April 16, 2021

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

MEMBERS PRESENT: 
Voting: Christina Barnes, Paul Cronan, Norman D. Dennis, Jr., Jim Gigantino, Ethel Goodstein, Casey Harris, Rhett Hutchins, Jayla Jefferson, Ketevan Mamiseishvili, Tiffany Murphy, Lona Robertson, Manuel Rossetti, Mary Savin, Joel B. Thornton, and John Treat

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

MEMBERS ABSENT: 
Voting: Kris Allee, Karen Boston, Kevin Brady, Avery Hasten, Jeannie Hulen, Douglas Karcher, Ian O’Rourke, 

Non-Voting: Amanda Corbell

GUESTS: Alan Ellstrand, Myrlinda Soedjede, and Jason Tullis 

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

  1. The minutes for the March 19, 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 May 5, 2021
    • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for August 19, 2021

  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 May 5, 2021
    • Graduate Council meeting scheduled for August 19, 2021

    1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food, and Life Sciences, Department of Food Science – BREWCP – Brewing Science, Certificate of Proficiency presented by Lona Robertson.

      Added HIST 1213 History of Beer to elective list

      This is a newly developed course that adds a needed diversity of course options in the elective list and is fully supported by the instructor of the course and the BREWCP University Advisory Committee (4a_brewcp_report_04162021, 4a_brewcp_history_of_beer_syllabus_spring_2021_04162021).

    2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geosciences – HPRV-M – Historic Preservation Minor presented by Casey Harris.

      Removed GEOS 3033 and replaced it with a related special topics option.

      GEOS 3033 was automatically inactivated due to not being offered for 6+ years (4b_hprv-m_report_04162021).

    3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Dean – DTSCBS - Data Science, Bachelor of Science presented by Manual Rossetti.

      Removed ENGL 1023 as an option to satisfy Comp II.

      The decision was used to satisfy Learning Outcome 1.2 (4c_dtscbs_report_04162021).

    4. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Dean – DTSCBS-ACCA - Data Science: Accounting Analytics Concentration presented by Manual Rossetti.

      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 the English requirement needs campus approval.AG

      Exchanged Fall <--> Spring for DASC 2103 and DASC 2213.

      Moved to provide training on visualization and communication earlier in the sequence (4d_dtscbs-acca_report_04162021).

    5. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Dean – DTSCBS-BIOF - Data Science: Bioinformatics Concentration presented by Manual Rossetti.

      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 the English requirement needs campus approval.AG

      Exchanged Fall <--> Spring for DASC 2103 and DASC 2213.

      Moved to provide training on visualization and communication earlier in the sequence (4e_dtscbs-biof_report_04162021).

    6. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Dean – DTSCBS-BMHI - Data Science: Biomedical and Healthcare Informatics Concentration presented by Manual Rossetti.

      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 the English requirement needs campus approval.AG

      Exchanged Fall <--> Spring for DASC 2103 and DASC 2213.

      Moved to provide training on visualization and communication earlier in the sequence (4f_dtscbs-bmhi_report_04162021).

    7. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Dean – DTSCBS-BUDA - Data Science: Business Data Analytics Concentration presented by Manual Rossetti.

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

      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 the English requirement needs campus approval.AG

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

      Exchanged Fall <--> Spring for DASC 2103 and DASC 2213.

      Moved to provide training on visualization and communication earlier in the sequence (4g_dtscbs-buda_report_04162021).

    8. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Dean – DTSCBS-CMPA - Data Science: Computational Analytics Concentration presented by Manual Rossetti.

      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 the English requirement needs campus approval.AG

      Exchanged Fall <--> Spring for DASC 2103 and DASC 2213.

      Moved to provide training on visualization and communication earlier in the sequence (4h_dtscbs-cmpa_report_04162021).

    9. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Dean – DTSCBS-DSST - Data Science: Data Science Statistics Concentration presented by Manual Rossetti.

      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 the English requirement needs campus approval.AG

      Exchanged Fall <--> Spring for DASC 2103 and DASC 2213.

      Moved to provide training on visualization and communication earlier in the sequence (4i_dtscbs-dsst_report_04162021).

    10. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Dean – DTSCBS-GSDA - Data Science: Geospatial Data Analytics Concentration presented by Manual Rossetti.

      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 the English requirement needs campus approval.AG

      Exchanged Fall <--> Spring for DASC 2103 and DASC 2213.

      Moved to provide training on visualization and communication earlier in the sequence (4j_dtscbs-gsda_report_04162021).

    11. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Dean – DTSCBS-OPNA - Data Science: Operations Analytics Concentration presented by Manual Rossetti.

      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 the English requirement needs campus approval.AG

      Exchanged Fall <--> Spring for DASC 2103 and DASC 2213.

      Moved to provide training on visualization and communication earlier in the sequence (4k_dtscbs-opna_report_04162021).

    12. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Dean – DTSCBS-SODA - Data Science: Social Data Analytics Concentration presented by Manual Rossetti.

      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 the English requirement needs campus approval.AG

      Exchanged Fall <--> Spring for DASC 2103 and DASC 2213.

      Moved to provide training on visualization and communication earlier in the sequence (4l_dtscbs-soda_report_04162021).

    13. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Engineering Dean – DTSCBS-SYCA - Data Science: Supply Chain Analytics Concentration presented by Manual Rossetti.

      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 the English requirement needs campus approval.AG

      Exchanged Fall <--> Spring for DASC 2103 and DASC 2213.

      Moved to provide training on visualization and communication earlier in the sequence (4m_dtscbs-syca_report_04162021).


  5. Additional items/Announcements:
    1. Selection of the 2021-2023 UCPC Chair.  Lona Robertson was selected by acclimation.

    2. Proposed 2021-2022 meeting schedule (5b_ proposed_2021-2022_ucpc_meeting_schedule_04162021).

  6. Next Meeting: August 6, 2021 (agenda deadline is July 23, 2021).

    Meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m.