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The University of Oklahoma Tulsa Graduate College OU-Tulsa Schusterman Center 4502 East 41st Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135 Voice: 918.660.3660 FAX: 918.660.3361 Email: [email protected] Web: http://tulsagrad.ou.edu/ Every effort has been made to assure that the information in this document is accurate at the time of publication. However the University of Oklahoma does not warrant the information is absolutely current. The University of Oklahoma makes no representations or warranties, express or implied, with respect to this document, or any part thereof, including any warrantees of title, non-infringement of copyright or patent rights of others, merchantability, or fitness or suitability for any purpose. This document is for internal planning purposes only and not for public distribution. Copyright © 2006 The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. All Rights Reserved. This institution in compliance with all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices, or procedures. This includes but is not limited to admission, employment, financial aid, and educational services. Printed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 January, 2006

OU-Tulsa Graduate College Annual Report – Fall 2005

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v Executive Summary This document includes a statistical profile of the academic programs supported by the Tulsa Graduate College. These academic programs are offered through six different colleges: the College of Architecture, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, the College of Engineering, the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts and the College of Liberal Studies. Programs in Tulsa are extensions of college programs in Norman; the faculty, students and staff associated with the Tulsa campus are fully integrated participants of each these colleges. The main focus for the narrative portion of this report is the research activities of the faculty and staff from these six colleges. These twenty-three individuals lead nine organized research units or laboratories, collectively were awarded over two million dollars in external grants and contracts and advanced the scholarship in their disciplines with numerous research articles, patents, books, technical reports and invited addresses. In all of these research projects our graduate students play an essential role, fully integrating the educational and research missions of the University. There are currently thirty-one doctoral students enrolled in Tulsa and Tulsa faculty serve as the major professor for thirteen of these. Research carried out by the OU-Tulsa faculty directly impacts the quality of life in our community by

improving effectiveness of social service agencies that provide services to persons with disabilities and to families in need of domestic violence interventions;

assisting police departments on a national level in implementing and assessing participatory leadership initiatives;

developing advanced display technologies capable of creating three-dimensional volumetric images; developing advanced methods for secure fiber-optic communications with authentication and

countermeasures applicable to homeland security, commercial and military applications; investigating the academic integrity and the security of course management systems; designing intelligent transportation systems to improve the safety of the traveling public; designing the next generation of deep-space optical communications systems; improving battlefield communications and security using advanced free space optics; assessing addiction prevention and intervention strategies; working with neighborhoods on urban planning and development including the Vision 2025

planning initiative; creating a state-wide research and development information infrastructure; contributing to our understanding of adolescent and juvenile impulsive behaviors -- including a

monthly call-in show on local television; promoted international understanding and cooperation through a series of lectures and exchanges of

students and faculty; and in many other ways described in greater detail in this report. Our agenda for basic research in Tulsa is informed by local, state and national needs. Our strategic goal is to nurture research specializations in Tulsa in areas where solving fundamental scholarly problems will also advance progress in solving debilitating social or economic problems. To this end, our programs fall into five broadly defined and inter-related academic clusters: human services, organizational and information services, education, engineering and undergraduate degree completion programs. While individual researchers will continue to play a significant role in our research strategies, we expect that interdisciplinary research teams will be the primary means by which we achieve our strategic goals.


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Colleges with Tulsa programs included in this report

College of Architecture

College of Arts and Sciences

College of Education

College of Engineering

The Weitzenhoffer Family

College of Fine Arts

College of Liberal Studies


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v Contents

Executive Summary ...............................................................................i Mission Statement, Vision and Values.................................................1 Aspirations .............................................................................................2 Research Overview ................................................................................3 Academic Initiatives...............................................................................4 Research Strategies...............................................................................6 Organized Research Units and Laboratories.......................................7 Schusterman Library .............................................................................16 Information Technology at the Schusterman Campus .......................17 Degree Inventory....................................................................................19 Academic Program Summaries ............................................................20 Appropriation History ............................................................................25 Enrollment and Credit Hours at OU-Tulsa ...........................................26 Tuition Revenue .....................................................................................28 Tulsa Faculty ..........................................................................................29 Sponsored Programs.............................................................................31 Planned Capital Projects .......................................................................32

Electronic copies of this report in Adobe® portable document format is available at http://tulsagrad.ou.edu/


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v Mission The mission of the Tulsa Graduate College is:

• to provide an environment that encourages and promotes excellence and innovation in academic design, instruction, collaboration and research;

• to promote and support the delivery of professional, graduate and applied academic programming in Northeastern Oklahoma that meets and anticipates the needs of the private and public sectors;

• to promote and support the instructional, research and creative activities in Northeastern Oklahoma undertaken by University of Oklahoma faculty; and

• to provide the highest quality service to our students, faculty and other stake-holders. v The OU-Tulsa Vision The OU-Tulsa Vision is to build a nationally-recognized center of higher education excellence in select areas that emphasize strong campus-community partnerships and that leverage the unique opportunities and needs in the Tulsa region.

v The Values of the Tulsa Graduate College

We value the free exchange of ideas to increase knowledge and understanding. We value excellence in research, teaching, service and in all our undertakings. We value and will sustain an intellectually vigorous community that encourages creativity, curiosity, critical thinking, and aesthetics. We value and will sustain an ethical, caring and diverse community that is characterized by honesty, integrity, equal opportunity, respect, trust and civility. We value the well-being of the individual and are dedicated to promoting the health of the body, mind and spirit. We value civic responsibility, both as an institution and as a community, and are dedicated to understanding, advancing and improving the society in which we live.


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v The Tulsa Graduate College Aspirations

The vision for OU-Tulsa Graduate programs is founded on specialized knowledge in diverse disciplines that are bound together by shared scholarly values producing excellence in service to our students, community and state.

Our educational and research programs will be at the leading edge of their disciplines. In order to advance the increasingly complex body of human knowledge we will hire faculty

with highly focused research programs; nevertheless the research programs of the faculty will intersect in ways that encourage collaboration and inter-disciplinary research.

We will be known as the primary research and graduate education resource in the Tulsa community.

We will be known for innovative and flexible research and academic programming that responds to community needs.

We will be known for professional applied graduate programs that are founded on advanced and specialized core knowledge, that feature team learning, that pioneer flexible delivery strategies and that culminate in real-world professional experiences.

We will be known for providing the best possible service to all of our stakeholders: our students, our faculty, our staff, our alumni and other community supporters, and to the people of Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma.


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v Research Overview Research productivity of the faculty has been quite impressive. In 2005 the faculty authored or co-authored over forty research articles, obtained a provisional patent, gave over twenty talks at professional conferences, issued more than ten technical reports, submitted over twenty proposals for grants or contracts, and published two books. In addition to their individual research and creative activities, the faculty and staff lead nine organized research units or laboratories with over two million dollars in active grants and contracts during 2005. These numbers reflect a faculty with engaged and vigorous research programs. The productivity of the faculty is even more impressive given that our researchers are relatively junior in rank. Of our twenty-four faculty, only 8 (33%) are tenured, as opposed to 49% on the Norman campus; 50% of the Tulsa resident faculty hold the rank assistant professor, while only 20% of the Norman campus faculty are the most junior rank. This relative paucity of senior faculty places an extraordinary burden on our faculty in developing and sustaining research programs, yet the record would indicate exceptional success in this very endeavor. The next section reviews the activity summaries from the organized research units and laboratories and gives a picture of amazing breadth and depth to the activities of the faculty. Research carried out by the OU-Tulsa faculty directly impacts the quality of life in our community by

improving effectiveness of social service agencies that provide services to persons with disabilities and to families in need of domestic violence interventions;

assisting police departments on a national level in implementing and assessing participatory leadership initiatives;

developing advanced display technologies capable of creating three-dimensional volumetric images;

developing advanced methods for secure fiber-optic communications with authentication and countermeasures applicable to homeland security, commercial and military applications;

investigating the academic integrity and the security of course management systems; designing intelligent transportation systems to improve the safety of the traveling public; designing the next generation of deep-space optical communications systems; improving battlefield communications and security using advanced free space optics; assessing addiction prevention and intervention strategies; working with neighborhoods on urban planning and development including the Vision 2025

planning initiative; creating a state-wide research and development information infrastructure; contributing to our understanding of adolescent and juvenile impulsive behaviors --

including a monthly call-in show on local television; promoted international understanding and cooperation through a series of lectures and

exchanges of students and faculty; and in many other ways detailed in the summaries that follow. In all of our faculty’s research projects our graduate students play an essential role, fully integrating the educational and research missions of the University. There are currently thirty-one doctoral students enrolled in Tulsa and Tulsa faculty serve as the major professor for thirteen of these. This constitutes a significant expansion of our mission compared to just four years ago when there were no doctoral students on our campus.


