February 26, 2021

Zoom: https://uark.zoom.us/j/84410432391?pwd=Y3Rxbnk1dVhOcTMzUWR2WHJDb2JFUT09

MEMBERS PRESENT:
Voting: Christina Barnes, Karen Boston, Paul Cronan, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Jim Gigantino, Ethel Goodstein, Casey Harris, Avery Hasten, Jeannie Hulen, Jayla Jefferson, Douglas Karcher, Ketevan Mamiseishvili, Tiffany Murphy, Ian O’Rourke, Lona Robertson, Manuel Rossetti, Mary Savin, Joel B. Thornton, and John Treat.

Non-Voting: Amanda Corbell, Alice Griffin, and Suzanne Kenner

MEMBERS ABSENT:
Voting: Kris Allee, Kevin Brady, and Rhett Hutchins
Non-Voting: Lisa Kulczak

GUESTS:  Steve Bell, Alan Ellstrand, Morgan Hicks, Jon Johnson, Khrystyna Tsugui Kuchuk, Derrick Mears, Michael Riha, Gerry Snyder, and Myrlinda Soedjede

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

  1. The minutes for the January 22, 2021 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 March 10, 2021
    • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for March 18, 2021

  3. Old Business:
    None

  4. New Business:
    The following program change proposals were approved on the CIM Program Report without opposition with the exception of item 4.p. The program changes will be forwarded for consideration as appropriate to the:
    • Faculty Senate, meeting scheduled for March 10, 2021
    • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for March 18, 2021

    1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, Department of Landscape Architecture – LARCBL – Landscape Architecture, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture presented by Ethel Goodstein.

      Catalog Clean-up.

      Updating policy to allow UNIV 1001 to count towards degree requirements.
      We updated the Professional Licensure language to be in line with the required text.

      So that we retain and graduate students on-time. These courses are an important component to all disciplines.
      We have to be in compliance with the accrediting body language (4a_larcbl_report_02262021).

    2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Theatre – THTRBA-THST – Theatre: Theatre Studies Concentration presented by Morgan Hicks.

      Creating a new concentration in Theatre Studies.

      To complement the Bachelor of Arts in Teaching degree program for students who want a secondary teaching license in theatre/drama (4b_thtrba-thst_report_02262021).

    3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures – SPHL-M – Spanish for Native and Heritage Language Learners Minor presented by Steve Bell.

      Proposing a new minor for native/heritage speakers.

      Native and heritage language learners are a growing student group at the U of A. This minor addresses their specific metalinguistic needs which the original Spanish minor (SPAN-M) lacked (4c_sphl-m_report_02262021).

    4. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures – SPHP-M – Spanish for the Professions for Native and Heritage Language Learners Minor presented by Steve Bell.

      Proposing a new Spanish minor for the professions for native/heritage speakers.

      Native and heritage language learners are a growing student group at the U of A. This minor addresses the specific metalinguistic needs of native and heritage language learners to help them excel in business, pedagogy, and health professions as well as in contexts that require translation/interpretation (4d_sphp-m_report_02262021).

    5. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, School of Art – ART Dept Honors – Art Departmental Honors presented by Gerry Snyder.

      Gave the language a polish for brevity.
      Clarified application timeline and number of honors credit hours required.

      Accurately reflects the SoA's programs and more clearly states the requirements (4e_artdepthonors_report_02262021).

    6. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Walton College of Business, Department of Management – MGMTBS-SBMG – Management: Small Business Management Concentration presented by Karen Boston.

      Walton has created a new academic department--Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Venture Innovation (SEVI)--which inherited the small business and entrepreneurship concentration from the Management Department. SEVI has reconfigured the concentration into a new major—Innovation and Entrepreneurship (INEPBS)—to expand opportunities for entrepreneurially minded students, as well as to meet the growing demand for graduates with skills and abilities related to corporate innovation (4f_mgmtbs-sbmg_report_02262021).

    7. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering – BENGBS - Biological Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering presented by Manuel Rossetti.

      Eliminate ENGL 1023 as an alternate to ENGL 1033.

      ENGL 1023 is not listed as meeting General Education Learning Outcome 1.2 at this time.

      Limit the choices for one of the Social Science Electives (University Core) to: ANTH1023, COMM 1023, GEOS 2003, GEOS 2003H, HDFS 1403, HDFS 2413, HDFS 2603, HIST 1113, HIST 1113H, HIST 1123, HIST 1123H, HIST 2093
      HUMN 1114H, HUMN 2114H, PLSC 2013, RESM 2853.

      These courses will meet General Education Learning Outcome 4.1.

