Graduate Council

Overview

The Graduate Council consists of:

Ten members of the graduate faculty (selected by the Fitchburg State University Faculty Association)
Three administrators (appointed by the University’s president)
A degree-seeking graduate student

The Graduate Council makes recommendations on the following matters:

New programs and program changes
New policies and policy changes
New courses and course changes
Course removals

Forms

Graduate Council forms are used to propose new or revised courses, programs, and policies. Proposals must be submitted including supporting documentation as noted on the forms. Please contact Diane Fors in the School of Graduate, Online and Continuing Education with any questions.

Please note: The forms below are in an electronic format. If you want to create a form for sharing with others such as a curriculum committee prior to submitting choose the save progress option at the bottom of the form.

To get a PDF copy of the saved form, go to print and choose save as PDF copy rather than print.

To access the saved form at a later time for editing or to finalize submission visit forms.fitchburgstate.edu to login.

New Course Proposal Form
This form is required when proposing a new graduate course for the University Catalog. See the Graduate Syllabus Guidelines (MS Word) for reference.
Course Change Proposal Form
This form is required when proposing a change to an existing course.
New/Change Policy Proposal Form
This form is required when proposing a new graduate policy or change to an existing graduate policy.
New Program Proposal Form
This form is required when proposing a new graduate program.
Program Change Proposal Form
This form is required when proposing changes to an existing graduate program. Please use the Sample Template (MS Word) for presenting side-by-side plans of study with proposals.
Course Removal Form
This form is required when proposing the removal of a graduate course or courses. Elimination of a course that is required for a program also requires submission of a program change proposal.

Reference

Graduate Syllabus Guidelines (MS Word)
Graduate Council Bylaws (PDF)

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Meeting Calendar | Agenda | Minutes | Proposals

October 7, 2020, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Deadline for submitting proposals - 5 p.m., Friday, October 2, 2020
The October 1, 2020 meeting has been rescheduled to October 7, 2020.
Meeting will be held remotely through Google Meet. The link will be included in the invite to graduate council members and guests.

Agenda
GCE 20-21-01 New Course: Taxation for Managers - Business Administration
GCE 20-21-02 New Course: Age of the Atlantic - Economics History and Political Science
GCE 20-21-03 New Course: Issues in Native American History - Economics History and Political Science

November 5, 2020, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Deadline for submitting proposals - 5 p.m., Thursday, October 28, 2020
Meeting will be held remotely through Google Meet. The link will be included in the invite to graduate council members and guests.

Agenda
Minutes - October 7, 2020 Meeting

GCE 20-21-04 Course Removal SPED 8035 Supervision in Applied Behavior Analysis - Education
GCE 20-21-05 Course Change Remove SPED 8180 as Prereq for SPED 8041 - Education
GCE 20-21-06 New Course CSC 7XXX Advanced Programming - Computer Science
GCE 20-21-07 New Course COMM 8XXX Integrated Social Media - Applied Communication
GCE 20-21-08 Course Removal Remove MGMT 9032 Advanced Accounting Financial Issues - Business Administration
GCE 20-21-09 Program Change MBA Accounting - Add Taxation for Managers - Remove MGMT 9032 - Business Administration
GCE 20-21-10 New Course EDLM 8XXX Marketing and Recruiting for Education Programs - Education
GCE 20-21-11 New Course EDLM 9XXX Policy Issues in the Administration of Online Programs - Education

December 3, 2020, 3:30 - 5 p.m.

Deadline for submitting proposals - 5 p.m., Thursday, November 18, 2020
Meeting will be held remotely through Google Meet. The link will be included in the invite to graduate council members and guests.

Agenda
Minutes - November 5, 2020 Meeting

GCE 20-21-12 New Course EDLM 9XXX Developing Quality Online Learning - Education
GCE 20-21-13 New Course EDLM 9XXX Leadership for Educational Teams - Education
GCE 20-21-14 Program Change EDLM Non Licensure M.Ed. - Education
GCE 20-21-15 New Program EDLM Online Education Administration Certificate Program - Education
GCE 20-21-16 New Program Special Education Certificate Program - Education
GCE 20-21-17 Course Change READ 8017 - Education
GCE 20-21-18 New Course READ 8XXX Developing Motivation in All Readers - Education
GCE 20-21-19 Program Change Remove M.Ed. in Arts Education Non-Licensure - Humanities