March 21, 2014

UpChurch Conference Room — Bell Engineering

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Voting: Rhonda Adams, Bob Brady, Mark Boyer, Andrew Dowdle, Gary Ferrier, Judy Ganson, Andrew Horowitz, Tim Killian, Patricia Koski, Terry Martin, Janet Penner-Williams, Lona Robertson and John Rupe

Non-Voting: Kim Bradford, Lisa Kulczak, Karen Turner and Bill Warnock

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Voting: Carol Gattis, Kenda Grover, Julius Morehead, Yvette Murphy-Erby, Anne O’Leary-Kelly, Charles Rosenkrans and Manuel Rossetti

Non-Voting: None

GUESTS: Heather Kindall, Javier Reyes, Holly Van Winkle and Kelly Vowell-Johnson


Chair Lona Robertson called the meeting to order at 2:30 PM.
  1. The minutes for the February 28, 2014 meeting were approved with no revisions.
  2. Course Change Proposals:
    1. Undergraduate and School of Law course change proposals (Table A and Table E) were approved without opposition. The approved courses will be forwarded for the April 2014 Faculty Senate meeting.
    2. The Graduate and/or Dual course change proposals (Table C and Table D) were approved without opposition. The approved courses will be forwarded for the April 2014 Graduate Council meeting.
    3. Courses with No Enrollment in Last 5 Years--Courses to Remain Active Fall 2013 (Table G) were approved without opposition. The approved courses will be forwarded for the April 2014 Graduate Council meeting.
    4. Courses with No Enrollment in Last 5 Years--Courses to be Inactivated Fall 2013 (Table H) were approved without opposition. The approved courses will be forwarded for the April 2014 Graduate Council meeting.
    5. Courses Inactive More Than 3 Years--Courses to Remain Inactive Fall 2013 (Table I) were approved without opposition. The approved courses will be forwarded for the April 2014 Graduate Council meeting.
    6. Courses Inactive More Than 3 Years--Courses to be Deleted Fall 2013 (Table J) were approved without opposition. The approved courses will be forwarded for the April 2014 Graduate Council meeting.
  3. Old Business:
    1. Courses pulled from course change consent agenda and tabled at the February UCPC meeting. The courses were new courses from the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources and Communication Disorders in the Rehabilitation area. (Table B) Also, one University Core course was tabled at the February meeting. (Table F). Table B was approved without opposition. The approved courses will be forwarded for the April 2014 Faculty Senate meeting. Table F was approved and will be forwarded to the University Core Committee.
  4. New Business:
    1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Department of Food Science – FDSCBS – BSA, Food Science (Table One, Attachment 1A, Attachment 1A-1, Attachment 1A-2, Attachment 1A-3, Attachment 1A-4, Attachment 1A-5 and Attachment 1A-6) was presented by Lona Robertson.
      The proposal requested to delete the requirement of AFLS 1011 Freshman Orientation to be replaced with UNIV 1001 University Perspectives. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the April 2014 Faculty Senate meeting.
    2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Department of Food Science – FDSC-M – Minor in Food Science (Table One, Attachment 1B) was presented by Tim Killian. The proposal requested to change statement to "and a minimum of 8 hours selected from the following courses (at least 5 hours must be 3000-4000 level coursework), delete controlled elective courses FDSC 2503, FDSC 4203 and HESC 1213, and 3) add controlled elective courses FDSC 1103, FDSC 2603, FDSC 2701, FDSC 4413, FDSC 4754 and HESC 4213. Following a short discussion the proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the April 2014 Faculty Senate meeting.
    3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Eleanor Mann School of Nursing - NURSBS – BSN, Nursing (Table Two, Attachment 2A and Attachment 2A-1) was presented by Holly Van Winkle and Kelly Vowell-Johnson. The current BSN program is proposing two concentrations: (1) Generic, and (2) RN to BSN. These changes will establish that though both concentrations culminate in a bachelor's degree, the admission criteria, program of study, and delivery methods are different. Unlike the generic BSN with a required 120 credits for completion, the RN to BSN online program is a 29 credit-hour degree completion program for RNs with an associate's degree or diploma in nursing who desire to complete their bachelor's degree online. Minor course changes are also being submitted for the RN-BSN changing three courses at the graduate level to undergraduate level courses. The graduate courses were r: NURS 5143: Advanced Pathophysiology; NURS 5053: Evidence-Based Practice and Innovation in Nursing; and NURS 5063: Health Care Policy. They are now being replaced with 4000-level courses. The proposed courses for replacement include NURS 4313: Pathophysiology for RNs; NURS 3843: Introduction to Research in Nursing; and NURS 4503: Introduction to Health Care Policy.
      Initially, three graduate level courses were offered to attract students who desired articulation to the graduate program. However, requiring these three courses as part of the core curriculum has limited the program's course rotation options, has resulted in considerable enrollment delays, and prolonged students' graduation. The RN to BSN program will continue to offer the out-of-career enrollment option in partner with the graduate nursing program for students who wish to take one or more of the three graduate courses instead of the undergraduate courses in the aligned subject category. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the April 2014 Faculty Senate meeting.
    4. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering – BMEGBS – BSBME, Biomedical Engineering (Table Three, Attachment 3A) was presented by Terry Martin. The proposal was requesting to limit enrollment to the undergraduate program. This enrollment restriction is being put in place to manage the undergraduate student numbers in the department while faculty numbers increase to 15 members or to be revisited in 5 years. This change also allowed the department to better manage research and service obligations assigned to current faculty members. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the April 2014 Faculty Senate meeting.
    5. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction - CHEDMA – MAT, Childhood Education (Table Four, Attachment 4A, Attachment 4A-1, Attachment 4A-2, Attachment 4A-3, Attachment 4A-4, Attachment 4A-5, Attachment 4A-6, Attachment 4A-7, Attachment 4A-8 and 4A-9) was presented by Heather Kindall and Janet Penner-Williams. The University of Arkansas Childhood Education MAT program currently offers four sub-specialty options from which candidates must choose in order to complete the program. They are special education, English as a second language, grades 5/6 endorsement, and STEM. This change would delete the 1) special education and 2) grades 5/6 options and add a 1) gifted and talented and 2) reading option for candidates. This change also made revisions to the program policies and changes the program name to Elementary Education MAT to better align with the teaching license candidates will receive upon successful completion of the program. Following a short discussion the proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the April Graduate Council meeting.
    6. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Engineering Dean – ENGRME – MSE, Engineering (Table Four, Attachment 4B) was presented by Terry Martin. Proposal requested to remove one phrase from the general description of the M.S.E. program, "or for those students who wish to pursue a curriculum emphasizing engineering management." Add a line to the "Prerequisites" section: Add a "Course Requirements" section to "Requirements for the Master of Science in Engineering Degree" section: a. One 3-hour course from each of the following four areas for a total of 12 hours: Mathematics, Computer Applications, Technical Communications, and Engineering Management; b. Three 3-hour courses from a single engineering emphasis with the approval of the advisory committee; c. Nine additional graduate-level hours from any area with the approval of the advisory committee; d. A maximum of four 4000-level graduate level courses, with the remainder at the 5000 or higher level; e. A maximum of four Operations Management (OMGT) courses. Following a short discussion the proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the April 2014 Graduate Council meeting.
  5. Other Business:
    1. Discussion of changes in the policy for on-line degree credit hours for students pursuing an on-campus (Face to Face) undergraduate degree was presented by Kim Bradford and Javier Reyes. After a lengthy discussion the committee requested that Global Campus request approval from each college. The proposal was sent back to each college for their approval and will be resubmitted at a later time.

Meeting was adjourned at 3:17 PM.