November 21, 2025

 

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Voting:  Jackie Mosley, Garry McDonald, Ethel Goodstein, Chris Schulte, Laurence Hare, Judith Anne Garretson Folse, Timothy Yeager, Matthew Ganio, Cory Butts, Kevin Hall, Manuel Rossetti, and Megan Hull

Non-Voting:  Gina Daugherty, Suzanne Kenner, and Lisa Kulczak

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Voting:  Ellen Urton, Chris Goering, Rhett Hutchins, and Muskan Taori

Non-Voting:  Ed Bengtson, Tiffany Murphy, and Lindsey Aloia

GUESTS:  Shane Barker, Kristin Higgins, and Laura Herold

 

Chair Matt Ganio called the meeting to order at 2:31 p.m.

 

1. The minutes of the October 24, 2025, meeting were approved.

 

2. Consent Agenda:

• All course change proposals were approved without opposition. The approved courses listed on the CIM Course Report created by CourseLeaf will be forwarded for consideration at the Faculty Senate meeting scheduled for December 10, 2025.
  Additional details on course proposals can be viewed at:  
  https://nextcatalog.uark.edu/courseadmin/.   Search for the course(s) you want to view.  If the course is still in workflow, you will see a date and time of Undergraduate Council approval in the Approval Path along the RH side of the page.  If the course has completed all approval steps and is "at rest", you can still view prior proposals by clicking on the links in the History section along the RH side of the page.

 

3. Old Business:

• None

 

4. New Business:

The following program change proposals were approved on the CIM Program Report. The program change proposals will be forwarded for consideration at the Faculty Senate meeting scheduled for December 10, 2025.

1. Program Change Proposals

Additional details on program proposals can be viewed at:  https://nextcatalog.uark.edu/programadmin/.  Search for the program(s) you want to view. If the program is still in workflow, you will see a date and time of Undergraduate Council approval in the Approval Path along the RH side of the page. If the program has completed all approval steps and is "at rest", you can still view prior proposals by clicking on the links in the History section along the RH side of the page.

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, School of Human Environmental Sciences – HOSPBS – Hospitality Management, Bachelor of Science in Human Environmental Science

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geosciences – GEOGBS-GESC – Geography: Geospatial Science Concentration

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of History – OZRK-M – Ozark Studies Minor

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics – STAT-M – Statistics Minor
  •  
    • Proposed undergraduate program change for the Sam M. Walton College of Business, Department of Management – DEIMUM – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Undergraduate MicroCertificate

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the Sam M. Walton College of Business, Department of Management – HRMGUM – Human Resource Management Undergraduate MicroCertificate

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the Sam M. Walton College of Business, Department of Management –
      LEAD-M – Leadership Minor for Non-Business Students

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Counseling, Leadership, and Research Methods – HRDEBH – Human Resource Development, Bachelor of Human Resource Development

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Counseling, Leadership, and Research Methods – HRDE-M – Human Resource Development Minor

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Counseling, Leadership, and Research Methods – PHRDE – Human Resource Development (Pre-Human Resource Development)

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – CHEDBS – Childhood Education, Bachelor of Science in Education

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – CHEDBS-EASL – Childhood Education: EASL Concentration

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – CHEDBS-GATE – Childhood Education: Gifted and Talented Concentration

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – CHEDBS-READ – Childhood Education: Reading Concentration

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – CHEDBS-STEM – Childhood Education: STEM Concentration

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – ECEDBS – Early Childhood Education, Bachelor of Science in Education

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – PECED – Early Childhood Education (Pre-Early Childhood Education)

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Curriculum and Instruction – SSEDBA – Social Studies Education, Bachelor of Arts in Teaching

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Education and Health Professions, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation – ODLR-M – Outdoor Leadership Minor

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Data Science – DTSCBS-FIDA – Data Science: Financial Data Analytics Concentration

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering –
      MEEGBS-ROBO – Mechanical Engineering: Robotics and Controls Concentration

• • • Proposed undergraduate program change for the Graduate School and International Education, Materials Science and Engineering – MSEN-M – Materials Science Minor
      
      

5. Additional Items/Announcements:

• Update from Chair Ganio on proposed Undergraduate Council membership changes
  
  Chair Ganio presented the proposed updates to Council membership as new business at the November 12, 2025 Faculty Senate meeting.
  The proposal will go before a Senate vote at the December meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:32 p.m.

 

 

Next Meeting: December 12, 2025 (agenda deadline is December 1, 2025).