The University of Texas at Arlington
Undergraduate Assembly
Minutes
The Undergraduate Assembly met in regular session on Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 2:15 p.m. in the University Center Rio Grande B. President Robert E. Witt presided.
Attendance.
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Excused |
Absent |
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Robert E. Witt |
Jeanne Gerlach |
Evan Anders |
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George C. Wright |
Susan Grove |
Tom Chrzanowski |
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Pam Haws |
Karl Petruso |
Richard Dodge |
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Michael Moore |
Elizabeth Poster |
Bernard Frye |
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Carolyn Barros |
Guisette Salazar |
D.L. Hawkins |
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Bill Carroll |
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Merlynd Nestell |
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Jinny Choi |
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Pablo Pastrana-Perez |
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Richard Cole |
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K. Jamie Rogers |
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William Dillon |
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Neal Smatresk |
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Chris Featherstone |
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Abu Yilla |
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Peggy Forsberg |
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Greg Frazier |
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Aris Freeman |
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Perry Fuchs |
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Kevin Gustafson |
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Santos Hernandez |
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Melinda Hiemenz |
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Dan Himarios |
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Jeannine Hirtle |
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Don McConnell |
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Becky Pierce Hall |
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Syed R. Qasim |
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Steve Quevedo |
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Craig Slinkman |
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Patricia Turpin |
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Lorraine van Waasbergen |
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Tom Watts |
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Alisa White |
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Tom Wilding |
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Debra Woody |
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Kai Yeung |
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Approval of Minutes. The minutes of the November 5, 2002 meeting were approved as distributed.
Report of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. Committee Chair Lynn Peterson presented the following proposals, which were approved by the Assembly:
SCHOOL OF NURSING
BSN Program
N2240 Replaces N3240, move to sophomore level
N2366 Replaces N3366, move to sophomore level
N2365 Replaces N3365, move to sophomore level
N3421 Prerequisite change to N2240, N2365, N2366
N3420 Replaces N3320, increase 1 credit hour
N3532 Prerequisite change to N3420, N3421
N3581 Replaces N3681, decrease 1 credit hour
N3561 Prerequisite change to N3532
N3321 Replaces N4321, move to junior level
N4431 Replaces N4531, prerequisite change to N3561, N3581, decrease 1 credit hour
N4441 Replaces N4541, prerequisite change to N3581, decrease 1 credit hour
N4223 Prerequisite change to N3321, N4431
N4361 Prerequisite change to N3561, N3581
N4362 Replaces N4462, prerequisite change to N4431, N4441, decrease 1 credit hour
N4351 Replaces N4451, prerequisite change to N4431, N4441, N3321, decrease 1 credit hour
N4581 Prerequisite change to N4361, N4431, N3321
N4350 Capstone—New Course, prerequisite N4581, N4351, N4362
RN-BSN Program
N3334 Community Health I, name change
N3224 Computer Skills for Nurses, new course
N3341 Delete course
N4351 Replaces N4451, decrease credit hour
N4382 Replaces N4381
N4363 Replaces 4463, decrease 1 credit hour
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Department of Kinesiology
Changes in catalog text
· Degree plan changes related to deletion of secondary certification by state, delete BA in Kinesiology due to changes in alternative certification, add minor in health text
· Changes in text for Athletic Training Degrees mandated for accreditation, few mandated course changes in degree plan
· Text change for Fitness/Wellness and Research/Clinical Track for BS in Exercise Science to meet upcoming accreditation requirements for American College of Sports Medicine and accommodate students who may be affected by deletion of BA in Kinesiology. Internship increased from 3 to 5 hours to better prepare students and at request of internship sites. Computer science removed from core due to extensive technology component that already exists in KINE courses.
