December 19, 2014

UpChurch Conference Room — Bell Engineering

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Voting: Carl Circo, Lynda Coon, Paul Cronan, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Judy Ganson, Janet Penner-Williams, Lona Robertson, and Kathy Smith

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

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Voting: Neil Allison, Robert Brady, Aixa Garcia Mont, Carol Gattis, Ethel Goodstein-Murphree, Patricia Koski, Anne O’Leary-Kelly, Javier Reyes, Manuel Rossetti, John Rupe, Cathy Wissehr, and Tim Yeager

Non-Voting: Lisa Kulczak

GUESTS: Mardi Crandall, Jennifer Henk, Susan Mayes, and George Wardlow

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

  1. The minutes for the November 21, 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 January 14, 2015
    • Graduate Council (including Graduate and Dual Course Changes), meeting scheduled for January 15, 2015
  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 Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology - AGED-M, Agricultural Education Minor was presented by George Wardlow. The AGED Minor attracts students who are interested in gaining experience and education in teaching techniques to be used out of the formal education setting. These typically include those interested in working with people in agricultural industries. However, the current minor requirements include a number of courses that focus on formal education settings, as well as courses that are only available during the AGED program’s student teaching block, which interferes with the other courses students take during their spring semesters (the block courses are offered for a 2-week time span at the beginning of the semester and require students to be present from approximately 8-5 each day during those two weeks). These drawbacks to the current minor prevent students from enrolling. Currently, there are fewer than five students pursuing a minor. Those that are initially interested in a minor typically either a) pursue a double major in Agricultural Education if they are interested in teacher certification; or b) enroll in an Agricultural Education graduate program following graduation. The proposed minor would alter required courses to better align with the goals of and skills needed by students interested in the minor. All courses would follow the traditional campus course schedule and would incorporate educational techniques applicable to non-formal education (Table One).
    2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Department of Human Environmental Sciences - AMPDBS, Apparel Merchandising and Product Development was presented by Kathy Smith. AMPD 4093 new course incorporating additional information regarding

      Apparel Supply Chain and its impact on inventory control. It will also incorporate visual and spatial merchandising and management. This change will not affect the number of hours in the AMPD program.

      • AMPD 4043 History of Apparel to 1900 course will be inactivated; content will be merged with AMPD 4053 Contemporary Apparel 1900 to Present and will be renamed Historic and Contemporary Apparel.
      • AMPD 4053 will have a new title, Historic and Contemporary Apparel. Combining AMPD 4043 History of Apparel to 1900 into AMPD 4053 Contemporary Apparel 1900 to Present
      • AMPD 4901 title changed due to program name change and adding honors section
      • AMPD 4912 will change to variable credit hours AMPD 491V with course title change due to program name change and adding honors section. Variable credit hours are needed due to the nature of the study tour. International study tours need to be given 3 hours credit during the May Intercession to be full time equivalent for scholarships, honors and financial aid. This will allow for flexibility for credit hours awarded based on the study tour destination, whether domestic or international.
      • AMPD 5003 Apparel Sourcing and Merchandising Systems in the Global Economy title and description change. This course will better reflect upon the global apparel supply chain process consisting of every organization starting from initial fibre supplier to consumer purchasing apparel products for final consumption. Each global organization comprises various functional domains, as sourcing, manufacturing, planning, marketing etc. as it applies to the apparel merchandising and production process (Table One).
    3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Department of Human Environmental Sciences - HDFSBS-BRKD, Human Development and Family Sciences Birth through Kindergarten Concentration was presented by Jennifer Henk. The changes to the BRKD concentration in HDFS provide students with additional student teaching hours for preparing students to apply for the Integrated Birth through Kindergarten/Special Education teacher licensure (Table One).
    4. Proposed undergraduate program change for the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science - LGST-M, Legal Studies Minor was presented by Lynda Coon. Both courses that are being added are law-related. Developing a well-rounded understanding of the law is the overarching purpose of the minor. These particular courses are being added to diversify the selection of courses available to students (Table Two).
    5. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation - PBHLBS, Public Health was presented by Susan Mayes. The Public Health program is opting to change the BSE to a BS which is in keeping with other benchmark institutions. Renaming the degree to a BS is more indicative of the varied workforce or post-baccalaureate degree programs that graduates of the PBHLBS program are pursuing (Table Three).
    6. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation - RESMBS, Recreation and Sport Management was presented by Susan Mayes. Recreation and Sport Management is opting to change the BSE to a BS which is in keeping with other benchmark institutions. Renaming the degree to a BS is more indicative of the varied workforce or post-baccalaureate degree programs that graduates of RESMBS program are pursuing (Table Three).
    7. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering - INEGBS, Industrial Engineering was presented by Norm Dennis. Chemistry Department is no longer teaching Chemistry for Engineers (Table Four).
    8. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Education Reform - EDPOPH – PhD, Education Policy was presented by Janet Penner-Williams.

      1. Faculty member teaching EDFD 5353 retired. No plans to hire replacement. Course now temporarily taught by EDRE faculty. Propose substitution by new course EDRE 5053 with virtually same content. New course proposal filed 9/15/14.

      2. Drop ECON 6623 Econometrics II and substitute new course EDRE 6103 Quantitative Analytical Techniques for Education Policy. The new course allows for a research methods sequence that matches precisely the skill set requirements for the Education policy field, something which was not possible with Econometrics II. New course proposal filed 9/15/14

      ECON has filed a request to change the course number of ECON 5613 (cross-listed as AGEC 5613) Econometrics I to ECON 6613. This requires us to update the course number in our curriculum. We want to keep both ECON 6613 and AGEC 5613 as options to fulfill the Econometrics I requirement (even if the cross-listing is terminated) (Table Five).

    9. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Graduate Dean - UACSCT – GC, Public Service was presented by Alice Griffin. Deletion - There has never been enrollment in this program.
  5. Other Items for Consideration:
    1. None
  6. Next meeting: January 23, 2015 at 2:30 p.m.

Meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m.