November 16, 2012

UpChurch Conference Room, Bell Engineering

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Voting: Chuck Adams, Bob Brady, Cathy Chick, Norm Dennis, Andrew Dowdle, Judy Ganson, Ethel Goodstein, Tim Killian, Patricia Koski, Ann O’Leary-Kelly, Janet Penner-Williams and Bill Springer

Non-Voting: Karen Turner and William Warnock

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Voting: Dawn Farver, Gary Ferrier, Carol Gattis, Kristen Higgins, Andrew Horowitz, Ches Jones, Janine Parry, Lona Robertson and Chuck Rotolo

Non-Voting: Lisa Kulczak

GUESTS:Karen Boston, Felicia Lincoln and Susan Mayes


Chuck Adams, Chair, called the meeting to order at 2:30 PM.
  1. The minutes for October 26, 2012 were approved without corrections.
  2. Course Change Proposals:
    1. Undergraduate course change proposals ( Table A) were approved without opposition and will be forwarded for the December 2012 Faculty Senate meeting.
    2. Graduate course change proposals ( Table B) were approved without opposition and will be forwarded for the December 2012 Graduate Council meeting.
  3. Old Business:
    • None
  4. New Business:
    1. Undergraduate program change proposal for College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – CATEBS – BSE, Career and Technical Education, concentration in Competency-Based Teacher Development (CBTD) ( Table One, Attachment 1A and Attachment 1A-1) was presented by Janet Penner-Williams. The concentration has been unable to retain and graduate an adequate number of students to remain viable and the faculty is requesting that the concentration be deleted. The proposal was approved and will be forwarded to the December 2012 Faculty Senate meeting for consideration.
    2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders – CDISBS – BSE, Communication Disorders ( Table One, Attachment 1B, Attachment 1B-1 and Attachment 1B-2) was presented by Janet Penner-Williams. The proposal requested that four hours of elective coursework be eliminated from the requirements for the undergraduate degree in Communication Disorders. This will bring the total number of hours for degree completion to 120. The proposal was approved and will be forwarded to the December 2012 Faculty Senate meeting for consideration.
    3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – CHLPBS – BSE, Community Health Promotion ( Table One, Attachment 1C, Attachment 1C-1 and Attachment 1C-2) was presented by Susan Mayes. The proposal requested that CHLP (Community Health Promotion) BSE be reduced from 124 hours total to 120 hours total by deleting 4 hours of General Electives. Also, some reordering of the coursework in the degree requirement (editorial) was required. The proposal was approved and will be forwarded to the December 2012 Faculty Senate meeting for consideration.
    4. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – KINSBS – BSE, Kinesiology, Applied Exercise Science (EXAS), Pre-Professional (EXPP) and Teaching Physical Education/Wellness & Leisure (P-12) concentrations ( Table One, Attachment 1D, Attachment 1D-1, Attachment 1D-2 and Attachment 1D-3) was presented by Susan Mayes. Responding to Act 747 for the Kinesiology BSE (3 concentrations) the proposal requested to reduce total hours required of the degree from 124 hours to 120 hours by: 1) Concentration Applied Exercise Science from 124 total to 120 total required hours for the degree by deleting CHLP 3633 First Responder-First Aid and 1 hour of General Elective; 2) Exercise Science Pre-Professional concentration from 124 to 120 total required hours for the degree by reducing General Electives from 10-11 hours to 6-7 General Electives hours; 3) Moving P-12 Teaching Physical Education, Wellness and Leisure concentration from 124 to 120 total required hours for the degree by deleting a LIT elective, deleting CHLP 3663 - First Responder/First Aid and placing the net gain of 2 hours in General Electives for a total of 5 hours of General (unspecified) electives. Changes were made to the format in the opening paragraph describing the Kinesiology BSE Degree, in particular to P-12 Teaching Physical Education, Wellness and Leisure (Editorial Change). The proposal was approved and will be forwarded to the December 2012 Faculty Senate meeting for consideration.
    5. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – RESMBS – BSE, Recreation and Sport Management ( Table One, Attachment 1E and Attachment 1E-1) was presented by Susan Mayes. The proposal requested to reduce the total degree requirements for the RESM (Recreation and Sport Management) BSE from 124 hours total to 120 hours total by deleting CHLP 3633-First Responder/First Aid as a required course and deleting 2 hours of General Electives. Reorder some of the coursework in the eight semester plan (Editorial Change). The proposal was approved and will be forwarded to the December 2012 Faculty Senate meeting for consideration.
