October 26, 2012

UpChurch Conference Room, Bell Engineering

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Voting: Chuck Adams, Norm Dennis, Andrew Dowdle, Ethel Goodstein, Tim Killian, Patricia Koski, Janet Penner-Williams and Bill Springer

Non-Voting: Lisa Kulczak, Karen Turner and William Warnock

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Voting: Bob Brady, Cathy Chick, Dawn Farver, Gary Ferrier, Judy Ganson, Carol Gattis, Kristen Higgins, Andrew Horowitz, Ches Jones, Ann O’Leary-Kelly, Janine Parry, Lona Robertson and Chuck Rotolo

Non-Voting: None

GUESTS: Karen Boston, Chris Bruick, Donna Draper, Barbara Gartin, Cheryl Murphy, Margaret Reid and Bill Schreckhise

Chuck Adams, Chair, called the meeting to order at 2:30 PM.

The minutes for September 28, 2012 were approved without corrections.
Course Change Proposals:

Undergraduate course change proposals ( Table A) were approved without opposition except for BENG 3603 which was withdrawn by the College of Engineering. All other courses will be forwarded for the November 2012 Faculty Senate meeting.
Graduate and Dual course change proposals ( Table B and Table C) were approved without opposition and will be forwarded for the November Graduate Council meeting.

Old Business: None
New Business:

Proposed undergraduate program changes contained in Table One were submitted by the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and were presented as a group by Chuck Adams. They were all approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the November Faculty Senate meeting. All Changes in Table One proposed to reduce total hours for the degree to 120 by reducing free electives only. Only the eight semester plans changed.

Arts and Sciences Dean – AMSTBA - Bachelor of Arts in American Studies ( Table One, Attachment 1A)
Department of Anthropology – ANTHBA - Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology ( Table One, Attachment 1B)
Department of Anthropology – ANTHBS - Bachelor of Science in Anthropology ( Table One, Attachment 1C)
Department of Biological Sciences – BIOLBS - Bachelor of Science in Biology ( Table One, Attachment 1D)
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry – CHEMBA - Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry ( Table One, Attachment 1E)
Department of Communication – COMMBA - Bachelor of Arts in Communication ( Table One, Attachment 1F)
Department of Geosciences – ERSCBS - Bachelor of Science in Earth Science ( Table One, Attachment 1G)
Department of Geosciences – GEOGBA - Bachelor of Arts in Geography ( Table One, Attachment 1H)
Department of Geology – GEOLBS - Bachelor of Science in Geology ( Table One, Attachment 1I)
Department of Philosophy – PHILBA - Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy ( Table One, Attachment 1J)
Department of Political Science – PLSCBA - Bachelor of Arts in Political Science ( Table One, Attachment 1K)
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice – CMJSBA - Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice ( Table One, Attachment 1L)
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice – SOCIBA - Bachelor of Arts in Sociology ( Table One, Attachment 1M)

Proposed undergraduate program changes contained in Table Two were submitted by the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and were presented by Donna Draper and Bill Schreckhise. They were all approved individually and will be forwarded for consideration at the November Faculty Senate meeting. They were as follows:

College of Arts and Sciences Dean IRELBA - Bachelor of Arts in International Relations – Attachment 2A The total number of degree credit hours is being reduced from 124 to 120. Any references to "124" within the International Relations major's catalog text are being changed to 120. Additional courses are being added as optional coursework under the Thematic Tracks. HIST 4303 Transatlantic Relations is being placed under Tracks 1, 2, 3 and 6. HIST 4883 Health & Disease will be placed in Track 4. COMM 4343 Intercultural Communication will be placed in Track 5.
Department of Art

ARTBA – BA, Art – Attachment 2B

The total number of degree credit hours is being reduced from 124 to 120. Any references to "124" within the Art BA catalog text are being changed to 120.
Studio Art: Additional Changes Inserted the phrase “beyond courses applied to the state minimum core” to clarify that the 15 hours of coursework outside of the department should be above and beyond any courses used to satisfy the state core (double-dipping not allowed). 2) Streamlined the list of art history requirements—no programmatic changes here other than adding in new courses that have been created over the last couple of years to provide students with additional options. 3) Re-ordered some of the coursework in the 8-semester plan to provide better preparation and transition for students who might seek to pursue the BFA degree, and to clarify the sequencing of the primary and secondary studio courses. 4) 4 credit hours of general electives have been removed from the 8-semester plan to bring the overall number of credits to 120.

ARTBFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art, Art Studio Conc. – Attachment 2C
Proposed changes were: 1) Changing any and all references of 124 hrs to 120 within the Studio Art, Art BFA requirements. 2) Adding the phrase “Bolded courses from the list below may be applied to portions of the University/state minimum core requirements” and bolding PHIL 2003. 3) Changing the minimum number of required hours to 88 from 87 and the minimum of art electives from 23 to 24. This appears to add one credit hour to the major requirements, but does not in actual practice, because students have to take at least 8 Art electives at three credit hours each to reach a minimum 23 credit-hour art elective requirement. 4) ARHS 4933 is replacing ARHS 4943 as one of the 3 required ARHS courses for the major. 5) Correction in the 8-semester to state that the primary concentration requires 18, not 9 hours. 6) Some changes to the 8-semester plan giving students options between classes taught in the fall and spring terms to provide more flexibility to the students and to the department for advising and enrollment management. 7) Four hours of electives removed to bring the 8-semester plan down to 120 hours.
ARTBFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art, Art Education Conc. – Attachment 2D
Proposal requested to add an introductory statement referencing university state core requirements and Fulbright College graduation requirements common to most ARSC majors. 2) Change references to 124 degree hours required to 123 credit hours. 3) ARHS 4933 is replacing ARHS 4943 as one of the 3 required ARHS courses for the major. 4) Remove language at the beginning of the Art, BFA ARED concentration 8-semester plan which specifies a list of courses from which ARTS electives must be chosen. This language should have been removed due to a previous program change in the major’s requirements which now simply say “6 hours of 3000- or 4000-level studio art electives exclusive of the studio major and minor.” 5) Re-sequencing of course requirements to a) provide students more options in course selection better enrollment management in the department and b) to improve the sequencing of studio coursework and education coursework . 6) One general elective hour removed from Spring Year 3 to reduce the overall number of credit hours required from 124 to 123.

Department of Biological Sciences
BIOLBA – BA, Biology – Attachment 2E
The total number of degree credit hours is being reduced from 124 to 120. Any references to "124" within the Biology major's catalog text are being changed to 120. Some additional minor edits to the 8-semester plan are being made to correct pre-existing typographical errors: In Fall Semester Yr 1: 1) removal of an outdated reference to the old Fulbright core areas and 2) removal of the phrase (CHEM 1101L optional, as it is now an enforced co-requisite of CHEM 1103).
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
CHEMBS – BS, Chemistry – Attachment 2F
Proposed changes are that 1.) The total number of degree credit hours is reduced from 124 to 120. Any references to "124" within the CHEM major's catalog text be changed to 120. Three elective hours are being removed from the 8-semester plans to reflect the 120-hr requirement. 2) The regular CHEMBS 8-semester plan also moves some elective hours from the Spring Yr 1 term to the Spring Yr 3 term. 3) The biochemistry option is reducing the total number of CHEM hours from 39 to 38, thus reducing the number of credit hours required by the major by one credit hour.
Department of Drama
DRAMBA - Bachelor of Arts in Drama – Attachment 2G
Proposal requested to: 1.) Remove the higher-level math requirement beyond college algebra. This will reduce the number of hours required by the major by 3. 2.) The total number of degree credit hours is being reduced from 124 to 120 with an additional reduction of one hour of electives. Any references to "124" within the DRAM major's catalog text are being changed to 120. 3.) The 8 semester plan is being adjusted to reflect the removal of the higher-level math requirement and to properly reflect a total of only 120 hours required for the baccalaureate degree.
Department of Economics
ECNCBA - Bachelor of Arts in Economics - Attachment 2H
4-hours of electives are being removed from the 8-semester plan for the Economics, BA major to bring the overall total down to 120 hours as required by the Act 747 mandate. 2) Removal of what appears to be a typographical error where some lines are repeated in Spring Semester Year 4 (21 hours of coursework listed there, but should only total 15). 3) Modification of some “advanced level” electives to specifically 3000+ level electives to bring this 8-semester plan into compliance with the University residency policy that requires 30 hours of 3000+ coursework. (“Advanced level” in Fulbright College means 3000+ or higher OR 2000+ courses which have a prereq, and if 2000+ advanced level courses were taken instead of 3000+, the student might not meet the UA residency policy.) 4) In the Economics, BA International Business concentration: Various adjustments to WCOB courses as required by the WCOB who have made changes to their overall college core requirements in response to Act 747. 5) Changes to 8-semester plan to reflect the WCOB core changes. 6) Elective hours adjusted in 8-semester plan to bring overall total of hours down to 120.
Department of English

ENGLBA - Bachelor of Arts in English – Attachment 2I
Change all references of 124 hours to 120 hours in the English, BA and the English, BA Creative Writing majors. Remove 4 hours from the 8-semester plans to bring the overall total number of hours in the 8-semester plan down to 120. For the English, BA ("regular", no concentration), we are specifying the following: 1) a higher level math beyond College Algebra be required; 2) that PHIL 2103 Intro to Ethics also be allowed to satisfy the department's PHIL requirement; 3) specifying that students complete three hours of credit in an upper-division course emphasizing cultural diversity. A total of 6 additional hours are being added to the "regular" English, BA major, replacing general electives. There are no changes to the major requirements for the English, BA Creative Writing Concentration other than the removal of 4 credit hours in the 8-semester plan and adjusting all references to "124" credit hours to "120." For both the English, BA and the English, BA Creative Writing Concentration, we are inserting language regarding transfer credit that requires at least 24 hours of 3000+ coursework be completed in the department to obtain a degree in either major.
ENJOBA - Bachelor of Arts in English/Journalism, Combined Major – Attachment 2J
All references to 124 degree credit hours changed to 120. 2) Insert STAT 2303 as an acceptable higher-level math course for the JOUR major. 3) Make it clear that students who take a cultural/diversity-approved HIST course can “double-dip” and allow that to satisfy both the upper-level HIST requirement and the cultural/diversity requirement. 4) Remove the reference of JOUR 405V Special Journalism Seminar and replacing with courses that have been recently developed and have their own, unique catalog numbers. Include language that if a cultural/diversity-approved JOUR course is taken to fulfill the cultural/diversity requirement, it can also be used to meet a JOUR elective requirement in one of the JOUR sequences. 5) The senior writing requirement will now be fulfilled by the completion of JOUR 4981. Specifically requiring this course adds one credit hour to the hours required by the major. 6) Four hours of electives are being removed from each JOUR 8-semester sequence to bring the overall number of required hours down to 120.

