University Council voted at its Feb. 17 meeting to revise the Final Exam Scheduling Conflict Policy so that students with three exams scheduled to start within a 24-hour period can have one exam rescheduled.
The council approved a new master’s degree program in higher education and an additional M.Ed. in reading education as an online-only degree.
A Ph.D. program in epidemiology was approved as was a graduate certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
The council voted to terminate an Ed.D. (doctor of education) in mathematics education and special education since a Ph.D. program has been established. It also terminated the non-thesis master of crop and soil science program. No students were in any of these three graduate programs. The council also terminated a graduate certificate in global policy studies because of a shortage of interested students and the creation of a master in international policy degree.
The council also voted to deactivate the master of fine arts degree in creative writing. The Ph.D. program will continue to be offered.
