March 20, 2015

UpChurch Conference Room — Bell Engineering

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Voting: Carl Circo, Lynda Coon, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Patricia Koski, Janet Penner-Williams, Lona Robertson, Manuel Rossetti, Kathy Smith, and Tim Yeager

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

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Voting: Neil Allison, Robert Brady, Paul Cronan, Judy Ganson, Aixa Garcia Mont, Carol Gattis, Ethel Goodstein, Anne O’Leary-Kelly, Javier Reyes, John Rupe, and Cathy Wissehr

Non-Voting:

GUESTS: Denise Bignar, Karen Boston, and Suzanne Kenner

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

  1. The minutes for the February 27, 2015 meeting were approved with one correction. Karen Boston was added to the attendance roster.
  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 April 8, 2015
    • Graduate Council (including Graduate and Dual Course Changes), meeting scheduled for April 16, 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 College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering - BMEGBS, Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering was presented by Manuel Rossetti. CHEM 1113 and CHEM 1133 are being removed from the ARSC curriculum. This program change reflects that these courses are no longer available to our students. Replaced ELEG 3124 with BMEG 3124 in third year of 8 semester plan. (Table One).
    2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering - CENGBS, Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering was presented by Manuel Rossetti. Rearranging the 8 semester plan to redistribute course load in the final two semesters.
      1. Replacing “Freshman Science Elective” with PHYS 2074 in spring of first year.
      2. Moving CSCE 3613 from spring to fall of third year.
      3. Moving COMM 1313 from fall of third year to fall of fourth year.
      4. Adding 3 hours of CSCE Elective to spring of third year.
      5. Deleting 3 hours of free elective from fall of fourth year.
      6. Changing 6 hours of Two CSCE Electives to 3 hours CSCE Elective and 3 hours of Free elective in spring of fourth year (Table One).
    3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering - CSCEBS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science was presented by Manuel Rossetti. Rearranging the 8 semester plan to redistribute course load in the final two semesters.
      1. Removed CSCE 3313 from fall of third year.
      2. Added CSCE 3613 to fall of third year and removed it from spring of third year.
      3. Added CSCE 4523 to spring of third year and removed it from fall of fourth year.
      4. Added CSCE 4133 to fall of fourth year.
      5. Changed elective hours from Three CSCE Electives for 9 hours and three hours of free electives to Two CSCE Electives for 6 hours and Two Free Electives for 6 hours in fall of fourth year.
      6. Changed elective hours from Two Free Electives for 6 hours to Free Elective and Social Science Elective (3 hours each) in spring of fourth year (Table One).
  5. Other Items for Consideration:

    Discussion on editorial program changes versus major/minor program changes. After a lengthy discussion, the committee recommended that all program changes be submitted into CourseLeaf. If the changes are simply editorial changes to the catalog, it will be noted in the “Description and Justification” block by the submitter. The Director will correspond with the appropriate Dean’s Office and once determined the changes are simply editorial to the catalog copy, will then make a note in the “Program Reviewer Comments” block to forward directly to catalog copy and remove the item from the formal workflow process. The Director will then approve the item, moving it to the Registrar’s approval level in workflow. The Registrar’s Office will take the appropriate action.

  6. Next meeting: April 24, 2015 at 2:30 p.m.

Meeting adjourned at 3:20 p.m.