YORK UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES
Meeting of Council
Thursday, February 6, 2014
3:00 p.m.
280N York Lanes
Agenda
1. Welcome and Chair’s Remarks
2. Minutes of Previous Meeting (December 5, 2013)
3. Business Arising from the Minutes
4. Dean’s Remarks
5. Changes in Degree Requirements
Approved by FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee on January 15, 2014
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a) Graduate Program in Chemistry
Change to timeline for advancement from Master’s to PhD
b) Graduate Program in Environmental studies
Changes to program rules and regulations | Program restriction (MES)
6. Major Modification
Approved by FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee on February 3, 2014
Graduate Program in International Master’s in Business Administration
Changes to admissions and degree requirements
7. ReGenesis@York
Presentation: Business Plan | Fact Sheet
8. Curricular Changes
Approved by Assistant Secretary of Council M. Michael Schiff on December 3, 2013, and received for information by the FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee’s Academic Affairs Subcommittee on December 4, 2013, and by FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee on January 15, 2014
Members of Council may, if they wish, view these documents in the FGS Council office, 230 York Lanes, or electronically, by contacting M. Michael Schiff, Assistant Secretary of Council.
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a) Graduate Program in Business Analytics
New Course Proposal
Business Analytics 6050 3.0: “Workshop on Governance of Big Data”
b) Graduate Program in Conference Interpreting
Crosslisting
Conference Interpreting 5700 3.0: “Interpreting Studies”/Same as Translation Studies 5700 3.0
c) Graduate Program in Disaster & Emergency Management
New Course Proposal
Disaster & Emergency Management 6041 3.0: “Climate Change Disasters and their Impacts on Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies”
d) Graduate Program in English
New Course Proposal
English 6426 3.0: “Victorian Literature and Culture in Context”
e) Graduate Program in Environmental Studies
Special Topics Course [one-time offering]
Environmental Studies 6101C 3.0: “Ecosystem Approaches to Health Field Course”
New Course Proposal
Environmental Studies 6121 3.0: “Community, Energy and Planning”
Change in Course Title
Environmental Studies 5124 3.0: from “Development Studies ” to “Development and Global Inequalities”
f) Graduate Program in Executive Master’s in Business Administration
New Course Proposals
Executive Master’s in Business Administration 6000 2.0: “Product Management”
Executive Master’s in Business Administration 6010 2.0: “The World Economy”
Executive Master’s in Business Administration 6020 2.0: “Product Management for Technology Companies”
g) Graduate Program in History
New Course Proposal
History 5533 3.0: “North American Immigration Experience Part II”
h) Graduate Program in Humanities
New Course Proposals
Humanities 6153 3.0: “The Reader: Examining the Culture of Readers and Representations of Readers in Literature, Film and Other Arts”
Humanities 6154 3.0: “Introduction to Mindfulness: Understanding and Using Mindfulness in the Professions”
Humanities 6229 3.0: “The Return of the Religious in Contemporary Continental Thought”
i) Graduate Program in Information Systems & Technology
New Course Proposals
Information Systems & Technology 6150 3.0: “Information Systems Architecture”
Information Systems & Technology 6340 3.0: “Application and Design of Metaheuristics”
Change in Course Description
Information Systems & Technology 6310 3.0: “Research Methods in Information Technology”
j) Graduate Program in Law
Part-Time LLM Specialising in Canadian Common Law
New Course Proposal
Law 6849P 6.0: “Canadian Law of Evidence”
k) Graduate Program in Political Science
New Course Proposal
Political Science 5115 6.0: “The Political Economy of State Finance”/Integrated with the undergraduate course Liberal Arts & Professional Studies Political Science 4115 6.0
l) Graduate Program in Psychology
New Course Proposals
Psychology 6229 3.0: “Statistical Modelling of Perception and Cognition”
Psychology 6442 3.0: “Psychotic Disorders”
Change in Course Title and Description
Psychology 6925 3.0: “Supervision and Consultation in Behavioural Intervention with Children” [includes changes to purpose, pre-requisites and evaluation]
m) Graduate Program in Social & Political Thought
Change in Course Title
Social & Political Thought 6135 3.0: from “Black Revolutionary Thought” to “Black Radical Thought”/Same as Political Science 6711 3.0
9. Other Business
Next meeting of Council: March 6, 2014