Department of History
HISTBA - Bachelor of Arts in History – Attachment 2K
The Department of History added new courses to the 2012-2013 catalog, but neglected to include these new offerings in its three "Groups," that is, the listings of courses from which each History undergraduate major must take at least three credit hours. The following new courses need to be added to Groups 1-3:

Group 1: Europe, including Great Britain and Russia--please add HIST 4303, HIST 4873, HIST 4883
Group 2: Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East, Near East, Russia--please add HIST 3073, HIST 4853, HIST 4863, HIST 4883, HIST 4903, HIST 4913, HIST 4923, HIST 4933
Group 3: United States--please add HIST 4303

Also, the program is removing 4 general elective credits from the 8-semester plan so that it reflects the new 120-hour requirement for a baccalaureate degree. (We are also replacing six hours of advanced level electives in the 8-semester plan with 6 hours of general electives. Also changing is language at the top of the beginning of the major requirements to reflect that 120 hours are required for the degree. There are no changes to the specific major course requirements.

Department of Journalism

JOURBA – BA, Journalism – Attachment 2L
Proposed changes are: 1) References to 124 degree credit hours changed to 120. 2) Inserting STAT 2303 as an acceptable higher-level math course for the JOUR major. STAT 2303 will be required for Ad/PR students. 3) Making it clear that students who take a cultural/diversity-approved HIST course can “double-dip” and allow that to satisfy both the upper-level HIST requirement and the cultural/diversity requirement. 4) Removing the reference of JOUR 405V Special Journalism Seminar and replacing with courses that have been recently developed and have their own, unique catalog numbers. Include language that if a cultural/diversity-approved JOUR course is taken to fulfill the cultural/diversity requirement, it can also be used to meet a JOUR elective requirement in one of the JOUR sequences. 5) The senior writing requirement will now be fulfilled by the completion of JOUR 4981. Specifically requiring this course adds one credit hour to the hours required by the major. 6) Four hours of electives are being removed from each JOUR 8-semester sequence to bring the overall number of required hours down to 120.
JOPLBA - Bachelor of Arts in Journalism/Political Science, Combined Major – Attachment 2M
Proposed changes are: 1) All references to 124 degree credit hours changed to 120. 2) Inserting STAT 2303 as an acceptable higher-level math course for the JOUR major. 3) Making it clear that students who take a cultural/diversity-approved HIST course can “double-dip” and allow that to satisfy both the upper-level HIST requirement and the cultural/diversity requirement. 4) Removing the reference of JOUR 405V Special Journalism Seminar and replacing with courses that have been recently developed and have their own, unique catalog numbers. Include language that if a cultural/diversity-approved JOUR course is taken to fulfill the cultural/diversity requirement, it can also be used to meet a JOUR elective requirement in one of the JOUR sequences. 5) The senior writing requirement will now be fulfilled by the completion of JOUR 4981. Specifically requiring this course adds one credit hour to the hours required by the major. 6) Four hours of electives are being removed from each JOUR 8-semester sequence to bring the overall number of required hours down to 120.

