December 20, 2019

Upchurch Conference Room – Bell Engineering

MEMBERS PRESENT:
Voting: Stephen Caldwell, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Will Foster, Jim Gigantino, Ethel Goodstein-Murphree, Patricia Koski, Cathy Lirgg, Ketevan Mamiseishvili, Jared Pack, Jennie Popp, Lona Robertson, Manuel Rossetti, and Joel B. Thornton

Non-Voting: Alice Griffin, Suzanne Kenner, and Lisa Kulczak

MEMBERS ABSENT:
Voting: Kris Allee, Karen Boston, Kevin Brady, Paul Cronan, Jeannie Hulen, and Douglas Karcher

Non-Voting: Amanda Corbell

GUESTS: Paul Calleja, Ryan Cochran, Rachel Glade, Alan Gosman, Lynn Jacobs, Tim Killian, Susan Patton, Bill Quinn, Bill Schreckhise, and Leigh Sparks

Chair Ketevan Mamiseishvili called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.

The minutes for the November 22 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 January 15, 2020
- Graduate Council meeting scheduled for January 16, 2020
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 January 15, 2020
- Graduate Council meeting scheduled for January 16, 2020
1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Human Environmental Sciences – CDSV-M – Child Services Minor presented by Tim Killian.
  
  Proposal to create a new minor to be offered online to all University of Arkansas students.
  Faculty are responding to student demand for a course of study that prepares them to work in professions that serve children and their families. The proposed minor differs from the existing HDFS minor in that it will be more focused on children and would serve students who seek to pursue a profession in the field of child life or other careers serving vulnerable children (4a_cdsv-m_report_12202019).
2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Human Environmental Sciences – EVMG-M – Event Management Minor presented by Lona Robertson.
  
  Delivery method of the EVMG-M will be online for non-hospitality majors.
  Due to the demand for event planners in the hospitality industry, more students are seeking the minor in event management. Many seeking the minor are UofA students, but off campus. This on line offering will assist them in acquiring the knowledge they are seeking. Courses will have same learning outcomes regardless of the delivery method.
  
  Deletion of HESC 455V as course has received a new course number -- now HOSP 4613.
  Deletion of HESC 455V as course has received a new course number -- now HOSP 4613 (4b_evmg-m_report_12202019).
3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Human Environmental Sciences – HDFS-M – Human Development & Family Science Minor presented by Tim Killian.
  
  Four changes are being proposed:
  Students are able to complete the HDFS minor using only online courses and moving the minor to online delivery will better serve those students and increase the number of students pursuing a minor in HDFS.
  Two new courses (HDFS 4353 and HDFS 4363) are being developed as options for this minor. HDFS 4603 has been deleted from the course catalog. HDFS 2443 is being changed to HDFS 3463 (4c_hdfs-m_report_12202019).
4. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Human Environmental Sciences – HDFSBS – Human Development and Family Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Human Environmental Science presented by Tim Killian.
  
