 hours). These electives are chosen
              from a number of approved elective offerings of the Moore School of Business.
              TO: Professional MBA Program – The degree requirements include the following
              courses in the Moore School of Business: ACCT 728, 729, MGSC 711, ECON 720,
              FINA 760, MBAD 702, MGMT 770, MGSC 791, 796, MKTG 701 and elective courses in
              the Moore School of Business (18 hours). These electives are chosen from a number
              of approved elective offerings of the Moore School of Business.
              [Effective: Fall 2008]

      MOORE BUSINESS SCHOOL
              New Course Proposal: MGSC 871 Global Sourcing: Strategies and Applications (3)
              This course covers skills necessary to pursue sourcing and related careers in manufacturing, services,
              retailing, and government agencies, including discussion of cutting edge negotiation and sourcing
              strategies pursued in exemplar firms.
              [Prereq.: DSMB 718]
              [Effective Fall 2008]

  9. Report of Science, Math, and Related Professional Programs Committee (Professor Trifonov)
      
      ARNOLD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
              Course Change Proposal: (change in Course description and prerequisites)
              FROM: PUBH 798 (1-6) Limited work experience or service project in an approved public health setting relating to           physical activity.
              [Prereq.: BIOS 700 or 701 and EPID 700 or 701 and EXSC 700]
              TO: PUBH 798 (1-6) Limited work experience or service project in an approved public health setting.
              [Prereq.: BIOS 700 or 701 and EPID 700 or 701]
              [Effective: Fall 2008]

      THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
              Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science
              Course Change Proposal: (change in the nunmber of course hours)
              FROM: RHAB 883 Counseling Internship (6)
              TO: RHAB 883 Counseling Internship (1-6)
              [Effective: Fall 2008]

  10. Report of the 500/600 Level Courses and Telecommunication Delivery Committee (Dean Buggy)

  11. Submissions from the Feb. 15, 2008 meeting of the Committee on Curricula and Courses were reviewed and recommended for approval. These courses were on the March 5, 2008 agenda for Faculty Senate http://www.sc.edu/faculty/senate/08/agenda/0305.cc.pdf.

               FILM 510 – New Course
               FILM 511 – New Course
               ECON 548 [=ENVR 548] – New course and cross-listing
               ENVR 548 [=ECON 548] – New course and cross-listing
               MUSC 554 - Deletion

    Submissions from the March 7, 2008 meeting of the Committee on Curricula and Courses were reviewed and recommended for approval. These courses will be on the April 2, 2008 agenda for Faculty Senate.

               SPCH 543 – Change title and description
               SPCH 548 – Change title, description, and number to 448; Delete SPCH 548
               LING 554 [=SPAN 516] – New course and cross-listing
               SPAN 516 [=LING 554] – New course and cross-listing
               BMEN 589 – New Course
               EMCH 551 – New Course and telecommunication delivery
               EMCH 557 – New Course and telecommunication delivery
               EMCH 558 – New Course and telecommunication delivery
               HPEB 513 – Change title and description
               HPEB 684 – Change title and description

  12. Report of the Fellowships Committee (Professor Pirisi-Creek)


  13. Chair will report

  14. Report of the Program Review Committee (Professor Bickle)


  15. No items to report

  16. Report of Academic Policy and Practices Committee (Professor Farber)


  17. Chair will report.

  18. Other Committee Reports


  19. Old Business


  20. Letter from Graduate Student Association President, Joe Chen

  21. New Business


  22. Good of the Order


  23. Adjournment

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