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v Academic Initiatives The University continued to build on numerous academic initiatives during 2005. In addition the University undertook a strategic planning initiative for the OU-Tulsa Schusterman campus providing a roadmap for the next five years of campus development. The new strategic plan outlines five broad goals for the next five years:

o Increase enrollment to 2000 students by 2010. o Increase research funding to $15 million annually by 2010. o Retire the debt of the Schusterman Center and complete the Campus Master Plan. o Build interdisciplinary centers of excellence in selected areas. o Create a strong student life experience.

Programs supported by the Tulsa Graduate College will necessarily be engaged in significant ways as the University makes progress toward these goals. In order to achieve the enrollment goal, the University will strategically invest in programs with the highest potential for enrollment growth. Most particularly, there are very significant opportunities for growth in programs providing advanced degrees to school administrators and principals. The College will work with the College of Education to foster partnerships with local school districts to implement both doctoral and masters degrees to serve this community. In addition, the University hired one new faculty member in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies in Tulsa and has plans to expand this faculty in the next budget cycle. In addition to expanding programs in Education, the University is searching for two additional faculty in the School of Social Work in order to meet expanded demand for that program. Further expansions in Social Work are under consideration in order to meet the staffing needs of local and state social service agencies. Finally, the University is currently examining other academic initiatives which will also address the goal of expanded enrollments. The goal of expanding sponsored research is closely tied to building interdisciplinary centers. The interdisciplinary Center for Early Childhood made very substantial progress during 2005. The Kaiser Family Foundation endowed the George Kaiser Professor of Early Childhood in Tulsa and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education provided funding for four new faculty in early childhood education. Searches were initiated for the George Kaiser Professor and Director of the Early Childhood Institute and for two of the junior faculty. The University will search for the fourth junior faculty member during 2006. We expect to launch the early childhood baccalaureate degree in Fall 2006. In part to encourage interdisciplinary conversations, the Dean and Vice Provost established a monthly Academic Council that brings together academic leadership from each of the colleges with resident faculty at the Schusterman Center. This Council affords an opportunity for the exchange of information and for discussion of common academic support issues. During 2005 the funded research and training activity of the Tulsa faculty nearly doubled for the second consecutive year. In addition, the funding base increased to include more departments and more funding agencies. The University will continue to fund interdisciplinary centers such as the Applied Research Center and the Urban Design Studio, which successfully collaborated on a Community Development Grant from HUD scheduled to begin in 2006. In addition, the University


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has brought together representatives from several programs to begin work on an interdisciplinary initiative in health informatics under joint leadership of the School of Computer Science and the School of Library and Information Studies. Exploiting the clinical and related health sciences resources on the Tulsa campus, the University is also examining various possibilities in bioengineering. The completion of the Campus Master Plan will entail the construction of a new learning center and a new library, along with associated campus improvements to streets and parking. The additional new facilities will directly benefit the instructional and research missions of the programs supported by the Tulsa Graduate College. In addition, the new space will permit re-purposing some of the existing campus space to accommodate academic offices and research space. Similarly retiring the debt for the Schusterman campus will free University resources for use in other research and academic related purposes. Since the debt burden is currently carried by the HSC parts of the OU-Tulsa budget, there will not be a direct benefit to the programs supported by the Tulsa Graduate College. However, expansion of the research mission in the HSC programs is an integral part of the overall strategy for interdisciplinary research and hence will enhance our ability to achieve this goal. Student life issues primarily devolve to the Office of Student Affairs. However, the Tulsa Graduate College has initiated collaborative efforts with this office in order to advance student life and academics. In particular, the Statistics Lab and the Writing Center are two academic initiatives funded by the Tulsa Graduate College but physically housed in the student affairs area. The Dean and the Director of Student Affairs meet regularly on areas of common interest, ranging from inter-institutional cooperation, career planning and placement, tutoring services and related student life issues.


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v Research Strategies Historically academic research has been divided into “basic” or “curiosity driven” research and “applied” or “mission-oriented” research. Generally the basic researcher strives to advance the frontiers of human knowledge with a view to developing a world picture in which all elements of human knowledge cohere. Generally the applied researcher strives for practical, usually rapid, benefits and proceeds, where possible, by using existing knowledge rather than by creating new knowledge. These two approaches are almost always inextricably intertwined, with the pure researcher finding interesting new problems in the applied arena and the applied researcher advancing basic knowledge in pursuit of practical benefits. Our offerings at the masters’ level in Tulsa are largely designed to prepare students in applied study rather than in basic study. As a consequence, our faculty will necessarily be closely attuned to the needs of the applied research. However, in developing research programs we anticipate that our faculty will continue to focus upon basic research as has long been the role of university faculty. Thus we have created a basic research agenda for Tulsa that is informed by local, state and national needs. Our strategic goal is to nurture research specializations in Tulsa in areas where solving fundamental scholarly problems will also advance progress in solving debilitating social or economic problems.1

We will employ several strategies to achieve this goal. In some cases we will realize this model through centers. Our Interoperability Lab, designed to address the specific challenges posed by interoperability at the boundaries of various network layers, is one such example. In other cases individual researchers will coalesce into teams to work on specific problems. A newly emerging team in Social Work, for example, is considering the problem of substance abuse and female incarceration in the state. These teams may

either dissolve when the specific research project terminates or evolve into new centers, depending on the sustainability of the scholarship, funding opportunities, and the relationship to the institutional mission and strategic goals. While individual researchers will continue to play a significant role in our research strategies, we expect that interdisciplinary research teams will be the primary means by which we achieve our strategic goals.

1 The basis for this model may be found, for example, in “A Vision of Jeffersonian Science” by Gerald Horton and Gerhard Sonnert, Issues in Science and Technology Online, Fall 1999, National Academies of Science and Engineering.


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v Organized Research Units and Laboratories . p The Applied Psychometrics and Distance Learning Lab. The mission of the ODYN Psychometrics and Distance Learning Lab is to identify effective psychometric solutions to issues involving employee selection and research synthesis as well as promote learning and integrity in educational and organizational environments. The lab has current and proposed projects in 3 areas: Integrity • Academic Integrity Intentions and Personality:

This project is being conducted in conjunction with faculty at OSU and Hogan Assessment Systems. This project is an extension of a project that was funded through a Junior Faculty research award and was presented at the Academy of Management conference in August of 2005. This project is designed to compare behavioral intentions regarding academic integrity in traditional classes to those in online classes and identify personality markers that are associated with academic integrity and misconduct among students in business programs.

• Detecting Dishonesty using Course Management Software: A poster presenting suggestions for instructors regarding how to prevent and detect misconduct in their courses using course management software was presented at the 113th annual convention of the American Psychological Association.

Meta-analysis Meta-analysis is a technique for quantitatively combining the results of research studies in a particular field of inquiry. Meta-analysis represents a family of techniques, rather than one single technique. The research conducted in the Applied Psychometrics lab focuses on methodological issues in the use of meta-analysis. • Fixed versus Random-effects Meta-analysis: This work is designed to educate researchers

regarding the assumptions made by different models of research synthesis and potential impact model choice can have on conclusions drawn. An article on this topic is currently in press.