Department of Mathematical Sciences

MATHBA – BA, Mathematics – Attachment 2N
Proposal requests to add the requirement of the completion of a minor, completion of an additional major, completion of the UTeach curriculum for secondary certification (in any subject), or completion of the Fulbright College Four-Year Honors Core for a Bachelor of Arts. Remove all general education requirements above the State Minimum Core: The number of science hours required is being reduced from 12 to 8, and Mathematics, BA majors must complete 8 hours of science selected from ANTH 1013/1011L, ASTR 2003/2001L, BIOL 1543/1541L, BIOL 1603/1601L, BIOL 1613/1611L, BIOL 2013/2011L, CHEM 1103/1101L, CHEM 1123/1121L, GEOL 1113/1111L, GEOL 1133/1131L, PHYS 2054, or PHYS 2074); a 3-hr PHIL requirement is being removed, the 2003 world language requirement is being removed (3-6 hrs), and the additional humanities requirement (3 hrs) is also being removed.
The reduction in 13-16 hours will offset the newly added major requirement to complete a minor, or an additional major or complete the UTeach curriculum for secondary certification, or the Fulbright College Four-Year Honors Core for a BA degree. The overall total number of hours required to complete major requirements, aside from the added minor (or additional major, UTeach curriculum or 4-Year Honors Core) will be 52 hours (8 of which will satisfy the University science core requirement). Modify the requirement of CSCE 1953 or CSCE 2004; instead require "An approved course with substantial programming experience, typically satisfied by CSCE 2004. Other courses may be applied towards this requirement with prior departmental approval." Total hours required for a degree have been changed to 120 from 124, and the 8-semester plan has been adjusted to reflect this.
MATHBS – BS, Mathematics – Attachment 2O
Add the requirement of the completion of a minor, completion of an additional major, completion of the UTeach curriculum for secondary certification (in any subject), or completion of the Fulbright College Four Years Honors Core for a Bachelor of Science degree. Remove all general education requirements above the State Minimum Core: The number of science hours required is being reduced from 12 to 8, and Mathematics, BA majors must complete 8 hours of science selected from ANTH 1013/1011L, ASTR 2003/2001L, BIOL 1543/1541L, BIOL 1603/1601L, BIOL 1613/1611L, BIOL 2013/2011L, CHEM 1103/1101L, CHEM 1123/1121L, GEOL 1113/1111L, GEOL 1133/1131L, PHYS 2054, or PHYS 2074); a 3-hr PHIL requirement is being removed, the 1013 world language requirement is being removed (3 hrs), and the additional humanities requirement (3 hrs) is also being removed. The reduction in 13 hours will offset the newly added major requirement to complete a minor, or an additional major or complete the UTeach curriculum for secondary certification, or the Fulbright College Four-Year Honors Core for a BA degree. The overall total number of hours required to complete major requirements, aside from the added minor (or additional major, UTeach curriculum or 4-Year Honors Core) will be 54-55 hours (8 of which will satisfy the University science core requirement). Remove language in catalog that math and science electives must be approved by an advisor. In Option 3 (Statistics), remove STAT 4043 Sampling Techniques as a required course which will be substituted by a 3000+ MATH or STAT elective. Total hours required for a degree have been changed to 120 from 124, and the 8-semester plan has been adjusted to reflect this.

Department of Music

MUSCBA - Bachelor of Arts in Music – Attachment 2P
The 8 semester plan is being adjusted to reflect that a total of only 120 hours required for the baccalaureate degree. Any references to "124" credit hours are being changed to "120." One hour of MUEN music ensemble is being inserted into the 8 semester plan, Fall Semester Year 4.
MUSCBM - Bachelor of Music in Music – Attachment 2Q

The 8 semester plans in the catalog are being adjusted to reflect a total of only 120 hours required for the baccalaureate degree. All references to "124" credit hours are being changed to "120" or being removed.
Removal of a series of 1-hr MUAC classroom instruction courses for MUED majors being replaced by fewer 2-credit hours, consolidated classroom instruction classes. This increases the number of hours specified by the MUED Instrumental/Woodwind/Brass/Percussion major and the MUED Instrumental Strings major by one credit hour. There is no change to the number of hours required by the MUED majors for Choral/Piano or Choral/Voice.
Corrections to the Music, B.M. with Elective Studies in business: Requirements for all Bachelor of Music students (including the B.M. w/ Elective Studies) were inadvertently left out of the section that specifically applies to the B.M. w/ Elective Studies in business, and it is being added here to plainly show that this same coursework is required for this version of the B.M. degree. (HIST 1113 & HIST 1123 are required courses, and B.M. w/ Elective Studies in Business students have to meet the same requirements as everyone else for entry into MUAP 310V courses.) In practice this adds no additional credit requirements to the major, as students have always been advised into these courses along w/ all Bachelor of Music majors. HIST 1113 & HIST 1123 also satisfy University core social science requirements.
Also for the Music, B.M. w/ Elective Studies in business: Including the requirement of MUTH 4612 Orchestration as a required course in theory/aural perception. Include the requirement of MUPD 3811 (Instrumental Conducting) or MUPD 3861 (Choral Conducting) as a required course in music pedagogy. This raises the number of hours required for the major by 3 credit hours.
Substituting the sample 8-semester plan for a B.M. in Performance (which was voice) with the 8-semester plan for Woodwind/Brass/Percussion performance.

Department of Physics

PHYSBA – BA, Physics – Attachment 2R

The department has submitted a proposed change to PHYS 3601L to convert it to a variable credit course (1-3 credits). This change must be reflected in the current requirements for the Physics, BA and in the 8-semester plan as well. 2. Remove 4 general elective credits from the 8-semester plan so that it reflects the new 120-hour requirement for a baccalaureate degree. There are no changes to the specific major course requirements to accommodate Act 747.

PHYSBS – BS, Physics – Attachment 2S
Remove four hours of general elective credits from the 8-semester plan so that it reflects the new 120-hour requirement for a baccalaureate degree. Change language at the top of the beginning of the major requirements to reflect that 120 hours are required for the degree. There are no changes to the specific major course requirements to accommodate Act 747. There are two small modifications to the Astronomy and Electronics concentrations to show the remaining number of physics/astronomy electives needed to total 40 hours of physics courses being required. Also, some language is being added to clarify what qualifies as 40 hours of physics coursework, because coursework other than PHYS (as required by the various concentrations) is allowed. And finally, due to a course change being submitted to convert PHYS 4621L to a variable credit course, PHYS 462VL, this course change must be reflected in the PHYSBS professional concentration and 8-semester plan.

