University Curriculum Committee
Meeting Minutes
October 24, 2014, 2 p.m.
Health Professions Building room 143
Members attending: Augustine Agwuele, Micky Autrey, Karen Gibbs, Selene Hinojosa, Mary Hogan,
Lou Jimenez, Jessica McClean, Ken Moon, Bill Peeler, Rebecca Raphael, Vivek Shah, Amy
Simmons, Michael Supancic, Ricardo Torrejon, Jo An Zimmermann
Guests: Barbara Covington, Diane Dolezal, Shirley Levinson, Kim May, Jackie Moczygemba, Barbara
Sanders, Sean Taylor, Debbie Thorne, Pamela Wilson
Department of Health Information Management
 Add a Master of Health Information Management - APPROVED
 Change HIM 5301 The Enterprise Electronic Health Record
 Add HIM 5311 Informatics, Analytics and Data Use - APPROVED
 Add HIM 5320 Research Methods for HIM - APPROVED
 Add HIM 5340 Healthcare Informatics - APPROVED
 Add HIM 5341 Healthcare Terminologies and Vocabularies - APPROVED
 Add HIM 5342 Information Systems and Technology - APPROVED
 Add HIM 5351 Data Security, Privacy, and Confidentiality - APPROVED
 Add HIM 5363 Health Data Content Structure and Standards - APPROVED
 Add HIM 5370 Healthcare Finance and Revenue Cycle Management - APPROVED
 Change HIM 5380 Quality Improvement in Health Care
 Add HIM 5382 Compliance for HIM Topics - APPROVED
 Add HIM 5390 Contemporary Leadership Principles for HIM - APPROVED
 Add HIM 5397 HIM Directed Practicum – APPROVED with revision to Course Outline to
include more detail, and reduce repetition.
 Add HIM 5399A Thesis – APPROVED with revision to Course Outline to give more detail, less
repetition.
 Add HIM 5399B Thesis – APPROVED with revision to Course Outline to give more detail, less
repetition. Library due date is prior to week 16.
St. David’s School of Nursing
 Add a Doctor of Nursing Practice major in Nursing – TABLED for future discussion of the
following revisions:
o Program Description section needs to be rewritten to provide a comprehensive overview
that does not duplicate the Needs section.
o Student Demand section needs to be rewritten to address the survey results.
o Job Market Needs section needs to explain and clarify the proposed hybrid format.
o Curriculum section should include a map of hybrid delivery with proposed courses.
o Job Postings table needs to be reorganized to address the three proposed curriculum
tracks.
o Accreditation section needs to include an explanation of the accreditation standards and
requirements.
o Add new appendix of the Accreditation Standards and Requirements.
o Student Learning Outcomes section needs to include an introductory paragraph about
the differences between the Program Objectives and the Student Learning Outcomes.
o Faculty Productivity section needs to include a discussion of the trend in funded
external grants.
o Course Proposals need revision to the Instructional Methodologies, Student
Assessment, Goals and Objectives, Bibliographies, and Abbreviated Titles.
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o If degree and course proposals are revised and resubmitted by Friday, October 31,
2014, the UCC will meet on Friday, November 7, 2014 to review. A summary of
changes made to the degree proposal will also be provided.
Add NURS 7101 Culturally Competent Population Healthcare Practicum – TABLED
Add NURS 7123 Evidence Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare II – TABLED
Add NURS 7124 Evidence Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare III – TABLED
Add NURS 7139 DNP Elective Practicum – TABLED
Add NURS 7200 Roles and Responsibilities of DNP – TABLED
Add NURS 7210 Transformational Leadership in Healthcare – TABLED
Add NURS 7222 Evidence Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare I – TABLED
Add NURS 7232 DNP Practicum III – TABLED
Add NURS 7311 Business, Finance, and Economics in Healthcare – TABLED
Add NURS 7312 Health Systems Policy and Innovation – TABLED
Add NURS 7320 Applied Statistics and Research Design – TABLED
Add NURS 7321 Informatics in Nursing Practice – TABLED
Add NURS 7330 DNP Practicum I – TABLED
Add NURS 7331 DNP Practicum II – TABLED
Add NURS 7340 Curriculum Design and Evaluation in Nursing Education – TABLED
Add NURS 7341 Teaching and Evaluating Adult Learners in a Nursing Curriculum – TABLED
Add NURS 7342 Technology in Nursing Education – TABLED
Add NURS 7350 Functional Nutrition for APRNs – TABLED
Add NURS 7351 Wellness, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for APRNs – TABLED
Add NURS 7352 Integrative Health: Concepts of Health and Healing – TABLED
Add NURS 7360 Strategic Planning – TABLED
Add NURS 7361 Organizational Analysis and Design – TABLED
Add NURS 7362 Payment Systems and the Impact on Patient Care – TABLED
Add NURS 7401 Epidemiology, Genetics and Population Healthcare – TABLED