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Graduate Council Agenda

for Thursday, March 14th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m.

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PLEASE NOTE UNUSUAL DATE AND MEETING LOCATION.

  1. Minutes for the February 14th, 2013, Graduate Council meeting will stand approved if no corrections are received. (Please review the minutes on the Graduate School web page before the meeting: http://grad.uark.edu/dean/gradcouncil/minutes/)
  2. Announcements
  3. Reports from the Academic Appeals Committee and the Teaching Assistant Effectiveness Advisory Committee
  4. Old Business: None
  5. New Business: Program Changes
    1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, proposal to modify the M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering (BMENMS) in the ways described in Section V of Attachment A.
    2. College of Engineering, proposal to modify the Ph.D. degree in Engineering with a concentration in Biomedical Engineering (ENGRPH) in the ways described in Section V of Attachment B.
  6. New Business: Policy Change: Rules for Master’s Theses ( Attachment C)
  7. Discussion: Required GRE scores for admission to the Graduate School.
  8. Course change report from the University Course and Programs Committee (UCPC) ( Attachment D)
  9. Graduate faculty recommendations for faculty: A preliminary list is attached ( Attachment E). A complete list will be distributed at the meeting.
  10. Other Business