FACULTY SENATE
PROGRAM CHANGE TABLES
January 13, 2016
Undergraduate Program Changes: approved by UCPC on December 18, 2015
TABLE ONE
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
Department of Agricultural Education, Communication and Technology
AGLE-M – Agricultural Leadership Minor
While the US economy is on the mend, the job market is still tight.
Therefore, college graduates are competing in a job market with fewer
jobs and a higher number of applicants. Industry employers are confident
in the level of technical skills a college graduate possesses. In a recent
study conducted by the Carnegie Institute of Technology, researchers
found that 85 percent of an individual’s financial success was related to
the ability to communicate, negotiate, and lead, while only 15 percent was
related to technical skills (Jensen, 2013). Therefore, it is no surprise that
employers are concerned about the lack of soft skills possessed by recent
college graduates (UGA Center for Agribusiness and Development, 2008).
A recent study conducted by the Association of Public and Land-grant
Universities found employers value soft skills more than discipline
knowledge (Crawford, Lang, Fink, Dalton, & Fieltz, 2011). Specifically,
employers felt graduates need skill improvement in leadership, team
building, communications, critical thinking, and professionalism. In order
to provide students in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and
Life Sciences, a competitive edge in industry and academics, proposals for
the creation of a minor and a concentration in Agricultural Leadership are
being presented.
Additionally, faculty met with the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board
(DEAB), which consists of industry professionals, to discuss the
development of an Agricultural Leadership academic program. The DEAB
offered full support for the creation of an Agricultural Leadership minor
and concentration. This request is to establish the minor. A proposal to
establish the concentration is forthcoming.
Department of Human Environmental Sciences
HDFSBS-BRKD – Human Development and Family Sciences Birth through
Kindergarten Concentration
The Birth through Kindergarten concentration in the major of Human
Development & Family Sciences will be revised to prepare students for
application for the Integrated Birth through Kindergarten/Special
Education teacher license in the state of Arkansas. These revisions are
presented for 2016-2017.
The following changes in course requirements will be made.
1. ADDED UNIV 1001 University Perspectives
2. ADDED CIED 499v Special Topics in Curriculum & Instruction
Education
3. CHANGED BRKD concentration hours from 68 to 71
4. CHANGED General Electives from 14-20 to 10-17
In addition, the following program admission and retention procedures
will be implemented, as dictated by the State of Arkansas Department of
Education and for continuity with other teacher education programs at the
University of Arkansas.
The major in Human Development & Family Sciences with a
concentration in Birth through Kindergarten consists of sequenced courses
that build mastery throughout the 4-year degree plan. Students will be
eligible to apply for candidacy for the Arkansas Birth through
Kindergarten Integrated Licensure Program during the spring semester of
their sophomore year. They must meet the following criteria:
1. Submit an online application to teacher education (See the Teacher
Education Application Fee) through the university-wide Teacher
Education Office, GRAD 339 by Jan. 15 prior to the fall semester of the
junior year.
2. Submit an official transcript showing a cumulative grade point average
of at least 3.0, with grades of C or better in all BRKD concentration
courses.
3. Students must pass the Praxis Core exams (5712 Reading, 5722
Writing, 5732 Mathematics) or ACT by meeting or exceeding the
Arkansas Department of Education cut-off scores. These exams should be
taken after the student has completed 30 credit hours and upon completion
of ENGL 1013, ENGL 1023, and MATH 1203. It is recommended that
students complete the Praxis Core exams (5712 Reading, 5722 Writing,
5732 Mathematics) in their sophomore year.
4. Submit an initial electronic course portfolio which highlights learning in
each major course based on the NAEYC Professional Preparation
Standards (http://www.naeyc.org/caep/standards).
5. Obtain departmental clearance from your advisor for GPA, coursework,
and portfolio requirements.
6. Obtain clearance through an Arkansas Department of Education
background check.
7. Submit an application to the Office of Field Placement and Licensure
website (http://teacher-education.uark.edu/field-placement/index.php). For
more information, please contact the Director for the Office of Field
Placement and Licensure, Graduate Education Building, Room 339,
College of Education and Health Professions.
