Lamar University
Graduate Council
Minutes #487
March 22, 2023
Attending: Brett Welch, Jeff Forret, Xianchang Li, Ken Young, Awais Saleem
Approval of Minutes
#486 – February 15, 2023
Motion to accept minutes: Forret; Second: Saleem; motion passed; minutes are approved.
Old Business
Graduate faculty review is complete. Online listing will be updated.
College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering – proposing three doctoral and two master’s level courses for Mechanical Engineering graduate programs, see details in table below.
|
Course Change or Addition |
Course Prefix & Number |
Course Title |
Degree(s) Impacted |
Effective Semester |
|
Addition |
MEEN 5341 |
Modeling of Supercritical Fluids |
MS |
Summer 2023 |
|
Addition |
MEEN 5342 |
Mechanism Design & Analysis |
MS |
Summer 2023 |
|
Addition |
MEEN 6332 |
Adv. Topics in Comput. Fluids |
DE |
Summer 2023 |
|
Addition |
MEEN 6315 |
Adv. Eng. Mathematics |
DE |
Summer 2023 |
|
Addition |
MEEN 6312 |
Adv. Topics in Thermal Fluids |
DE |
Summer 2023 |
The items from Mechanical Engineering had been previously approved and only needed updates to syllabi. These will be moved forward as approved.
Industrial Engineering – proposing several course additions and changes, see table below for details.
|
Course Change or Addition |
Course Prefix & Number |
Course Title |
Degree(s) Impacted |
Effective Semester |
|
Addition |
INEN 6305 |
Engineering Reliability |
DE |
Summer 2023 |
|
Change |
INEN 6325 |
Technology Entrepreneurship |
DE |
Summer 2023 |
|
Change |
INEN 6328 |
User Interface |
DE |
Summer 2023 |
|
Addition |
INEN 6331 |
Stochastic Modeling |
DE |
Summer 2023 |
|
Change |
INEN 6353 |
Manufacturing Analysis |
DE |
Summer 2023 |
|
Addition |
INEN 6360 |
Heuristic Algorithms |
DE |
Summer 2023 |
|
Addition |
INEN 6361 |
Supply Chain Modeling |
DE |
Summer 2023 |
|
Addition |
INEN 6374 |
Human Factors Engineering |
DE |
Summer 2023 |
|
Addition |
INEN 6380 |
Engineering Project Management |
DE |
Summer 2023 |
|
Addition |
INEN 5340 |
Programming for IE |
DE, MEM, MES, ME |
Summer 2023 |
Dr. Li confirmed that these syllabi are not the updated versions. This item has been tabled for now and updated syllabi will be requested.
College of Education & Human Development
Counseling – proposing deletion of CNDV 5302 Foundations of Clinical Mental Health Counseling and replace with course CNDV 5304 Foundations of Professional Counseling. Will impact M.Ed. Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling certificate programs. The department has provided updated degree plans for the CMHC degree and certificate programs for review also.
Motion to accept: Saleem; Second: Forret; motion passed
New Business
Engineering DE Programs – submitted revised catalog information and updated degree plan for DE programs
Motion to accept: Young; Second: Li; motion passed
College of Business
School of Accounting & Information Systems – submitting degree plan changes to MS Professional Accounting and Professional Accounting certificate programs. Will remove ACCT 5330 from MSPA degree and replace with STEM elective and will include more STEM-related elective options for students. Certificate program changes will align courses with those offered in MSPA.
Motion to accept: Forret; Second: Saleem; motion passed