Texas Tech University Academic Council Meeting of March 15, 2011 1:30 PM, Provost’s Conference Room AGENDA 1. Approval of Minutes of the February Meeting (attached) 2. Course Approvals (attached; S. Jones) 3. Proposed Undergraduate Certificates, Rawls College of Business Administration (attached; Duran) a. Global Supply Chain Management Certificate in Energy b. Sales Certificate in Energy c. International Business Certificate in Energy d. Undergraduate Certificate in Leadership 4. Proposed Undergraduate Certificate, College of Visual & Performing Arts (attached; Henry) a. Certificate in World Music 5. Deletion of three courses from the Core requirement in Visual & Performing Arts: ARCH 1412, LARC 1402, SPAN 4392 (Roach for Elbow) 6. Approve programs in excess of 120 hours (attached; Huffman; Roach) a. B. S. in Human Development and Family Studies with teaching certification in Family and Consumer Sciences: 126 hrs b. B.S. in Early Childhood Teacher Certification: 128 c. B.S. in Microbiology: 122 d. B.S. in Zoology: 122 e. B.S. in Cell & Molecular Biology: 122 f. B.S. in Biology: 122 7. Deletion of the MS in Manufacturing Systems and Engineering Degree Program in the Department of Industrial Engineering (attached) 8. Deletion of the BS in Engineering Technology Degree Program with specializations in Construction, Electrical/Electronics, and Mechanical Engineering Technology (attached) 9. Change in hours required for the non-­‐thesis master’s programs in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering a. MS in Civil Engineering, non-­‐thesis, from 36 to 30 credit hours b. Master’s in Environmental Engineering, non-­‐thesis, from 36 to 30 credit hours 10.
Change in hours required for the MA program in the College of Mass Communications (attached) a. All tracks, reduce from 36 to 30 credit hours 11.
Deletion of Graduate Certificate Programs in the College of Architecture (Ellis) a. Community Design and Development Certificate b. Visualization Certificate 12.
Correction of errors in hours for the degree (P. Johnson; W. Oler; S. Jones) a. College of Education, B.S. in Multidisciplinary Science hours should be 125 to 128 hours, not 125 to 126 hours as approved on February 15, 2011 b. College of Engineering, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering hours should be 128, not 126 as approved on April 1, 2008 Adjourn by 3:00 p.m.