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)