Graduate Council Meeting Agenda
Coastal Carolina University
06 May 2009 11:30AM
Dawsey Conference Room
Singleton Building
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes from 01 April 2008 Graduate Council Meeting
III. Old Business
Spadoni College of Education
A. Request for Addition of New Course(s) GRADUATE LEVEL
EDAD 694 Elementary School Principal in Practice – Fall Internship (3)
Prerequisite: EDAD 600 Introduction to Educational Leadership
Course Description: This internship under direct supervision of an on-site experienced elementary administrator (“field supervisor”) and a member of the faculty of the CCU Department of Educational Leadership serves as a critical benchmark for decisions about administrative licensure. The first in a two-semester internship provides practical experience in the duties and responsibilities of the school principal designed to insure orientation in educational administration as a broad field.
EDAD 695: Elementary School Principal in Practice – Spring Internship (3)
Prerequisite: EDAD 600, EDAD 694 (fall internship) and completion of 5 (five) EDAD courses before permission to register for the internship.
Course Description: The second in a two-semester supervised elementary internship expands candidate performance of the duties and responsibilities of the school principal. Included in the internship are specialized and in-depth projects related to school administration and problems that reflect candidate needs and interests.
EDAD 696: Secondary School Principal in Practice – Fall Internship (3)
Prerequisite: EDAD 600 and completion of 5 (five) EDAD courses before permission to register for the internship
Course Description: This internship under direct supervision of an on-site experienced secondary administrator (“field supervisor”) and a member of the faculty of the CCU Department of Educational Leadership serves as a critical benchmark for decisions about administrative licensure. The first in a two-semester internship provides practical experience in the duties and responsibilities of the school principal designed to insure orientation in educational administration as a broad field.
EDAD 697: Secondary School Principal in Practice – Spring Internship (3)
Prerequisite: EDAD 600, EDAD 696 (fall internship) and completion of 5 (five) EDAD courses before permission to register for the internship.
Course Description:
The second in a two-semester supervised secondary internship expands candidate performance of the duties and responsibilities of the school principal. Included in the internship are specialized and in-depth projects related to school administration and problems that reflect candidate needs and interests.
IV. New Business
Spadoni College of Education
A. Request for Addition of New Course(s) GRADUATE LEVEL
EDUC 611 Writing/Reading Process Institute(6) Seminar
Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor
Course Description: This course involves participants in the study of literacy education. Current theory and practice in the teaching and learning of writing and reading will be explored and experienced with special attention to writing/reading workshop and the role of teacher research to develop new professional knowledge. Prior approval of graduate advisor is required to include this course in a graduate degree program.
EDSP 640 Behavior Management(3) Traditional or DL
Prerequisite: Graduate Status
Course Description: This course provides a critic analysis of behavior management theories, evidence-based disciplinary practices, and applications that foster an environment conducive to learning. Course emphasizes identification, analysis, etiology & intervention strategies for prevention and management of inappropriate behaviors exhibited by students with disabilities. Research of legal and ethical practices included.
A. Request for Change in a Course(s) GRADUATE LEVEL
EDSC 550 Principles and Methods of Teaching (3)
Proposed Change: Change prefix from EDSC to ARTE
Rationale: The course is currently being taught by Art education faculty housed in the EHFA; the Art Teaching Specialization in the MAT degree is for grades PreK- 12 whereas the EDSC prefix refers to Education-Secondary (Grades 9-12) which does not accurately reflect the PreK-12 emphasis. This course should be placed with the Art Department and listed along with other ART Education (ARTE) courses in the university catalog. In the past (2/7/03) ARTE Principles and Methods of Teaching Art was approved, but has never been offered at CCU. Art 569 should be deleted or made inactive on the university system. (Requires separate Request form)
EDSC 551 Principles and Methods of Teaching Music (3)
Proposed Change: Change course prefix from EDSC to MUED
Rationale: The course is currently being taught by Music Education faculty housed in the EHFA; the Music Teaching Specialization in the MAT degree is for grades PreK- 12 whereas the EDSC prefix refers to Education-Secondary (Grades 9-12) which does not accurately reflect the PreK-12 emphasis. This course should be placed with the Art Department and listed along with other Music Education (MUED) courses in the university catalog. In 2005 the course MUED 544 Principles and Methods of Music Teaching was made inactive; it was offered only once during the summer of 2002.
Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts
Department of English
A. Request for Addition of or Change in Degree Program
Master of Arts in Writing (33.0) The Department of English proposes the Master of Arts in Writing, a graduate program designed to attract teachers, professional writers and researchers, and aspiring creative writers. The Master of Arts in Writing degree responds to the increasing interest nationally in creative writing and the local need for advanced training in professional writing.
Rationale: The M.A. in writing degree is designed to straddle three related areas of need: Professional writing, creative writing and composition. While all three areas can be viewed as distinct disciplines, this degree will link them by emphasizing some central principles of writing; this program emphasizes the common elements of all kinds of effective writing, but it allows for intensive exploration of particular subfields of writing. The professional writing emphasis will address needs in government and the private sector. The creative writing component will enhance South Carolina’s artistic landscape. The rhetoric and composition coursework will speak to our state’s continuing need for writing educators whose expertise extends from the secondary schools through the undergraduate level.
