August 4, 2017

Upchurch Conference Room – Bell Engineering

Members Present:

Voting: Paul Cronan, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Jeannine Durdik, Michael R. Evans, Jim Gigantino, Douglas Karcher, Patricia Koski, Kathleen Lehman, Cathy Lirgg, Ketevan Mamiseishvili, Manuel Rossetti, and Joel Thornton

Non-Voting: Kierstin Bible, Alice Griffin, and Lisa Kulczak

Members Absent:

Voting: Karen Boston, Will Foster, Ethel Goodstein-Murphree, Fran Hagstrom, Jennie Popp, and Timothy Yeager

Non-Voting:

Guests: Steve Dittmore, Laura Herold, Susan Patton, and Michael Thomsen

Jeannine Durdik called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.

The minutes for the April 28, 2017 meeting were approved.
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 September 13, 2017
- Graduate Council meeting scheduled for August 17, 2017
Old Business:
None
New Business:
The following program change proposals were approved on the CIM Program Report without opposition. The program changes will be forwarded for consideration as appropriate to the:
- Faculty Senate, meeting scheduled for September 13, 2017
- Graduate Council meeting scheduled for August 17, 2017
1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, AGBSBS –Agricultural Business, Bachelor of Science in Agri Food & Life Sciences was presented by Michael Thomsen.
  
  AGEC 4603 (in the approval chain) and AGEC 4383 are recent course additions. This change incorporates them formally into the curriculum (4a_AGBSBS Report).
2. Proposed undergraduate program for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, AGBSBS-ABMM – Agricultural Business Agri Management & Marketing Concentration presented by Michael Thomsen.
  
  AGEC 4603 (in the approval chain) and AGEC 4383 are recent course additions. This change incorporates them formally into the curriculum (4b_AGBSBS-ABMM Report).
3. Proposed undergraduate program for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Food Science, FDSC-M – Food Science Minor was presented by Mike Evans.
  
  To add additional FDSC course to the list of acceptable elective courses. The course is taken by students from a broad range of disciplines that might be interested in completing the FDSC minor (4c_FDSC-M Report).
4. Proposed undergraduate program for the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, ENGLBA – English, Bachelor of Arts (4d_ENGLBA Report). Chair Durdik removed item from the agenda.
5. Proposed undergraduate program for the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English, ENGLBA-CRWR – English/Creative Writing Concentration was presented by Jim Gigantino.
  
  WLIT 1123 is already required for the English B.A. and for the English and Journalism combined B.A. Both the Department of English and the Department of Journalism have long allowed students to substitute a WLIT course numbered 3000 or higher, or a literature course numbered 3000 or higher in the World Languages and Literatures Department, for the WLIT 1123 requirement when desired, but although this allowed substitution is in the portion of the catalog that describes the English and Journalism combined B.A., it never got put into the part of the catalog that describes the requirements for the English B.A. Any WLIT or world literature course at the 3000- or 4000-level is a more difficult, more in-depth version of what is taught in WLIT 1123, so no student can be hurt by our allowing that substitution, and many students may be motivated to take these more challenging courses if they meet the requirement (4e_ENGLBA-CRWR Report).
6. Proposed undergraduate program for the Walton College of Business, Department of Economics, INTBBB – International Business, Bachelor of Science in International Business presented by Chair Durdik.
  
  Clarify language on International Business requirements. Changed phrase "Other courses may fulfill..." to "Other 3000/4000 level courses may fulfill..." (4f_INTBBB Report).
7. Proposed undergraduate program for the College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Dean, ENGR Acad Regs – ENGR College Academic Regulations presented by Norm Dennis.
  
  Some of these course were being used for degree credit in the BA - Computer Science program. It has been the intent of the college for some _me that these courses are considered remedial and should not count toward a degree in any program in the college of engineering (4g_ENGR College Academic Regulations Report).
8. Proposed graduate program change for the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, NURSMS-EXLD – Nurse Executive Leader Concentration was presented by Susan Patton.
  
  Courses are being added and deleted. The concentration changes are necessary to align all Master's in Nursing Concentrations and decrease redundancies (4h_NURSMS-EXLD Report).
9. Proposed graduate program change for the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing, NURSMS-NUED – Nursing Nurse Educator Concentration was presented by Susan Patton.
  
  Courses are being added and deleted from the list of requirements. Concentration changes were made to align the Nurse Educator concentration with the Nurse Executive Leader concentration and decrease unnecessary concentration redundancies (4i_NURSMS-NUED Report).
10. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, HSESPH-HLBV – Health, Sport & Exercise Science Health Behavior Concentration was presented by Steve Dittmore.
  
  Removal of HHPR 699V as a required course to permit students more elective hour choices in PhD curriculum (4j_HSESPH-HLBV Report).
11. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Industrial Engineering, OPMGMS – Operations Management, Master of Science in Operations Management was presented by Manuel Rossetti.
  
  Organizing for Change (OMGT 5873) is no longer an optional core course. It has been removed from the core course list and replaced with OMGT 5623.
  
  The belief of the program faculty is that OMGT 5623 is too important to the program to have it listed as an optional core course (4k_OPMGMS Report).
12. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Physics, PHYSPH – Physics Doctor of Philosophy was presented by Jim Gigantino.
  1. The physics faculty recently voted to replace our course-based PhD candidacy exam with a research-based candidacy exam. The department believes this will help us recruit more students into our program, help us retain more students in our program, and allow our students to more quickly get involved in research.
  2. The physics faculty recently voted to reduce the number of required courses. The department believes this will allow our students to more quickly get involved in research.
  3. The physics faculty are also requesting to delete a concentration. The concentration does not exist in this software tool (Program Management). However, the registrar's office informed us that ADHE has this concentration on file. The concentration name is: PhD in Physics with a Concentration in Space and Planetary Sciences. The concentration has never had a student in the program.
  4. Current and future students will be given the opportunity to have Astrophysics, Biophysics, or Neuroscience concentration printed on their transcript, which will help them meet specific job requirements. In addition, these concentrations should allow the physics department to attract more students interested in Astrophysics, Biophysics, and Neuroscience to our PhD program (4l_PHYSPH Report, 4l_PHYSPH – Reconfig-Ltr of Notification.docx, 4l_PHYSPH-SPAC – Deletion – Ltr of Notification.docx, 4l_PHYSPH – Employer Needs Surveys.pdf).
Additional items/Announcements:

CourseLeaf Training – Lisa Kulczak
Lisa introduced Amanda Corbell as the new Support Supervisor in Curriculum (replacing Karen Turner).

With the upgrade CourseLeaf is in the process of completing, there will be separate fields for the description and justification for a program change.
Plans are in place for training sessions to include the new upgrades, but also to assist faculty and staff who are new users or infrequent users of the software system. The same session will be offered multiple times. Dates are still pending, but considering 9/14, 9/15, 9/28, or 9/29. Once a location has been determined a formal announcement will be published.
Next Meeting: September 22, 2017 at 2:30 p.m.
(Agenda deadline is September 8, 2017).

Meeting adjourned at 3:14 p.m.