March 20, 2020

• U of A
• Undergraduate Council
• Meeting Minutes
• March 20, 2020

Virtual Meeting Location: Collaborate Ultra

MEMBERS PRESENT:
Voting: Karen Boston, Stephen Caldwell, Paul Cronan, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Jim Gigantino, Ethel Goodstein-Murphree, Jeannie Hulen, Douglas Karcher, Patricia Koski, Cathy Lirgg, Ketevan Mamiseishvili, Jennie Popp, Lona Robertson, Manuel Rossetti, and Joel B. Thornton

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

MEMBERS ABSENT:
Voting: Kris Allee, Kevin Brady, and Will Foster

Non-Voting: Amanda Corbell

GUESTS:  Alan Ellstrand, Brooke Holt, Terry Martin, Bonnie Miller, and Myrlinda Soedjede

Chair Ketevan Mamiseishvili called the meeting to order at 2:33 p.m.

1. The minutes for the February 28 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 April 8, 2020
   • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for April 16, 2020
     
     
3. Old Business:
   • Definition of an Academic Minor presented by Norm Dennis. (3_academic_minor_definition_revision)
     After discussion, Paul Cronan moved and Manuel Rossetti seconded to table the discussion to encourage committee members to review the revised definition with their respective colleges and vote on the proposed definition at the next UCPC meeting.
     
     
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 April 8, 2020
   • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for April 16, 2020
     
     
   1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Animal Science – ANSCBS – Animal Science, Bachelor of Science in Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences presented by Lona Robertson.
      
      Cleaning up for catalog; per Alice Griffin request
      
      A number of courses were modified, new core courses were developed and the ANSC core was modified. The ANSC Animal Enterprise concentration is a modification of our previous Animal Science concentration.
      
      Existing courses were modified and new courses were developed to better address the needs of our students. The ANSC core was modified to include the new and modified core classes as well as update our curriculum. These modifications were made to better meet the needs of our students and their changing demographics. Our core curriculum has not changed appreciably in at least 25 years, but our student demographics have changed dramatically. Also, our current core was not the same across the different concentrations, so this modification had to be addressed.
      The ANSC Animal Enterprise concentration was modified from the previous ANSC Concentration to better address the needs of our current and projected student populations.
      (4a_anscbs_report_03202020).
      
      
   2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Animal Science – ANSCBS-ANET – Animal Science: Animal Enterprise Concentration presented by Lona Robertson.
      
      Cleaning up for catalog, per Alice Griffin request
      (4b_anscbs-anet_report_03202020).
      
      
   3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Animal Science – ANSCBS-EQSC – Animal Science: Equine Systems Concentration presented by Lona Robertson.
      
      Cleaning up for catalog, per Alice Griffin request
      
      A number of courses were modified, new core courses were developed and the ANSC core was modified. The ANSC Equine Systems concentration is a modification of our previous Animal Science Equine concentration.
      
      Existing courses were modified and new courses were developed to better address the needs of our students. The ANSC core was modified to include the new and modified core classes as well as update our curriculum. These modifications were made to better meet the needs of our students and their changing demographics. Our core curriculum has not changed appreciably in at least 25 years, but our student demographics have changed dramatically. Also, our current core was not the same across the different concentrations, so this modification had to be addressed.
      The ANSC Equine Systems concentration was modified from the previous ANSC Concentration to better address the needs of our current and projected student populations.
      (4c_anscbs-eqsc_report_03202020).
      
      
   4. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Animal Science – ANSCBS-PPRF – Animal Science: Pre-Professional Science Concentration presented by Lona Robertson.
      
      Cleaning up for catalog, per Alice Griffin request
      
      A number of courses were modified, new core courses were developed and the ANSC core was modified. The ANSC Pre-professional Science concentration is a modification of our previous Animal Science Pre-professional concentration.
      
      Existing courses were modified and new courses were developed to better address the needs of our students. The ANSC core was modified to include the new and modified core classes as well as update our curriculum. These modifications were made to better meet the needs of our students and their changing demographics. Our core curriculum has not changed appreciably in at least 25 years, but our student demographics have changed dramatically. Also, our current core was not the same across the different concentrations, so this modification had to be addressed.
      The ANSC Pre-professional Science concentration was modified from the previous ANSC Pre-professional Concentration to better address the needs of our current and projected student populations and more closely address entrance requirements of professional schools.
      (4d_anscbs-pprf_report_03202020).
      
      
   5. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, Department of Landscape Architecture – LARCBS – Landscape Architectural Studies, Bachelor of Science Concentration presented by Ethel Goodstein-Murphree.
      
      Catalog Clean-up.
      
      Updating policy to allow UNIV 1001 to count towards degree credit.
      
      So that all program requirements would be in one course list rather than three.
      So that we retain and graduate students on-time. These courses are an important component to all disciplines.
      (4e_larcbs_report_03202020).
      
      
   6. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Information Systems – ISYSBS-BUAN – Information Systems: Business Analytics Concentration presented by Karen Boston.
      
