November 21, 2014

UpChurch Conference Room — Bell Engineering

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Voting: Robert Brady, Lynda Coon, Paul Cronan, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Ethel Goodstein-Murphree, Andrew Horowitz, Patricia Koski, Javier Reyes, Lona Robertson, and Cathy Wissehr

Non-Voting: Alice Griffin Lisa Kulczak and Karen Turner

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Voting: Neil Allison, Carl Circo, Aixa Garcia Mont, Judy Ganson, Carol Gattis, Anne O’Leary-Kelly, Janet Penner-Williams, Manuel Rossetti, John Rupe, Kathy Smith

Non-Voting: Lindsay Turner

GUESTS: Nick Anthony, Karen Boston, Susan Mayes, Jennie Popp, and Tim Yeager

Chair Lona Robertson called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.

1. The minutes for the October 24, 2014 meeting were approved with no revisions.
2. Course Change Proposals:
   All course change proposals were approved without opposition. The approved courses are listed on the CIM Course Report created by CourseLeaf and will be forwarded for consideration as appropriate to the:
   • Faculty Senate, meeting scheduled for December 10, 2014
   • Graduate Council (including Graduate and Dual Course Changes), meeting scheduled for December 18, 2014
3. Old Business: None
4. New Business:
   All program change proposals were approved without opposition. The program changes are listed on the CIM Program Report created by CourseLeaf.
   1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Department of Poultry Science – EXPOAC, Excellence in Poultry Science was presented by Nick Anthony. The Certificate will allow students from other institutions that are interested in Poultry Science access to our program yet remain connected with their home institution. It is believed that students entering the Certificate program would not have the opportunity to focus in Poultry Science at their home institution and would not have transferred to the University of Arkansas. Designed for students in agriculture and agriculture-related disciplines at other universities in Arkansas. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table One).
   2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – CATEBS-BSE, Career and Technical Education Technology Education Concentration-TEED presented by Cathy Wissehr. These changes were primarily done for cleanup purposes. The proposed program changes will provide more flexibility for students and will improve the clarity of the catalog. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Two).
   3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – KINSBS-BS, Kinesiology Exercise Science Pre-Professional Science Concentration-EXPP was presented by Susan Mayes. This concentration deletion has already been approved as part of LON 11 in the KINSBS moving from a BSE to a BS that has been submitted. The KINSBS EXPP concentration is being deleted as a part of a larger process in KINSBS from the BSE to the BS. The program is consolidating three concentrations to become two concentrations.:
      1. P-12 Teaching Physical Education, Wellness & Leisure;
      2. Exercise science-pre-professional, and
      3. Exercise science-applied
      into two concentrations of:
      1. Exercise Science
      2. K-12 Teaching Physical Education, Wellness & Leisure
      The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Two).
   4. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – KINSBS-BS, Kinesiology Exercise Science Concentration-EXSC was presented by Susan Mayes. The purpose of this proposal was to streamline the program, better prepare students for jobs in the field and post-professional training. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Two).
   5. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – KINSBS-BS, Kinesiology K-12 Teaching Physical Education, Wellness & Leisure Concentration-PEWL was presented by Susan Mayes. The purpose of this proposal was to streamline the program, better prepare students for jobs in the field and post-professional training. State Department of Education has requested the physical education, wellness and leisure concentration to be a K-12 concentration; formerly a P-12. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Two).
   6. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – KINSBS-BS, Kinesiology was presented by Susan Mayes. The purpose of this proposal was to Streamline the program, better prepare students for jobs in the field and post-professional training. Note "concentration" changes for KINSBS (K-12 Teaching Physical Education, Wellness, and Leisure and Exercise Science) have been submitted separately from this document. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Two).
   7. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fay Jones School of Architecture,
   8. Department of Interior Design – Interior Design Admission Requirements presented by Ethel Goodstein-Murphree. The Interior Design faculty voted to raise academic standards to be more in line with the architecture continuance standards. This comes as a result of the collaboration of the first year studios in all three design disciplines. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Three).
   9. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering – CENGBS-BSCmpE, Computer Engineering presented by Norm Dennis. College of Engineering changed Chemistry requirement. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Four).
   10. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering – CHEGBS-BSChE, Chemical Engineering presented by Norm Dennis. The proposed changes in the chemical engineering undergraduate curriculum will better align with course offerings in chemical engineering programs across the country, and will chemical engineering students to have more choices in upper level electives in cutting edge areas of chemical engineering. The total number of hours in the program will not change. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Four).
   11. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering – CSCEBS-BS, Computer Science was
   12. presented by Norm Dennis. College of Engineering changed the Chemistry requirements. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Four).
   13. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Accounting – ACCT-BSBA, Accounting was presented by Karen Boston. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) recently revised its Model Tax Curriculum (MTC), which is intended as a guide for accounting educators in developing the tax component of accounting programs. The MTC represents the recommendations from the AICPA Tax Section regarding the core content that any student majoring in accounting should master, regardless of whether he or she ultimately chooses to work in the public accounting, industry, education, or nonprofit sectors. In keeping with the recommendations of the AICPA Task Force, the Accounting department proposes to modify their curriculum and require two undergraduate tax courses for all accounting majors to meet the overall learning objectives of the tax component of the AICPA’s MTC. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Five).
