<p> MASTERS PROGRAMS COMMITTEE MINUTES October 10, 2007</p><p>Present: M. Moch, M. Swink, K. Petroni, G. Harrell, D. Gilmour, V. Sambamurthy, C. Speier, R. Simonds, K. Shaw, L. Maillette, S. Mulally, N. Taylor. Guests: B. Pentland</p><p>R. Simonds called the meeting to order at 12:05pm.</p><p>M. Moch moved to approve the September 12 minutes, seconded by V. Sambamurthy, and confirmed unanimously by the committee.</p><p>Action Items Added - Elect MPC Chairperson G. Harrell moved to nominate M. Swink, seconded by V. Sambamurthy, and confirmed unanimously by the committee. a) MS in Business Research proposal K. Petroni moved to approve, seconded by M. Moch, and confirmed unanimously by the committee. b) Change in Hospitality Business MBA secondary concentration R. Simonds moved to approve, seconded by K. Petroni, and confirmed unanimously by the committee.</p><p>New Business a) Mulally & Taylor – Change is MS catalog language Discussed cleaning up catalog introduction language to reflect current MS program offerings. S. Mulally and N. Taylor will work together on a new version to present as an action item at the next meeting. b) Moch – MGT 810, MGT 811, MGT 813, MGT 822 Changing from pre-requisite courses to co-requisites. Changing term to allow MBA students to take these courses in the first or second year. [Note: Effective date for MGT 811 needs to be corrected to Fall 2008].</p><p>Old Business None.</p><p>Information Sharing and Updates a) Simonds (for Shaw) – FT MBA Taskforce Listing what desirables are and documenting what is outside “scope” of taskforce as far as resources. Need broad-scope positioning strategy; learning lessons from rankings and changes that other schools have made. The deliverable will be a document with program recommendations (both short and long-term). C. Speier will determine what documentation is needed if this is considered the official 5- year program review. b) Speier – EMBA Taskforce Working on broad vision – what is needed to differentiate program. Currently at value-proposition stage and will then move to curriculum and delivery aspects. c) Maillette – WMBA Taskforce One meeting held so far. Looking at restructuring program to attract additional high quality students; not addressing curriculum since this was done last year. Currently brainstorming advantages and disadvantages of possible program designs and schedules. d) AACSB learning assessment measures – sharing information Need to address teamwork measure in E/WMBA programs. Will follow-up at next meeting on appropriate and meaningful ways to capture this. Also need MS Supply Chain measures.</p><p>K. Petroni moved to adjourn, seconded by R. Simonds. Meeting was adjourned at 1:17pm.</p><p>Respectfully submitted, Christina M. Swick, Recording Secretary. </p>