August 7, 2020

• U of A
• Undergraduate Council
• Meeting Minutes
• August 7, 2020

Teams Meeting

MEMBERS PRESENT:
Voting: Kris Allee, Karen Boston, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Will Foster, Jeannie Hulen, Rhett Hutchins, Douglas Karcher, Patricia Koski, Ketevan Mamiseishvili, Lona Robertson, Manuel Rossetti, Mary Savin, and Joel B. Thornton

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

MEMBERS ABSENT:
Voting: Kevin Brady, Paul Cronan, Jim Gigantino, Ethel Goodstein-Murphree, and Jennie Popp

Non-Voting: Amanda Corbell

GUESTS:  Alan Ellstrand, Brooke Holt, Khrystyna Kuchuk, Noah Pittman, and Myrlinda Soedjede

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

1. The minutes for the April 17, 2020 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 September 9, 2020
   • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for August 20, 2020
     
     
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 September 9, 2020
   • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for August 20, 2020
     
     
   1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Economics – WEAN-M – Economic Analytics Minor for Business Majors presented by Karen Boston.
      
      Adding an Economics Analytics Minor for Business Majors.
      
      The digital revolution ignited an explosion of data. The availability of data is no longer a constraint to answering important questions. The critical constraint is now the ability to analyze, digest, visualize, and ultimately harness the data to drive decision making in business, science, and society.
      
      The Economic Analytics minor will provide students with a strong background in economic theory and the latest applied tools in big-data econometrics and machine learning methods, optimization, and computing. These “big-data” skills, combined with knowledge of economic modeling, will enable them to identify, assess, and seize the opportunity for data-driven value creation in the private and public sector (4a_wean-m_report_08072020).
      
      
   2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Management – GBUSBS – General Business, 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
      
      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 (4b_gbusbs_report_08072020).
      
      
   3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Graduate School and International Education, Interdisciplinary Department - MEPH-M - Microelectronics-Photonics Minor presented by Pat Koski.
      
      Program Deactivation Proposal.
      
      MEPH-minor being eliminated with program change to MSEN (4c_meph-m_report_08072020).
      
      
5. Additional items/Announcements:
   1. MicroCertificates – Policy Change – MC presented by Pat Koski.
      Norm Dennis moved and Rhett Hutchins seconded.  After a lengthy discussion, the motion passed (5a_mc_policy_change_report_08072020).
      
      
   2. Administrative Unit – Title Change – SSC (5b_ssc_title_change_report_08072020, 5b_ssc_title_change_ltrofnotif_08072020).
      
      
   3. Honors College Admission Criteria Change – Voting Results (5c_honors_college_admission_requirements_on_the_website).  Noah Pittman provided an update to the college admission requirements.
      
      
   4. Reminders from the Registrar’s Office – Lisa Kulczak
      1. Annual Course Review Process and Program Requirements
         The Registrar’s Office will soon be sending the lists out for this year’s course review process.  If courses from your department are on the list, please review your program requirements to determine if the course is required or listed as an elective.  If the course becomes inactive, it will be important for the department to submit a program change.  Also review your programs to see if other college courses are listed to become inactive.  Taking time to review in the fall will help expedite the catalog publishing in the spring, as well as keep the curriculum as current as possible.
         
         
      2. Course Ecosystem Information/Email Notifications
         At the top of a course in Course Inventory Management (CourseLeaf), you will see a list of pages/programs where the course is referenced in the catalog of studies.  An FYI notification will be sent to every department chair when a course change is submitted.  Don’t assume you are receiving the message in error if the course is not from your department.  Go to the course in CourseLeaf and you will find your programs/courses listed at the top to determine what action you should take with your program or courses (where the course may be a pre- or co-requisite).   
         
         
      3. Effective dates for new program proposals
         In discussions with Terry Martin this summer in reference to new program proposals, it was decided that new programs (such as new minors, new concentrations, new degree programs, or new certificates) will become effective the semester immediately following their approval.  Only those programs that have completed the approval process by the published deadlines will be included in the Catalog of Studies.  However, they will be made active in UAConnect.
         
         
   5. Follow up discussion on shortened approval workflow – Alice Griffin asked the committee for clarification on implementing the revised policy. After a lengthy discussion, it was concluded that:
      • For requests where domain areas from the state minimum core are moved from one semester to another in the eight semester plan, these program changes would qualify for the shortened approval process and the other colleges would not be added to the approval workflow.
        
        
      • If a department identifies a specific course within a domain area of the state minimum core and moves that course to another semester, the change would require campus approval including the college where the course is housed.   
        
        
6. Next Meeting:  September 25 (agenda deadline is September 11, 2020).

Meeting adjourned at 3:38 p.m.