September 26, 2014

UpChurch Conference Room — Bell Engineering

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Voting: Carl Circo, Lynda Coon, Patricia Koski, Paul Cronan, Judy Ganson, Ethel Goodstein-Murphree, and Kathy Smith

Non-Voting: Alice Griffin, Lisa Kulczak, Karen Turner, and Lindsay Turner

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Voting: Neil Allison, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Carol Gattis, Kenda Grover, Andrew Horowitz, Anne O’Leary-Kelly, Janet Penner-Williams, Lona Robertson, Manuel Rossetti, John Rupe

GUESTS: Terry Martin

Judy Ganson (serving as Chair for Lona Robertson) called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.

  1. The minutes for the August 8, 2014 meeting were approved with no revisions.
  2. Course Change Proposals:
    1. The Undergraduate Course Change Proposals to Table A were approved without opposition. The approved courses will be forwarded for consideration at the October 2014 Faculty Senate meeting. University Core change proposal, Table E, was approved and will be forwarded to the University Core Committee.
    2. The Graduate and Dual Course Change Proposals on Table B and Table C, were approved without opposition. The approved courses will be forwarded for consideration at the October 2014 Graduate Council meeting.
    3. The School of Law Course Change Proposals on Table D were approved without opposition. The approved courses will be forwarded for consideration at the October 2014 Faculty Senate meeting.
  3. Old Business: None
  4. New Business:
    UCPC Procedures: Alice Griffin reviewed the membership list to update for the 2014-2015 academic year. Griffin explained that all changes should now be processed through the CourseLeaf system. Lisa Kulczak will check on any pending courses remaining in the CCF system. Griffin also provided a timeline for requests:
    1. Course changes must reach the UCPC workflow by the 2nd Friday of each month to be considered for the agenda.*
    2. Agenda is published the 3rd Friday of each month.*
    3. UCPC meetings will follow the published meeting dates (most often on the 4th Friday of each month). http://grad.uark.edu/dean/courseprog/ccpmeetings.php
    *These dates may change for months were UCPC meets earlier.

Finally, the UCPC information will remain on the Graduate School’s website through the fall semester as we make the transition to the Provost’s website. We will notify everyone when the move takes place.

Other Business: None

Meeting was adjourned at 2:55 p.m.