Lamar University
Graduate Council
Minutes #484
November 16, 2022
Attending: Jerry Lin, Carly Cox, Debbie Troxclair, Jeff Forret, Theresa Hefner-Babb, Awais Saleem, Vivek Natarajan, David Short, Yueqing Li
Approval of Minutes
#483 – October 19, 2022
Motion to accept: Forret, Second: Saleem, motion passed
Old Business
College of Fine Arts & Communication
Deaf Studies & Deaf Education – Dr. Clark from DSDE attended and discussed the department’s proposal to: 1) change to existing degree program title; current title is Master of Science in Deaf Studies Deaf Education, proposed new title is Master of Science in Deaf Education. Deaf Studies is under an MA in the same department since August 2021. 2) requesting the MS Deaf Education be moved to asynchronous online delivery, hours required for degree would be 33 hours for students already having Deaf Education certification and 36 hours for those that need certification. 3) course additions and changes as described below:
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Course Change |
DSDE 5318 |
Changing title to “Bilingual Theories” |
MS Deaf Education |
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Course Change |
DSDE 5319 |
Changing title to “Literacy” |
MS Deaf Education |
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Course Change |
DSDE 5322 |
Changing title to “STEM” |
MS Deaf Education |
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Course Change |
DSDE 5326 |
Changing title to “Educational Psychology” |
MS Deaf Education |
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Course Addition |
DSDE 5311 |
ASL Linguistics |
MA Deaf Studies |
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Course Addition |
DSDE 5330 |
Deaf Immigrants |
MS Deaf Education |
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Course Addition |
DSDE 5331 |
Deaf Education |
MS Deaf Education |
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Course Addition |
DSDE 5332 |
Behavioral Management |
MS Deaf Education |
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Course Addition |
DSDE 5333 |
21st Century Deaf Education |
MS Deaf Education |
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Course Addition |
DSDE 5360 |
Capstone Seminar |
MA Deaf Studies |
Motion to accept changes to degree, course changes, and course additions: Forret, Second: Troxclair, motion passed
New Business
Council will not hold a meeting in December.