      Limit the choices for the Fine Arts Elective (University Core) to: ARHS 1003,
      COMM 1003, DANC 1003, MLIT 1003, MLIT 1003H, MLIT 1013, MLIT 1013H
      MLIT 1333, THTR 1003, THTR 1013

      These courses will meet General Education Learning Outcome 3.1.

      Limit the choices for the Humanities Elective (University Core) to: CLST 1003,
      CLST 1013, PHIL 2003, PHIL 2003C, PHIL 2003H, PHIL 2103, PHIL 2103C

      These courses will meet General Education Learning Outcomes 3.2 and 5.1.

      Notes were added to indicate which courses satisfied the General Education Learning Outcomes: 1.1., 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1 and 6.1, respectively.

      This will help the student to see how their program meets the General Education requirements.

      Additional narrative changes (e.g., educational objectives and student outcomes) were added to make this consistent with narrative in the existing catalog, and to better describe the availability of the Environmental Concentration.

      To make sure the student has consistent and clear information about the program(4g_bengbs_report_02262021).

    8. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering – BENGBS-ENVR - Biological Engineering: Environmental Concentration presented by Manuel Rossetti.

      Eliminate ENGL 1023 as an alternate to ENGL 1033.

      ENGL 1023 is not listed as meeting General Education Learning Outcome 1.2 at this time.

      Limit the choices for one of the Social Science Electives (University Core) to:
      ANTH 1023, COMM 1023, GEOS 2003, GEOS 2003H, HDFS 1403, HDFS 2413
      HDFS 2603, HIST 1113, HIST 1113H, HIST 1123, HIST 1123H, HIST 2093, HUMN 1114H, HUMN 2114H, PLSC 2013, RESM 2853.

      These courses will meet General Education Learning Outcome 4.1.

      Limit the choices for the Fine Arts Elective (University Core) to: ARHS 1003
      COMM 1003, DANC 1003, MLIT 1003, MLIT 1003H, MLIT 1013, MLIT 1013H
      MLIT 1333, THTR 1003, THTR 1013.

      These courses will meet General Education Learning Outcome 3.1.

      Limit the choices for the Humanities Elective (University Core) to: CLST 1003
      CLST 1013, PHIL 2003, PHIL 2003C, PHIL 2003H, PHIL 2103, PHIL 2103C.

      These courses will meet General Education Learning Outcomes 3.2 and 5.1.

      Notes were added to indicate which courses satisfied the General Education Learning Outcomes: 1.1., 1.2, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1 and 6.1, respectively.

      This will help the student to see how their program meets the General Education requirements (4h_bengbs-envr_report_02262021).

    9. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering – BMEGBS - Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering presented by Manuel Rossetti.

      Revised formatting of the eight semester degree plan. Inserted General Education language.
      Also added footnotes and hyper-linked courses for access to course details.

      moved Physics II and State Core History to satisfy new FEP requirements

      To provide consistency with the General Education curriculum language.
      Footnotes provides list of courses that specifically meets each General Education Outcome on behalf of the college.

      Changes to ENGL 1033 requirement will need program change to receive campus approval. AG (4i_bmegbs_report_02262021).

    10. 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.

      Change was made to put in place the new ABET outcomes for engineering

      All Engineering programs now receive accreditation under this revised set of engineering outcomes

      Revised formatting of the eight semester degree plan. Inserted the General Education language.

      Also added footnotes and hyper-linked courses for access to course details. AG

      To provide consistency with the General Education curriculum language.

      Footnotes provides list of courses that specifically meets each General Education Outcome on behalf of the college.

      Changes to ENGL 1033 requirement will need program change to receive campus approval. AG

      Moved PHYS 2054 in curriculum (and changes related to this move).

      Due to new prerequisites for this course (4j_chegbs_report_02262021).

    11. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering – CVEGBS - Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering presented by Manuel Rossetti.

      Per a request from The Freshman Experience Program and the Engineering Curriculum Committee, moved PHYS 2054 from Fall of First Year to Spring of First Year. GEOS 1113 and GEOS 1111L (required for CVEG students) was put in Fall of the first Year. Phys 2054 was substituted for what was formerly the Freshman Science Elective and Freshman Science Elective Lab (Spring of First Year) and The Freshman Science Elective and Lab was renamed Science Elective and moved to the original location of GEOS 1113 & 1111L (Spring of 2nd year).

      These changes were done at the request/behest of the Freshman Experience program and the Collège of Engineering Curriculum Committee (4k_cvegbs_report_02262021).

    12. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering – INEGBS - Industrial Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering presented by Manuel Rossetti.

      1. Move PHYS 2054 University Physics I (ACTS Equivalency = PHYS 2034) (Satisfies General Education Outcome 3.4) to semester 2.