• Ensemble Estimation: This represents a new method of validity transport that does not rest on the traditional, untenable assumption that validities of selection tests are normally distributed. A manuscript for submission to a scholarly journal is in preparation.

Assessment Methodology • Utility of Assessment: This work is designed as an educational initiative regarding the

substantial impact proper assessment methods can have in terms of effectiveness and efficiency in diagnosing individual and organizational problems as well as selecting effective employees that increase organizational efficiency. A manuscript on this topic is in preparation.

• Alternative Assessment Methodologies: Future work in the Applied Psychometric lab will be conducted to develop alternative assessment methods in the areas of content validity as well as team functioning. Manuscripts regarding this work will be submitted to conferences and scholarly journals.


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The lab is run by Dr. Jennifer Kisamore, Assistant Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences. The Center employs one graduate research assistant. p The Applied Research Center.

The vision of the Applied Research Center is to collaborate with community based organizations to promote effective program services through the use of scientifically sound program evaluation partnerships, developing external funding opportunities, publications in scholarly journals and presentations at local, state and national conferences.

The mission of the Applied Research Center is to provide Tulsa and Northeast Oklahoma with the premier external research support services necessary to promote community agency effectiveness.

During 2005 the Center’s major partners included: • Domestic Violence Intervention Service – studying factors predicting success among

batterers attending group treatment program. • Hospice of Green Country – studying the impact of hospice on caregiver quality of life. • The Center for Individuals with Physical Challenges – assessing the impact of The Center

on both primary caregiver and member quality of life. • Tulsa Advocates for the Rights of Citizens with Development Disabilities – evaluation of

volunteer programs (grant funded). • Choctaw Nation – evaluation of knowledge and physical education for educating children

on obesity and diabetes (grant funded). • Tulsa Public Schools – evaluation of a leadership mentoring program (grant funded). • Tulsa City-County Health Department – evaluation of knowledge and behaviors related to

obesity among children and parents attending at-risk elementary schools (grant funded).

In 2005 research associated with the Center has resulted in nine publications either submitted or accepted in scholarly journals, seven presentations included at regional and national conferences and the publication of eight technical reports. Faculty from the Department of Human Relations, the School of Social Work, the College of Allied Health and the College of Medicine at OU-Tulsa have collaborated on research projects in the Center. The Center was affiliated with five externally funded research projects, including a $386,000 HUD Community Development grant that will commence in 2006.

The Center Director is Dr. Chan Hellman, Assistant Professor of Human Relations in the College of Arts and Sciences. The Center employs three graduate research assistants.

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Dr. Syed Awais and Ambassador Edward Perkins, head of OU's International Programs Center

p The Center for Studies in Democracy and Culture. The Center for Studies in Democracy and Culture carried out another active year of forums and seminars on topics related to the Center’s mission “to stimulate interest, understanding, and study of the comparative cultural qualities of the world’s societies and how these qualities influence the dynamics of global interrelationships and the development of democratic institutions, both in other countries and in our own.” Activities were programmed for students, staff, and faculty members of OU-Tulsa, plus citizens of the Tulsa community. Academic, political, and NGO leaders from nearly two dozen countries participated in Center sponsored events during 2005. To facilitate public understanding of the Center, it launched its own website in 2005 (http://tulsagrad.ou.edu/csdc) which explains the Center’s purposes and which chronicles many of its diverse activities, as well as providing a calendar with details of coming Center sponsored events. The Center also continued its policy of active cooperation with other groups and institutions, and many of these cooperative activities are illustrated on the Center’s calendar and news pages. Outside of the United States, the Center began a program with the University of the Punjab in Pakistan to work on a program of quality assurance in higher education. The Center’s Director, Prof. Rodger Randle, traveled to Pakistan as a guest of the University of the Punjab to begin the project (a brief video about the project is available on the

“Projects” page of the Center’s website. In addition, Prof. Randle was invited to give the opening keynote speech at a Ford Foundation sponsored conference on the United States and Latin America that was held in Mexico at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (and conference participants represented nearly a dozen different countries). The University of Oklahoma is represented in activities of numerous local organizations in the Tulsa area through the Center and its director, plus representation on state groups such as the Governor’s International Economic Development Team (Prof. Randle is a member) and national groups such as Sister Cities International (Prof. Randle is a past president, and currently serves as parliamentarian to the elected board and chairman of Sister Cities’ Honorary board of Directors).

The OU-Tulsa Center for Studies in Democracy and Culture was selected as the 2005 institutional winner of the “Award of the Americas” by the Hispanic American Foundation of Tulsa. This award is presented annually at the Foundation’s fall black tie gala. The Director of the Center, Prof. Rodger Randle, was also selected as one of the 2005 award winners at the North Tulsa Heritage Association’s annual dinner. The North Tulsa

Heritage Association is a predominately African-American organization, and Prof. Randle was the only non-African-American individual winner in 2005. The Center is directed by Professor Rodger Randle of the Department of Human Relations in the College of Arts and Sciences.


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p The Oklahoma Institute for Teaching East Asia.

The purpose of The Oklahoma Institute for Teaching East Asia (OKITEA) is to assist teachers in making East Asia an integral and permanent part of their curriculum. To that end, the institute is

funded in large part by the Freeman Foundation. In addition to our yearly graduate seminar on East Asia for in-service teachers, some of our initiatives are: workshops for elementary teachers focused on PASS curriculum objectives; policy makers' trips to Asia; and Sister School Relationships with student and teacher exchanges between Chinese and Oklahoma schools. The latest challenge grant from the Freeman Foundation provides funding to hire ten Chinese language teachers for Oklahoma schools. OKITEA is housed at the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa with support from the School of International and Area Studies at OU-Norman. Recently completed and current OKITEA projects include the following:

• Sister school exchange program with Oklahoma and Chinese schools, including one elementary school—ongoing with annual exchanges

• East Asia Seminar for Educators—annually • Ongoing enrichment activities for seminar alumni,

such as Asian book discussion group, Asian film festivals, and Japan focused weekend retreat for Alumni.

• Facilitated the hiring of full time Chinese teachers at Jenks and Holland Hall—Fall 2005

• Vietnam workshop for 27 teacher alumni--April 2005

• Japan workshop for elementary teachers—Jan. 2006 • Tea ceremony at Philbrook Museum facilitated by

Japan Coordinator Yukiko Yukono—Jan. 2006 • Doll exhibit at Richardson Asian Art Museum coordinated by Yukiko Yukono—

Nov./Dec. 2005

The Institute has two proposals currently under review. One, to the Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program for $89,000, would provide funds to take twelve teachers to Asia for four weeks. A second, for $20,000 to the Oklahoma Geography Education Fund, will provide partial funding for a study tour of Asia to learn about natural disasters. Dr. Jessica Stowell is the Program Coordinator, Ms. Megan Gaspar is the Assistant Program Coordinator, Dr. Kay Miller is the Community Liaison andYukiko Yokono is the Japan Outreach Coordinator


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p The Oklahoma Interoperability Lab. The vision of the Interoperability Lab is to collaborate with industry to advance research in telecommunication technologies and to apply technological strategies to everyday problems. The Interoperability Lab will attract world-renowned researchers and practitioners. The mission of the Interoperability Lab is to build flexible and interconnected nodal configurations consisting of multi-vendor ATM, IP, TDM, SDH and DWDM equipment including fixed and mobile access points. The Lab allows users to systematically assess the impact of nodal and access configurations and hardware/software elements on users.

