AGENDA
COALS GRADUATE PROGRAM COUNCIL
February 21, 2018
I. MINUTES
II. NEW COURSE REQUESTS https://nextcatalog.tamu.edu/courseadmin/
III. CHANGE IN COURSE/INACTIVATION REQUESTS View courses here (after login): https://nextcatalog.tamu.edu/courseadmin/ Type the course name in the “Search” box.
a. WFSC 641 : Sustainable Military Land Management
b. WFSC 614 : Down River: Biology of Gulf Coastal Fishes
c. WFSC 639: Wildlife Ecotoxicology
IV. NEW PROGRAM PROPOSAL N/A
V. CHANGE IN PROGRAM/CERTIFICATE
a. CERT-CG56 : Geographic Information Science – Certificate
b. CERT-CG31 : International Agriculture and Resource Management – Certificate
VI. GRADUATE FACULTY NOMINATIONS
b. WFSC Isasi-Catala, Emiliana
e. FYI-Eligibilities and Qualifications (handout)
VII. GRADUATE OPERATION COMMITTEE ITEMS
VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
a. Fellowship recipients and in-state tuition waiver
b. GPC Standard Operating Procedures (handout)
c. Update on fellowships and assistantships
GPC Dates for 2017-2018 Academic Year (Every third Wednesday)
All meetings will be in 501 AGLS at 1:30 PM unless otherwise noted
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MINUTES
COALS GRADUATE PROGRAM COUNCIL
February 21, 2018
Attendees: Morgan Farnell, Mary Bryk, Craig Coates, Sandun Fernando, Patricia Klein, Georgianne Moore, Wes Osburn, Tracy Rutherford, Won Bo Shim, Michel Slotman, Wayne Smith, David Reed, Dawn Kerstetter (minutes)
MINUTES
I. January 17, 2018-APPROVED
II. NEW COURSE REQUESTS https://nextcatalog.tamu.edu/courseadmin/ N/A
III. CHANGE IN COURSE/INACTIVATION REQUESTS View courses here (after login): https://nextcatalog.tamu.edu/courseadmin/ Type the course name in the “Search” box.
- WFSC 641 : Sustainable Military Land Management-APRROVED pending changes
- Need to eliminate “plus/minus” wording under Participation and Grading; Need to clarify distance course, or not. Syllabus differs from CARS course entry information.
- WFSC 614 : Down River: Biology of Gulf Coastal Fishes-TABLED
- Stacked-needs “Additional Requirements of graduate students” in syllabus Grading Policies; Needs description of times/hours of activity in syllabus Calendar.
- WFSC 639: Wildlife Ecotoxicology-APPROVED
IV. NEW PROGRAM PROPOSAL N/A
V. CHANGE IN PROGRAM/CERTIFICATE
- CERT-CG56 : Geographic Information Science – Certificate-APPROVED
2. CERT-CG31 : International Agriculture and Resource Management – Certificate-TABLED
VI. GRADUATE FACULTY NOMINATIONS
- WFSC Meredino, Michael-APPROVED
- WFSC Isasi-Catala, Emiliana-DENIED
- Graduate committee students were all undergraduate; GPC recommends a Special Appointment nomination instead.
- SCSC Collins, Harold-APPROVED
- ALEC Berthold, Troy-TABLED
- Need information on who nominee reports to in the department—is he independent?
- FYI-Eligibilities and Qualifications
- For review. A reminder that a “Member” only nominee does not have to be a primary author of a refereed publication. This is now posted on the GPC website main page.
VII. GRADUATE OPERATION COMMITTEE ITEMS N/A
VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
- Fellowship recipients and in-state tuition waiver
- Pat Klein, HORT-fiscal error, wrong account. Other departments need to be aware to enter correct account numbers for fellowship tuition.
- GPC Standard Operating Procedures
- Document was emailed to GPC for edits. Deadline to return to college is March 2.
- Update in fellowships and assistantships
- International GPR’s, per Admissions: If an applicant has no graduate work or less than 30 graded credits at the graduate level (with no degree award), then we perform our GPA calculation using the last 2 years (roughly 60 credits) of the undergraduate degree.
GPC Dates for 2017-2018 Academic Year (Every third Wednesday)
All meetings will be in 501 AGLS at 1:30 PM unless otherwise noted:
March 21, 2018 (time changed to 2 p.m.) June 20, 2018
April 18, 2018 July 18, 2018
May 16, 2018 August 15, 2018