February 23, 2018

Upchurch Conference Room – Bell Engineering

Members Present:

Voting: Karen Boston, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Jeannine Durdik, Douglas Karcher, Kathleen Lehman, Cathy Lirgg, Ketevan Mamiseishvili, Jared Pack, Jennie Popp, Lona Robertson, Manuel Rossetti, Joel Thornton, and Timothy Yeager

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

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Voting:  Paul Cronan, Will Foster, Jim Gigantino, Ethel Goodstein-Murphree, Fran Hagstrom, and Patricia Koski

Non-Voting:

GUESTS:  Matthew Fey, Alan Gosman, Michelle Gray, Mary Herrington, and Raja Kali

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

  1. The minutes for the January 26, 2018 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 March 14, 2018
    • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for March 15, 2018

  3. Old Business: None

  4. 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 March 14, 2018
    • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for March 15, 2018

    1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music, MUSCBM-GPRF – Music Guitar Performance Concentration was presented by Alan Gosman.

      Addition of a Performance Track and a Jazz Track to the Guitar Performance Concentration.
      1. The addition of a jazz track for the Bachelor of Music degree will play a significant  role in the growth of the Music Department and the University’s strategic plan to enrich campus diversity and inclusion. By complementing our existing programs based largely in the European art music tradition with a broader range of course offerings on the African American-based jazz idiom, this new track and the courses that support it will enhance our department’s capacity to both recruit a student body with a greater diversity of musical and cultural backgrounds and to educate all our students on a wider range of musical possibilities and forms of expression. The proposed jazz track will also open new career pathways to our students; they will have opportunities to pursue jazz-related careers and a variety of other options, as musical skills like improvisation and arranging that are central to the proposed curriculum translate easily from jazz to numerous popular music contexts, including rock, rhythm and blues, hip hop, country, bluegrass, film, and television music.
      2. Creating the Performance Track allows us to have two Tracks (Performance and Jazz) (4a_muscbm-gprf_reptfeb232018).
    2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music, MUSCBM-WPRF – Music Woodwind-Brass-Percussion Performance Concentration was presented by Alan Gosman.

      Addition of a Performance Track and a Jazz Track to the Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion Performance Concentration.

      Added the following new courses MUHS 3503, MUAC 3401, MUTH 3733, MUAC 3411, MUAC 4401, MUTH 3742, MUAC 4411, and MUPD 3883 as an option in jazz to compliment the performance track.

      1. The addition of a jazz track for the Bachelor of Music degree will play a significant role in the growth of the Music Department and the University's strategic plan to enrich campus diversity and inclusion. By complementing our existing programs based largely in the European art music tradition with a broader range of course offerings on the African American-based jazz idiom, this new track and the courses that support it will enhance our department's capacity to both recruit a student body with a greater diversity of musical and cultural backgrounds and to educate all our students on a wider range of musical possibilities and forms of expression. The proposed jazz track will also open new career pathways to our students; they will have opportunities to pursue jazz-related careers and a variety of other options, as musical skills like improvisation and arranging that are central to the proposed curriculum translate easily from jazz to numerous popular music contexts, including rock, rhythm and blues, hip hop, country, bluegrass, film, and television music.
      2. Creating the Performance Track allows us to have two Tracks (Performance and Jazz) (4b_muscbm-wprf_reptfeb232018).
    3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Education Dean, EDUC Honors – EDUC College Honors Requirements was presented by Michelle Gray.

      "Latin Honors designation on transcript" Accurately reflect how final Honors level is currently described on student transcripts.

      Link to Honors College application. Fixed broken link.

      1310 SAT - Updated to reflect current minimum SAT score for admission.

      Students Applying as Continuing or Transfer section - Deleted duplicate information for current UA students (same guidelines apply to current UA students and transfer students).

      Expectations section - Moved this text into a new section to differentiate from admission requirements above. GPA text updated to clarify probation process. New academic integrity policy implemented by COEHP Honors Council.

      Honors Degrees section - Updated wording throughout section to reflect that there is no longer a distinct "College Honors."

      GPA requirements for Latin Honors -  Updated > symbols to the correct ≥.

      Requirements for COEHP Honors Program -  Updated to more clearly define all requirements, including requirements of Honors Tutorial and Honors Thesis courses. New policy regarding AP/IB and transfer Honors credit, which was implemented by COEHP Honors Council (4c_educhonors_reptfeb232018).
    4. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Business Dean, BADMMB – Business Administration, Master of Business Administration was presented by Raja Kali.

      Modify Full Time MBA program from 48 hours to 53 hours. 

      Add one new course to the core: MGMT 5391 Business History and Practice and add two new courses to the tracks: MKTG 5523, Marketing Analytics and SCMT 5623, Supply Chain Innovation and Technology.

      Replace MBAD 5241, in the People Management, Ethics and Leadership Core with MGMT 5391, Business History and Practice.

      MGMT 5373 and ECON 5373, Global Business has changed to MGMT/ECON 537V, Global Business. It will be a 3 credit hour semester long course in the EMBA program. In the FTMBA program a compressed 1 credit hour version will be offered as preparation for the required study abroad program requirement. Add the 1 hour course to the Strategic and International Management Core.

      Modify the MBAD 545V, MBA Internship or MBAD 536V, Study Abroad-Special Problems to 3 hours of MBAD 536V, Study Abroad-Special Problems only.