The Lab design is based on a five-island configuration: Internet Protocol (IP), Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Legacy, Optical Networking and Wireless. These networking islands encompass all the possible base telecommunications technologies and include a Photonic Lab in which students, faculty, equipment manufacturers and network operators can reliably test new theories and methodologies without impacting production networks and facilities. Within the lab, we are developing base methodologies for testing between

heterogeneous networks, network application testing and configuration, plus a myriad of other design and security related projects. Major research capabilities include Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP), Legacy Time Division Switches, Optical Test Bed and Photonics. Dr. Pramode Verma of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering oversees the Interoperability Lab policies and procedures. Faculty member, Dr. Stamatios Kartalopoulos has published major works in Dense Wave Division Multiplexing, Next Generation SONET/SDH and Optical Bit Error Rate. p The Organizational Dynamics Observation Lab. The vision of the ODYN observation lab is to improve the effectiveness of community based organizations by promoting, developing, implementing and evaluating cutting edge organizational theories and concepts in the areas of knowledge integration and shared leadership.

The mission of the ODYN Observation Lab is to study knowledge integration processes in teams and to develop and test strategies and trainings to improve knowledge integration. Since team members share and integrate their knowledge during meetings, the lab consists of a fully equipped meeting room with all the necessary facilities and an adjacent observation room. Studying meetings in a natural environment also increases the ecological validity of studies. Meetings can be observed through a (covered) one-way window as well as videotaped for later analysis. Another


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research focus is the study and implementation of Shared Leadership concepts in law enforcement agencies. The lab currently has the following projects: Studying and implementing Shared Leadership concepts: We evaluated the effects of the implementation of Shared Leadership at the Broken Arrow Police Department by means of a questionnaire study. The implementation was very successful and results were presented at three national and international conferences (Oklahoma City, OK; Sarasota, FL; and Istanbul, Turkey). American as well as European law enforcement agencies demonstrated interest in the concept and requested our materials. The resulting publication (forthcoming) received much praise from Joel Leson, the Director of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; three more publications in scholarly journals are in preparation. We were also asked by the Edmond Police Department to help implement the concept within their agency. Facilitating knowledge integration: Training modules for teams were developed together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering, Stuttgart, Germany. This training was presented at the 16th International Information Resources Management Association Conference (IRMA), in San Diego in May 2005. The training has been implemented in a Human Resources company in Tulsa (Staff One) as part of a capstone project for an ODYN student. Results were very promising, and further implementations with Tulsa-based companies as well as an evaluation of the training’s effectiveness are planned. Assessing knowledge integration in teams: We developed a German scale which assesses three different aspects of knowledge integration in organizations and validated it in studies with organizational samples; the manuscript was submitted to a scholarly journal. The scale was translated into English and given to members of Tulsa-based organizations. Based on the data analysis, the questionnaire will be further refined and given to another sample of members of R&D teams. Studying knowledge integration processes: An ongoing project studies collaborations between engineering and media arts students and the underlying knowledge integration processes. This study received funding by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Oklahoma, and is carried out in collaboration with Profs. Legrady and Gibson from the Media Arts and Technology program of the University of California in Santa Barbara. Research results: In 2005, research associated with the lab has resulted in one refereed publication (forthcoming), one submitted publication, two refereed conference proceedings, presentations at five national and international conferences, and received funding by the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Oklahoma. Ongoing collaborations include the Broken Arrow Police Department, Edmond Police Department, the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering, and the Media Arts and Technology Program at the University of California in Santa Barbara; research affiliations include COPPAC, the Center of Police Practices and Community at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The Organizational Dynamics Observation Lab is led by Dr. Brigitte Steinheider, Director of Organizational Dynamics and Assistant Professor of Psychology. The lab employs two Graduate Research Assistants.


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p The Photonics Lab. The vision of the Photonics Lab is to advance research and development of photonic devices, components, and subsystems for optical communications and information processing. Evidence of success will be the generation of new funding streams for sponsored research, publication of peer-reviewed publications, and the creation of commercially-viable intellectual property. The mission of the Photonics Lab is to provide an environment that supports and enhances both scholarly research and industry-based applications development. Three focused research initiatives are presently underway: Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Free-Space Optics (FSO), and Advanced Display Technologies. ITS encompass the convergence of advanced communications, computing and sensing technologies to improve the safety of the traveling public, improve emergency response, reduce traffic congestion, monitor the integrity of critical infrastructure, and monitor environmental conditions. Sponsored projects are presently ongoing to provide design, integration, testing, and software development support to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation as ITS technology is being deployed in the State. Additional research projects focus on the development of distributed sensor networks to measure a variety of relevant parameters. FSO enables high-bandwidth laser communications with data rates well in excess of current wireless technology. One current research project is investigating the optimal means of establishing and maintaining FSO communications links between moving platforms, e.g., between satellites and aircraft, for commercial and military applications. Further, the development of protocols for multi-node, ad hoc FSO networks is being investigated with the aim of improving the fault-tolerance of FSO communications. Research activities in the area of advanced display technologies focus on the development of systems capable of creating three-dimensional volumetric images. Other projects involve advanced display technologies, analog fiber optics for avionics applications, and optical security techniques. Recent research sponsors include NASA, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Education, and Tulsa-based 3DIcon Corporation. Current testing capabilities include RF and optical spectrum analysis, optical polarization analysis, optical power measurements, and waveform analysis. Dr. James Sluss, Morris R. Pitman Professor and Director of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering, directs the activities of the Photonics Lab.

p The Urban Design Studio.

The University of Oklahoma Urban Design Studio is founded on a three-part mission: to train urban design professionals through master’s degree programs in architecture and urban studies, to advance

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the understanding of the city through research and creative activity, and to engage in community design projects benefiting Tulsa and Northeast Oklahoma.

In the last year, the Urban Design Studio has engaged in a variety of research, creative and community service projects:

The Urban Design Studio completed a neighborhood planning project with City Councilor Tom Baker, the City of Tulsa Urban Development Department and the Tracy Park Neighborhood Association to create a vision for the Tracy Park and Gunboat Park neighborhoods. Graduate student, Marc Fairless is currently preparing the plan for submission to the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission for inclusion in the District 4 Comprehensive Plan.

Urban Design Studio Director, Shawn Michael Schaefer collaborated with Human Relations Professor and Director of the Applied Research Center, Dr. Chan Hellman and Occupational Therapy Professor, Dr. Steve Hoppes applied for and were awarded a Community Outreach Partnership Center grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to support community outreach activities at OU-Tulsa.

Graduate Student, Darshan Patel launched, Replaced without a Soul, an interactive website focusing on the remnants of Historic Route 66 in Oklahoma.

Director Schaefer competed in the Octavia Boulevard Housing Competition sponsored by the San Francisco Prize, an alliance that includes San Francisco Beautiful, the San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and San Francisco Planning and Urban Research.

First year graduate students from the studio are in the early stages of a project to study commercial redevelopment along arterial streets adjoining historic Tulsa neighborhoods. An eighteen member steering panel of neighborhood leaders, real estate developers, and city officials is guiding and advising them.

Professional project students from the studio are engaged in several community service projects including a feasibility study for a minor league baseball stadium, a design project to better link Downtown Tulsa to the Arkansas River and a revitalization plan for the Uptown / SoBo district.


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The Urban Design Studio has five full-time students in the Master of Architecture program and five full-time students in the Master of Science in Architectural Urban Studies program, including two graduate assistants.

Professor Shawn Schaefer directs the activities of the Urban Design Studio.

p The Wireless and Electromagnetic Compatibility Design Center.

