December 12, 2025

UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL
MINUTES

December 12, 2025
2:30 p.m.
Upchurch Conference Room, BELL 3162

 

MEMBERS PRESENT:

Voting:  Jackie Mosley, Garry McDonald, Chris Schulte, Judith Anne Garretson Folse, Timothy Yeager, Matthew Ganio, Cory Butts, Kevin Hall, Manuel Rossetti, Ellen Urton, Chris Goering, and Rhett Hutchins

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

MEMBERS ABSENT:

Voting:  Ethel Goodstein, Laurence Hare, Megan Hull and Muskan Taori

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

GUESTS:  Shane Barker

 

Chair Matt Ganio called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.

 

I. The minutes for the November 21, 2025, meeting were approved.

 

II. Old Business:

  1. None

 

III. New Business:

      The following program proposals were approved on the CIM Program Report.  The program proposals will be forwarded for 
      consideration  at the Faculty Senate meeting scheduled for January 14, 2026. 

  1. Program 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.

 

1. Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

      1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural Education, Communication and Technology – AGED-M – Agricultural Education Minor
      2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Department of Food Science – FDSC-M – Food Science Minor

      3. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology – PLPA-M – Plant Pathology Minor

2. Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design

      1. None

3. Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

      1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, International and Global Studies – GLST-M – Global Studies Minor

      2. Proposed undergraduate program change for the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, School of Journalism and Strategic Media – ADPRBA – Advertising/Public Relations, Bachelor of Arts

4. Sam M. Walton College of Business

      1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Sam M. Walton College of Business, Department of Management – WMGT-M – Management Minor for Business Majors

5. College of Education and Health Professions

      1. None

6. College of Engineering

      1. Proposed undergraduate program change for the College of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering – IEOABS – Industrial Engineering and Operations Analytics, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Operations Analytics

 

      B. Consent Agenda

           All course 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 January 14, 2026.

 

  1. Course Proposals 
    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.

 

IV. Additional Items/Announcements:

  1. None

 

The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m.

 

Next Meeting: January 23, 2026 (agenda deadline is January 09, 2026)