Licensure program candidates will be eligible to retain their candidacy by
meeting the following retention requirements, to be evaluated at the
completion of 90 hours:
1. Maintain a 3.0 or above cumulative grade point average.
2. Obtain a passing score on the Praxis Content exams for Integrated Birth
through Kindergarten/Special Education (5023 Interdisciplinary Early
Childhood Education and 5024 Education of Young Children).
3. Successfully pass performance evaluations in all fieldwork experiences.
TABLE TWO
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Biological Sciences
BIOLBA – Biology, Bachelor of Arts
The Department of Biological Sciences wishes to provide our majors with
an initial course in Biology that provides them with the specific
preparation they need to help them succeed in the Biology Core of BIOL
2533 Cell Biology, BIOL 2323 General Genetics, BIOL 3203
Evolutionary Biology, and BIOL 3863 General Ecology. Therefore we
have generated a new course for majors, BIOL 1584 Biology for Majors to
fulfill that need. This course will replace BIOL 1543/1541L, Principles of
Biology, in the curriculum.
There will be no additional cost, because we have the faculty and GTA
resources to teach BIOL 1584, and the student population from the new
course will come from the majors that move from BIOL 1543/1541L. We
expect to have to accommodate 400 students per annual year in BIOL
1584.
BIOLBS – Biology, Bachelor of Science
The Department of Biological Sciences wishes to provide our majors with
an initial course in Biology that provides them with the specific
preparation they need to help them succeed in the Biology Core of BIOL
2533 Cell Biology, BIOL 2323 General Genetics, BIOL 3203
Evolutionary Biology, and BIOL 3863 General Ecology. Therefore we
have generated a new course for majors, BIOL 1584, Biology for Majors,
to fulfill that need. This course will replace BIOL 1543/1541L, Principles
of Biology, in the curriculum. In addition, BIOL 1543/1541L was not
specifically required in the BS in Biology. We wish to make BIOL 1584 a
specific requirement to be sure all our BS majors start the Biology Core on
the same footing. The number of required Biology BS electives is being
reduced by 4 credit hours, so there is no total change in the number of
credit hours required by the major.
Requirements under number 3 are being rearranged for logical flow and
clarity.
BIOL-M – Biology Minor
The Department of Biological Sciences has developed an additional
freshman level course, BIOL 1584 Biology for Majors, and we wish to
add it as an option as an alternative to BIOL 1543/1541L Principles of
Biology for students pursuing a minor in Biology.
TABLE THREE
College of Education and Health Professions
Department of Education Dean
EDUC Honors
To align better with Honors programs across the UA campus, we made the
following changes to the catalog copy:
1. Removed the notation of two honors tracts in the first paragraph.
2. Replaced Requirements paragraph with:
Requirements for the COEHP College Honors include meeting all
university, COEHP, and department degree requirement; completion of a
minimum total of 18 honors hours; completion of honors requirements
including preparation and oral defense of an honors thesis; and a minimum
cumulative grade-point average of 3.5.
3. Replaced Departmental Honors paragraph with a breakdown for audit
building: Additional breakdown for awarding College Honors: a
minimum of 6 credit hours from within the student's major plan of study
(not to include thesis and tutorial hours); combined with a minimum of 8
credit hours completed either inside or outside of the student's major plan
of study; plus 3 credit hours of thesis and 1 hour of tutorial credits.
4. Delete Departmental honors code HONDPTEDUC beginning fall 2016
Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation
PBHLBS – Public Health, Bachelor of Science
1) PEAC 1621 will no longer be offered due to lack of GA resources.
PEAC 1621 is no longer required of any other program on campus. As
such, it has been deleted from the regular course rotation. This 1 hour has
been shifted to public health electives, which is reflected herein with a
change from 9 hours to 10 hours.
2) To coincide with Council on Education for Public Health accreditation
requirements, the program must have some type of control of program
admission. We have proposed that students must make a grade of “C” or
better in the following courses for degree to be awarded: PBHL 1103,
PBHL 2613, & PBHL 3202.