The recent establishment of the Wireless and Electromagnetic Compatibility and Design Center propels OU-Tulsa Electrical and Computer Engineering program to the forefront of universities conducting research activities in the area of wireless and electromagnetic interferences. In addition, the Center will provide an electromagnetic compliancy (EMC) testing environment for Oklahoma companies that manufacture electronic equipment that must comply with domestic and international EMC standards published by the US FCC and other European agencies. The Center is equipped to carry out wireless device development

as well as EMC analyses that include radiated emissions, electromagnetic susceptibility, immunity to fluctuations in power and lighting, and immunity to electrostatic discharges. EMC testing ensures that electronic devices such as a pacemaker and cellular phone may coexist without mutual interferences that could cause the pacemaker to malfunction. The Center is equipped with a 3-meter anechoic chamber outfitted with several EMI test receivers, antennas, lighting emulators and other miscellaneous testing and sensor equipment. When a device is being EMC emission or immunity tested , it is placed on a turn-table inside the chamber. Then the device will be exposed to electromagnetic radiation with different frequencies, signal polarizations, and transmission powers. Measurements will be recorded and analyzed to certify the device’s passage or failure. The chamber is a shielded room (14ft, 21ft, and 10ft) outfitted with ferrite tiles and frequency absorber cones to guarantee total isolation from electromagnetic interferences due to nearby wireless networks and cellular towers. It also prevents radio frequency leakage during tests. Three different revenue sources will be pursued for the Center. The first is to perform EMC pre-certification for domestic and international companies that manufacture electronic devices. The second is to form a consortium of hospitals and companies interested in conducting interference analysis between medical equipment and emerging wireless devices. The third is to perform research activities for local companies and federal agencies such as Nordam, Boeing, FAA and Tinker AFB. Dr. Hazem Refai, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering, directs the activities of the Wireless and Electromagnetic Compatibility Design Center.


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v Schusterman Library The mission of the Library at the Schusterman Center is to support the academic, research, and patient care programs of OU-Tulsa by providing resources, staff, systems and an educational environment that fosters independent and informed use of information. The library also serves area health professionals and the general public. The OU-Tulsa Library at Schusterman Center supports diverse programs based in both the Graduate College in Norman and the Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. While the majority of programs are at the graduate level, undergraduate programs are being added.

In support of these programs, the library’s collections include approximately 52,000 bound volumes (monographs and serials), several hundred audiovisuals, and around 600 current print periodical subscriptions. Electronic resources number in the thousands, increasing each year as the library continues its transition from an emphasis on print materials to online access. Students can use over 12,000 electronic books, 36,000 electronic journals, and 250 online databases. As access becomes more important than physical collections, students and faculty are finding it increasingly convenient to utilize these resources from remote locations. While remote use of electronic resources continues to rise, the library is as popular as ever as a place for students to gather for group study or to seek a quiet corner to concentrate. Many students find it convenient to use the twenty computers available in the library. Network connections, as well as wireless connectivity throughout the library, are available for those who prefer to bring in their own computers. The rapid growth of existing OU-Tulsa programs as well as expansion into new disciplines has made it necessary for the library to increasingly utilize its cooperative interlibrary loan agreements with the University of Oklahoma libraries as well as others, both inside and outside the state. This sharing of print resources, along with the increased utilization of electronic resources, has made it possible for the library to provide adequate academic support in the face of explosive growth and change.

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v Information Technology at the Schusterman Campus

The OU-Tulsa Department of Information Technology provides services for the Schusterman Center Campus, as well as, remote sites for the College of Medicine - Tulsa. The services offered complement those the Tulsa campus receives from OU-Norman and OUHSC. Services provided include support for:

• The core campus IT infrastructure including; security, campus networks, servers, remote access and telecommunications;

• In-classroom technology and shared computer labs; • Desk-top computers; and, • The campus Web site.

It is the goal of the OU-Tulsa Department of Information Technology to closely align with the mission of OU-Tulsa and the colleges represented on campus. With the ever growing need and reliance upon technology to deliver instruction, research, community service and administration, it is imperative to create technical systems that can provide required services across the campus infrastructure. To this end, the OU-Tulsa Department of Information Technology has completed numerous projects during the past year, to enhance the availability of information on the Tulsa Campus. Highlights include:

• Wireless Access: Phase I of the Schusterman Center wireless program was completed. Unrestricted wireless internet access is available in the classroom and public areas of the campus for faculty, students, and staff.

• Remote Access: Dialup and VPN authentication services were migrated to local resources to further reduce reliance on OUHSC for network support.

• Instructional Technology: Major remodels of two classrooms were completed along with minor room technology upgrades in many other rooms.

• Administrative Technology: Completed the design and creation of several technology-enabled conference rooms.

• Community Service Technology: Provided professional support for many campus community events including: OU Club of Tulsa’s “Sooner Caravan”, “Women’s Health Conference”, “Seed Sower” series, and “Mini-Med Schools”.

• OU-Tulsa Web site: A new look and feel was created and most web pages for tulsa.ou.edu have been updated to this common design.

Highlights of current OU-Tulsa Department of Information Technology initiatives include:

• Wireless Network Access: This project is designed to provide wireless access to the classroom and public areas of the campus for students, faculty, and staff. It will facilitate a more flexible environment for traveling faculty and staff, as well as, create more ubiquitous access for students and study groups. Phase II, to be completed in 2006, will expand the current wireless infrastructure to include access to restricted information such PHI and that contained in network shares.

• Core Network: The core network is currently being reviewed and redesigned to (1) support the additional buildings planned for the Schusterman Center over the next 2-4 years; and (2)


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support Voice over IP (VoIP) for future telecommunications. The first step will coincide with the construction of the new clinic building.

• Data Center: The plan proposes to expand the capability of the campus data center space by increasing the space available for core computing resources and other infrastructure items required to support the planned growth of the campus and the ever increasing needs for informational technologies. This initiative is near completion.

• Distance Education Technology: The ongoing use of distance education to deliver classroom instruction is a key component of the support provided by information technology group. The design, implementation, and support of these classrooms are coordinated through the information technology team along with resources from the Norman and

Oklahoma City campuses. Each year instructional technology needs are assessed and classrooms are created, enhanced or otherwise modified as needed.

• OU-Tulsa Web site: A new look and feel was created in 2005 and most web pages for tulsa.ou.edu were updated to this common design. In 2006, the remainder of this Web site will be updated.

• Learning Center: The OU-Tulsa Department of Informational Technology is playing a key role in

the design and planning of the new OU-Tulsa Learning Center. Currently, this facility will include 1 auditorium, 1 Founders Hall, 11 classrooms, and multiple breakout rooms.


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v Degree Inventory

Degree CIP Code Name

Major Code Option

Bachelor of Arts2 521099 Human Relations 4903C Bachelor of Liberal Studies3 240101 Liberal Studies 4901A Doctor of Philosophy 140101 Engineering 0901R Doctor of Philosophy 141001 Electrical and Computer

Engineering 0926R

Master of Architecture 040201 Architecture 0202M 2008M Human Resources

Management 2008N Technical Project

Management

Master of Arts 521003 Organizational Dynamics

2008P Information Management

Master of Education 131001 Special Education 0808M Master of Education 130401 Education Administration 0827N Master of Human Relations 451101 Human Relations 4903N Master of Library and Information Studies

250101 Library and Information Studies

1601M

Master of Music Education4 131312 Music Education 1051N Master of Public Administration 440401 Public Administration 2102M

0205M Human Resources 0205N Environmental

Technology

Master of Science in Architectural Urban Studies

040301 Architectural Urban Studies

0205P Urban Studies Master of Science in Knowledge Management

521207 Knowledge Management 1601P

0909N Telecommunications Engineering

Master of Science in Telecommunications Systems

110101 Telecommunications Systems

0909P Telecommunications Management

2104M Master of Social Work 440701 Social Work 2104N Thesis Option

OU-Tulsa also offers the Kodaly Certificate, Levels I, II and III on a regular basis. Courses in this certificate program may be applied to degree credit in School of Music Graduate Programs in Music Education provided that students meet admission and other requirements.