  HDFS is changing the program to make the following changes:
  1. Administration and Leadership in the Helping Professions (HDFS 4463) is being changed to a 2000-level course (HDFS 2463),
  2. Environmental Sociology (HDFS 4603) will no longer be required as the course has been deleted.
  3. Two courses are added to the HDFS electives section: Play as Development in Children (HDFS 4353) and Play as Development in Adulthood (HDFS 4363).
  4. The course The Hospitilized Child (HDFS 2443) is being changed to a 3000-level course (HDFS 3463) and that change is reflected in this proposal.
  5. The course Infancy: Brain, Learning, and Social Cognition is moved from the HDFS electives section to the HDFS requirements section.
  6. Adding online/web-based delivery to program delivery.
  1. The proposed change from HDFS 4463 to HDFS 2463 is to support the changes in the BRKD program to honor 2x2 agreements in that program.
  2. Environmental Sociology (HDFS 4603) has been deleted and the course is no longer required for the degree.
  3. The course Play as Development in Children (HDFS 4353) is being created to support requests from students who hope to pursue careers as Certified Child Life Specialists. This course is a pre-requisite for that career path. The course Play as Development in Adulthood (HDFS 4363) is being created to support students who pursue careers in promoting positive aging in older adults. Demographic changes are creating careers in aging and this course will address key needs for students pursuing those careers. The HDFS Electives section provides students with opportunities to focus their studies to align with their interests and career goals.
  4. The level and rigor of this course is being increased to facilitate careers of students who choose to pursue a career as Child Life Specialists.
  5. The course "Infancy: Brain, Learning, and Social Cognition" (HDFS 4413) has been an elective course in the HDFS program for several years. However, the HDFS faculty have determined that the information in this course should not be optional for students and key to their preparation for careers.
  6. The request to offer this degree program online is being made because no other institution in Arkansas offers the program online. The degree program prepares students for careers in human services which is an expected need in Arkansas. Making the program available online will broaden the outreach of the degree program to potential students in Arkansas (although it will not be limited to Arkansas) who are not able to move to Fayetteville and attend courses offered on campus. Two other benchmark institutions offer the degree program online (Kansas State and University of Alabama). According an analyses by Global Campus, the proposed online degree will be the second most cost competitive program in the United States. The first is Brigham Young University in Idaho, but the admission requirements to that program are particular and will not mirror those at the University of Arkansas
  (4d_hdfsbs_report_12202019, 4d_hdfsbs_distanceoffering_ltrofnotif_12202019, 4d_hdfsbs_distanceoffering_curriculum_12202019, 4d_hdfsbs_distanceoffering_justification-of-costs_12202019, 4d_hdfsbs_distanceoffering_benchmarking-labor-market-report_12202019).
5. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Human Environmental Sciences – HOSP-M – Hospitality Management Minor presented by Lona Robertson.
  
  Delivery method of the Hospitality Management Minor.
  
  Establish the online minor of hospitality management for non-majors.
  Due to the demand for leaders and managers in the hospitality industry, more students are seeking the minor in hospitality management. Many seeking the minor are UofA students, but off campus. This on line offering will assist them in acquiring the knowledge they are seeking. Courses will have same learning outcomes regardless of the delivery method.
  
  Deletion of HOSP 3623 Event Management and the addition of HOSP 4673 Destination Marketing.
  
  Based on industry feedback from the hospitality board of advisors, it was determined that hospitality management minors are better served by the learning objectives and outcomes in HOSP 4673 Destination Marketing rather than HOSP 3623 Introduction to Events (4e_hosp-m_report_12202019).
6. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Human Environmental Sciences – HOSPBS – Hospitality Management, Bachelor of Science in Human Environmental Science presented by Lona Robertson.
  
  The following course is added to the hospitality core
  
  HOSP 4663 Hospitality Management Capstone
  
  Adding HOSP 4663 Hospitality Management Capstone to the hospitality core ensures students meet the residency requirement and all hospitality students have a capstone course prior to graduation.
  
  Changing course HOSP 4633 to HOSP 2653. Course change was approved effective spring 2019.
  
  Content being taught in HOSP 2653 is an introduction to hospitality specific accounting and financial analysis procedures.
  
  No new faculty will be needed.
  
  Increasing the credit hour from one credit (HOSP 3601L) to two credits (HOSP 3602L) to better reflect student lab time.
  
  The extra credit hour change from HOSP 3601L to HOSP 3602L is based on lab time and content taught and delivered in the course. The lab time is 7 hours per week, which allows the students to gain valuable restaurant experience by running Pineapple Café each week (4f_hospbs_report_12202019).
7. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, Department of Landscape Architecture – PLAN-M – Urban and Regional Planning Minor presented by Ethel Goodstein-Murphree.z
  
  The total number of credit hours does not change.
  The title of the minor is being updated to reflect the ever-changing environs in urban and regional planning.
  The description was also updated to reflect the more modern issues, challenges and methods of inquiry.
  The required core went from 12 credit hours to six credit hours. Groups were reorganized as tiers.
  The line-up of course options were also updated.
  Course added: any approved five-credit hour LARC design studio, any approved one-credit LARC advocacy module as requisite to approved studio, PLSC 4173, SOCI 3153, GEOS 3043, GEOS 4393, GEOS 4693 and ENSC 3933.
  Courses removed from options: LARC 5386 (course no longer exists) and BIOL 3863.
  