Department of Psychological Science
PSYCBA - Bachelor of Arts in Psychology – Attachment 2T
Change all references of 124 credit hours to 120. Remove PSYC 4283 as an option in the 3rd year of the 8-semester plan. Remove MATH 2183 from the 8-semester plan as a correction. Adjusting the 8-semester plan down by 4 elective credit hours to reduce the overall number of hours to = 120. No changes to any major requirements.
School of Social Work
SCWKBS - Bachelor of Social Work in Social Work – Attachment 2U
The overall reduction in hours from 124 to 120 is needed to comply with state-wide mandate, Act 747. Reference to PSYC as an option for a statistics course is being removed from the 8-semester plan, because the PSYC stats course is now only available to PSYC majors. Due to the way the world language requirement is stated (which was intended to allow for the flexibility of a future world language course designed to be beyond the 1013 level, but possibly not part of the current literature-based language sequence), there has been room for misinterpretation. We wish to clarify that our intent is for students to complete at least six hours of world language in a single language, which may include the 1013 Elementary II level but requiring at least 3 hours beyond that level. It was not the department's intent to allow a 1003-level course to be counted as satisfying their major requirement in world language.
Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures

FRENBA - Bachelor of Arts in French – Attachment 2V
Remove COMM 1313 and ENGL 2003 (or 2013 Essay Writing) as required courses; increase the # of language-related courses outside the major from 6 to 9 hours; specifying that the 6 hours of humanities must be fulfilled by PHIL 2003 and WLIT 1113. Remove gender studies courses from the list of allowed classes used to satisfy the additional departmental language-related, and/or ethnic area studies requirement. Modify the 8-semester plan. Net overall reduction in specifically required hours for the major: 3.
One additional hour of general elective credits is being removed from the FRENBA 8-semester plan. The total number of degree credit hours required will be changed from 124 to 120 hours.
Also, removing the "Group A," "Group B," and "Group C" section at the end of the 8-semester plan.
GERMBA - Bachelor of Arts in German – Attachment 2W
Modify German major requirements as follows: eliminate Advanced English requirement (ENGL 2003 or 2013); eliminate Public Speaking requirement (COMM 1313); under the six hours of "Humanities” require the following two specific courses: PHIL 2003 and WLIT 1113; make the "language-related courses" requirement 9 hours, specified as follows: "9 hours of another world language, or 6 hours of another world language plus 3 additional hours language-related, or 9 hours language-related". The net change in major-required courses is a decrease of 3 required credit hours. The 8-semester plan will also be adjusted to reflect a change from 124 credit hours required to 120 credit hours total being required by the removal of 4 general elective credits.
SPANBA - Bachelor of Arts in Spanish – Attachment 2X
Modify Spanish major requirements as follows: eliminate Advanced English requirement (ENGL 2003 or 2013); eliminate Public Speaking requirement (COMM 1313); under the six hours of "Humanities” require the following two specific courses: PHIL 2003 and WLIT 1113; make the "language-related courses" requirement of 9 hours, specified as follows: "9 hours of another world language, or 6 hours of another world language plus 3 additional hours language-related, or 9 hours language-related". The net change in total number of courses required by the major is reduced by 3 credit hours (substituting general electives). The 8-semester plan will also be modified to reflect the change to only require 120 total degree credit hours instead of 124 by removing 4 general elective credits.
CLSTBA - Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies – Attachment 2Y
The proposal requests to change the courses required for the CLST major. Remove COMM 1313 and ENGL 2003 (or 2013) as required courses. Add CLST 1003 and 1013 as required courses for all majors. Specify that the 6 hours of required humanities courses must be fulfilled by WLIT 1113 *and* PHIL 2003. WLIT 2323 Greek and Roman Mythology is being re-added to the list of major courses. Four hours of general elective credits are being removed from the CLSTBA 8-semester plan. The total number of degree credit hours required will be changed from 124 to 120 hours. No changes are being made to the actual major requirements to accommodate this 4 credit reduction.

Proposed undergraduate program changes contained in Table Three were submitted by the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and were presented by Donna Draper and Bill Schreckhise. They were all approved individually and will be forwarded for consideration at the November Faculty Senate meeting. They were as follows:

College of Arts and Sciences Dean

XXXXHA - Bachelor of Arts Honors Program – Attachment 3A
Inserting language to clarify that completion of the 4th semester of the H2P sequence satisfies the 4-year honors humanities colloquium requirement.
XXXHFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts Honors Program – Attachment 3B
Reorganize the Option 2 philosophy/humanities/colloquium requirement to make it clearer. Remove the courses ECON 2013 and ECON 2023 (non-honors) from the list of courses that may satisfy the BFA 4-year Honors Social Science requirement. Remove the phrase "Must be selected from two different areas of social sciences." from the Colloquia in Social Science requirement.
XXXXHM - Bachelor of Music Honors Program – Attachment 3C
Reorganize the Option 2 humanities/colloquium requirement to make it clearer. Remove the courses ECON 2013 and ECON 2023 (non-honors) from the list of courses that may satisfy the BM 4-year Honors Social Science requirement. Insert the Social Science colloquium requirement for the BM.
XXXXHS - Bachelor of Science Honors Program – Attachment 3D
The Bachelor of Science Four-Year Honors core is being changed to require the completion of a core fine arts course in both Option I and Option II. A statement is being added to the Humanities Colloquium section to indicate that completion of the 4th semester of Honors Roots Culture HUMN 2124H waives the Humanities Colloquium requirement.