2 Degree completion program. 3 Degree completion program. 4 Partially implemented.


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v Academic Program Summaries

Master of Science in Architectural Urban Studies This degree program is designed for candidates from architectural or related disciplines seeking a career in the dynamics of the urban environment but not desiring to enter one of the licensed professions. The curriculum prepares students for careers in urban research, management, civic administration, public works, and other related areas. The program is also a sound base for those in community service and community design advocacy. Date implemented in Tulsa: Fall 2000 Fall 05 Enrollment: 8 Number of graduates since 1994: 18 Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 1 (also in Architecture) Master of Architecture This degree program is designed for candidates already holding a professionally accredited degree in architecture and is primarily for those already holding an NAAB accredited professional degree. It is not a viable track for candidates wishing to establish NAAB accredited degree credentials as a prerequisite to architectural licensing as required in most of the U.S. (This track is not available to any candidate already holding a Master of Architecture degree from any institution.) Date implemented in Tulsa: Fall 1988 Fall 05 Enrollment: 2 Number of graduates since 1994: 26 Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 1 (also in Architectural Urban Studies)

Department of Human Relations Master of Human Relations Bachelor of Arts in Human Relations The Master of Human Relations degree prepares graduates for careers focusing on research and/or resolution of human relations problems. The Department has the following objectives: • To expose students to the social and philosophical foundations which form the basis for an interdisciplinary

approach to human services education. Emphasis is placed on understanding individual, group, and organizational behaviors.

• To provide students with the knowledge and competence necessary to function effectively as professionals in a wide range of human service careers. Emphasis is placed on developing skills related to understanding multicultural group behaviors.

• To prepare students for effective leadership in conflict situations which require data analysis and coordination of individual and group efforts.

• To encourage students to work for the provision of equal opportunities for minority groups and women, and to seek solutions to other community, state, regional, national, and international problems.

Date implemented in Tulsa: Fall 1984 (graduate), Fall 2003 (undergraduate) Fall 05 Enrollment: 159 (graduate), 34 (undergraduate) Number of graduates since 1994: 671 Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 5.5 FTE


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School of Library and Information Studies Master of Library and Information Studies The School of Library and Information Studies offers the only American Library Association accredited master’s degree program in Oklahoma and two adjacent states. The Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) degree may be taken as either a thesis or non-thesis option. The MLIS is a comprehensive professional program preparing graduates for twenty-first century careers in a broad range of library, information center, and information industry settings. Date implemented in Tulsa: 1957 (earliest documented date) Fall 05 Enrollment: 63 Number of graduates since 1994: 203 Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 3 (also in Knowledge Management) Master of Science in Knowledge Management Knowledge management is the systematic process of locating, selecting, organizing, representing and presenting information in a manner that contributes to organizational effectiveness. Knowledge management activities help an organization gain insight and understanding from its own experience. Knowledge managers are needed in business, industry, education, government, and public service organizations. Date implemented in Tulsa: July 2003 Fall 05 Enrollment: 7 (approved in July 2003, faculty hired in 2003-04 so limited recruiting was done for Fall 03) Number of graduates since 1990: N/A Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 3 (also in Library and Information Studies) Department of Political Science Master of Public Administration The Master of Public Administration (MPA) is the preferred graduate degree for public sector managers and supervisors. Working adults are well aware that career objectives are likely to be improved with advanced education. However, the demands of work, family, and other obligations leave little time for traditional graduate studies. For this reason, we have made the MPA program more flexible and accessible. The MPA provides working students with a variety of choices about the time, format, and location of their classes. This degree design helps us achieve our goal of blending the quality of a superior program with the flexibility necessary to meet the needs of working adults. Date implemented in Tulsa: Spring 1983 Fall 05 Enrollment: 29 Number of graduates since 1994: 58 Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 0 Department of Psychology Master of Arts in Organizational Dynamics Graduates earning the Master of Arts in Organizational Dynamics will acquire the leadership skills needed to manage people, projects, and technology, with special attention to technology-based industries. The program will develop these skills by bringing together cutting edge research with practical application. The program builds upon a set of core courses, which examine leadership, innovation, teamwork, and analysis. After completing these core courses, students specialize in one of three general tracks: Human Resource Management, Project management, or Knowledge Management. Students work collaboratively with faculty in completing a capstone project in a “real-world” setting. Date implemented in Tulsa: Spring 03 Fall 05 Enrollment: 40 Number of graduates since 1994: 6 Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 2


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School of Social Work Master of Social Work Social Work is a profession devoted to the enhancement of human well-being and to the alleviation of poverty and oppression. This is accomplished through the promotion, restoration, maintenance and enhancement of the social functioning of individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities. The expansion of human service programs and areas of practice that utilize social work knowledge and skills has created a demand for professional social workers. Social Work offers a challenging and exciting career for the individual who is motivated to help others and has a personal commitment to the advancement of social justice. The University of Oklahoma School of Social Work graduate program has maintained continuous accreditation by CSWE since 1952. Date implemented in Tulsa: Fall 1980 Fall 05 Enrollment: 86 Number of graduates since 1994: 287 Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 6

Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Doctor of Philosophy in Historical, Philosophical and Social Foundations of Education This doctoral program takes a broad, complex view of teaching, learning, curriculum and the myriad contexts, including gender, age, ethnic and racial makeup, and socioeconomic status within which children and adults learn and teach. This interdisciplinary field brings together historical, philosophical, sociological, anthropological and human relations approaches to understanding and evaluating the means and ends of education, past and present, actual and potential. The electives provide the student with the opportunity to help individually shape the doctoral degree program. Date implemented in Tulsa: 2000 Fall 05 Enrollment: 1 Number of graduates since 1994: N/A Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 0 Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Master of Education in Educational Administration The EACS curriculum is under girded by a dynamic knowledge base that reflects current and recommended practices as examined through basic and applied research. The curriculum is founded on the belief that PK-12 schools are complex organizations that need leaders who understand: 1) the theoretical and conceptual aspects of schools, their people, and programs for both children and adults who are constantly learning from the context of the organization; 2) the technical knowledge of the content areas and areas of specialization found within the EACS knowledge bases; 3) the integration of theory, research, and practice as a means of grounding new best practices. Date implemented in Tulsa: 2004 Fall 05 Enrollment: 11 Number of graduates since 1994: 13 Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 0 Department of Educational Psychology Master of Education in Special Education (Reading Specialist) The mission of the special education program is to improve educational and life/community living outcomes for people with disabilities and their families through (a) development and dissemination of new knowledge; (b) provision of educational experiences through quality personnel preparation; and (c) provision of service and leadership to the field of education.. Date implemented in Tulsa: 2004 Fall 05 Enrollment: 1 Number of graduates since 1994: 1 Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 0 There are two students in enrolled in teacher certification programs in Tulsa in the College of Education in Fall 2005.


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School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Master of Science in Telecommunications Systems There is a worldwide need for leaders who can apply advancements in computer and networking technology to the business of telecommunications. Specifically, there are business leaders who are trained in computational processes who have need for deeper knowledge of the technology of telecommunications and networking in order to make technically driven decisions. Similarly, there are engineers trained in the technology of communications who require a broader perspective in business parameters which affect new product and product life decisions. The Master of Science in Telecommunications Systems develops on the synergy of these needs with a leadership program for the state of Oklahoma. Date implemented in Tulsa: Fall 1995 Fall 05 Enrollment: 9 Number of graduates since 1994: 43 Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 4 Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering The doctoral degree is awarded for excellence in research scholarship. It signifies the attainment of independently acquired and comprehensive learning attesting to general professional competence and an original contribution to human knowledge. The latter is accomplished in the dissertation, which demonstrates the student’s ability to address a significant intellectual problem and arrive at a successful conclusion. The overall objectives of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering are to produce graduates who:

• have a solid foundation in mathematics and the physical sciences • have strong engineering problem solving abilities • are prepared for a research career in the academy or in industry • can communicate effectively • can work in teams

Date implemented in Tulsa: 2002 Fall 05 Enrollment: 10 Number of graduates since 1994:1 Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 5 (four also in Telecommunications systems, one in Mathematics) Department of Engineering Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering The Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering is concerned with the expansion of professional knowledge in the fundamental concepts of engineering and science. The doctoral student is required to produce a research dissertation of professional significance. Ninety semester hours of graduate-level coursework beyond a B.S. degree are required plus a qualifying examination, a general examination, proficiency in a research skill and an acceptable dissertation. The graduate Ph.D. is prepared for a career in teaching, research and consulting. Date implemented in Tulsa: 2004 Fall 05 Enrollment: 4 Number of graduates since 1994: N/A Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 5 (four also in Telecommunications systems, one in Mathematics)