      2. Move
      Select one of the following courses to satisfy General Education Outcome 4.2:
      HIST 2003 History of the American People to 1877 (ACTS Equivalency = HIST 2113)
      HIST 2013 History of the American People, 1877 to Present (ACTS Equivalency = HIST 2123)
      PLSC 2003 American National Government (ACTS Equivalency = PLSC 2003)
      to semester 1.

      3. Add: BIOL 1543/1541L and GEOS 1113/1111L to science elective in semester 2.

      4. Rewrite footnote 3 to be:
      “Students who complete BIOL1543/1541L, CHEM 1123/CHEM 1121L, or GEOS 1113/111L in the first year must satisfy this requirement with PHYS 2074. Otherwise, students may choose from a list of courses that is available on the departmental website.”

      5. Replace: INEG 2403 with ACCT 2403 in semester 4.

      Justification for changes 1-4:
      Changes are being made to reflect updated advising practices in the First-Year Engineering Program.

      Justification for change 5:
      The content of ACCT 2403 is similar to INEG 2403 and was designed with industrial engineering students in mind. The INEG faculty believe it is ideal for INEGBS students to learn the principles of accounting from accounting faculty (4l_inegbs_report_02262021).

    13. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering – MEEGBS - Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering presented by Manuel Rossetti.

      One hour is added to MEEG 2100 computer-aided design and one hour is removed from MEEG 4104 Machine Element Design. The total hour of the program remains unchanged.

      Changes are made to better reflect students' effort and revised course contents.

      Revised formatting of the eight semester degree plan. Inserted the General Education language.
      Also added footnotes and hyper-linked courses for access to course details.

      To provide consistency with the General Education curriculum language.
      Footnotes provides list of courses that specifically meets each General Education Outcome on behalf of the college.

      Changes to ENGL 1033 requirement will need program change to receive campus approval. AG

      Changing CHEM 1103/1101L to CHEM 1123/1121L.

      To correct a long-standing error in the catalog. CHEM 1103 is a required course in our curriculum, and therefore should never have been included in the 4 hour science elective list in the first place. The correct class in the list should be CHEM 1123 instead.

      Changing PHYS 3603/3601VLto PHYS 3613/361VL.

      The request is a recommendation from Physics. According to them, 3603 is designed for BA major and 3613 for BS major. And 361VL is the lab for 3613 (4m_meegbs_report_02262021).

    14. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Architecture and Design Dean – DSGNMDS - Design Studies, Master of Design Studies presented by Ethel Goodstein.

      Inserting admission requirements and process into the catalog copy.

      The Master of Design Studies is a post-professional degree serving practitioners within the architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design fields. The strengths of design practitioners are better revealed through a rigorous portfolio review, where problem analysis and solutions are communicated graphically, pictorially, and verbally. This is a better indicator of student success compared to a standardized exam. Further, the GRE and other standardized exams are a barrier, both financially and perceptually, to a diverse range of student applicants (4n_dsgnmds_report_02262021).

    15. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Curriculum and Instruction – ETECME - Educational Technology, Master of Education presented by Derrick Mears.

      The ePortfolio course is a required course for the program and was accidentally left off of a previous revision. Also an additional elective of ETEC 5253 whas also left from the changes. Changes in the number of credits (30 to 31) and addition of the course to the required course list was added

      Course has always been a requirement. Failure to list in the catalog during a recent program update. The ETEC 5253 is a course that has been in existance but is being rebuilt to be offered as an elective (4o_etecme_report_02262021).

    16. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Industrial Engineering – EMGTGC - Engineering Management Graduate Certificate presented by Norm Dennis.

      Continuing strategic pursuit of graduate certificates based on enrollment data and interest as well as evidence of enrollments for the first three certificates exceeding estimates.

      Allowing intermediate certificate for student interested in graduate degrees; allows engineers and STEM majors to add skills required to lead and manage engineering management functions.

      Paul Cronan moved, and Ethel Goodstein seconded to amend this program proposal to adopt the following admission requirements presented by Norm Dennis. The motion passed.

      Admissions requirements:

      1.      Meet all graduate school admission requirements.

      2.      Conferred bachelor of science degree in engineering from an engineering program accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (or equivalent accreditation) or a STEM degree from a regionally accredited program..

      3.      Applicants with a 3.0/4.0 or better undergraduate GPA are not required to take the GRE.  

      4.      There are no prerequisites for students with an undergraduate degree from an ABET-accredited engineering program.

      5.      For students with a degree other than an ABET-accredited engineering degree, prerequisite courses may be required.

      6.      Only students with an ABET- accredited engineering degree may apply the graduate certificate courses to the Master of Science in Engineering Management Degree
      (4p_emgtgc_report_02262021, 4p_emgtgc_graduate_certificate_ltrofnotification_02262021, 4p_emgtgc_graduate_certificate_supporting_documentation_02262021, 4p_emgtgc_graduate_certificate_engr_supporting_documentation_02262021, 4p_emgtgc_cost_for_engineering_management_gc_02262021).

