November 18, 2016

Upchurch Conference Room – Bell Engineering

Members Present:

Voting:  Robert Brady, Karen Boston, Jeannine Durdik, Ethel Goodstein-Murphree, Mary Herrington, Patricia Koski, Manuel Rossetti, Kathy Smith, and Joel Thornton

Non-Voting:  Alice Griffin and Miran Kang

Members Absent:

Voting:  Paul Cronan, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Michael R. Evans, Kevin Hall, Janet Penner-Williams, Jennie Popp, Nicole Rowan, Cathy Wissehr, and Tim Yeager

Non-Voting:  Lisa Kulczak and Karen Turner

Guests:  Derrick Mears and Anna Zajicek-Wagemann

Patricia Koski called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.

  1. The minutes for the October 28, 2016 meeting were approved.

  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 7, 2016 
    • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for December 15, 2016

  3. Old Business: 
    1. Revised graduate program change for the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders – ADLLME – Adult and Lifelong Learning, Master of Education (3a_ADLLME Report).

      The UCPC tabled the item.  Requested the program change be rolled back to the College of Education and Health Professions Dean approval level to review and adjust the language in the description and justification block to match the Graduate School and International Education’s admission policies.

      Patricia Koski noted that the program addressed the concerns.  Manuel Rossetti moved and Robert Brady seconded to approve the request as revised.  Motion passed.

    2. Revised graduate program change for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction – ETECGC – K-12 Online Teaching Graduate Certificate (3b_ETECGC Report, 3b_ETECGC – New Grad Cert – Ltr of Notification.docx, 3b_CIED 5733-CIED Methods and Assessment in K-12 Online Teaching – Syllabus.pdf, 3b_Email Notification to CAOs).

      Program change was returned to the UCPC per request of Cheryl Murphy.

      Derrick Mears explained that a course was incorrectly listed as part of the curriculum in the original proposal.  The department exchanged CIED 5623 to CIED 5423.  Change was approved by the committee.

  4. New Business:
    All program change proposals were approved on the CIM Program Report with one opposition.  Item:

    1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Agri Food and Life Sciences Dean – AFLS Honors – Bumpers College Honors Requirements (4a_ Bumpers College Honors Requirements Report).  Robert Brady moved and Jeannine Durdik seconded to table the item until a representative from the college could present the request.

      The other program changes will be forwarded for consideration as appropriate to the:
      • Faculty Senate, meeting scheduled for December 7, 2016 
      • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for December 15, 2016

    2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice– CMJSBA – Criminal Justice, Bachelor of Arts was presented by Anna Zajicek-Wagemann.

      Requesting the Criminal Justice, BA degree be made available online.  The proposed online degree in Criminal Justice will extend the on-campus instruction to meet the needs of Arkansans unable to pursue our unique campus-based interdisciplinary CMJS major that has already been recognized as an outstanding program by Best Value Schools (4b_CMJSBA Report, 4b_CMJSBA – Distance Tech – Ltr of Notification, 4b_CMJSBA – Distance Tech – Rev_Budget_10_30-2016, 4b_CMJSBA – Distance Tech - Syllabi).
    3. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Agri Food and Life Sciences Dean – BSTCGC – Bioenergy and Sustainable Technology Graduate Certificate was presented by Alice Griffin.

      This program was being offered in coordination with the Ag*IDEA Consortium; however, due to non-existent student demand with little to no faculty participation in teaching applicable courses across institutions, the Ag*IDEA Consortium has asked to discontinue the program (4c_BSTCGC Report, 4c_BSTCGC – Deletion – Ltr of Notification).
    4. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Chemical Engineering – CHEGMS – Chemical Engineering, Master of Science in Chemical Engineering was presented by Manuel Rossetti.

      CHEGMS thesis degree was changed to require 4 CHEG core courses, which is consistent with the MS non-thesis and PhD degree. One CHEG elective was eliminated to keep the total number of hours unchanged (4d_CHEGMS Report).
    5. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction – TESLME – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Master of Education was presented by Derrick Mears.

      Adding the Praxis Core or equivalent as part of the Admission criteria. Removing Chalk and Wire from the description as it is no longer required (4e__TESLME Report).
    6. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Graduate Dean – PUBPPH-AGPO - Public Policy Agricultural Policy Concentration was presented by Patricia Koski.

      We are changing catalog copy to be consistent under each concentration (4f_PUBPPH-AGPO Report).
  5. Other Items for Consideration:

    Name change of Human Performance Laboratory to Exercise Science Research Center (5_ESRC – Name Change Admin Unit – Ltr of Notification).

  6. Next Meeting:  December 16, 2016 at 3:00 p.m.
    (Agenda deadline is December 2, 2016)  

Meeting adjourned at 2:50 p.m.