University Curriculum Committee Meeting Minutes November 7, 2014, 2 p.m. Undergraduate Academic Center room 206 Members attending: Augustine Agwuele, Micky Autrey, Elizabeth Blunk, Karen Gibbs, Selene Hinojosa, Mary Hogan, Lou Jimenez, Gloria Johannessen, Jessica McClean, Bill Peeler, Rebecca Raphael, Vivek Shah, Amy Simmons, Michael Supancic, Ricardo Torrejon, Gary Winek, Jo An Zimmermann Guests: Barbara Covington, Marla Erbin-Roesemann, Shirley Levinson, Kim May, Kristin McDaniel, Debbie Thorne, Ruth Welborn, Pamela Wilson St. David’s School of Nursing Add a Doctor of Nursing Practice major in Nursing - APPROVED with the following revisions: o replace “SACS” with “SACSCOC” throughout proposal; o page 1 add the name of the proposed major in item #1 after the degree title; o page 1 reword item #3 to describe the proposed educational objectives with less jargon and more compelling statements about the proposed program; o page 8 revise the paragraph before Table 1 to remove “Courses below”; o page 17 replace “i.e.” with “namely”; o page 18 consider removing Figure 1 or adding an explanation about the differences in enrollments and graduations in Texas as compared to national rates; o page 19 revise DNP Pipeline paragraph last bullet, (N=25) needs to match above paragraph stating all (33) respondents; o page 21 add explanation under Table 5 to explain long-term goal of increasing Hispanic and African-American enrollments; o page 26 revise Table 8 for NURS 7123 and 7124 to add check marks in the Online Elements; o page 32 remove comment to “Ask Pam”; o page 33 add period at end of first paragraph under section G; o page 40 revised paragraph before Table 14 to add “and” between “experience” and “regularly”; o page 40 revise explanation of anticipated grant funding increases in Faculty Productivity Section. Add NURS 7101 Culturally Competent Population Healthcare Practicum - APPROVED Add NURS 7123 Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare II - APPROVED Add NURS 7124 Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare III - APPROVED with revision to the weekly outline. Add NURS 7139 DNP Elective Practicum - APPROVED Add NURS 7200 Roles and Responsibilities of DNP’s - APPROVED Add NURS 7210 Transformational Change: Leadership in Healthcare - APPROVED Add NURS 7222 Evidence-based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare I - APPROVED Add NURS 7232 DNP Practicum III - APPROVED Add NURS 7311 Business, Finance, and Economics in Healthcare - APPROVED Add NURS 7312 Health Systems Policy and Innovation - APPROVED Add NURS 7320 Applied Statistics and Research Design - APPROVED Add NURS 7321 Informatics in Nursing Practice - APPROVED Add NURS 7330 DNP Practicum I - APPROVED Add NURS 7331 DNP Practicum II - APPROVED Add NURS 7340 Curriculum Design and Evaluation in Nursing Education - APPROVED Add NURS 7341 Teaching and Evaluating Adult Learners in a Nursing Curriculum APPROVED Add NURS 7342 Technology in Nursing Education - APPROVED with revision to the course description. Add NURS 7350 Functional Nutrition for APRNs - APPROVED Add NURS 7351 Wellness, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for APRNs APPROVED Add NURS 7352 Integrative Health: Concepts of Health and Healing - APPROVED Add NURS 7360 Strategic Planning in Nursing - APPROVED Add NURS 7361 Organizational Analysis and Design - APPROVED Add NURS 7362 Payment Systems and the Impact on Patient Care - APPROVED Add NURS 7401 Epidemiology, Genetics, and Population Healthcare - APPROVED