Other programs with substantial enrollments include Health Education, Reading, and Teaching English as a Second Language. Applications to the new Master of Fine Arts in Theatre program have increased steadily since the program began in 1996 and are stabilizing at about 40. Graduate programs are reviewed and approved in almost the same manner as undergraduate programs. There is, however, one additional step for graduate program approval. The appropriate Dean submits graduate programs to the Graduate Committee for its review and recommendation prior to forwarding it to the College Curriculum Committee.
Programs are under regular review for quality as well as viability.
Resource availability, program enrollments, and admission data are continually analyzed in the interest of ensuring quality in our graduate programs. In recent years the Master of Arts programs in biology, mathematics and art education were suspended temporarily but were reactivated upon evidence of at least a minimum demand and the ability of the departments to support them. The Master of Science program in Instructional Technology was also suspended and has now been eliminated. Currently the Master of Education program in Technology Education is suspended pending further review. Other graduate programs, such as the counseling and educational psychology programs, the various master's programs in elementary education, and the Master of Arts in Teaching programs in secondary education, were recently redesigned so that they now feature a core of required courses, combined with a cluster of courses to support specific concentrations.