March 21, 2014

UpChurch Conference Room, Bell Engineering


  1. Approval of minutes for the February 28, 2014 meeting.
    The February 28 minutes are in process.
  2. Consent Agenda (Course change proposals can be reviewed at https://waprd.uark.edu/web-apps/regr/ccf/Main or by going to the website of the Registrar and clicking on “Faculty/Staff” then “Curriculum Change Form,” and then “View Changes Pending Before the University Course and Programs Committee.”)
    1. Undergraduate and School of Law Course Change Proposals – Table A and Table E
    2. Graduate and Dual Course Change Proposals – Table C and Table D
    3. Courses with No Enrollment in Last 5 Years--Courses to Remain Active Fall 2014 – Table G
    4. Courses with No Enrollment in Last 5 Years--Courses to be Inactivated Fall 2014 – Table H
    5. Courses Inactive More Than 3 Years--Courses to Remain Inactive Fall 2014 – Table I
    6. Courses Inactive More Than 3 Years--Courses to be Deleted Fall 2014 – Table J
  3. Old Business:
    Courses pulled from course change consent agenda and tabled at the February UCPC meeting. The courses are new courses from the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders in the Rehabilitation area. (Table B) Also, one University Core course was tabled at the February meeting. (Table F)
  4. New Business:
    1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Department of Food Science – FDSCBS – BSA, Food Science (Table One, Attachment 1A, Attachment 1A-1, Attachment 1A-2, Attachment 1A-3, Attachment 1A-4, Attachment 1A-5 and Attachment 1A-6).
    2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Department of Food Science – FDSC-M – Minor in Food Science (Table One, Attachment 1B).
    3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Eleanor Mann School of Nursing - NURSBS – BSN, Nursing (Table Two, Attachment 2A and Attachment 2A-1).
    4. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering – BMEGBS – BSBME, Biomedical Engineering (Table Three, Attachment 3A).
    5. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction - CHEDMA – MAT, Childhood Education (Table Four, Attachment 4A, Attachment 4A-1, Attachment 4A-2, Attachment 4A-3, Attachment 4A-4, Attachment 4A-5, Attachment 4A-6, Attachment 4A-7, Attachment 4A-8 and Attachment 4A-9).
    6. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Engineering Dean – ENGRME – MSE, Engineering (Table Four, Attachment 4B)
  5. Other Items for Consideration:
    1. Discussion of changes in the policy for on-line degree credit hours for students pursuing an on-campus (Face to Face) undergraduate degree – Dr. Javier Reyes. This item was sent back to the college’s curriculum committees at the February UCPC meeting for further discussion. Since the last meeting, Global Campus reported that transfer work does not count as online courses when used for transfer degree credit.