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School of Music Master of Music Education Kodaly Certificate Program The Master of Music Education program is partially implemented in Tulsa using video technology to broadcast selected core courses. The Kodály concept emphasizes music literacy based on singing and folk music. Musical concepts are taught through a developmental sequence of skills. Techniques include solfege syllables, Curwin handsigns and rhythm syllables. Date implemented in Tulsa: 2002 (MME), 1999 (Kodaly) Fall 05 Enrollment: 4 (MME), Kodaly Certificate is offered only the summer, enrolled 12 in Summer 05 Number of graduates since 1994: N/A Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: 0

Bachelor of Liberal Studies Programs offered by the College of Liberal Studies are built on the concept of interdisciplinary studies, a broad-based approach to academic studies, distinctly different from the narrow “disciplinary” approaches offered in more traditional degree programs. Rather than specializing in one particular discipline, Liberal Studies students acquire broad general knowledge in a variety of disciplines. In the social sciences area of knowledge, for example, students approach study topics from the multiple, yet inter-related, disciplines of anthropology, economics, geography, political science, psychology, and sociology. Date implemented in Tulsa: 1997 Fall 05 Enrollment: 57, excluding online classes Number of graduates since 1994: not available Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: This program uses faculty from throughout the University including those resident in Tulsa.

Doctor of Philosophy The Ph.D. degree in Organizational Leadership is an inter-disciplinary approach to the scholarly study of leadership. The foundations of the program are the theories and research concerning the professional success of leaders. Because successful leadership involves the application of both general and contextual principles, the program design encompasses both general theories as well as applications specific to organizational systems. Thus the program design allows students to explore a variety of fields and to apply core principles to a chosen area of concentration. For example, students might focus their research on leadership in public and private organizations; on educational administration; on health administration; on organizational administration; on public administration; on human resource management; or on other areas of personal or professional research interest. Date implemented in Tulsa: 1999 Fall 05 Enrollment: 7 Number of graduates since 1994: 2 Number of faculty Resident in Tulsa: This program uses faculty from throughout the University including those resident in Tulsa.


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v Appropriation History5 OU-Tulsa Graduate Programs overall allocations 2002-2006 Prior to FY05 funding for OU-Tulsa graduate programming was not consolidated in the OU-Tulsa budget. The following tables show the sources of funding for OU-Tulsa graduate programs FY02-FY06. FY02 OU/OSU Graduate Education & Research Ctr allocation $ 1,125,000.00 OU allocation through Technology Center of Excellence $ 250,000.00 OU/OSU RGEC Provider Contracts - OU $ 1,442,815.00 Norman Campus Subsidy $ 1,126,616.00 FY02 Total $ 3,944,431.00 FY03 Allocation to OU-Tulsa Graduate Programs $ 2,250,953.00 OU Share of COEITT in Allocation to COEITT (in OSU-Tulsa budget) $ 117,525.00

Norman Campus Subsidy $ 1,126,616.00 OSU-Tulsa budget FY03 Total $ 3,495,094.00 FY04 Allocation to OU-Tulsa Graduate Programs $ 2,154,871.00 Allocation to COEITT (in OSU-Tulsa budget) $ 117,525.00 Norman Campus Subsidy $ 1,126,616.00 FY04 Total $ 3,399,312.00 FY05 - OU share of COEITT placed in OU budget Allocation to OU-Tulsa Graduate Programs $ 2,284,219.00 Norman Campus Subsidy $ 1,126,616.00

FY05 Total $ 3,410,835.00 FY066 Allocation to OU-Tulsa Graduate Programs and Arts

and Sciences and Education undergraduate programs from the OU-Tulsa agency account

$3,862,307.00

5 For FY02-FY04, the source for OSRHE and OU data is the 2004 OU Fact Book. For FY05, the source for OU and OSRHE data is the OSRHE publication Educational and General Budgets, Summary Analysis. Internal budget documents are the source of the OU-Tulsa data. 6 In FY06 $1,126,616 in OSRHE funding was permanently transferred from the Norman campus to the Tulsa campus. These funds had previously been identified in the budget as a “Norman campus subsidy to Tulsa.” The OSRHE provided an additional $348,000 for the Early Childhood initiative and an additional $103,472 was transferred to Norman-based programs from new funding provided by the OSRHE to support campus operations.


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v Enrollment and Credit Hours at OU-Tulsa OU Programs at Schusterman Enrollment Summary

Total Headcount by Program Fall 2005

Major College Headcount HSC-based programs highlighted in green

Norman-based programs highlighted in blue Allied Health 87 Architecture 10 Architecture (M.Arch) 2 Arch Urban Studies (M.S.) 8 Arts and Sciences 419 Human Relations (B.A.) 34 Human Relations (M.H.R.) 145 Human Relations LPC 14 Library and Info Studies (M.L.I.S.) 63 Knowledge Management (M.S.) 7 Political Science (M.A.) 1 Psychology/ODYN (M.S.) 40 Public Administration (M.P.A.) 29 Social Work (M.S.W.) 86 Education 15 Special Education (M.Ed) 1 Education Administration (M.Ed) 11 Education Administration (Ed.D) 1 Education Certification 2 Engineering 23 General Engineering (Ph.D.) 4 Telecommunications Engineering (M.S.) 8 Telecommunications Management (M.S.) 1 Electrical Engineering (Ph.D.) 10 Fine Arts 4 Music (M.M.E.) 4 Graduate College 24 Interdisciplinary Studies (Ph.D.) 7 Unclassified 11 Visitor 4 Post Bacc Special 2 Liberal Studies7 57 ALC (B.L.S.) 57 Nursing 232 Medicine 227 3rd & 4th year 52 Residents8 175 Pharmacy 186 Public Health 42 Total students, Norman-based Programs 552 Total students, HSC-based Programs 599 Residents 175 Total Headcount 1326

Except as noted, all figures based on 3rd week enrollment numbers as reported by Institutional Research offices

7 Numbers are unofficial departmental totals. 8 Numbers reported by Tulsa College of Medicine Office of Resident & Student Affairs.


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Graduate Credit Hour Production9

College Dept 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 A&S COMM 99 25 20 ECON 38 56 67 6 6 HR 3536 3445 2955 3017 2706 2712 JMC 4 2 LIS 777 829 942 895 1018 721 MATH 33 30 ODYN 165 345 549 PHIL 45 3 PSC 371 342 348 422 244 293 PSY 48 34 2 11 SOC 69 SWK 1238 1304 1811 1875 1865 2164 A&S Total 5964 6095 6222 6486 6244 6476 ARCH ARCH 131 161 148 202 141 146 RCPL 9 3 ARCH Total 131 161 148 211 141 149 BUS ACCT 12 BAD 30 24 30 FIN 15 LS 9 MGT 45 24 MIS 24 27 21 BUS Total 111 48 51 51 EDUC EACS 103 478 EDAH 3 6 6 EDFN 53 58 EDSP 53 EDMA 6 EDUC 75 EIPT 87 48 18 18 EDUC Total 87 126 186 613 ENGR CE 12 12 ECE 2 45 120 81 179 182 ENGR 14 31 ES 15 18 4 GE 15 24 IE 5 24 PE 6 3 TCOM 117 151 283 250 186 192 ENGR Total 151 247 458 331 379 405 FA MUED 106 124 66 22 55 65 FA Total 106 124 66 22 55 65 GRAD GRAD 16 36 4 13 11 TCOM 65 GRAD Total 81 36 4 13 11 JOUR JMC 2 JOUR Total 2 SPEC INTL 24 3 SPEC Total 24 3 Grand Total 6574 6887 6981 7105 7018 7719

9 Source: Credit Hour summary Reports, Office of Institutional Research and Reporting, OU-Norman campus.


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v Tuition and Fee Revenue Note that prior to FY03 our tuition was billed and retained by the OU/OSU Research and Graduate Education Center and used to pay for services at OSU-Tulsa where our programs were then located. Thus tuition history is only relevant from FY03 forward.