Department of Political Science

LGST-M – Minor in Legal Studies – Attachment 3E
The proposal requests to add PLSC 4263 to the menu of courses that qualify for legal studies minor credit.
PLSC-M – Minor in Political Science Attachment 3F
The proposal is requesting two changes to the requirements for a political science minor: 1) we are now requiring students to take both PLSC 2003 and PLSC 2013 (whereas before students only had to take one of the two courses), and 2) no longer require students take courses in two of five subfields. Instead, they can now choose which upper-division courses to take to fulfill this part of the requirement.
Department of Mathematical Sciences
STAT-M – Minor in Statistics – Attachment 3G
Include language that courses used for a math major cannot be used towards a statistics minor. Remove: A student must notify the department of his or her intent to minor.

Proposed undergraduate program changes contained in Table Three were submitted by the Provost Office of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies and were presented by Bill Schreckhise and Ethel Goodstein. They were all approved individually and will be forwarded for consideration at the November Faculty Senate meeting. They were as follows:

Provost’s Office
Interdisciplinary Studies Undergraduate Programs
NANO-M – Minor in Nanotechnology – Attachment 3H and Attachment 3H-1
Add new Interdisciplinary minor in Nanotechnology.

UARP-M – Minor in Urban and Regional Planning – Attachment 3I and Attachment 3I-1
Add new Interdisciplinary minor in Urban and Regional Planning.
Proposed undergraduate program changes contained in Table Four were submitted by the College of Education and Health Professions and were presented by Janet Penner-Williams and Barbara Gartin. They were all approved individually and will be forwarded for consideration at the November Faculty Senate meeting. They were as follows:

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CHEDBS – BSE, Childhood Education, STEM option – Attachment 4A and Attachment 4A-1
The Childhood Education licensure program currently offers three sub-specialty options from which candidates must choose in order to complete the program. They are special education, English as a second language, and grades 5/6 endorsement. This change would add a fourth option of STEM education for candidates.
CATEBS – BSE, Career and Technical Education (Family and Consumer Sciences Education Concentration) – Attachment 4B, Attachment 4B-1 and Attachment 4B-2
To change the degree program from 124 hours to 120 hours the following changes to be made are: 1) add CIED 1002: Introduction to Education. This change will increase the rigor of the observation requirements and provide the students with more content knowledge of teacher education. 2) Offer alternative courses for two program requirements. 3) Change electives from 13-14 to 8 hours.
CATEBS – BSE, Career and Technical Education (Technology Education Concentration) – Attachment 4C, Attachment 4C-1 and Attachment 4C-2
To change the degree program from 124 hours to 120 hours the following changes to be made are: 1) add CIED 1002: Introduction to Education. This change will increase the rigor of the observation requirements and provide the students with more content knowledge of teacher education. 2) Change the number of technical electives required for the program from 20 hours to 14 hours.
CHEDBS – BSE, Childhood Education – Attachment 4D
The program change involves a clarification of admission and progression policies for the CHED BSE program.
ELELBS – BSE, Elementary Education – Attachment 4E
The program change involves a clarification of admission and progression policies for the Elementary Education program.
CHEDBS – BSE, Childhood Education – Attachments 4F, Attachment 4F-1, Attachment 4F-2 and Attachment 4F-3
The proposed change will remove 4 hours of general electives in order to be in compliance with Act 747.
ELELBS – BSE, Elementary Education – Attachment 4G, Attachment 4G-1, Attachment 4G-2 and Attachment 4G-3
The proposed change will remove 4 hours of general electives in order to be in compliance with Act 747.

Proposed undergraduate program changes contained in Table Five were submitted by the Walton College of Business and were presented by Karen Boston. They were all approved individually and will be forwarded for consideration at the November Faculty Senate meeting. They were as follows:

Walton College Dean

Walton College Pre-Business and Business Core Requirements – Attachment 5A
Based on a two year review of the Walton College undergraduate core and curriculum and in order to adhere to ACT 747 legislation, the Walton College faculty approved changes to the pre-business and business core requirements.
Walton College Enrollment Requirement – Attachment 5B
This request is based on changes in the Walton College curriculum that eliminated WCOB 3016; incorporate the course, MGMT 3103 and an additional three hour course to meet the University enrollment requirement for business majors.
Walton College Social Issues, Multicultural Environment, and Demographic Diversity Requirements – Attachment 5C
The Walton College faculty voted to incorporate additional courses and/or requirements to meet the existing Social Issues, Multicultural Environment, and Demographic Diversity requirement.
Walton College General Education Elective Requirements – Attachment 5D
Based on the changes to the Walton College undergraduate curriculum, the general education electives were reduced from 16 hours to 12 hours. Therefore, the faculty voted to recommend modifying the maximum number of hours in PEAC (physical activity) or DANC (dance) from six hours to three hours.
Business Minors for Non-Business Majors – Attachment 5E
Modify course requirements in the minor for non-business majors to reflect the new business core curriculum changes.

