The University of Texas at Arlington
Undergraduate
Assembly
The Undergraduate Assembly met in regular session on Tuesday, February 27, 2001, at 2:15 p.m. in the University Center Concho Room. President Robert E. Witt presided.
Attendance. Provost George C. Wright, Dean Jeanne Gerlach,
Professors Rasika Dias, Fred MacDonnell, and Jaime Rogers were excused. Deans Santos Hernandez, Elizabeth Poster, Professors
Tom Chrzanowski, Chris Morris, Craig Slinkman, Director Tom Wilding, and
Student Representative Sharon Smith were absent.
Approval of Minutes. The minutes of the December 5, 2000 meeting were approved as
distributed.
Report of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. Committee Chair Peggy Quinn presented the following proposals.
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK (approved by Assembly)
Catalog Text Changes
Change SOCW 3301
SOCW 3302
Add SOCW 3305
SOCW 4310
SOCW 4350 (reinstatement)
SCHOOL OF NURSING (approved by Assembly)
Change NURS 4381
COLLECE OF SCIENCE (approved by Assembly)
Add SCIE 4302
Department of Chemistry
Add CHEM 1463
CHEM 4180
Change CHEM 1284
CHEM 2321
CHEM 2322
CHEM 3317
CHEM 4311
CHEM 4314
CHEM 4318
Department of Math
Add MATH 4180
Change MATH 1313
Department of Psychology
Five-year BS/MS Program in Health Care Administration
Departments of Biology and Biochemistry
Addition of Honors Pre-Med Option – 7-year Dual BS/DO Degree, 4-year BS Biology and 4-year BS Biochemistry options.
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
Six-Year BA-JD Degree Program proposal for a six-year coordinated program with Texas Wesleyan University School of law. There were several questions about this proposal and it was decided to table it until further information could be obtained.
Department of Political Science (approved by Assembly)
Pull deletion of POLS 4331
Department of History (approved by Assembly)
Catalog Text Changes
Department of Foreign Languages (approved by Assembly)
Change department name to Department of Modern Languages.
Catalog Text Changes
Change course prefixes: FORL to MODL
FORL 1441 to MODL 1441
FORL 1442 to MODL 1442
FORL 2313 to MODL 2313
FORL 2314 to MODL 2314
FORL 3301 to MODL 3301
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (approved by Assembly)
Addition of Business Foundation Program (BFP) for non-business majors wanting a solid foundation in business concepts (6 courses). This program will lead to a certificate.
Department of Information Systems and Management Sciences
Change department name to Department of Information Systems and Operations Management.
Catalog Text Changes
Add OPMA 3310
OPMA 4309
BUSA 3330
INSY 3307
INSY 4315
Change BUSA 3306 to OPMA 3306
POMA 3308 to OPMA 3308
POMA 4301 to OPMA 4301
POMA 4302 to OPMA 4302
POMA 4307 to OPMA 4307
INSY 3302
INSY 3305
INSY 3308
INSY 4302
INSY 4304
INSY 4306
INSY 4308
INSY 4309
INSY 4310
INSY 4325
Delete POMA 3309
POMA 4304
POMA 4305
POMA 4308
Department of Management
Add MANA 3318
MANA 4330
MANA 4326
Change BUSA 3301 to BUSA 2302
MANA 4324 to MANA 4325
Delete BUSA 2301
Department of Marketing
Change MARK 3300 to 3325
MARK 4303
Department of Accounting
Revision of BS – Accounting degree requirements
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION (approved by Assembly)
Add EDUC 1302
Delete HEED 1302
HONORS COLLEGE (approved by Assembly)
Catalog Text Changes
Change HONR 2301
HONR 3374
SCIE 2301
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (approved by Assembly)
Addition of BS in Computer Science
Addition of BS in Software Engineering
Addition of combined BS(Biology)/MS(Biomedical Engineering)
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Catalog Text Changes
Change in social/cultural elective
Change CE 4348 from required to elective
Change CE 1348
CE 2331
CE 3302
CE 3331
CE 4331
CE 4352
CE 4383
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Catalog Text Changes
Honors program moved to Honors College
Add CSE 1312
CSE 2340
CSE 4291
CSE 4319
CSE 4321
CSE 4326
CSE 4327
CSE 4331
Change CSE 1301
CSE 1310
CSE 1320
CSE 1325
CSE 2315
CSE 2441
CSE 3310
CSE 3320
CSE 3322
CSE 3442
CSE 4191
CSE 4303
CSE 4305
CSE 4311
CSE 4316
CSE 4317
CSE 4320
CSE 4344
CSE 4346
CSE 4351
CSE 4353
CSE 4356
CSE 4360
CSE 4391
Delete CSE 3112
CSE 4325
CSE 4330
Department of Electrical Engineering
Reorganization of capstone course sequence
Change EE 1245
EE 1347
EE 2440
EE 2446
EE 3302
EE 3317
EE 3318
EE 3444
EE 4331
Delete EE 3191
EE 3305
EE 3306
EE 4441
EE 4442
EE 4443
EE 4444
EE 4446
EE 4447
EE 4448
Add EE 3307
EE 3308
EE3340
EE 4341
EE 4342
EE 4343
EE 4344
EE 4345
EE 4346
EE 4347
EE 4348
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Catalog Text Changes
Change IE 1231
IE 3343
IE 4302