TABLE FOUR
College of Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering
CENGBS – Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Computer
Engineering
Removing STAT 3013 as an option, making INEG 2313 a required course
and moving it to the fall semester. Moving PHIL 3103 to the spring
semester. The Math Department is updating the content of STAT 3013 and
will no longer teach statistics in this course. Our accreditation board,
ABET, requires statistics for both the computer engineering and computer
science degrees.
CSCEBS – Computer Science, Bachelor of Science
Removing STAT 3013 as an option, making INEG 2313 a required course
and moving it to the fall semester. Moving PHIL 3103 to the spring
semester. The Math Department is updating the content of STAT 3013 and
will no longer teach statistics in this course. Our accreditation board,
ABET, requires statistics for both the computer engineering and computer
science degrees.
Department of Industrial Engineering
INEGBS – Industrial Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
Changes:
INEG 2513 has been renumbered as INEG 3513 and moved from spring
2nd year to spring 3rd year.
MEEG 2303 is now required in the 2nd year spring semester
MEEG 2403 or CHEG 2313 requirement has been removed from spring
3rd year.
Justification:
The new INEG 3513 requires introduction to materials (MEEG 2303) as
pre-requisite knowledge. Material within MEEG 2303 appears on the
Fundamental Exam for industrial engineers. MEEG 2403 or CHEG 2313
has been dropped to maintain total number of credit hours for the degree.
Graduate Program Changes: approved by the Graduate Council on December 17, 2015
TABLE FIVE
Graduate School and International Education
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
CIEDES, Educational Specialist in Curriculum and Instruction, Education
Specialist
There are minor changes to the catalog copy to provide greater clarity and
updates to the program requirements.
Revised catalog copy includes the following:
Admission to the Program: Students who wish to become candidates for
the degree of Educational Specialist in Curriculum and Instruction are
expected to first complete work equivalent to a master's degree as
determined by program faculty. In addition they must apply to be admitted
to the Graduate School as well as be accepted into the program by the
Department of Curriculum and Instruction. As part of the application
process, the applicant will be asked to provide a brief narrative consisting
of an overview of previous work and educational experiences, future goals
and indicating the content interest area in which he or she will pursue.
This information is used to match each student with an advisor with
expertise in their desired area. Some content areas are offered fully online,
while others require some or all of the coursework to be completed on
campus.
Program Requirements. The program of study for the Ed.S. in Curriculum
and Instruction consists of a minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate
work beyond the master’s degree. This consists of a required 9 semester
hours of Curriculum and Instruction Core; 9 semester hours of Research
Core and requirements for the students designated content area of interest
(12-18 semester hours). Each student is also required to complete a 3
semester hour Ed.S. Project which is an investigation or inquiry of the
students own design which demonstrates their capacity to design,
implement and evaluate an intervention independently. A grade-point
average of 3.25 is required for the Educational Specialist degree program
on all graduate hours completed.
EDUCMA – Teacher Education, Master of Arts in Teaching
The Arkansas Department of Education changed the licensure area for
Foreign Language and Speech/Drama from a 7-12 license to a K-12
license. This change required a change to the name of the program from
Secondary Education to Teacher Education and to add two concentrations
in Secondary Education and Multiple Level Education.
Department of Graduate Dean
STANMS – Statistics and Analytics, Master of Science
We are requesting to:
(1) add seven concentrations to the MS degree in Statistics and Analytics.
This will allow us to admit students to a specific concentration, which will
also be listed on the transcript. Concentrations include Statistics,
Biological Analytics, Business Analytics, Operations Analytics,
Computational Analytics, Quantitative Social Sciences, and Educational
Statistics and Psychometrics.
(2) offer the degree on-line
Eleanor Mann School of Nursing
NURSMS – Nursing, Master of Science
Chief Nursing Officers and other health care executives report that the
dearth of registered nurses prepared with executive leadership
competencies contributes to the low recruitment, high turnover and low
retention of baccalaureate prepared nurses in Northwest Arkansas. This
shortage of nurse leaders prohibits health care organizations in Northwest
Arkansas from achieving recognition for nursing excellence and limits
clinical educational opportunities for Eleanor Mann School of Nursing.
