SPH Curriculum Committee
Minutes 10/07/05

Attendees
Chuck Regin (CR)
Greg Ginn (GG)
Chad Cross (CC)

Election of Chair

Chuck Regin agreed, by consent of all present, to serve as the committee chair

Term of Office
CR – one year
GG – two years
CC – two years

Review of the Curriculum Committee Guidelines

• The College of Education (COE) curriculum committee guidelines bylaws were reviewed and discussed
• Appropriate changes were made to the COE curriculum committee guidelines bylaws to make them appropriate for the School of Public Health (SPH)
• CR will make necessary changes to the document and forward it to the Curriculum Committee for concurrence
• The committee agreed, by majority vote, that a statement should be added allowing the committee to forward substantive changes to the graduate curriculum for substantive changes in the graduate program
• The committee agreed, by majority vote, to include a statement regarding appropriate paperwork to be submitted.
• The committee approved, by majority vote, the edits made to the document

Discussion of Current Business

• Chuck Moseley attended briefly to provide clarification for the following HCA courses
• HCA 709 ( Health Care Administration Capstone Course )
• Change in title and description of course
• HCA 713 ( Internship in Health Care Administration)
• New course
• HCA 714 ( Thesis Research)
• New course
• All courses were approved by majority vote

Other Business

• GG agreed to find out if the SPH has a faculty representative on the UNLV Graduate College Curriculum Committee and, if not, how appointments are made to the committee
• CR agreed to verify the approval process for acceptance of the SPH Curriculum Committee Guidelines by the SPH faculty
• CC agreed to find out how to archive minutes on the SPH web site