The RN to MSN program proposal is near completion. The Policy and Planning Committee moved to add either three subsequent courses or nine hours to the current retention policy. Further, if a student falls below a 3.0 gpa at any time, he or she goes on academic probation and has either three subsequent courses or nine hours to bring the gpa up to at least 3.0. The Program and Curriculum Committee moved to accept the proposed curriculum changes from creative writing. A memo was supplied by Dean Seiple, who had met with the chairs of the departments of Creative Writing and English, to address the Graduate Council s concerns.
All parties are agreeable to the proposed curriculum changes.
Forms of Poetry title change CRW 545. The Council suggested that the following line be added to the curriculum proposal form. Election of Graduate Council members for 2000-2001 Peter Thomas and Wei Feng will be going off the Council after the April meeting. The Council unanimously elected Associate Dean Harris to prepare election ballots for the two areas in Arts and Sciences that need to elect new members.