January 26, 2024

UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL
AGENDA
January 26, 2024
2:30 p.m.
Upchurch Conference Room, BELL 3162

1. Approval of minutes for the December 15, 2023 meeting.

The minutes can be viewed at:  https://ucpc.uark.edu/minutes/index.php. 

2. Consent Agenda:

a. Course change proposals (PDF Report)

b. 2023 Annual Course Review – Registrar’s Office (2b_undergraduate_4-5_years_active_decision_sheet_01262024). 

 

3. Old Business:  

a. Follow-up discussion on the Council’s interpretation of two questions on the program proposal form in CourseLeaf.

i. “Is this program interdisciplinary?”

The Council was concerned that there is no campus definition of “interdisciplinary” and that guidelines around previous interpretations are not codified in written policy.  Chair Alan Ellstrand shared Vice Provost Gigantino’s response to the Council’s questions and asked Council members to discuss with their colleagues in each college.  The Council will revisit this at the January meeting.

ii. “Does this proposal impact courses from other colleges?”

While the current understanding of this policy is that selecting an affirmative response to this question only needs to be done if/when the change being proposed is to add or remove a course from another college as part of program requirements.  Chair Alan Ellstrand shared Vice Provost Gigantino’s response to the Council’s questions and asked Council members to discuss with their colleagues in each college.  The Council will revisit this at the January meeting.

 

4. New Business: 

Program change proposals (PDF Report)

a. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Management – HRMGUM – Human Resource Management Undergraduate MicroCertificate (4a_hrmgum_report_01262024).

 

b. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Management – ORLEUM – Organizational Leadership Undergraduate MicroCertificate (4b_orleum_report_01262024).

 

c. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering – IEOABS – Industrial Engineering and Operations Analytics, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Operations Analytics (4c_ieoabs_report_01262024, 4c_ieoabs_title_change_ltr_of_notification_rev_bot_01262024). 

5. Additional Items/Announcements:

a. Smart Ferroic Materials Center – New administrative unit (5a_smart_ferroic_materials_center_new_instructional_center_ltr_of_notification_rev_bot_01262024).

 

b. The Classical Studies (CLSTBA, CLSTBA-CRDH, CLSTBA-LANG) program proposals tabled at the December 16, 2023 meeting have been cancelled at the request of the College.  Therefore, they are not included as old business on this month’s Undergraduate Council agenda.

Next Meeting: February 23, 2024 (agenda deadline is February 9, 2024).