Coastal
Graduate Council Meeting Minutes
Members Present: Elsa Crites, John Marcis, Dennis Rauch, Emory Helms, Wink Prince, Brenda Sawyer, Deborah Vrooman (for Susan Libes), Joe Winslow, Eric Wright, Dennis Wiseman. Guests: Philip Powell, Jose Sanjines
The meeting was
called to order at
Following introductions, Dr. Wiseman provided an overview of the agenda and indicated that the agenda item dealing with graduate assistantships would be postponed for discussion at a later meeting. This was at the request of the council member who had requested that the item be placed on the agenda but who could not attend the meeting due to a professional conflict. Dr. Wiseman indicated that he would distribute to all council members the complete statement of policies and procedures dealing with graduate assistantships so that any particular item brought up for discussion at a future meeting could be considered in the context of the overall statement of policies and procedures.
With the removal of
the agenda item dealing with graduate assistantships, the Council first
considered the requests for new courses presented by the
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
Overall Rationale for the request of program changes and course number changes:
More than two years after the initiation of the MAT program
by the
Recommendation for New Courses
MUED 661 Percussion Methods. (3) Study of snare drum rhythm and techniques common to most percussion instruments. Major topics covered include mallet instruments, rudiments, concert and marching percussion techniques. Students perform elementary solos and selections from elementary method books.
Rationale: This is a new course to support the MAT curriculum in music education. The course was formerly offered as undergraduate MUED 491.
MUED 561 Brass Methods. (3) A course emphasizing development of student performance skills on trumpet, trombone, French horn and tuba. Embouchure formation, breath support, articulation, tone production, and standard and alternate fingerings are practiced in all registers. Students perform scales, elementary solos and selections from elementary method books.
Rationale: This is a new course to support the MAT curriculum in music education. The course was formerly offered as MUED 391.
MUED 562 Woodwind Methods. (3) A course emphasizing development of student performance skills on clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, oboe and flute. Embouchure formation, breath support, articulation, tone production, and standard and alternate fingerings are practiced in all registers. Students perform scales, elementary solos and selections from elementary method books.
Rationale: This is a new course to support the MAT curriculum in music education. The course was formerly offered as MUED 392.
MUED 662 String Methods. (3) Study of violin, viola, cello and string bass. Techniques of bowing and fingering needed to instruct beginning string classes are emphasized. Topics covered include nomenclature, care of the instrument, tuning, development of proper playing position, tone production, fundamentals of bowing, finger patterns and scales, rhythms and melodies.
Rationale: This is a new course to support the MAT curriculum in music education. The course was formerly offered as MUED 492.
Discussion: Dr. Powell’s attendance at the meeting was very helpful in assisting the council members to better understand the request for additional graduate courses in music education to benefit not only incoming MAT students but also students who desire to pursue the projected concentration in the M.Ed. in Secondary Education in music, as well as benefit area teachers in advanced study in music education. Dr. Powell spoke to the need to move previously-offered courses in music education from the undergraduate level to the graduate level in order to support the MAT program. When asked whether or not the undergraduate versions of the courses would be discontinued, Dr. Powell indicated that this likely would be the case but that this was not a part of the proposal being considered by the Council. After due deliberation, the Council approved the addition of the four new courses proposed in music education.
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Following consideration of the courses in music education, Dr. Sanjines introduced the following course request in Spanish and answered questions of the members.
SPAN 660 Seminar on Latin American Intellectual Thought. (3) Intensive study of selected topics in the history of Latin American intellectual thought. Class format includes reading assignments, lectures, discussion, oral and/or written reports. Topics vary.
Rationale: This is a new course developed to support the MAT program in Spanish.
Discussion: As with the courses recommended in music education in support of the MAT degree, Dr. Sanjines spoke to how the availability of the proposed SPAN 660 would also support the MAT in Spanish in making a greater slate of offerings in Spanish available to MAT candidates. Additionally, a concentration in Spanish was recently added to the M.Ed. in Secondary Education and this course could be taken by candidates for this degree, as well as by area teachers seeking graduate study in Spanish with no degree objective. After due deliberation, the Council approved the addition of SPAN 660.
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Guidelines for Graduate Assistantships pertaining to outside funding
As previously noted, the item of business on the agenda dealing with outside funding and graduate assistantships was delayed for consideration at the request of the council member who had asked that it be placed on the agenda. In a brief discussion on the graduate assistantship program in general, however, the observation was made that the council should consider, with respect to outside funding, that the reference to sources of funding in the first section of the guidelines, referring to non-profit organizations and federal or State agencies, be expanded to include private businesses and individual gifts. Dr. Wiseman indicated that the entire package of policies and procedures would be distributed to the members and would be placed on the agenda of the council for a future meeting.
Information on the complete guidelines for graduate assistantships is available at: www.coastal.edu/graduate.
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Graduate Bylaws
The last item of business on the agenda was to continue discussion of the draft Bylays
for graduate studies that were distributed to the members fall 2004. In considering this item, it was the feeling of the members present that the development of such Bylaws at this time was not necessary. However, with the likelihood in the future of the addition of a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in the Wall College of Business Administration and a Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree in Educational Leadership in the Spadoni College of Education, it was the consensus of the members that further development of graduate procedures would be needed at some point. Additionally, a question was raised by one of the members concerning the possibility of a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Sport Management. Dr. Wiseman noted that some preliminary discussions had taken place related to interest in this area. A degree proposal, however, has not been developed for consideration by the Council although a degree proposal for an undergraduate major in Recreation and Sport Management has been developed and proposed. This proposal has been approved by the Spadoni College of Education, the Committee on Academic Affairs, and will be presented to the Faculty Senate at the Senate’s March meeting. It is likely that, if the major is approved by the S.C. Commission on Higher Education, that the Spadoni College will follow it with a proposal to add the M.S. in Sport Management. It was the feeling of the council members present that the development of graduate Bylaws not be pursued at this time but be taken up in the future as the institution adds additional graduate programs.
There being no further business or discussion, the meeting
adjourned at