· Remove text for dance minor
· Update new procedures for student lockers and towels
ADD: HEED 4330
HEED 1230
HEED 1340
KINE 4589
HEED 2330
KINE 2301
KINE 4647
DELETE: EXSA 1240
DNCE 4332, 4312, 4310, 3312, 3210
KINE 2201, 2202
CHANGE: KINE 4301 to 3300
KINE 4316
KINE 3301
HEED 4320
HEED 4340
HEED 4312
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
A plan for a Health Services concentration in the Bachelor of Business Administration degree program was presented for review, but no committee action was required.
Department of Information Systems
and Operations Management
CHANGE:
BUS6 3330 Introduction to E-Commerce
Update catalog description and include prerequisite BUS6 2303
INSY 3300 Object-Oriented Programming
Update catalog description and include prerequisite BUS6 2303
INSY 3301 Business Computer Programming
Update catalog description and include prerequisite BUS6 2303
INSY 3305 Information Systems Analysis and Design
Update catalog description and include prerequisite INSY 3300
INSY 3307 Introduction to Web Programming
Update catalog description and include prerequisite BUS6 2302
INSY 4302 Database Management Systems
Update catalog description and include prerequisites INSY 3300 or INSY 3301
INSY 4304 Computer Networks and Distributed Computing
Update catalog description and include prerequisite BUS6 2303
INSY 4305 Advanced Application Development
Update catalog description and include prerequisites INSY 3305 and INSY 4302 and INSY 3305 can be taken concurrently with INSY 4305
INSY 4308 Applied Software Development
Update catalog description and include prerequisite INSY 4305
INSY 4315 Advanced Web Development
Update catalog description and include prerequisites INSY 3307 and INSY 4302
INSY 4325 Information Resource Management
Update catalog description and include prerequisites INSY 3305 and INSY 4302
OPMA 3306 Operations Management
Update catalog description and include prerequisite MATH 1315 or equivalent
OPMA 3310 Project Management
Update catalog description and remove prerequisite OPMA 3306
OPMA 4301 Computer Models in Operations Management
Update catalog description
OPMA 4309 Global Supply Chain Management
Update catalog title from Supply Chain Management
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Department of Geology
CHANGE: GEOL 4330 Understanding Geographic Information Systems
(course description)
GEOL 4331 Analysis of Spatial Data
(change prerequisites)
GEOL 4332 Global Positioning Systems
(course description)
GEOL 4333 Remote Sensing Fundamentals
(change name and course description)
HONORS COLLEGE
Catalog Revisions:
· Under Honors Academy, revised text clarifies application processes for admission to the Academy as well as to the Honors College and University. In addition to the changes for the Honors College text pages, please replace existing text for the Honors Academy under Undergraduate Admissions, p.16 of the current catalog.
· Under Courses, 3101/3203/3303 Honors Independent Study was approved last year, Fall 2001.
· Throughout the text, links have been added to guide students to further information on the updated Honors web site.
· To facilitate students’ completion of the degree plan, several notations are made concerning credit for freshman English (i.e., after descriptions for the Honors Freshman Seminar course, the American Studies Sequence, and under the section on Freshman Composition).
· The names and titles of new Honors Staff members for the catalog Staff pages have been appended.
ADD: HONR 3100 Honors Enrichment Series
HONR 3190 Honors Thesis/Creative project Practicum
HONR 4300 Honors Senior seminar
DELETE: HONR 2301 Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar in Science
HONR 2302 Honors Interdisciplinary Seminar in the Social Sciences
(Dean Barros explained that the Science and Social Sciences programs are not being deleted; this is to put all the seminar courses under one number.)
CHANGE: HONR 1100 Honors Enrichment Series
HONR 2300 Honors Freshman Seminar
HONR 2312 Honors American Studies II: Themes in American Literature
HONR 2612 Honors American Studies II: Themes in History and Politics
HONR 3374 Honors Topics in Web Design
HONR 3390 Honors Research Colloquium
HONR 4310 Honors Study Abroad
HONR 4394 Honors Senior Research Thesis/Creative Project
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
Department of Communication
DELETE: ADVT 3307 AOUT Case Study
BCMN 3347 BRDCST Writing
BCMN 4340 NEWS Practicum
COMM 3301 Website Comm
BCMN 4360 Elec Media Op
BCMN 3318 Broadcast Sales
JOUR 4378 Depth Reporting
The following deleted course was listed incorrectly in the Assembly’s previous meeting minutes—BCMN 43118 should have been BCMN 3318 and is included in this list of deletes.