  The name change of the minor and the updated course options better reflects the growing issues, challenges and changes relative to urban and regional planning. Now, more than ever, our students entering the workforce with this value-added minor will better prepared to deal with a variety of issues that can affect positive change (4g_plan-m_report_12202019).
8. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Arts and Sciences Dean – GNST-M – Gender Studies Minor presented by Jim Gigantino.
  
  Added more courses to the electives list, with approval from the chair of the Department of History. Also added the GNST cross-listings so students are aware.
  
  Including new courses that have been approved since this list was last updated (4h_gnst-m_report_12202019).
9. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History – HIST-M – History Minor presented by Jim Gigantino.
  
  Adding additional course options to six hour lower level course requirement for minor. HIST 1203 is in final stage of approval process (registrar final).
  
  The Department has begun to offer lower-level courses in a variety of areas that would interest a broader student population. These courses will count for credit in the minor in lieu of the standard introductory courses in World History/US History (4i_hist-m_report_12202019).
10. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music – MUSCBA – Music, Bachelor of Arts presented by Alan Gosman.
  
  The changes in the degree requirements include providing students with more choices in completing their Fulbright core requirements (by eliminating the current prescribed courses in World Civilizations and Philosophy), reducing the world languages requirement from two years to one (Elementary 1013 level), and reducing the music theory and aural perception requirements by one semester each. The revised requirements place this B.A. degree exactly in the middle of NASM’s range for credits in different categories. Studies in musicianship, performance, and music electives total 37.5% of the total curriculum (NASM required range is between 30% and 45%).
  Other changes are for greater clarity in the catalog listing, such as indicating how many credits should be at the 3000-level to satisfy the 24-hour, 30-hour, and 40-hour rules.
  
  The current version of the B.A. requires at least one specific music course to be taken for seven semesters. Because of prerequisites, there is little flexibility in the order of courses, and for a student to finish in four years, it has been important them to start taking courses their first semester.
  
  The new, proposed curriculum has minimal changes, but it makes it easier to fulfill a B.A. in Music as a transfer student, or as a student majoring in another topic who decides to add this music degree in their sophomore year. For example, the current program required a specific Philosophy course. The proposed program allows greater choice, so if a student has already taken a Humanities course before declaring the Music B.A., they do not need to take an additional Humanities Core course
  (4j_muscba_report_12202019).
11. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music – MUSCBM-PIAN – Music: Piano Education Concentration presented by Alan Gosman.
  
  Deactivation: The reconfiguration of this program responds to state, federal, and NASM accreditation requirements (4k_muscbm-pian_report_12202019).
12. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music – MUSCBM-STRG – Music: String Education Concentration presented by Alan Gosman.
  
  Deactivation: The reconfiguration of this program responds to state, federal, and NASM accreditation requirements (4l_muscbm-strg_report_12202019).
13. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music – MUSCBM-VOCE – Music: Voice Education Concentration presented by Alan Gosman.
  
  Deactivation: The reconfiguration of this program responds to state, federal, and NASM accreditation requirements (4m_muscbm-voce_report_12202019).
14. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music – MUSCBM-WWBP – Music: Woodwind-Brass-Percussion Education Concentration presented by Alan Gosman.
  
  Deactivation: The reconfiguration of this program responds to state, federal, and NASM accreditation requirements (4n_muscbm-wwbp_report_12202019).
15. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Political Science – PLSCBA – Political Science, Bachelor of Arts presented by Bill Schreckhise.
  
  The course PLSC 3603 is being added to the list of courses that can be counted toward the requirements for Requirement B, the quantitative option for the major.
  
  Requirement B is the quantitative option for the major. PLSC 3603 teaches methods of quantitative analyses used in the field of Political Science. As such, it is an appropriate addition to the list of courses students can take to meet the requirements of Requirement B.
  
  Reformatted program requirements and 8SDP.
  
  Following the current template used for ARSC degrees
  (4o_plscba_report_12202019).
16. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, School of Art – ARHSBA – Art History, Bachelor of Arts presented by Lynn Jacobs.
  