FY03 FY04 FY05 Gross Tuition10 $867,670.20 $1,032,134.80

$1,113,176.55

Waivers11

$110,819.00 $ 186,700.00 $ 175,209.50 Net Tuition $756,851.20 $ 845,434.80 $ 937,996.05

Prior to FY03 OU-Tulsa graduate programs were funded on a “cost-reimbursement” basis by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. The cost matrix used by the State Regents accounted only for direct instructional costs and not for research or other costs. As part of a comprehensive budget reform begun in FY03, the cost matrix was abandoned and OU-Tulsa graduate programs received instructional funds in a direct allocation from the State Regents. Therefore FY03 is the first year in which OU-Tulsa was able to appoint Graduate Assistants and award tuition waivers. The increase in tuition waivers from FY03 to FY05 is largely attributable to an increase in non-resident waivers granted to Graduate Research Assistants ($83,000 increase FY03 to FY05). The remaining increases are due to (a) increases in need-based assistance ($23,000 increase); and (b) an increase in the number of graduate assistants and an increase in the waiver benefit from 6 to 7 hours per semester ($8,000 increase). The above revenues include tuition and mandatory fees.

Tuition rates per credit hour12

------ Lower Division ------ ------ Upper Division ----- -------- Graduate --------- Year Resident Nonresident Resident Nonresident Resident Nonresident 1999 61.00 197.00 65.00 218.00 86.00 274.50 2001 65.25 213.45 69.55 236.30 92.00 297.45 2002 69.80 231.30 74.40 256.15 98.40 322.30 2003 82.00 286.30 87.40 317.30 115.60 398.80 2004 92.60 343.20 92.60 343.20 122.50 431.20 2005 95.40 358.50 95.40 358.50 126.20 450.30

Mandatory per-credit-hour fees, Fall 2005:

Student Facility Fee $8.70 University Connectivity Fee $12.00 Student Activity Fee $5.95 Security Services Fee $3.00 Assessment Fee $1.25 Academic Excellence Fee $3.00 Library Excellence Fee $8.70 Special Event Fee $2.0013 Academic Facility and Life Safety Fee: $12.0011 Additional Academic Excellence Fee $6.0014

10 Based on total credit hours, as reported by the Office of Institutional Research. 11 Based on financial reporting of net actual waivers. 12 2005 OU Fact Book and the Bursar’s Office web page, Fall 2004. 13 Only for new admits, re-admits, and change of status students for Fall 2003 and after. 14 Only for new admits, re-admits, and change of status students for Fall 2005 and after.


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v Resident Faculty FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 FY2004 FY2005 Architecture 1 1 1 1 1 Business15 1 0 0 0 0 Democracy and Culture16 1 1 1 0 0 Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum 0 0 0 0 0.5 Electrical and Computer Engineering 1 2 4 4 4 Human Relations 4.5 4.5 5.5 6.5 6.5 Library and Information Studies 0 0 0 3 3 Mathematics17 1 1 1 1 1 Political Science18 2 0 0 0 0 Psychology 0 0 1 2 2 Petroleum and Geological Engineering19 2 2 2 0 0 Social Work 2 2 4 5 6 16.5 14.5 19.5 22.5 24

15 Three faculty in Tulsa were associated with the Master’s in International Relations. This program was suspended in FY01 and the faculty were moved to Norman. The associated faculty lines remained in Tulsa. 16 Professor Rodger Randle’s research and service activities operate under the Center for Democracy and Culture. In FY04 Professor Randle joined the faculty of the Department of Human Relations. 17 The Dean is a member of the Department of Mathematics and teaches at least one in-load course per year in support of programs in Tulsa. 18 See note (12) above. 19 Two faculty in the School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering had labs at the Schusterman Center. In FY04 these labs were consolidated in Norman and the faculty moved to the Norman campus. The faculty lines were never part of the Tulsa budget.


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Resident Faculty Roster, Fall 2005 Architecture Schaefer, Shawn Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum Ballard, Keith Electrical and Computer Engineering Kartalopoulos, Stamatios Refai, Hazem Sluss, James Verma, Pramode Human Relations Anderson, JoAnn Habashi, Janette Hellman, Chan Holmes, Gary Lloyd-Jones, Brenda Long, Wesley Randle, Rodger Library and Information Studies Hawamdeh, Suliman Kim, Yong-Mi1 Martens, Betsy1 Mathematics Ray, William (Dean and Vice Provost) Psychology Kisamore, Jennifer Steinheider, Brigitte Social Work Burman, Sondra Byers, Lisa Caselman, Tonia Cherry, Andrew Scales, Martha Stauss, Kimberly

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v Sponsored Programs – Spring 2004 Faculty and staff associated with the OU-Tulsa Graduate College accounted for over $2 million20 in active research grants and contracts as of December 1, 2005. This is an increase of over $800,000 or 72% from Fall 2004. This is the second consecutive year in which research awards have increased by more than 70%. PI/PD Department Account Title Award Amount REFAI H ECE-TUL TISE PHASE II $ 76,812.40 SLUSS J ECE-TUL 3D DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES $ 453,584.00 SLUSS J ECE-TUL ITS ENGINEERING $ 225,000.00 VERMA P ECE-TUL GRADUATE EDUCATION IN TELECOM $ 297,600.00 SLUSS J ECE-TUL NETWORK SURVIVABILITY RESEARCH $ 50,000.00 RANDLE R HR-TUL STUDIES IN DEMOCRACY $ 25,000.00 RANDLE R HR-TUL GLOBAL EDUCATION $ 3,000.00 HELLMAN C HR-TUL PERCEPTIONS OF VOLUNTEERS $ 3,003.00 HELLMAN C HR-TUL HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM $ 3,225.00 STOWELL J IAS-TUL CHINA EXCHANGE $ 281,897.00 STOWELL J IAS-TUL CHINA EXCHANGE & KEY ACTORS $ 152,200.00 STOWELL J IAS-TUL TEACHING ABOUT ASIA $ 101,000.00 STOWELL J IAS-TUL TEACHING ABOUT ASIA $ 145,800.00 STEINHEIDER B PSYCH-TUL STUDIES OF LUXURY CARS $ 6,500.00 CHERRY A SOCWK-TUL EVALUATION OF COSIG PROGRAM $ 101,196.00 CHERRY A SOCWK-TUL EVALUATION OF COSIG PROGRAM $ 103,454.00 Total $ 2,029,271.40

Department Award Amount Electrical and Computer Engineering $ 1,102,996.40 Human Relations $ 34,228.00 International and Area Studies $ 680,897.00 Psychology $ 6,500.00 Social Work $ 204,650.00 Total $ 2,029,271.40

20 Data provided by OU Office of Research Services and includes active grant and contract accounts as of December 16, 2005. The amount reported is the entire award; research expenditures in 2005 may be less in the case of multi-year grants and contracts. These data do not include funding obtained by Tulsa offices of the College of Continuing Education.


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v Planned Capital Projects Two major capital projects that will support OU-Tulsa graduate programs are included in the current master plan for the campus. One is a new building to house the library for the campus. The second is a new learning center which will include an auditorium, two new large-capacity lecture halls, nine new classrooms and a commons area in which students will be able to gather for study and socialization. The total budget for these two projects and associated campus improvements is $26 million. The state’s higher education bond issue, gifts from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, the Founders and Associates, Inc., and the Lindsay and Diane S. Perkins family will make construction on these projects possible. Construction on the first phase, the new Learning Center which will include The Founders Hall and Grand Commons and The Perkins Family Lecture Hall, will begin in Spring of 2006. Both new buildings will be situated on the east side of campus facing Yale Avenue. A new entrance to the campus, Boren Boulevard, will be opened as part of this construction.

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