      Modify the 5 hour MBAD 5511, Professional Development-Special Topics in Business requirement to 3 hours.

      The following course names have been changed: ACCT 5223, Accounting for Supply Chain and Retail Operations to ACCT 5223, MBA Accounting Analysis; ECON 5243, Economics of Supply Chain and Retail to ECON 5243, Managerial Economics; MGMT 5523, Managing and Leading Organizations to MGMT 5223, Business Leadership and Ethics; MKTG 5103, Retail Consumer Marketing to MKTG 5103, Introduction to Marketing; MKTG 5563, Contemporary topics in Retail to MKTG 5563, Retail Strategy; MKTG 5553, Shopper, Buyer and Consumer Behavior to MKTG 5553, New Product Development and Strategy; SCMT 5633, Retail & Consumer Products Supply Chain Management to SCMT 5633, Introduction to Supply Chain Management; SCMT 5663, Supply Chain Management to SCMT 5663, Retail and CPG Supply Chain Management.

      Modify the following tracks: In Marketing/Retail delete MKTG 5333, Retail Strategy and Processes and 3 hour Graduate Business Elective. Add MKTG 5523, Marketing Analytics and MKTG 5563, Retail Strategy; In Supply Chain Management delete SCMT 5653, Global Logistics and Supply Management, SCMT 5643, Transportation Strategies in the Supply Chain, SCMT 5673, Modeling Retail and Consumer Products Logistics and the 3 hour Graduate Business Elective. Add SCMT 5623, Supply Chain Innovation and Technology, SCMT 5663, Retail and CPG Supply Chain Management, SCMT 5683, Supply Chain Management in Global Business, and SCMT 5693, Predictive Supply Chain Analytics. In Financial Management change name to Finance Track. Add FINN 5173, Energy Finance and Risk Management, modify FINN 541V, Shollmier Investment Project requirement from 6 hours to 3 hours and include an option to take FINN 4133, Advanced Investments instead. In Innovation/Entrepreneurship track, delete MBAD 5413, Partnering Project and MKTG 5433, Consumer and Market Research. Add MGMT 5413, New Venture Development II and a 3 hour Graduate Business Elective.

      The Full-Time MBA curriculum was last revised in 2007. The business environment and market needs have changed since that time, necessitating a revision in program curriculum and structure (4d_badmmb_reptfeb232018).
    5. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Industrial Engineering, EMGTMS – Engineering Management, Master of Science in Engineering Management was presented by Norm Dennis.

      Changed GRE requirement to be consistent with the MSOM program and with other competitive Engineering Management programs. The GRE is viewed as a discouraging factor for working professionals and there is no data to indicate a GRE score is an indicator of success. The requirement of 3.0 and professional experience has been a good indicator of success in the MSOM and MSE programs.

      The MSEM program is professional masters degree program. The director will look for various criteria to consider whether requiring the GRE for those applicants with a GPA below 3.0. A Professional Engineer certification, depth of experience and level of responsibility are a few areas. In a few unusual cases, a student going directly to a professional master's program with a history of rigorous academic accomplishment may be considered to enter the program (4e_emgtms_reptfeb232018).
    6. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Industrial Engineering, OMHSGC – Homeland Security, Graduate Certificate was presented by Manuel Rossetti.

      Establishes new graduate certificate in Homeland Security. This request establishes a certificate to meet Certified Protection Professional Body of Knowledge requirements in the American Society of Industry Security driven by employer and student demand. During marketing surveys, current and potential students indicated a desire for graduate certificates focusing on several areas, including homeland security operations. Surveys from students and contact with employers indicate more value in focused areas that follow the industry-accepted Body of Knowledge (BOK) for each of these areas  (4f_omhsgc_reptfeb232018, 4f_omhsgc_gradcert_supdocfeb232018, 4f_omhsgc_gradcert_ltr of notificationeb232018, 4f_costforhomelandsecurity_feb232018).
    7. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders, HIEDME – Higher Education, Master of Education was presented by Ketevan Mamiseishvili.

      1. GRE no longer required.
      2. Thesis option no longer available.
      3. Switching 6 credits of general graduate level electives to HIED electives, for a total of 9 HIED electives.

        All of these changes were also considered in light of program benchmarking.
        1. Abolishing the GRE is in keeping with leading programs in our field nationally, as the exam privileges students with majoritized social identities, costs a large amount of money creating a barrier for low SES applicants, and has been shown to not actually reflect long term graduate school success (in general, or in the HIED program). Other programs have also seen a large increase in applicants after abolishing the GRE, and the GRE is the #1 barrier to applicants completing their files in our own HIED program. We hope to increase applicants, especially from minoritized backgrounds, who show potential for success based on a holistic file review process that does not rely on a standardized test score.
        2. Students consistently did not take the thesis option, and when explored on rare occasion, the thesis option was not in the best interest of student faculty time and energy given intended learning outcomes.
        3. Many students were already taking HIED electives in the "general electives" category, and formalizing this avenue helps for course planning purposes. Students who took electives outside of HIED were usually not selecting courses based on meaningful contributions to their program of study (4g_hiedme_reptfeb232018).
  5. Additional items/Announcements:

    Administrative Unit Deletion – Center for Innovation in Healthcare Logistics (5_cihl_deletion_ltrofnotify, 5_cihl_deletion_deans_memo).
  6. Next Meeting:  March 16, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. (Agenda deadline is March 2, 2018).

Meeting adjourned at 3:01 p.m.