September 28, 2018

Upchurch Conference Room, Bell Engineering

  1. Approval of minutes for the April 20 and August 3, 2018 meetings.
    The minutes can be viewed at:  http://ugrdcouncil.uark.edu/minutes/index.php 

  2. Consent Agenda
    Course change proposals (PDF Report) 
  3. Old Business:  None

  4. New Business: 
    Program change proposals (PDF Report)
    1. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Chemical Engineering, CHEGPH – Engineering (Chemical Engineering), Doctor of Philosophy (4a_chegph_report_09282018).
    2. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, EDEQME – Education Equity, Master of Education (4b_edeqme_report_09282018, 4b_edeqme_newdegree_ltrofintent, 4b_edeqme_newdegree_proposal).
    3. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, SPTSGC – Special Education Transition Services, Graduate Certificate (4c_sptsgc_report_09282018, 4c_sptsgc_newgradcertif_ltrofnotif_09282018, 4c_sptsgc_newgradcertif_supportingletters_09282018).
    4. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, TESLGC – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Graduate Certificate (4d_teslgc_report_09282018, 4d_teslgc_newgradcertif_ltrofnotif_09282018).
    5. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Graduate Dean, CSALGC – Cross Sector Alliances: Public, Private and Nonprofit Collaboration, Graduate Certificate (4e_csalgc_report_09282018).
    6. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Industrial Engineering, OMLSGC – Lean Six Sigma, Graduate Certificate (4f_omlsgc_report_09282018, 4f_omlsgc_newgradcertif_ltrofnotif_09282018, 4f_omlsgc_newgradcertif_supportingdocuments_09282018, 4f_omlsgc_newgradcertif_syllabi_09282018, 4f_omlsgc_newgradcertif_budget_09282018).
    7. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders, CNSLMS – Counseling, Master of Science (4g_cnslms_report_09282018).
    8. Proposed graduate program change for the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, NURSDP – Nursing Practice, Doctor of Nursing Practice (4h_nursdp_report_09282018, 4h_nursdp_reconfig_ltrofnotif_09282018).
    9. Proposed graduate program change for the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, NURSDP-ACNP – Nursing: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Concentration (4i_nursdp-acnp_report_09282018, 4h_nursdp_reconfig_ltrofnotif_09282018).
    10. Proposed graduate program change for the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, NURSDP-FNPR – Nursing: Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration (4j_nursdp-fnpr_report_09282018, 4h_nursdp_reconfig_ltrofnotif_09282018).
    11. Proposed graduate program change for the School of Law, BLAWGC – Business Law, Graduate Certificate (4k_blawgc_report_09282018).
  5. Additional items/Announcements:
    1. Advanced Placement Credit Policy – updated by AHECB, effective fall 2018. 
      (5a_ahecb_ap_policy).
    2. Department of Entomology and Department of Plant Pathology have merged into the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
      (5b_ento-plpa_reorganization_ltrofnotif).

    3. New Administrative Unit – Center for Advanced Surface Engineering 
      (5c_case_newadministrativeunit_ltrofnotif, 5c_case_newadministrativeunit_proposal)

    4. Administrative Unit – Deletion – NORMES
      (5d_normes_deletion_ltrofnotif, 5d_normes_deletion_closingltr)

    5. Program Code Naming Convention – Lisa Kulczak
      (5e_program_code_naming_conventions)       

    6. Online delivery method for programs – Lisa Kulczak

    7. Student Learning Outcomes – required for all programs – Alice Griffin

  6. Next Meeting:  October 26, 2018 (agenda deadline is October 12, 2018)