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MINUTES OF THE STAFF MEETING
Psychology Department
es November 16, 1970
The Psychology Department held its November meeting in EP 104 at 4 o'clock,
November 16, 1970.
All members were in attendance except Mrs. Stapleton who had a conflicting meeting.
The following items were discussed;
1. Dr. Harry Williams, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee to consider the new
grading system for graduate students, reported as follows:
a. The Committee felt there should be a careful differentiation between
the grade of P and Z.
b. That if a student made a Z on a course it should imply a reduced load
for the next quarter.
c. The Committee presented to the group for consideration the thought
that a grade of H should be given careful thought and that it should
not be felt an H should necessarily be given in every class. A
lengthy discussion followed but no decision was reached.
Dr. Grossnickle moved that the Departmental Office develop a form explaining
the grading system with a blank left on the form to be filled in for each
?& student when a letter of reference is called for. Dr. Williams seconded the
motion and it passed with one dissenting vote--Dr. Roberts.
Dr. Williams presented the second half of the Ad Hoc Committee report per-
taining to the policy of employment or activities of graduate students while
they are in the Department. The following recommendation was made:
That individual graduate students must receive written approval from
the Department Chairman for any professional activities they expect
to engage in-~-paid or unpaid. That the Departmental Chairman appoint
a committee to study this problem and present suggestions as to how to
handle it.
Dr. Moore proposed an amendment to read: "Failure to comply to this
rule would result in severe disciplinary action."
Dr. Daugherty offered a second amendment to be considered before a
vote is taken: that a 3-man committe be appointed to write out very
carefully a statement as to what are considered professional activities.
Dr. Rogers moved that this whole question be tabled until the Committee
can clarify what is meant by "professional activities.'' Motion seconded
and passed with seven in favor and six opposed,
2. Dr. Mitchell, Chairman of the Departmental Curriculum Committee, was called
on for a report. He recognized Dr. Grossnickle who moved that a prerequisite
& be added for Psychology 343G--Psychology of Organizational Behavior, the pre-
quisite to read: ''Psychology 241, graduate standing, or permission of the
instructor."
Mrs. Harris seconded the motion and it was passed unanimously.
Dr. Mitchell presented a proposal for a new graduate course: Behavior
Therapy Techniques for three hours credit; the course to require two hours
& of lecture and two hours practicum per week; the prerequisites to be
Psychology 425 and Psychology 469. Dr. Moore was called on to explain how
this course would be fitted into the present curriculum. He stated that
the course in Behavior Modification--Psychology 469--would be used as a
seminar and would be a course in theory and the Behavior Therapy Techniques
course would be a course for practical experience for the students. He
further stated that the Department had access to the children at the DEC
clinic and also the ARC population for the practicum experience. He felt
this would be a course that would be practical for both the clinical and
general-theoretical students. Dr. Roberts asked that "or permission of
the instructor" be added to the prerequisites. This was not agreed upon.
Motion was made and unanimously passed that the course be accepted.
3. Dr. Mitchell reported from the Graduate Council that shortly the Department
would be asked to respond to a questionnaire about their desires for an
option to the foreign language requirement. He stated that Dr. Pignani
had said the Math Department is in a position to offer two options:
Math 200, Introduction to Digital Computation and Math 228, Elementary
Statistical Methods I and Math 229, Elementary Statistical Methods II.
These would also be a computer workshop program to be used in lieu of: the
foreign language which would go along with Math 200.
The meeting adjourned at 5:15.
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