      - Add ISYS 1123, Business Application Knowledge to first year, fall semester, 8 semester plan
      - Delete ISYS 1120, Computer Competency Requirement from first year, fall semester, 8 semester plan
      - Delete 3 hours of general education elective from third year, spring semester, 8 semester plan
      - Add US History or Political Science - University Core to third year, spring semester, 8 semester plan
      
      Pre-assessment exam scores for incoming freshmen over the past several years have been consistently indicating that only 4% of incoming freshmen have sufficient IT competency (coming out of their High School program) for Walton College courses. Therefore, most incoming Walton freshmen are required to take ISYS 1123, Business Application Knowledge in lieu of ISYS 1120, Computer Competency Requirement which currently does not count toward their degree. This change deletes ISYS 1120 as a pre-business requirement and incorporates ISYS 1123 as a pre-business and degree requirement. Additionally, reducing the total number of General Education Electives from 12 hours to 9 hours.
      (4f_isysbs-buan_report_03202020).
      
      
   7. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Information Systems – ISYSBS-ENRP – Information Systems: Enterprise Resource Planning Concentration presented by Karen Boston.
      
      - Add ISYS 1123, Business Application Knowledge to first year, fall semester, 8 semester plan
      - Delete ISYS 1120, Computer Competency Requirement from first year, fall semester, 8 semester plan
      - Delete 3 hours of general education elective from third year, spring semester, 8 semester plan
      - Add US History or Political Science - University Core to third year, spring semester, 8 semester plan
      
      Pre-assessment exam scores for incoming freshmen over the past several years have been consistently indicating that only 4% of incoming freshmen have sufficient IT competency (coming out of their High School program) for Walton College courses. Therefore, most incoming Walton freshmen are required to take ISYS 1123, Business Application Knowledge in lieu of ISYS 1120, Computer Competency Requirement which currently does not count toward their degree. This change deletes ISYS 1120 as a pre-business requirement and incorporates ISYS 1123 as a pre-business and degree requirement. Additionally, reducing the total number of General Education Electives from 12 hours to 9 hours.
      (4g_isysbs-enrp_report_03202020).
      
      
   8. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Information Systems – ISYSBS-ENSY – Information Systems: Blockchain Enterprise Systems Concentration presented by Karen Boston.
      - Add ISYS 1123, Business Application Knowledge to first year, fall semester, 8 semester plan
      - Delete ISYS 1120, Computer Competency Requirement from first year, fall semester, 8 semester plan
      - Delete 3 hours of general education elective from third year, spring semester, 8 semester plan
      - Add US History or Political Science - University Core to third year, spring semester, 8 semester plan
      
      Pre-assessment exam scores for incoming freshmen over the past several years have been consistently indicating that only 4% of incoming freshmen have sufficient IT competency (coming out of their High School program) for Walton College courses. Therefore, most incoming Walton freshmen are required to take ISYS 1123, Business Application Knowledge in lieu of ISYS 1120, Computer Competency Requirement which currently does not count toward their degree. This change deletes ISYS 1120 as a pre-business requirement and incorporates ISYS 1123 as a pre-business and degree requirement. Additionally, reducing the total number of General Education Electives from 12 hours to 9 hours.
      (4h_isysbs-ensy_report_03202020).
      
      
   9. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Information Systems – WBUA-M – Business Analytics Minor for Business Majors Concentration presented by Karen Boston.
      
      Add ACCT 3543, Accounting Analytics to the list of course options. ACCT 3543, Accounting Analytics has been approved for fall 2020 but not yet entered into Courseleaf.
      
      ACCT 3543, Accounting Analytics is a new course which aligns with the Business Analytics minor.
      (4i_wbua-m_report_03202020).
      
      
   10. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Food Science – FDSCMS – Food Science, Master of Science Concentration presented by Lona Robertson.
       
       1) Adjusted admission standards for GRE scores and TOEFL scores
       1) These admissions standards are more in line with the current acceptance practices for the department.
       
       2) Added statement that students must enroll in FDSC 5001 Seminar twice.
       2) This has always been the practice for this program. In order to be enforceable, the requirement must be stated in the official program requirements.
       (4j_fdscms_report_03202020).
       
       
   11. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Food Science – FDSCPH – Food Science, Doctor of Philosophy Concentration presented by Lona Robertson.
       
       1) Adjusted admission standards for GRE scores and TOEFL scores.
       1) These admission standards are more in line with the current acceptance practices for the department.
       
       2) Added statement that students must enroll in FDSC 5001 Seminar twice.
       2) This has always been the practice for this program. In order to be enforceable, the requirement must be stated in the official program requirements.
       
       3) Adjusted the total number of hours of credit for students entering the program with a B.S. only and how those hours must be met (the breakdown between course credit, dissertation and 5000-level or higher minimum). This added 12 hours of credit required for these students (previously 60 hours, now 72 hours).
       3) This change was required to be in compliance with ADHE requirements of 72 hours graduate credit past the B.S. Breakdown in course credit determined to be 48 based on course credit for MS is 24 and course credit for PhD with an MS is 24. Minimum of 32 hours for 5000-level or higher determined similarly (14 for MS and 18 for PhD with MS). The 6 additional hours beyond the 48 for coursework and 18 for dissertation are left at the discretion of the committee on how to complete.
       (4k_fdscph_report_03202020).
       
       
   12. Proposed graduate program change for Public Policy – PUBPPH-FMPO – Public Policy: Family Policy Concentration Doctor of Philosophy presented by Pat Koski.
       
       Program Deactivation.
       
       Low enrollment.
       (4l_pubpph-fmpo_report_03202020).
       
       
5. Additional items/Announcements: None
   
   
6. Next Meeting changed to:  April 17 (agenda deadline is April 3, 2020).

Meeting adjourned at 3:05 p.m.