Department of Modern Languages
Catalog text change: Change to reflect upper level coursework as requirements rather than 1441 and 1442 for teacher certification.
Department of Music
Catalog text change: Change in requirements; substitute 3 hours string quartet and 1 hour any ensemble in place of 4 hours orchestra.
Department of Philosophy and Humanities
Catalog text change: Eliminate references to the Classics major; add an option of combining philosophy and Classics. Eliminate material describing Classical Studies major; addition of Classical Studies minor.
CHANGE: PHIL 2304 Topics in Applied Ethics (renumbering to 3324 to make it a junior level course)
CLAS 2303 The Classical Roots of English Vocabulary (course description)
CLAS 3310 Introduction to Greek Civilization (course description)
CLAS 3320 Introduction to Roman Civilization (course description)
CLAS 4394 Senior Thesis (to accommodate INTS majors who are also Honors students)
Classical Studies – President Witt stated that the Coordinating Board reviews and identifies programs that are not meeting the required number of degrees granted. Nine degrees must be granted in any three-year period. The Classical Studies program produced only four degrees during the three-year period reviewed by the Coordinating Board. To further review this program, the number of degrees awarded during an eight-year period was found to be only 13. This is not a reflection on the quality of students, faculty, or the program, but the degree will be abandoned. We will keep a minor in Classics, and there still will be the opportunity under the Philosophy Classics Option to do substantial coursework in this area. Interdisciplinary Studies also has a program with a focus on classics. Since there are a number of programs that are near the threshold of this Coordinating Board requirement, we are not in a position to petition for retention of this program. It will not be necessary to eliminate any tenured or tenure track positions.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Catalog text change:
1. Mention of a $20 per student Counseling and Advising Fee instituted in Fall 2002, and establishment of the College of Engineering Counseling and Advising Center in 242 NH.
2. Highlighting a path from an undergraduate engineering degree to pre-law and pre-med studies.
3. Wording changes.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Catalog text change:
1. Changes in course requirements reflect changes in Chemistry I/II from CHEM 1301/1302 to CHEM 1441/1442, and in Calculus II from MATH 2325 to MATH 2425.
2. The introduction of a common freshman course is shown with the addition of CE 1104 (lecture portion of the common freshman course) and CE 1105 (lab portion of the common freshman course, which contains department-specific material), and deletion of CE 1348, the previous freshman course.
3. Changes bring the total hours required for a BS CE degree from 130 to 129 hours.
4. A department area of specialization in infrastructure systems is added.
5. Changes in educational objectives are extensive, emphasizing student outcomes.
ADD: CE 1104
CE 1105
CE 1350
CE 4322
CE 4325
CE 4333
CE 4352
CE 4383
DELETE: CE 1348
CHANGE: CE 2331
CE 3131
CE 3143
CE 3161
CE 3261
CE 3334
CE 4352
CE 4383
Department of Computer Science Engineering
Catalog text change:
1. Changes in course requirements reflect changes in Chemistry I from CHEM 1301 to CHEM 1441, and in Calculus II from MATH 2325 to MATH 2425.
2. The introduction of a common freshman course is shown with the addition of CSE 1104 (lecture portion of the common freshman course) and CSE 1105 (lab portion of the common freshman course, which contains department-specific material), and deletion of CSE 1111, the previous freshman course.
3. Changes bring the total hours required for a BS CSE degree from 127 to 130 hours. The total hours for a BS CS degree and BS SE degree change from 124 to 126 hours.
ADD: CSE 1104
CSE 1105
DELETE: CSE 1111
CHANGE: CSE 1310
CSE 1320
CSE 4311
CSE 4316
Department of Electrical Engineering
Catalog text change:
1. Changes in course requirements reflect changes in Chemistry I from CHEM 1301 to CHEM 1441, and Calculus II from MATH 2325 to MATH 2425.