  Specified a timetable for completing at least one ARHS seminar course by their junior year, and also specifically listed the two seminar courses that students would take.
  
  Students are delaying taking seminars and would benefit pedagogically from having one in their junior year and one in their senior year.
  
  Restructured the program requirements and the eight-semester degree plan.
  
  Following the current template used for ARSC degrees.
  
  Replaced policy language in program requirements with the actual credit hours to meet the degree completion policy.
  
  To clarify to students what the expectations are for meeting the degree policies (4p_arhsba_report_12202019).
17. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering – CHEGBS – Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering presented by Manuel Rossetti.
  
  Reversed order of MATH 2574 and 2584 in the second year of the curriculum
  
  The Chemical Engineering faculty voted this change to better reflect the pre- and co-requisite requirements for several courses (4q_chegbs_report_12202019).
18. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of English – ENGLMA – English, Master of Arts presented by Bill Quinn.
  
  We would like to add two new areas of study to our options for the Specialist Concentration: Environmental Literature, Writing, and Culture; and Religion and Literature.
  
  We have the faculty to support offering these two new areas as specialization to our M.A. students in English. We also feel that making these areas of specialization available will further support our efforts of recruiting students to our M.A. program (4r_englma_report_12202019).
19. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – PBHLMPH – Public Health, Master of Public Health presented by Paul Calleja.
  
  The degree name was changed to master of public health and two concentrations were added - Public Health Practice and Physical Activity.
  
  Overall employment of public health workers is projected to grow 11 percent from 2018 to 2028, much faster than the average for all occupations. Growth will be driven by efforts to improve health outcomes and to reduce healthcare costs by teaching people healthy behaviors and explaining how to use available healthcare services. As Arkansas ranks at or near last nationwide in most health outcomes, an emphasis on public health is needed. Since 1996, there has been a 300% increase in accredited schools and programs of public health nationwide, and the University of Arkansas is one of but a very few land grant institutions that does not offer the MPH degree. In fact, most States have MPH degrees at multiple Colleges and Universities within their State.
  The current M.S. in Community Health promotion is outdated and has been supplanted by the MPH degree, which is a professional degree and the recognized degree in the field of community and public health. With the increase in demand for public health workers, the U.S. has seen an increase in the number and diversity of public health graduates. In 2018, 47% of public health graduates were minority and 70% were female, with a nearly 6 times increase in graduates since 1975
  (4s_pbhlmph_report_12202019, 4s_pbhlmph_reconfig_ltrofnotif_12202019).
20. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – PBHLMPH-PHAC – Public Health: Physical Activity Concentration presented by Paul Calleja.
  
  A concentration in physical activity is being added.
  
  Overall employment of public health workers is projected to grow 11 percent from 2018 to 2028, much faster than the average for all occupations. Growth will be driven by efforts to improve health outcomes and to reduce healthcare costs by teaching people healthy behaviors and explaining how to use available healthcare services. As Arkansas ranks at or near last nationwide in most health outcomes, an emphasis on public health is needed. Since 1996, there has been a 300% increase in accredited schools and programs of public health nationwide, and the University of Arkansas is one of but a very few land grant institutions that does not offer the MPH degree. In fact, most States have MPH degrees at multiple Colleges and Universities within their State.
  The current M.S. in Community Health promotion is outdated and has been supplanted by the MPH degree, which is a professional degree and the recognized degree in the field of community and public health. With the increase in demand for public health workers, the U.S. has seen an increase in the number and diversity of public health graduates. In 2018, 47% of public health graduates were minority and 70% were female, with a nearly 6 times increase in graduates since 1975 (4t_pbhlmph-phac_report_12202019).
21. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – PBHLMPH-PHPR – Public Health: Public Health Practice Concentration presented by Paul Calleja.
  
  A concentration in public health practice is being added.
  
