November 18, 2016

UpChurch Conference Room, Bell Engineering

  1. Approval of minutes for the October 28, 2016 meeting.
    The minutes can be viewed at: http://ugrdcouncil.uark.edu/minutes/index.php
  2. Consent Agenda
    Course change proposals – including undergraduate, graduate, and law classes.  (PDF Report).

  3. Old Business:
    1. Revised graduate program change for the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders – ADLLME – Adult and Lifelong Learning, Master of Education (3a_ADLLME Report).

      The UCPC tabled the item.  Requested the program change be rolled back to the College of Education and Health Professions Dean approval level to review and adjust the language in the description and justification block to match the Graduate School and International Education’s admission policies.

    2. Revised graduate program change for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction – ETECGC – K-12 Online Teaching Graduate Certificate (3b_ETECGC Report, 3b_ETECGC – New Grad Cert – Ltr of Notification.docx, 3b_CIED 5733-CIED Methods and Assessment in K-12 Online Teaching – Syllabus.pdf, 3b_Email Notification to CAOs).

      Program change was returned to the UCPC per request of Cheryl Murphy.

  4. New Business:
    Proposed program changes (PDF Report)
    1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Agri Food and Life Sciences Dean – AFLS Honors – Bumpers College Honors Requirements (4a_ Bumpers College Honors Requirements Report).
    2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice– CMJSBA – Criminal Justice, Bachelor of Arts (4b_CMJSBA Report, 4b_CMJSBA – Distance Tech – Ltr of Notification, 4b_CMJSBA – Distance Tech – Rev_Budget_10_30-2016, 4b_CMJSBA – Distance Tech - Syllabi).
    3. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Agri Food and Life Sciences Dean – BSTCGC – Bioenergy and Sustainable Technology Graduate Certificate (4c_BSTCGC Report, 4c_BSTCGC – Deletion – Ltr of Notification).
    4. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Chemical Engineering – CHEGMS – Chemical Engineering, Master of Science in Chemical Engineering (4d_CHEGMS Report).
    5. Proposed graduate program change for the Department Curriculum and Instruction – TESLME – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Master of Education (4e__TESLME Report).
    6. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Graduate Dean – PUBPPH-AGPO - Public Policy Agricultural Policy Concentration (4f_PUBPPH-AGPO Report).
  5. Other Items for Consideration:

    Name change of Human Performance Laboratory to Exercise Science Research Center (5_ESRC – Name Change Admin Unit – Ltr of Notification).

  6. Next Meeting:  December 16, 2016 at 2:30 p.m.
    (Agenda deadline is December 2, 2016)