I. Approval of Minutes
I attach the minutes of the meeting on October 28, 2003.
II. Proposal to Establish a Cross-Campus Molecular Biophysics PhD
Program
I attach a proposal to establish a cross-campus Molecular Biophysics
PhD program, submitted by John Cooper, Dean of the Arts and Sciences,
and by Arthur S. Levin, Dean of the School of Medicine and Senior
Vice Chancellor of the Schools of the Health Sciences. I did
not attach the lengthy vitaes of the entire training faculty but they are
available in 801 C.L. if you wish to review them. Faculty from across the
campus prepared this proposal for a collaborative program which will
result in a PhD in Molecular Biophysics, either in Medicine or Arts
and Sciences, depending on the location of the student’s major advisor.
Students will be admitted into a single program and the advising
and course work will be a shared responsibility of faculty from both
schools. This is intended to be a small, high quality program.
Representatives from the program will attend the meeting to present
the case and answer questions.
III. Requirement of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
In December 2001, the University embarked on a voluntary pilot project
to accept theses and dissertations electronically. At its meeting
on November 21, 2002, the UCGS voted to recommend that the University
enter a transition period, working toward all theses and dissertations
at the University of Pittsburgh being submitted electronically. This
transition period was to last at least through graduation of April
2004. At its meeting on November 4, 2003, the ETD Steering
Committee agreed that ETDs should become a University requirement
by the December 2004 graduation. Council will hear a presentation
from the Steering Committee and will be asked to vote on whether
or not to recommend to the Provost that ETDs become a University
requirement by the December graduation, 2004.
IV. Annual Report on Off-Campus and Distance Education Programs
I will present a brief report on the numbers of such graduate programs
offered by the University of Pittsburgh and their approximate enrollments.