B. Request for Addition of a New Course(s) – Graduate Level
(Related to the Master of Arts in Writing)
ENGL 602: Principles of Editing and Publishing (3) Lecture
Through seminars, workshops and lectures conducted by publishers, designers, authors, editors, and other industry specialists, students will be introduced to a range of skills involved in professional writing, editing, design and production.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
ENGL 603: Forms of Creative Writing (3) Lecture
A course in the forms of creative writing, students will examine the history, movements and technical forms of literary genres in an effort to better understand influences that may affect the writer today.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
ENGL 604: Composition and Rhetoric (3) Lecture
This course is designed to introduce the graduate student to a wide array of composition theorists. Each theory will be examined for its underlying assumptions and pedagogical implications. Research in the fields of composition and research will be reviewed, and students will join the critical debate with their own researched perspectives.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
ENGL 628: Topics in British Literature (3) Lecture
This course introduces students to a variety of texts from the British literary tradition. Individual sections may focus on particular periods, movements, subcultures or historical contexts. Students will be asked to read rhetorically, with an eye toward ways in which literary texts speak to larger issues of rhetoric and writing.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
ENGL 635: Topics in American Literature (3) Lecture
An exploration of texts from a variety of eras, movements, regions and/or sub-cultures within American Literature. Students will read literary texts, focusing on the social, cultural, historical, and political contexts in which these texts were produced and analyzing the content for cultural-specific themes.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
ENGL 652: Graduate Writing Workshop–Fiction (3) Lecture
A course in fiction writing to show students how to analyze the multiple ways a short story can be written and the ways in which published writers organize their thoughts and ideas on the page.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
ENGL 653: Topics in Linguistics (3) Lecture
This course studies the origins and development of languages in general, and of English and related languages in particular. No previous knowledge of Old and Middle English necessary.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
ENGL 655: Graduate Writing Workshop–Creative Nonfiction (3) Lecture
This class will focus on personal essay-writing and the memoir Students will read selections by some of the major figures in contemporary nonfiction, and will write two major essays.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
ENGL 658: Graduate Writing Workshop–Poetry (3) Lecture
A workshop to study the craft of poetry and write poems in both traditional forms and free verse. The majority of class time will be spent in group discussions of poems produced by members of the class with the goal of becoming better readers and writers of poems.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
ENGL 681: Workshop in Professional and Technical Writing (3) Lecture
This course is a workshop-style course that focuses on projects that illustrate some of the typical challenges facing the contemporary technical writer. Drawing from a wide variety of readings, students will develop technical and scientific documents based on real-life examples from academia and industry. Students in this course will develop their skills with the types of writing assignments, processes, and styles that will lead to success as a technical writer.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
ENGL 682: Workshop in Composition and Rhetoric (3) Lecture
This course introduces and explores advanced concepts of grammar, rhetoric, the composition process and editing that affect both professional writers and teachers of writing at the high school and college level.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
ENGL 683: Writing and Editing Internship (3) Lecture
Students will receive instruction and gain professional experience in an internship while working at least 100 hours with a local business or organization that required writing and editing skills. Course contract must be approved prior to registration.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
ENGL 691: Topics in World Literature (3) Lecture
Provides an intensive introduction to reading literature (in translation) from culture outside of the United States and Great Britain and uses a comparative approach to the study of literature. Students will be exposed to the cultural context of literary genres and writing techniques that are unique to particular cultural traditions.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
ENGL 698: Thesis Research (3) Lecture
Thesis research is the student-driven capstone experience for graduate students in the MA program. The thesis should be a writing project pertinent to the student’s career or writing goals. It should include 75-100 pages of original prose and an additional 7-15-page self-assessment that details significant aspects of the project and the student’s progress as a writer.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MA program or permission of instructor
C. Request for Addition of a New Course(s) – Graduate Level
Department of English
ENGL 611 Writing/Reading Process Institute (6) Seminar
Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor
Course Description: This course involves participants in the study of literacy education. Current theory and practice in the teaching and learning of writing and reading will be explored and experienced with special attention to writing/reading workshop and the role of teacher research to develop new professional knowledge. Prior approval of graduate advisor is required to include this course in a graduate degree program.
Department of Political Science
POLI 534 Contemporary East Asian Politics (3) Lecture
Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor; application process
Course Description: This course is designed to offer an intensive study on the domestic politics of four major East Asian countries(China, Japan, South Korea and North Korea) and their international relations. While these countries’ historical and cultural background is introduced at the beginning of this course, our major focus is on their po9litics and the international relations in the post-WWW-II era.
Rationale: This course is offered for the Master of Arts in Teaching(M.A.T.) degree. So far CCU has not offered courses in East Asia.
Adjournment
Council Meeting Dates
9-03-08
10-01-08
11-05-08
12-03-08
2-04-09
3-04-09
4-01-09
5-06-09
The Graduate Council will meet at 11:30 am in the Dawsey Conference Room in the Singleton Building on the Wednesday meeting dates indicated above. Agenda items to be considered by the Graduate Council should be submitted to the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies, Dr. Richard L. Johnson (349-6449; rjohnson@coastal.edu , 115 Singleton Building.