    6. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Eleanor Mann School of Nursing – NURSBS – BSN, Nursing ( Table One, Attachment 1F, Attachment 1F-1 and Attachment 1F-2) was presented by Janet Penner-Williams. The proposal requested changes required by ACT 747 requiring 120 hours of coursework for the Bachelor's degree in Arkansas. The reduction from 124 to 120 credit hours was accomplished by reducing the required number of electives. The proposal was approved and will be forwarded to the December 2012 Faculty Senate meeting for consideration.
    7. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Provost Office, Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Programs – All Interdisciplinary Minors ( Table Two, Attachment 2A) was presented by William Warnock. The proposal requested that the following wording be added for all undergraduate interdisciplinary minors “Students may elect to obtain multiple interdisciplinary minors by completing all requirements for each minor and may not use more than six hours of courses that are common to each minor.” The proposal was approved and will be forwarded to the December 2012 Faculty Senate meeting for consideration.
    8. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Provost Office, Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Programs – SUST-M – Foundation of Sustainability Minor ( Table Two, Attachment 2B and Attachment 2B-1) was presented by Chuck Adams. The Foundations of Sustainability minor is an interdisciplinary curriculum using courses across all colleges of the University of Arkansas. Annually, the Sustainability Curriculum Steering Committee updates the list of courses that may be used to satisfy electives for the minor to accommodate new courses that may be developed by colleges with relevance to sustainability and to remain current with respect to pre-requisites for those courses. The proposed changes requested to add the following courses as accep Table electives for the SUST-M: HIST 3273, Agricultural and Rural History of America; TEED 2103, Technology and Society; BENG 3603, Sustainable Agricultural Systems; ARHS 4983, Special Topical in Art History: Ecological Emergence in American Art and Architecture and delete the list of courses from catalog copy and insert website location of all SUST –eligible courses. The proposal was approved and will be forwarded to the December 2012 Faculty Senate meeting for consideration.
    9. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction – ESRMMS - MS, Educational Statistics and Research Methods ( Table Three, Attachment 3A and Attachment 3A-1) was presented by Janet Penner-Williams. The MS in Educational Statistics and Research Methods has consistently had low enrollment. There is currently one active student in the program, and the decision was made by the program faculty to concentrate efforts on the doctoral and certificate programs. Therefore, the program is being deleted. The proposal was approved and will be forwarded to the December 2012 Graduate Council meeting for consideration.
    10. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – ATTRMA - MAT, Athletic Training ( Table Three, Attachment 3B) was presented by Susan Mayes. The proposal requested to delete ATTR 5252 Athletic Clinical V; Add ATTR 5493 Evidence Base Practice in Athletic Training; Add one additional credit hour to ATTR 5212 Athletic Training Clinical I - Application of Athletic Devices making the prefix and new number ATTR 5213; Add one additional credit hour to ATTR 5222 Athletic Training Clinical II - Emergency Procedures making the prefix and new number ATTR 5223. An addition error was made in the catalog and two hours needed to be added to the HHPR requirements plus the new three hours. However, the actual total degree program credit hours will increase by only 3 credit hours. The proposal was approved and will be forwarded to the December 2012 Graduate Council meeting for consideration.
  5. Other Business:

    One additional graduate program change item was added to the agenda by unanimous vote.
    • The graduate program change was proposed by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction - TESLME - Master of Education in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages ( Attachment 4C, Attachment 4C-1 and Attachment 4C-2) and was presented by Felicia Lincoln. The proposal requested to add a new degree for ESL professionals in Northwest Arkansas, who teach, prepare and provide in-service training and on-going support to help teachers better serve language minority populations. In districts in Northwest Arkansas, it is not unusual for a school to have 40% or more language minority children. In these districts, every teacher acts as an ESL teacher. Many content and classroom teachers have had little or no coursework in teaching culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Their education may have offered/required one course in special needs populations or differentiated instruction. Those teachers may need extensive support and leadership to transition into their new roles. The CIED/ESL faculty also receive inquiries regularly from international students looking for a Med in TESOL specifically, or who want an ESL concentration in a Ph.D. program. The proposal was approved and will be forwarded to the December 2012 Graduate Council meeting for consideration.

Meeting was adjourned at 2:51 PM.