  Overall employment of public health workers is projected to grow 11 percent from 2018 to 2028, much faster than the average for all occupations. Growth will be driven by efforts to improve health outcomes and to reduce healthcare costs by teaching people healthy behaviors and explaining how to use available healthcare services. As Arkansas ranks at or near last nationwide in most health outcomes, an emphasis on public health is needed. Since 1996, there has been a 300% increase in accredited schools and programs of public health nationwide, and the University of Arkansas is one of but a very few land grant institutions that does not offer the MPH degree. In fact, most States have MPH degrees at multiple Colleges and Universities within their State.
  The current M.S. in Community Health promotion is outdated and has been supplanted by the MPH degree, which is a professional degree and the recognized degree in the field of community and public health. With the increase in demand for public health workers, the U.S. has seen an increase in the number and diversity of public health graduates. In 2018, 47% of public health graduates were minority and 70% were female, with a nearly 6 times increase in graduates since 1975 (4u_pbhlmph-phpr_report_12202019).
22. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Rehabilitation, Human Resources, and Communication Disorders – CDISMS – Communication Sciences and Disorders, Master of Science presented by Rachel Glade.
  1. Increase Required Degree Hours from 47 to 51 by increasing requirement of clinical course hours from 11 to 15.
    Currently, the CDISMS program requires only 47 total hours with 11 of them being clinical course credit. A review of degree requirements for benchmark institutions indicates an average number of total hours to be 55 with 15 of those being clinical hours. A review of SEC institutions indicates an average number of total hours required to be 57.5 with 17 of those being clinical hours. Graduate students are required to complete 375 direct contact hours in clinical service provision per ASHA Standards for accreditation. Currently students are consistently enrolling for 1 hour of clinical course credit per semester; however, both the students and the clinical educators assigned to the sections are spending far more time in training than is allotted for a 1 credit hour course. This change is an initial attempt to value to the time of the clinical educators and to balance the cost of the course with the amount of time and preparation needed for the course. This program proposal change is to increase the total degree requirements to 51 hours (an increase of 4 hours), which still allows our total number of required hours to be less than our peer institutions.
  2. Remove CDIS 5531 Professional Issues from required courses and instead increase CDIS Graduate-Level Elective hours from 6 to 9 credits.
    Program faculty believe that the content covered in Professional Issues could be covered in other required courses including clinical practicums. Increasing elective hours would expose students to additional course options tailored to their interest and increase flexibility in the program
  (4v_cdisms_report_12202019).
23. Proposed graduate program change for the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing – NURSMS – Nursing, Master of Science presented by Susan Patton.
  
  We combined NURS Educator Concentration CIM block with the NURS MS CIM block. That's why the course table is all green. We just copied and pasted the information from the concentration CIM block to this page.
  The only two changes that are being proposed include: (1) Adding NURS 5112 and (2) Clarifying that students are required to complete 3 hours Thesis or 3 hours independent study - for a total of 39 hours.
  
  (1) NURS 5112 is the Clinical Practicum for Advanced Health Assessment and is taken with NURS 5101. It was previously left out by accident. This change corrects it.
  (2) Keeping thesis or independent study hours at 3 credits ensures that the total number of hours required for the program for all students will be at 39 credit hours (4w_nursms_report_12202019).
24. Proposed law program change for the School of Law – JD/MA Program – JD/MA Program presented by Bill Schreckhise.
  
  We propose broadening the range of graduate coursework in PLSC that can be applied toward the dual degree (9 hours of the JD). In addition to recommending PLSC 5503 Comparative Political Analysis, PLSC 5803 Seminar in International Politics, and PLSC 5833 Contemporary Problems as before, we also recommend: PLSC 5203 American Political Institutions, PLSC 5213 Seminar in American Political Behavior, PLSC 5253 Politics of Race and Ethnicity Seminar in Contemporary Problems, PLSC 4833 International Political Economy, and ECON 4633 International Trade.
  
  In consultation with the Law School this past summer, the PLSC dept faculty seek to accommodate a broader range of student interests/broaden the program's appeal by expanding this dual degree to include coursework in addition to international relations (4x_jdma-program_report_12202019).
Additional items/Announcements: None
Next Meeting: January 24, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. (agenda deadline is January 10, 2020).

Meeting adjourned at 3:54 p.m.