Department of Accounting

ACCTBS- BSBA, Accounting – Attachment 5F
Incorporate changes in the pre-business and business core and incorporate changes for ACT 747 to reduce the BSBA to 120 hours.
WACT-M- Minor in Accounting for Walton College Majors – Attachment 5G
The Walton College faculty voted to require all Walton College students to complete ACCT 2013, Accounting Principles and either ACCT 2023, Accounting Principles II or WCOB 2053, Business Foundations. Therefore, the Accounting faculty has modified their curriculum to incorporate these changes.

Department of Information Systems
Incorporate changes in the pre-business and business core and incorporate changes for ACT 747 to reduce the BSBA to 120 hours for all three concentrations.

ISYSBS- BSBA, Information Systems Major with Enterprise Resource Planning Concentration (ENRP) – Attachment 5H
ISYSBS- BSBA, Information Systems Major with IT Applications Management Concentration (ITAP) – Attachment 5I
ISYSBS- BSBA, Information Systems Major with Enterprise Systems Concentration (ENSY) – Attachment 5J

Department of Economics

BECOBS- BSBA, Economics Business Economics – Business Economics Concentration (BECO) – Attachment 5K
Incorporate changes in the pre-business and business core and incorporate changes for ACT 747 to reduce the BSBA to 120 hours.
BECOBS- BSBA, Business Economics with International Economics and Business Concentration (IECB) – Attachment 5L
Incorporate changes in the pre-business and business core and incorporate changes for ACT 747 to reduce the BSBA to 120 hours.
WBHE-M- Minor in Behavioral Economics – Attachment 5M, Attachment 5M-1 and Attachment 5M-2
Add new Minor in Behavioral Economics. The field of behavioral economics incorporates non-standard assumptions about human behavior into economic models. The result is a better understanding of how people behave and the types of choices people are likely to make in business and other aspects of their lives. Such insights are valuable to those studying any field of business.

Incorporate changes in the pre-business and business core and incorporate changes for ACT 747 to reduce the BSBA to 120 hours for the following concentrations for the BSIB, International Business degree.
INTBBB - BSIB, International Business with Accounting Concentration (IBIS) – Attachment 5N
INTBBB - BSIB, International Business with Business Economics Concentration (IBEC) – Attachment 5O
INTBBB - BSIB, International Business with Finance Concentration (IBFN) – Attachment 5P
INTBBB - BSIB, International Business with a General Business Concentration (IBGB) – Attachment 5Q
INTBBB - BSIB, International Business with Information Systems Concentration (IBIS) – Attachment 5R
INTBBB - BSIB, International Business with a Management Concentration (IBMG) – Attachment 5S
INTBBB - BSIB, International Business with a Marketing Concentration (IBMK) – Attachment 5T
INTBBB - BSIB, International Business with a Supply Chain Management Concentration – Attachment 5U

Department of Finance
Incorporate changes in the pre-business and business core and incorporate changes for ACT 747 to reduce the BSBA to 120 hours for the following concentrations for the BSBA, Finance degree.

FINNBS - BSBA, Finance with Finance and Banking Concentration (FNBK) – Attachment 5V
FINNBS - BSBA, Finance with a Financial Management/Investment Concentration (FNMG) – Attachment 5W
FINNBS - BSBA, Finance with a Finance and Insurance Concentration (FNIN) – Attachment 5X
FINNBS - BSBA, Finance with a Personal Financial Management Concentration (PFMG) – Attachment 5Y
FINNBS - BSBA, Finance with a Finance and Real Estate Concentration (FNRE) – Attachment 5Z

Department of Management
Incorporate changes in the pre-business and business core and incorporate changes for ACT 747 to reduce the BSBA to 120 hours for the following concentrations for the BSBA, Finance and the BSBA, General Business degrees.

MGMTBS - BSBA, Management with an Organizational Leadership Concentration (OLMG) – Attachment 5AA
MGMTBS - BSBA, Management with a Human Resource Management Concentration (HRMG) – Attachment 5BB
MGMTBS - BSBA, Management with Small Business and Entrepreneurship Concentration (SBMG) – Attachment 5CC
GBUSBS - BSBA, General Business – Attachment 5DD

Department of Marketing

MKTGBS - BSBA, Marketing – Attachment 5EE
Incorporate changes in the pre-business and business core and incorporate changes for ACT 747 to reduce the BSBA to 120 hours.
RETLBS - BSBA, Retail – Attachment 5FF
Incorporate changes in the pre-business and business core and incorporate changes for ACT 747 to reduce the BSBA to 120 hours.

Department of Supply Chain Management

Change the Alpha Code for Supply Chain Management Department and courses from (SPCM) to Supply Chain Management (SCMT) – Attachment 5GG - For Information Only
SCMTBS - BSBA, Supply Chain Management with a Retail Supply Chain Management Concentration – Attachment 5HH
Incorporate changes in the pre-business and business core and incorporate changes for ACT 747 to reduce the BSBA to 120 hours.
SCMTBS - BSBA, Supply Chain Management with a Transportation and Logistics Concentration – Attachment 5II
Incorporate changes in the pre-business and business core and incorporate changes for ACT 747 to reduce the BSBA to 120 hours.
WSCM-M - Supply Chain Management Minor for Walton College Majors – Attachment 5JJ
The Supply Chain Management faculty recently modified their curriculum to add two new Supply Chain courses and add two concentrations in Supply Chain Management. These changes reflect those modifications.

