Graduate Council Meeting Dates

Council meeting time will be 2:00 - 3:30 pm. (Generally the third Friday of the month).

September 19, 2008

Brookside Room

October 17, 2008

Brookside Room

November 21, 2008

Brookside Room

December 2008

No meeting in December--Graduate Council members are encouraged to attend the midyear Commencement

January 23, 2009

Brookside Room

February 20, 2009

Brookside Room

March 20, 2009

Brookside Room

April 17, 2009

Brookside Room

 

Graduate Council

The Graduate Council is the policy making body for graduate studies at the campus level. The Council is a representative body composed of full-time regular graduate or doctoral faculty members (one each) elected by each school offering graduate programs and one representative from the UMKC library. The College of Arts and Sciences elects three members, one from each of the following divisions: natural and physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Members serve three (3) year terms. In addition, the Chancellor appoints five members; one from each of the following areas of research endeavor: Physical, Mathematical, and Computer Sciences; Biological and Chemical Sciences; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Humanities and Arts; and Administrative and Information Sciences. The Dean of the School of Graduate Studies serves as chair of the Council.

The Graduate Council speaks for faculty on issues related to all graduate programs except the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program. The Graduate Council consults with the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Executive Committee about areas in which the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. intersects with other graduate programs.

Graduate Council Responsibilities:

• Confirms academic unit-specific criteria for membership in the UM Doctoral Faculty and UMKC Graduate Faculty.

• Upon the recommendation of the academic units, appoints and reappoints Graduate Professorships and recommends members for the Doctoral Faculty.

• Monitors the quality of graduate programs other than the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program using periodic reviews based on reports from existing bodies, councils or committees.

• Recommends new graduate programs and graduate program reduction/termination.

• Reviews such other policy matters as are referred to it, for example, major curriculum changes.

2008-2009 Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

Graduate Council Members