Present: Kweku Bryson, Ed Coffman, George Gray, David Harless, Gabriel Ramirez, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Ph.D. Program Faculty Advisor Allen Lee, Director of Graduate Studies Program Tracy Green. Absent: William Daughtrey.

Chair Gabriel Ramirez called the meeting to order at 10:38.

Minutes of the February 20, 2002 meeting were approved as amended.

The committee received one nomination for eligibility to chair dissertations and teach 700-level courses and approved that nomination.

Ramirez asked Allen Lee to report on that Ph.D. in Business-Organization Behavior major. Lee reported that Dean Michael Sesnowitz held a meeting with the Management Department Faculty on Thursday, March 7. The outcome of the meeting is that Lee will form a committee of Management Department faculty to study possible changes to the program with the intent being to broaden the major. This committee will also study the question of whether new admissions should occur every year or every two
years. Any changes to the program will have to go through the standard curriculum change process which, in this case, would include approval by the Department of Management Curriculum Committee, the School Ph.D. Program Committee, the Dean, and the University Graduate Council.

Committee members considered two student requests for extensions: After some discussion, the committee, on a vote of 3 to 1, approved an extension for Accounting student Annette H. Tollett: submission of proposed dissertation committee to the Ph.D. Program Committee by October 1, 2002, defend proposal by May 1, 2003, defend dissertation by May 1, 2004.

The committee approved a 7-year limit extension for Karen Cash, extending the deadline for defense of her dissertation to December 2002.

Committee members unanimously approved a motion to solicit comments and suggestions from the School of Business faculty on (i) the current system for determining faculty eligibility to chair dissertations and
teach 700-level courses, and (ii) the current criteria determining the School's Journal List for Doctoral Designation. David Harless will draft a note soliciting input for other committee members to inspect.

Committee members unanimously approved the creation of five new doctoral courses for the Information Systems major and the deletion of two courses (INFO 764 and INFO 765). The new courses are
INFO 710 Data Base Management and Data Administration
INFO 720 Electronic and Telecommunication
INFO 730 IS Development and Implementation
INFO 740 Intelligent Systems
INFO 750 Human Computer Interaction
INFO 760 Group Support Systems/CSCW
Each course is to be offered once every two years.

Ramirez urged committee members to read carefully the draft Ph.D. program evaluation reports submitted; it is important that members note omissions or weaknesses before the next meeting.

Lee noted that Ramirez and representatives from each department having a Ph.D. major will make a presentation by to the Academic Programs Committee of the Business Council on March 27.

Ramirez distributed a list of other issues that may be considered by the Ph.D. Committee in the remainder of this semester.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:02 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted, David Harless