GRADUATE SCHOOL PROGRAM CHANGES

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

CHEDMA - MAT, Childhood Education new STEM option – Attachment 6A and Attachment 6A-1 was presented by Janet Penner-Williams.
The University of Arkansas Childhood Education licensure program currently offers three sub-specialty options from which candidates must choose in order to complete the program. They are special education, English as a second language, and grades 5/6 endorsement. This change would add a fourth option of STEM education for candidates. The proposal was approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the November Graduate Council meeting.
CIEDES - EDS in Curriculum and Instruction – Attachment 6B was presented by Janet Penner-Williams and Barbara Gartin.
1) The program of study was revised to expand course options in the statistical core. ESRM 5012 and 5393 are classes typically taken at the master's degree level so they were eliminated and ESRM 6403, 6533, 6543 were added as Statistical Core choices. (2) Because the degree program is approved for both campus and online delivery, other statistical courses were added to increase course work availability in both settings. Courses added as options include AGED 5473, HRWD 6323 and 6333, EDLE 699v and 6503, and ADLL 6423. (3) The CIED Core requirements of CIED 6013 and 6603 were eliminated since these courses are required in the PhD in CIED. The elimination of course overlap should assist students in understanding the difference in the EDS and PhD programs of study. (4) Within the CIED Core, the title of CIED 5423 was changed from Curriculum Reconstruction to Curriculum Models and CIED 6053 Advanced Assessment to Program Assessment, leading to a better alignment of course titles with course content.
(5) Because the degree program is approved for both campus and online delivery, additional program evaluation courses were added to the CIED cores increase availability in course work in both settings. Program Evaluation courses added as options to CIED 6053 include ESRM 6613, EDLE 6213, HRWD 6313, and ADLL 6433. (6) Areas of Study were defined so that students will select from a focused program instead of randomly selecting available CIED courses. The course work in each Area of Study is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of the student pursuing the degree. The proposal was approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the November Graduate Council meeting.

Department of Journalism
JOURMA – MA, Journalism – Attachment 5C was presented by Bill Schreckhise.
Add a Five-Year Masters in Journalism. Journalism Five-Year Master's programs are offered by major journalism programs nationally and in the region such as the University of Missouri, School of Journalism, the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida, DePaul University, and the American University. Based on an analysis of such programs, students must have and maintain a minimum overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher to be eligible to apply for the combined JOUR BA/MA program. There would be sufficient demand among UA Journalism majors based on the following data from the spring 2012 semester:
Journalism Majors Having a 3.5 to 4.0 Overall GPA - spring 2012 48 Seniors 33 Juniors 46 Sophomores 39 Freshmen
Journalism Majors Having a 3.0 to 3.49 Overall GPA - spring 2012 56 Seniors 27 Juniors 51 Sophomores 44 Freshmen
Future employment prospects for holders of Journalism and Mass Communication Master's degrees appear to be strong, especially management occupations and those occupations requiring analytical and research skills and conceptual knowledge. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Career Guide to Industries and Occupational Outlook Handbook available online at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/home.htm is the source for data on relevant Media and Communication Occupations. Therefore, the areas of expertise in which graduate students need training are strategic planning and analysis in advertising and public relations (sometimes called strategic journalism or strategic communication), multimedia journalism, in-depth and database journalism, documentary, journalism theory and ethics. With the continuing changes and convergence in journalism and mass communication, conceptual and theoretical ethical knowledge and analysis are important to negotiating these evolving fields. The proposal was approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the November Graduate Council meeting.
Department of Political Science
PADMMP – MPA, Public Administration name change to Public Administration and Nonprofit Studies – Attachment 6D and Attachment 6D-1 was presented by Margaret Reid.
The name change is a reflection of change in composition of our students' focus which includes recent additions of nonprofit management classes. The 15 hrs graduate certificate Cross Sector Alliances was added to the program to enhance its value for our students. These changes reflect common trends across many public administration programs across the country (recent statistics show that number of graduate programs with nonprofit management focus grew by 26 percent between 1996 and 2006 alone). The proposal was approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the November Graduate Council meeting.
College of Engineering Dean
ENGRPH – PHD, Engineering deletion of General Engineering Concentration – Attachments 6E , Attachment 6E-1 and Attachment 6E-2 was presented by Norm Dennis.
This degree program was created in 2005 by the college of engineering to accommodate students who were conducting research which spanned more than one department within the college. To date, there is no record of a graduate from this degree program and there is only one student currently pursuing this degree. The virtually non-existent enrollment in this degree program does not justify the expense of the assessment and program review efforts necessary to keep it active. The only student currently enrolled in the program will graduate six months before the effective date of program termination. The proposal was approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the November Graduate Council meeting.

Other Business: None

Meeting was adjourned at 3:47 PM.