    17. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Industrial Engineering – EMGTMS - Engineering Management, Master of Science in Engineering Management presented by Manuel Rossetti.

      Clarify program outcomes based on annual program review, input from faculty, and course reviews. Results briefed and coordinated through program and department faculty. Removes WCOB courses from elective sequence. Reverted program to on-line only, which was the original intent when the program was originally approved.

      Results of the normal annual process to validate and update program outcomes and follow continuous improvement and assessment plans. Review of the WCOB courses from initial program inception showed they were not used and didn't meet the body of knowledge alignment requirements for the program (4q_emgtms_report_02262021).

    18. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Industrial Engineering – OMLSGC - Lean Six Sigma, Graduate Certificate presented by Manuel Rossetti.

      Added on-campus delivery to correct administrative error. Removed Little Rock AFB and added Walton at 2nd and main.

      Administrative correction (4r_omlsgc_report_02262021).

    19. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Industrial Engineering – OPMGGC - Operations Management Graduate Certificate presented by Manuel Rossetti.

      Continuing strategic pursuit of graduate certificates based on enrollment data and interest as well as evidence of enrollments for the first three certificates exceeding estimates.

      Allowing intermediate certificate for student interested in graduate degrees; allows engineers and STEM majors to add skills required to lead and manage operations (4s_opmggc_report_02262021, 4s_opmggc_graduate_certificate_ltrofnotification_02262021, 4s_opmggc_graduate_certificate_supporting_documentation_02262021, 4s_opmggc_graduate_certificate_engr_supporting_documentation_02262021, 4s_opmggc_cost_for_operations_management_gc_02262021).

    20. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Mathematical Sciences – SMTHMA - Secondary Mathematics, Master of Arts presented by Jeannie Hulen.

      Program is unviable (4t_smthma_report_02262021, 4t_smthma_deletion_ltrofnotification_02262021).

    21. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Venture Innovation – ENTRGC - Entrepreneurship Graduate Certificate presented by Karen Boston.

      Updated admissions requirements to remove current UA graduate standing as a prerequisite, opening admission to non-degree seeking graduate students.

      Clarified SEVI 5323, 5313 and 5413 are required for business students and SEVI 5213, 5323 and 5413 are required for non-business students.

      Deleted HDFS 5463, GDES 594V, RESM 5843, MSEN 5821 and added WOCB 5203, WCOB 5843, PBHL 5213, PBHL 5533, PBHL 5563, and any 5000 level Electrical Engineering course as an elective choice.

      Specified the required elective for students in ELEG or BMEG degree programs.

      Added the program goals and objectives and learning outcomes.

      To open the graduate certificate to a wider non-degree seeking audience and to edit the elective choices to delete courses no longer offered in the program and to add additional new courses in consultation with Engineering (4u_entrgc_report_02262021).

    22. Proposed graduate program change for the Department of Supply Chain Management – SCMTMS-DDVN - Supply Chain Management: Demand-Driven Value Networks Concentration presented by Karen Boston.

      Addition of new concentration with three new courses.

      Market demand for additional supply chain depth in the degree program including three additional supply chain courses (4v_scmtms-ddvn_report_02262021).

  5. Additional items/Announcements:

     

    1. Non-Degree/Certificate, Revision to an Approved Licensure Program -- Biology/Life Science (7-12) Licensure Revision Proposal (5a_biology_lifescience_(7-12) licensure_revision_proposal_02262021).

    2. Non-Degree/Certificate, Revision to an Approved Licensure Program -- Chemistry (7-12) Licensure Revision Proposal (5b_chemistry_7-12 licensure_revision_proposal_02262021).

    3. Non-Degree/Certificate, Revision to an Approved Licensure Program – Mathematics-Secondary (7-12) Licensure Revision Proposal (5c_mathematics-secondary_7-12 licensure_revision_proposal_02262021).

    4. Non-Degree/Certificate, Revision to an Approved Licensure Program – Physics (7-12) Licensure Revision Proposal (5d_physics_7-12 licensure_revision_proposal_02262021).

    5. Title change for the Office for Diversity and Inclusion to the Division for Diversity,

      Equity, and Inclusion (5e_ddei-titlechange-ltrofnotification_02262021).

    6. Title change for the Office of Economic Development to the Division of Economic

      Development (5f_dedv-titlechange-ltrofnotification_02262021).

    7. Title change for the Office of Research and Innovation to the Division of Research

      and Innovation (5g_drin-titlechange-ltrofnotification_02262021).

  6. Next Meeting:  March 19 (agenda deadline is March 5, 2021).
    Meeting adjourned at 3:12 p.m.