Therefore, we are proposing a new concentration in Nurse Executive
Leader for the MS in Nursing program.
Director edits:
The program outcomes were changed to reflect this additional
concentration. These changes are also reflected in a revised version of
LON 3 which has been uploaded. Additionally, to clarify degree
requirements, the course listing was reorganized by core rather than
semester.
Department of English
CRWRMF, Creative Writing, Master of Fine Arts
The proposed changes to our catalog copy remove or clarify outdated
language and update some program requirements. Specifically:
• Item 1d, related to readings courses, has been deleted to reflect the MFA
program's preference that students learn primarily through traditional
courses rather than independent study.
• Item 2 has been revised to include two specific requirements within the
advanced coursework: 3 hours in pre-1900 literature and 3 hours of
literature that emphasizes cultural diversity.
• The original item 3, pertaining to translation students, was deleted so that
all MFA students could expect to follow a standard curriculum.
• A new item 3 was inserted to specify that 6 hours of thesis advising are
required, per Graduate School policy. Language describing MFA theses
was revised for clarity. Language related to the comprehensive or final
exam was updated to reflect that the exam is oral not written. Language
about the Graduate School grade requirement for the MFA degree was
added.
The language statements include the following:
Thesis: An M.F.A. thesis may be a collection of poems or stories or a
novel. For students whose primary genre is Translation, the thesis will
consist of a significant body of work (i.e., poems, stories, or a novel)
translated from the original language into English. The thesis should be of
the quality of those works currently published by national magazines, by
literary journals, and by legitimate book publishers.
Final Examination: Each M.F.A. candidate must pass a one-hour oral
examination and defense of the thesis. Awarding of the M.F.A. degree
requires approval of the faculty committee.
Grade Requirement: Per Graduate School policy, M.F.A. candidates must
present a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.85 on all graduate
courses required for the degree in order to earn the M.F.A. Failing to earn
such an average on the minimum number of hours, the student is permitted
to present up to six additional course (not thesis) hours of graduate credit
in order to accumulate a grade-point average of 2.85. In the computation
of grade point, all courses pursued at this institution for graduate credit
(including any repeated courses) shall be considered. Students who repeat
a course in an endeavor to raise their grade must count the repetition
toward the maximum of six additional hours. If a student encounters
academic difficulty after having already completed six credit hours for the
degree beyond the minimum degree requirements, no additional hours
may be taken. Please note that the Graduate School calculates grade-point
average on all graduate-level coursework displayed on the transcript.
All students working toward the degree will plan their specific programs
in consultation with their advisers. All degree requirements must be
completed within six consecutive calendar years from the date of first
enrollment.
Department of Geosciences
GISTGC – Geospatial Technologies Graduate Certificate
The new graduate certificate responds to the growing need for trained
practitioners with demonstrated skills. The Department of Labor has
identified this area as one of the three fastest growing job areas over the
next decade. The Department of Geosciences offers an undergraduate
certificate but an extensive employer survey in the proposed program’s
service area has confirmed that there is also a need for a graduate level
certification. The graduate certification is particularly sought for
management level and technical leadership positions. Employers,
especially county and local governments, in rural areas in Arkansas and
surrounding states find it difficult to find qualified employees and the lack
is holding back economic development.
Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation
ATTRMA – Athletic Training, Master of Athletic Training
Based on national accreditation standards the athletic training education
faculty believe that in order to maximize the required accreditation
competencies in the least amount of course work that HHPR 5353 be
discontinued as a required course in our program of study. Although, some
of the material taught in HHPR 5353 is relevant to accreditation
competencies, it has been determined that such material can be included in
other current program required courses.
EXSC 5643 has been added as a required course, leaving the total number
of hours unchanged.
Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation
HSESPH – Health, Sport & Exercise Science, Doctor of Philosophy
Changing the name of the Kinesiology Doctor of Philosophy to Health,
Sport & Exercise Science Doctor of Philosophy, and adding two
concentrations in Health Behavior & Health Promotion and Recreation &
Sport Management. This is not a new degree proposal since we are
consolidating existing doctoral degrees into a single degree with multiple
concentrations including: Exercise Science, Kinesiology-Pedagogy,
Health Behavior & Health Promotion, and Recreation & Sport
Management. Virtually every flagship institution in the nation has a
similar doctoral program(s). Within the State of Arkansas, UofA
Fayetteville is the only institution offering this specific degree with
concentrations. The academic job market for Ph.D. in our disciplines is
robust and will continue to improve in accordance with economic
fluctuations and impending retirement of larger numbers of baby boomers.
HSESPH-EXSC – Health, Sport & Exercise Science, Exercise Science
Concentration
This minor change is related to the reconfiguration of the major in
HSESPH. The concentration in Exercise Science has only had minor
changes such as removing EXSC 6323, EXSC 6343, adding EXSC 5323,
EXSC 5513, & EXSC 5593. In order to provide consistency across the
major, the catalog copy was changed to include each concentration with a
core, cognate, and elective components. The major has changed including
a name change and the addition of two concentrations. The way
CourseLeaf is organized, it requires separate approval of the changes to
the concentration. The documentation below is related to the
reconfiguration of the major in HSESPH.
This is not a new degree proposal since we are consolidating existing
doctoral degrees into a single degree with multiple concentrations.
Virtually every flagship institution in the nation has a similar doctoral
program(s). Within the State of Arkansas, UofA Fayetteville is the only
institution offering this specific degree with concentrations. The academic
job market for Ph.D. in our disciplines is robust and will continue to
improve in accordance with economic fluctuations and impending
retirement of larger numbers of baby boomers.
Curriculum changes to the HSESPH-EXSC concentration are minor and
are being combined with the proposed reconfiguration to the HSESPH
degree.
HHPR 5353 is moved from a required course in the concentration to a
required course in the HSESPH core. The number of concentration
required hours changes from 12 to 9. Similarly, the 18 hours of required
research and statistics and 18 hours of dissertation are moved to the
HSESPH core. The Field of Study hours are renamed Electives, and 9
hours of Cognate was added to be consistent with other concentrations in
the HSESPH degree.
Finally, the alpha code was changed from ECSC to EXSC.
HSESPH-PDGY – Health, Sport & Exercise Science, Kinesiology Pedagogy
Concentration
This minor change is related to the reconfiguration of the major in
HSESPH. The concentration in Exercise Science has only had minor
changes such as removing EXSC 6323, EXSC 6343, adding EXSC 5323,
EXSC 5513, & EXSC 5593. In order to provide consistency across the
major, the catalog copy was changed to include each concentration with a
core, cognate, and elective components. The major has changed including
a name change and the addition of two concentrations. The way
CourseLeaf is organized, it requires separate approval of the changes to
the concentration. The documentation below is related to the
reconfiguration of the major in HSESPH.
This is not a new degree proposal since we are consolidating existing
doctoral degrees into a single degree with multiple concentrations.
Virtually every flagship institution in the nation has a similar doctoral
program(s). Within the State of Arkansas, UofA Fayetteville is the only
institution offering this specific degree with concentrations. The academic
job market for Ph.D. in our disciplines is robust and will continue to
improve in accordance with economic fluctuations and impending
retirement of larger numbers of baby boomers.
Curriculum changes to the HSESPH-EXSC concentration are minor and
are being combined with the proposed reconfiguration to the HSESPH
degree.
HHPR 5353 is moved from a required course in the concentration to a
required course in the HSESPH core. The number of concentration
required hours changes from 12 to 9. Similarly, the 18 hours of required
research and statistics and 18 hours of dissertation are moved to the
HSESPH core. The Field of Study hours are renamed Electives, and 9
hours of Cognate was added to be consistent with other concentrations in
the HSESPH degree.
Finally, the alpha code was changed from ECSC to EXSC.