2. The introduction of a common freshman course is shown with the addition of EE 1104 (lecture portion of the common freshman course) and EE 1105 (lab portion of the common freshman course, which contains department-specific material), and deletion of EE 1245, the previous freshman course.
3. Changes bring the total hours required for a BS EE degree from 127 to 129 hours.
ADD: EE 1104
EE 1105
DELETE: EE 1245
CHANGE: EE 1347
EE 2315
EE 2320
EE 2440
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Catalog text change:
1. Changes in course requirements reflect changes in Chemistry I from CHEM 1301 to CHEM 1441, and in Calculus II from MATH 2325 to MATH 2425. This will affect the total number of hours for completion of BS IE.
2. The introduction of a common freshman course is shown with the addition of IE 1104 (lecture portion of the common freshman course) and IE 1105 (lab portion of the common freshman course, which contains department-specific material), and deletion of IE 1231, the previous freshman course.
3. Updating of educational objectives.
ADD: IE 1104
IE 1105
DELETE: IE 1231
CHANGE: IE 3301
IE 3312
IE 3314
IE 3343
IE 4310
IE 4315
IE 4325
IE 4345
IE 4349
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Catalog text change:
1. The Honors Program in Mechanical Engineering is being dropped.
2. Changes in course requirements reflect changes in Chemistry I from CHEM 1301 to CHEM 1441, and in Calculus II from MATH 2325 to MATH 2425. In consultation with the Chemistry Department and some rearrangement of topics in the 2 Chemistry courses, MAE students will now need only CHEM 1441.
3. The introduction of a common freshman course is shown with the addition of MAE 1104 (lecture portion of the common freshman course) and MAE 1105 (lab portion of the common freshman course, which contains department-specific material), and deletion of MAE 1231, the previous freshman course.
4. Changes bring the total hours required for a BS ME degree from 128 to 130 hours. The total hours required for a BS AE degree remains at 130 hours.
ADD: MAE 1104
MAE 1105
MAE 2201
MAE 3402
MAE 4188
DELETE: MAE 1231
MAE 2410
MAE 2411
MAE 2412
MAE 2413
MAE 3410
MAE 4410
CHANGE: MAE 3303
MAE 3415
MAE 3342
MAE 4342
A proposal to add catalog text to clarify Minors was also presented and approved.
Current text on page 40 of the catalog:
Minor Field of Study
A minor requires at least 18 semester hours in a given program, including six hours of advanced work. Specific course sequences for a minor are determined by the program offering the minor. Since some undergraduate degree programs do not offer minors, students should consult an advisor in their program of study.
Proposed additional text as clarification:
In a case where the student wishes to pursue a minor comprised of courses within the same College as that which offers his/her major program of study, the student and his/her advisor will propose a program of study/list of courses for approval by the Dean of the College.
In a case where the student wishes to pursue a minor which includes one or more courses offered by a different College from that which offers his/her major program of study, the student and his/her advisor will propose a program of study/list of courses for approval by both a) the Dean of the college which offers his/her major, and b) the Dean of the College which offers the minor courses.
In either case, the approved minor program of study will be forwarded to the Office of the Registrar for verification and notation on the student’s transcript.
Other Business. There was no other business.
Remarks by the President. President Witt reported that all construction activity is moving along according to schedule. Final approval is expected soon for the next phase of our apartment complex. Site preparation is already underway and the complex will be open by next August. Plans for the new Science building are progressing. Even though the cost of the building is increasing, it will be constructed to meet the needs of the college.
All indications are that we will have a robust increase in enrollment for Spring, and we have already gotten a start on faculty recruiting for next Fall.
President Witt feels that while the next legislative session will be difficult, we have a strong delegation supporting UTA, and they will go into the session well prepared.
Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 2:40 p.m.
Pam Haws
Secretary
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