IE 4308
IE 4315
IE 4318
IE 4322
IE 4325
IE 4339
IE 4343
IE 4344
IE 4349
Delete IE 3313
Add IE 4304
IE 4345
IE 4350
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Catalog Text Changes
Change MAE 2360
MAE 2412
MAE 3302
MAE 3310
MAE 3311
MAE 3314
MAE 3315
MAE 3316
MAE 3317
MAE 3319
MAE 3342
MAE 4314
MAE 4330
MAE 4350
MAE 4351
Delete MAE 3320
MAE 4188
Add MAE 1231
MAE 3344
MAE 3360
MAE 4288
MAE 4340
Biomedical Engineering Program
Change BME 4325
BME 1225
Other Engineering subject Areas
Change ENGR 2100
ENGR 3100
ENGR 4100
Report of the Commencement Committee. Committee chair Ed Morton presented a proposal to print a generic commencement program with a single page addendum listing the academic unit and order of the ceremony. This would result in an estimated annual savings of $4,500, which would allow the graduation fee to remain the same. Reducing the total number of graduation events per year was discussed, but the negative effects of this are too numerous to do this. The proposal for a generic program was approved by the Assembly.
Report of the Academic Standards Committee. Lon Johnston presented several proposals to the Assembly. The first was a change in the policy for graduation with Honors. The current policy requires at least 60 hours of undergraduate coursework earned at UTA with a particular GPA to graduate with honors; however, some students in combined degree programs will not obtain 60 hours of undergraduate coursework at UTA because graduate courses will be substituted for the normal undergraduate requirements. The committee proposed this addition to the catalog text for this section: “A student in an approved combined bachelor/masters degree program is required to count the graduate coursework used for the bachelor degree in the grade point calculation. (Other graduate coursework will not be counted.)” This revision was approved by the Assembly.
The second proposal from this committee was for the following catalog revisions:
1. The AFP program will cease to exist
2. Major classifications will be
a. Undeclared
b. Pre-major
c. Major
3. 45/75 rule will continue
4. 30/30 and 40/12 rules will disappear
This proposal was approved.
The third proposal was for changes in the Honors College section of the catalog. Honors College Dean Carolyn Barros explained that now because of the number of students in the Honors College, the admission requirements need to be increased. The proposed requirements are in line with the National Honors Council across the United States with the exception of the required honors thesis. This proposal was approved by the Assembly.
The fourth proposal was for changes in the admission and graduation policy of the College of Business Administration. Linda Wilson, COBA Undergraduate Advisor, described the proposed changes. The College would have a direct admission policy depending on the SAT/ACT and high school rank. For applicants who do not meet criteria for direct admission, they will be admitted as pre-business majors with requirements to be met after 12 hours of UTA coursework. After 18 hours of coursework, if students do not meet requirements for declaring a business major, they are suspended from COBA and must choose another major. Students will not be allowed to earn D’s in business coursework. These changes will affect only students under the new catalog. There was lengthy discussion of these proposed changes. The Assembly did approve this proposal with one vote against.
The last proposal from the committee was a proposed admission policy for the College of Engineering, which was approved by the Assembly.
Other Business. There was no other business.
Remarks by the President. President Witt commented that the semester is off to another positive start in terms of enrollment, which is up over 7.5%. We have received approval on a new apartment complex from the Board of Regents, and intend to start work on it this summer. Our reports from campus recruiters is that the presence of Arlington Hall is a major recruiting plus. While the provisional program with UT Austin is being subjected to an amount of pressure for defeat, President Witt is optimistic that the program will go forward and will give us a pool of very able students. In the legislative session, most of the issues important to the University are moving along well. However, there are a couple of bills with negative impact on UTA. Senate Bill 737 which lists criteria for qualification to flagship status, and House Bill 1839. The President feels the bills will be amended to treat everyone equally.
Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.
Zack Prince
Secretary
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