   14. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Business Dean – BSBA Requirements presented by Karen Boston. In an effort to ensure that our students are completing the required English courses in their first two years and prior to enrolling in upper division business courses, we recommend adding ENGL 1013, Composition I and ENGL 1023, Composition II in the pre-business curriculum. This change will support our AACSB Assurance of Learning and set forth the mapping process for determining how ENGL 1013, ENGL 1023 and COMM 1313, Public Speaking, will interface with expected written and oral competencies in the pre-business, business and major courses. These two courses are currently in the recommended course sequence for Walton College students and therefore, this change would formalize the recommended progression.
       All B.S.B.A. students are required to complete 12 hours of General Education electives which require non-business courses. Previously, AACSB limited the amount of hours that could be completed in the business to expose students to non-business courses. In our previous curriculum which required 16 hours of General Education Electives, many students utilized these hours to pursue a minor in the Fulbright College (15-21 hours). As other business courses emerge that may not necessarily be viable junior/senior elective credit, we are recommending incorporate up to six hours of business courses in the General Education elective category. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Five).
   15. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Information Systems – BUAN-M, Business Analytics Minor was presented by Karen Boston. There is considerable interest by companies in the IT student (and business student) who has Business Analytics skills. This has been most apparent as noted in the most growing area surrounding “Big Data’ and analytics; this minor addresses the situation that most business students have one class in data analytics with one possible elective in data mining. The Enterprise Systems Steering Committee members and ITRI Advisory Board members (as well as our stronger companies – Wal-Mart, Tyson Foods, and JB Hunt) have both strongly supported the development of Business Analytics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Five).
   16. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Management – GBUSBS – Online BSBA, General Business was presented by Karen Boston. Modifying course options in three departments; all courses are currently developed for online or in process for spring and fall 2015. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Five).
   17. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department
   18. of Economics – INTBBB-BSIB, International Business was presented by Karen Boston. In an effort to ensure that our students are completing the required English courses in their first two years and prior to enrolling in upper division business courses, we recommend adding ENGL 1013, Composition I and ENGL 1023, Composition II in the pre-business curriculum. This change will support our AACSB Assurance of Learning and set forth the mapping process for determining how ENGL 1013, ENGL 1023 and COMM 1313, Public Speaking, will interface with expected written and oral competencies in the pre-business, business and major courses. These two courses are currently in the recommended course sequence for Walton College students and therefore, this change would formalize the recommended progression. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Five).
   19. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Information Systems – ISYSBS-BUAN, Business Analytics Concentration was presented by Karen Boston. There is considerable interest by companies in the IT student (and business student) who has Business Analytics skills. This has been most apparent as noted in the most growing area surrounding “Big Data’ and analytics; this concentration most especially addresses the situation that most business students have one class in data analytics with one possible elective in data mining. The Enterprise Systems Steering Committee members and ITRI Advisory Board members (as well as our stronger companies – Wal-Mart, Tyson Foods, and JB Hunt) have both strongly supported the development of Business Analytics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Five).
   20. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Information Systems – ISYSBS-ITAP, Information Systems IT Applications Management Concentration was presented by Karen Boston. The IT Management concentration has very few students interested in this general concentration. In addition, companies have focused their interest on our other two concentrations – ERP and Enterprise systems. The IT Management concentration is a bit too general for today’s IT environment. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Five).
   21. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Supply Chain Management – WSCM-M, Supply Chain Management Minor for Business Majors was presented by Karen Boston. To include additional courses in Supply Chain Management and ERP Development to fulfill the minor requirements. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Five).
   22. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Graduate Dean-MEPHMS-MS, Microelectronics-Photonics was presented by Pat Koski. Since the content of MEPH 5811 is a critical component of the professional development that is a cornerstone of the µEP graduate program and helps prepare students to succeed in an industrial environment, waiving this class for students who start in January is not providing the student the adequate preparation which students who start in summer or fall are receiving. The faculty agreed to spell out the requirement for taking this class without waivers for µEP students who start the graduate program in January. However, instead of requiring this be taken by these students in their fourth semester after MEPH 6911, the faculty recommended that the students also be given the option of doubling up the class with MEPH 6811 and taking both in their second semester. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Six).
   23. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Graduate Dean-PUBPPH-PH, Public Policy was presented by Pat Koski. Increases the likelihood of master's students continuing on for the Ph.D. degree. The proposal was unanimously approved and will be forwarded for consideration at the December 2014 Faculty Senate meeting (Table Six).
5. Other Items for Consideration:
   1. Service Learning – Jennie Popp spoke to the committee regarding the efforts of the service learning committee to define, set criteria for and designate courses as service learning (SL). UCPC recommends that departments interested in putting forward new service learning courses begin this process by requesting SL designation before sending the course to the college curriculum committee for further review. See this Service Learning Initiative flyer for additional details.
   2. CourseLeaf Reminders –
      1. “Is this program interdisciplinary or use courses from another college?"
      2. “Description and justification of the request.”

Meeting was adjourned at 3:20 p.m.