Graduate Faculty Council
The Graduate Faculty Council is the legislative body of the Graduate School. It establishes academic policy for graduate education, except for those areas reserved to the Board of Trustees, to the University Senate, or to the faculties of other colleges and schools. The 60 members, representing specific content areas derived from constituent Fields of Study, are elected to serve three-year terms. The membership includes two voting student members chosen by the Graduate Student Senate. The President, the Provost, the Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, and certain other administrative officers of the Graduate School are nonvoting ex officio members. The Council, representing the Graduate Faculty at large, exercises legislative authority in such areas as admissions criteria, curricular and degree requirements, new course approval, academic program review, and the like.
Graduate Course Renumbering
During the 2007-2008 academic year we will be renumbering the graduate courses, moving from a 3-digit catalog number to a 4-digit catalog number. The default numbering scheme is to simply add a 5 in front of all 300-level courses and a 6 in front of all 400-level classes. Many programs are taking the opportunity to reorder their courses into a more logical sequence.
The Excel spreadsheet containing the final changes is here (812 KB). This spreadsheet contains a listing ordered by the old numbers and a listing ordered by the new numbers. If you need to make any changes or corrections, please contact Jim Henkel.