April 17, 2020

Teams Meeting

MEMBERS PRESENT:
Voting: Kris Allee, Karen Boston, Stephen Caldwell, Paul Cronan, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Will Foster, Jim Gigantino, Ethel Goodstein-Murphree, 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: Kevin Brady and Jeannie Hulen

Non-Voting: Amanda Corbell

GUESTS:  Alan Ellstrand, Brooke Holt, Derrick Mears, Bonnie Miller, and Jeff Miller

Chair Ketevan Mamiseishvili called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.

1. The minutes for the March 20, 2020 meeting were approved with a correction to the meeting location from the Upchurch Room, Bell Engineering to Collaborate Ultra.
   
   
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 29, 2020
   • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for April 16, 2020
     
     
3. Old Business:
   • Definition of an Academic Minor presented by Norm Dennis.  Kris Allee moved and Will Foster seconded to approve the new definition. (3_academic_minor_def_ver4.0)
     
     
4. New Business:
   Program change proposals (PDF Report)
   1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural Education, Communication and Technology – AGED-M – Agricultural Education Minor presented by Jeff Miller.
      Deleted AGED 1123 Foundations of Ag Ed
      Deleted AGED 3133 Instr and Pres Strategies
      Deleted CIED 3023 Survey of Exceptionalities
      Added AGED 4843 Methods in Ag Labs
      Added AGED 475V (2) Internship
      
      Updating minor with new courses that were recently added to the major and to allow students to take coursework qualifying them to become certified to teach high school agriculture. Changes have been approved by UTEB.
      (4a_aged-m_report_04172020)
      
      
   2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, African and African American Studies – AAST Combined Major – African and African American Studies Combined Major presented by Jim Gigantino.
      
      1) Added new elective courses
      2) Updated department and CIP code to reflect administrative change from Dept of HIST to independent program status
      
      Provides students more opportunities for coursework.
      (4b_aast-combined-major_report_04172020)
      
      
   3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English – RHET-M – Rhetoric and Writing Studies Minor presented by Jim Gigantino.
      
      Offering online
      
      To better serve online students in Arkansas and beyond. Our hope is to provide professional and technical writing instruction for students looking to finish their degree to get a college degree that will help them communicate via the written word in the workplace. This is also due to repeated demands for many of these courses online and in consultation with Global Campus.
      (4c_rhet-m_report_04172020)
      
      
   4. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Finance – FINNBS-FENR – Finance: Energy Finance 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, fall semester, 8 semester plan
      - Add US History or Political Science - University Core to fourth year, fall 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.
      (4d_finnbs-fenr_report_04172020)
      
      
   5. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Finance – FINNBS- FNBK – Finance: Banking 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, fall semester, 8 semester plan
      - Add US History or Political Science - University Core to third year, fall 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.
      (4e_finnbs-fnbk_report_04172020)
      
      
   6. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Finance – FINNBS- FNMG – Finance: Financial Mgmt/Investment 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, fall 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_finnbs-fnmg_report_04172020)
      
      
   7. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Finance – FINNBS- FNRE – Finance: Real Estate 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_finnbs-fnre_report_04172020)
      
      
   8. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Finance – FINNBS- FNRM – Finance: Risk Management 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
      - Swap Fine Arts/Humanities - University Core in second year spring semester and Social Science - University Core to second year, fall 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_finnbs-fnrm_report_04172020)
      
      
   9. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Finance – WFIN-M – Banking/Financial Management/Investment Minor for Business Majors presented by Karen Boston.
      
      Add the following statement:
      Students must complete ACCT 2023 as a prerequisite to upper division Finance course requirements.
      
      Add FINN 330V, Finance Study Abroad to the list of Finance elective options.
      -Clarification students need to complete ACCT 2023 in lieu of MGMT 2053 to be eligible for upper division Finance courses.
      - FINN 330V, Finance Study Abroad is a new course in the Finance department and therefore, incorporated into the Finance programs.
      (4i_wfin-m_report_04172020)
      
      
   10. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Finance – WFIR-M – Finance Insurance/Real Estate Minor for Business Majors presented by Karen Boston.
       
       Add FINN 330V, Finance Study Abroad to the list of course electives.
       
       FINN 330V, Finance Study Abroad is a new course in the Finance department and therefore, incorporated into the Finance programs.
       (4j_wfir-m_report_04172020)
       
       
   11. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Supply Chain Management – SCMTBS – Supply Chain Management, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration 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
       - move SCMT 3643 to fourth year, fall semester, 8 semester plan
       - move SCMT 4653 to fourth 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.
       (4k_scmtbs_report_04172020)
       
       
   12. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of African and African American Studies – AASTGC – African & African American Studies Graduate Certificate presented by Jim Gigantino.
       
