October 1, 2025 – Graduate Curriculum Committee (GCC)– Minutes

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Time: Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Microsoft Teams

Meeting was held online only.

Timothy O’Brien, 2025-2026 GCC Chair

Members Present:   Qingsu Cheng, Itziar Lazkano, Maria Novotny, Timothy O’Brien, Wilhem Peekhaus, Katie Vater,

Absent:     Sara Vanderhaagen, Bryan Porter (Graduate School Dean), Riley Harrison (Policy and Appeals Coordinator, Graduate School)

Guests:     Susan Donohue Davies (College of Letters & Science); Susan Wolff (School of Nursing); Kathryn Scholz (College of Letters & Science); Linda Wesp (School of Nursing); Alyssa Sheeran (Helen Bader School of Social Welfare); Rani El Hajjar (College of Engineering & Applied Science); John Boyland (College of Engineering & Applied Science); Jennifer Carrera (School of Nursing); Nora Miller (College of Health Professions & Sciences); David Clark (Division of Academic Affairs); Sara Benesh (College of Letters & Science); Alessandra Gillen (College of Letters & Science);Tiffany Nation (Graduate Programs Coordinator, Graduate School); Joan Hayes (Program Service Representative, Office of Grad Education); Victoria Moerchen (Ex-Officio, Graduate School)

  1. Call to Order
    12:30 p.m.
  2. Announcements
    There were no announcements
  3. Automatic Consent
    The following automatic consent agenda items which include meeting minutes, course actions, and program changes were approved.
    1. Approval of meeting minutes from September 10, 2025
    2. Course Action Requests (table below) (See accompanying chart in Sharepoint)
    3. Program Changes
      1. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Graduate Certificate (GCC Doc. No. 2448)
        The previous program change reduced the number of elective credits, but left in place a footnote that is now invalid: “Students must enroll in 3 elective courses.  At least 2 must be selected from the Applications Electives section, and at least 2 must be at the 700 level or above.”  The text is changed to use the numbers 2, 1 and 1respectively.
  1. New Business
    1. New/Substantially Revised Courses (table below)
    2. Program Changes
      1. Proposals Requesting Inactivation of Programs:
        1. International Human Resources and Labor Relations, Graduate Certificate (GCC Doc. No.2449)
          As directed by L&S administration certificate program will end beginning Spring 2026.  A motion was made and seconded to approve the inactivation of this program.  Motion passed unanimously.
        2. Mediation and Negotiation, Graduate Certificate (GCC Doc. No. 2450)
          As directed by L&S administration certificate program will end beginning Spring 2026.  No students are currently enrolled. A motion was made and seconded to approve the inactivation of this program.  Motion passed unanimously.
      2. Proposals Requesting Program Changes:
        1. Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Graduate Certificate (GCC Doc. No. 2451)
          Updates to the title, certificate description, certificate outcomes, curriculum, credits, admissions and other editorial edits to better align with the program. For the Curriculum, the course numbers are correct however the course titles have been updated and are being submitted in CIM at the same time as this program update which will show the effective dates of the course titles changes.

          Admin Note: Proposed credit changes to courses are in workflow.

          A motion was made and seconded to approve this program change.  Motion passed unanimously.
        2. Criminal Justice and Criminology, BS / Criminal Justice and Criminology, MS (GCC Doc. No. 2452)
          Adding elective courses to the list of backward-shared credits for accelerated students.  Several elective courses have been added to the graduate-level and we would like for those courses to be included in the approved list of backward-shared credits.  This will ensure that all electives currently offered in the graduate program will be eligible for students to count as backward-shared credits.  The courses requested to add to the list are:  CRM JST 422G, CRM JST 423G, CRM JST 424G, CRM JST 480G, and CRM JST 716.

          Removing additional GER credits for Criminal Justice & Criminology students in the Humanities and Social Science areas to more closely align with University GER requirements.  Also, removing the added History 151 and 152 requirement for CJC students.

          A motion was made and seconded to approve this program change.  Motion passed unanimously.
        3. Engineering, MS: Civil Engineering (GCC Doc. No. 2453)
          Updating the course list.

          A motion was made and seconded to approve this program change.  Motion passed unanimously.
        4. Family Nurse Practitioner, Graduate Certificate (GCC Doc. No. 2454)
          Updates to the title, certificate description, certificate outcomes, curriculum, credits, admission and other editorial edits to better align with the program.

          For the Curriculum, the course numbers are correct however the course titles have been updated and are being submitted in CIM at the same time as this program update. Admin Note: Proposed credit changes to courses are in workflow.

          A motion was made and seconded to approve this program change.  Motion passed unanimously.
        5. Interpreting, Graduate Certificate (GCC Doc. No. 2455)
          Updates to the Additional Requirements language (transfer credit and 3.0 GPA) to align with language of the Graduate Certificate in Translation.

          A motion was made and seconded to approve this program change.  Motion passed unanimously.
        6. Language, Literature, and Translation, MA:  German Language, Literature, and Culture (GCC Doc. No. 2456)
          Re-activating so this concentration can be moved with all MALLT concentrations to WLC and changing the name to match. Also, changing requirements to align with other concentrations in WLC. This concentration may be used in the future, so the MALLY – soon to be WLC MA – faculty want to keep it and move it along with all other MALLT programs for now.

          A motion was made and seconded to approve this program change.  Motion passed unanimously.
        7. Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), Graduate Certificate (GCC Doc. No. 2457)
          Updates to the title, certificate description, certificate outcomes, curriculum, credits, admissions and other editorial edits to better align with the program.

          For the Curriculum, the course numbers are correct, however, the course titles have been updated and are being submitted in CIM at the same time as this program update which will show the effective dates of the course title changes. Admin Note: Proposed credit changes to courses are in workflow.

          A motion was made and seconded to approve this program change.  Motion passed unanimously.
  2. Other Business
    There was no other business.
  3. Adjourn
    12:49 p.m.

Course Action Requests

CourseActionType of Change
DANCE 990ChangeCredits, Prerequisites
FILM 720ChangeTitle, Credits, Re-Takeable for Credit, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisite
FILM 722ChangeTitle, Credits, Re-Takeable for Credit, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
LIBRLST 701DiscontinueDiscontinue
LIBRLST 702DiscontinueDiscontinue
LIBRLST 721DiscontinueDiscontinue
LIBRLST 722DiscontinueDiscontinue
LIBRLST 797DiscontinueDiscontinue
LIBRLST 798DiscontinueDiscontinue
LIBRLST 799DiscontinueDiscontinue
LIBRLST 888DiscontinueDiscontinue
NURS 702ChangeTitle, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 703ChangeTitle, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 704ChangeTitle, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 741ChangeTitle, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 742ChangeTitle, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 743ChangeTitle, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 750ChangeTitle, Description, Prerequisites
NURS 757ChangeCredits, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 758ChangeCredits, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 759ChangeCredits, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 767ChangeTitle, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 768ChangeTitle, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 769ChangeTitle, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 781ChangeTitle, Credits, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 782ChangeTitle, Credits, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 783ChangeTitle, Credits, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 822ChangeTitle, Credits, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 832ChangeTitle, Credits, Description, Prerequisites
NURS 833ChangeTitle, Credits, Description, Prerequisites

New/Substantially Revised Courses

Course NumberNewCourse Title
COMPSCI 736NewAdvanced Software Engineering

Creating a new course for this topic; course will be used in a proposed graduate certificate.