December 14, 2018

Upchurch Conference Room – Bell Engineering

MEMBERS PRESENT:
Voting: Karen Boston, Jim Gigantino, Ethel Goodstein-Murphree, Fran Hagstrom, Douglas Karcher, Patricia Koski, Cathy Lirgg, Jared Pack, and Lona Robertson

Non-Voting: Lisa Kulczak and Leigh Ann Marshall

MEMBERS ABSENT:
Voting: Kris Allee, Paul Cronan, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Jeannine Durdik, Will Foster, Thomas Jensen, Ketevan Mamiseishvili, Jennie Popp, Manuel Rossetti, and Joel B. Thornton

Non-Voting: Amanda Corbell, Alice Griffin, and Miran Kang

GUESTS: Michael Hevel, Myrlinda Soedjede, and Wesley Stites

On behalf of Chair Jeannine Durdik, Lona Robertson called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.

  1. The minutes for the November 16 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 January 16, 2019
    • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for January 17, 2019

  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 January 16, 2019
    • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for January 17, 2019

    Program change proposals (PDF Report)
    1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Food Science – BREWCP – Brewing Science, Certificate of Proficiency presented by Lona Robertson and Wesley Stites. 

      Proposed new certificate of proficiency in brewing and fermentation. 

      In 1978, there were only 42 companies brewing beer in the United States. Today there are in excess of 2,000 brewpubs and 4,000 micro or regional breweries in the United States, employing well over 100,000 people. According to the Brewers Association, the craft brewing industry in the United States had sales revenues in excess of $26 Billion in 2017. Craft brewed barrels, 12.7% of the beer market, grew last year by 5.0% while overall barrels of beer brewed fell by 1.2%. In 2017, Arkansas had just 35 small breweries, 1.6 breweries per 100,000 21+ adults, which ranks us as 41st in the nation in breweries per capita, and brewed only 0.6 gallons in craft beer per 21+ adult, for a ranking of 47th. While small breweries had an economic impact in Arkansas of $406 million total and $191.60 per capita, this only ranked us at 46th in the country in per capita terms. Clearly, there is the potential for much growth in the industry in Arkansas. For example, if we hit the national median of 2.5 breweries per capita, we would expect to see another 18 to 20 breweries open in the state. A good supply of qualified workers is needed if such growth is to be realized, so the proposed certificate would benefit both recipients and local industry. In addition to those seeking employment, there is a large degree of interest in homebrewing as a hobby. It is estimated that there are 1 to 1.2 million homebrewers in the United States, which would translate into approximately 10,000 in Arkansas. This population is another that might be interested in formal study of brewing. (4a_brewcp_report_12142018, 4a_brewcp_newcertificate_ltrofnotif_12142018)
    2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Human Environmental Sciences – HESCBS – Human Environmental Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Human Environmental Science presented by Lona Robertson.

      Deletion of Program.
      Program viability; 3 year rolling average is 3.7, well below the state’s minimum requirement. The School has attempted to maintain the program for several years. There has been a dwindling interest, as there are fewer career options available to graduates.
      (4b_hescbs_report_12142018, 4b_hescbs_deletion_ltrofnotif_12142018)
    3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology and Criminology – SOCI-M – Sociology Minor presented by Jim Gigantino.

      Offering the SOCI minor via online format.
      Offering SOCI online will complement our existing CMJS minor and support the IDST program by providing additional options for Global Campus students.
      (4c_soci-m_report_12142018)
    4. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction – CIEDPH – Curriculum and Instruction, Doctor of Philosophy presented by Cathy Lirgg.

      Course requirements (fewer than 15 semester hours) were updated to reflect current course offerings. While the edited document appears as though large swaths of the program have been changed, the only courses affected by this change are CIED 6643 Mixed Methods Research Design, CIED 684V Teaching Internship, CIED 6053 Curriculum and Instruction: Learner Assessment and Program Evaluation and ESRM 6413 Experimental Design in Education.
      Maintain program offerings that are current and consistent with trends in similar Ph.D. programs.
      (4d_ciedph_report_12142018)
    5. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders – HIEDED – Higher Education, Doctor of Education presented by Michael Hevel.

      Combined 9 hours of skill-based electives and 6 hours of general higher education electives sections into one section. The section currently reads as “15 hours of approved Higher Education courses.”
      This change will allow more flexibility in the degree plan. Faculty also believe that the majority of higher education courses are skill-based, so the distinction between skill-based and general higher education courses was arbitrary and not easily understood by students.
      (4e_hieded_report_12142018)
  5. Additional items/Announcements:
    1. Lisa Kulczak presented the new LON from ADHE, which will be effective January 2019. She encouraged committee members to open the LON and experiment with entering data. Please provide feedback to Alice Griffin and Lisa, as they may be able to suggest revisions to Terry Martin, which could be discussed with ADHE.(5a_new-lon_12142018)
    2. Myrlinda Soedjede presented the new administrative unit – IDEALS Institute of the University of Arkansas. This is a new institute developed by the Office for Diversity and Inclusion. The IDEALS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, Leadership, and Strategy) Institute is designed to provide a comprehensive, research-based organization for education and training related to diversity and inclusion. It has passed all campus approval, and the Board of Trustees will vote on it at its January 31 meeting.(5b_ideals-institute_new-administrative-unit_ltrofnotif_12142018, 5b_ideals-institute_new-administrative-unit_proposal_12142018)

    3. Karen Boston presented a new off-campus instruction center – Walton College at 2nd and Main. Walton College will offer a site in Little Rock to establish a presence in Central Arkansas, offering for-credit and non-credit, undergraduate and graduate instruction. It will offer executive education programs that support professional development in the region. It has passed all campus approval, and the Board of Trustees will vote on it at its January 31 meeting.(5c_wcob_new-off-campus-center_ltrofintent_12142018, 5c_wcob_new-off-campus-center_proposal_12142018)

  6. Next Meeting: January 25, 2019 (agenda deadline is January 11, 2019.)

Meeting adjourned at 3:24 p.m.