       1) Eliminated old dual level courses and restrictions that applied to dual level courses since graduate courses are no longer at 4000 level
       2) Added new electives for AASTGC students
       3) Added restriction of 3 hours for AAST Independent Study to coincide with restriction for directed readings
       
       1) Graduate course level change required elimination of dual credit
       2) Added electives to increase opportunities for students and reflect new faculty
       3) Coordinate restriction between both independent study and directed readings to encourage more coursework rather than directed readings.
       (4l_aastgc_report_04172020)
       
       
   13. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction – ETECGC – K-12 Online Teaching Graduate Certificate presented by Derrick Mears.
       
       ETEC 5423 replaces ETEC 5303 in the program of study
       In program management proposals ETEC 5303 is being replaced with CIED 5363. This change indicates replacing the course with ETEC 5423 for the graduate certificate. A course which focuses upon providing an overview of instructional design models which is relevant to the target audience of the graduate certificate.
       (4m_etecgc_report_04172020)
       
       
   14. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction – ETECME – Educational Technology, Master of Education presented by Derrick Mears.
       
       Changes in requirements from 34 credits to 30 credits for the degree. This consists of:
       
       -Combining the content of ETEC 5981 and ETEC 5373 into a 3 credit course;
       
       -Eliminating ESRM 5013 as a required course;
       
       -ETEC 5303 and ADLL 5183 are being eliminated as elective courses.
       
       Course titles descriptions changes for ETEC 5373 and ETEC 6223 are being proposed as well through the course management system
       
       ESRM 5013-In order to more effectively address AECT standards related to research in educational technology settings and maintain practitioner based focus, content related to research methods will be presented in ETEC 6223 as well as embedded into other courses including ETEC 5203, 5213, 5243, 6253. To reflect this change ETEC 6223 will be retitled Research and Strategic Planning in Educational Technology to effectively align content to title.
       
       ETEC 5373/ETEC 5981-ETEC 5373 will be retitled Designing Websites and EPortfolios and will encompass content presented in the ETEC 5981 ePortfolio course as well as ETEC 5373 Web Design. Portions of the content of ETEC 5373 have been presented in ETEC 5213 related to designing of web pages so this change also prevents the repetition of content.
       
       ETEC 5303-CIED 5363 is a newer course to the program which was designed to focus upon technology integration in the K-12 setting. As the course has evolved the content in ETEC 5303 and CIED 6363 overlap in many places, so eliminating ETEC 5303 addresses this repetitive content issue.
       
       ADLL 5183 was listed as an elective in the program but is being replaced as ETEC 5253 which has not been offered in several years. The course is being rebuilt to be offered by the program annually.
       
       These program changes are also warranted to address staffing changes in the department and recent historical enrollment trends to ensure effective resource management.
       (4n_etecme_report_04172020)
       
       
   15. Proposed law program change for the School of Law – LAWW Acad Regs – LAWW School Academic Regulations presented by Will Foster.
       
       Policies adopted by the faculty establish grade average ranges that apply to most courses (2.8 - 3.0 in most first-year courses and 3.0 – 3.2 in Legal Research & Writing I and II, and in most upper-level courses), subject to limited exceptions. The faculty has also adopted a policy that ordinarily, once a final grade (other than an “incomplete”) has been entered for a given class, that grade will be changed only because of mathematical or similar errors in the calculation of the grade.
       
       The Law faculty have approved this change in the grade distribution policy from a median to a mean, which now includes a grade range for each course.
       (4o_laww-acad-regs_report_04172020)
       
       
5. Additional items/Announcements:
   1. 2020-2021 UCPC Meeting Schedule – presented by Alice Griffin.
      (5a_proposed_2020-2021_ucpc_meeting_schedule)
      
      
   2. Shortened approval workflow – presented by Alice Griffin.
      (5b_proposed_shortened_abbreviated_workflow)
      
      
   3. General Education transition update – Alice Griffin shared that beginning May 4, 2020, she would work with each college’s associate dean, curriculum coordinator, and the General Education & Core Curriculum Committee representative to upload eight semester plans in CourseLeaf. 
      
      
6. Next Meeting:  August 7 (agenda deadline is July 24, 2020).

Meeting adjourned at 3:25 p.m.