COUNCIL OF DEANS

February 23, 2000

The Council of Deans met in regular session at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 23, 2000, in the Provost's Conference Room. John Mosbo presided, and the following council members were present: Kathleen Atkins, Bob Everding, Neil Hattlestad, Joe Horton, Maurice Lee, Elaine McNiece, Sally Roden, and Ron Toll.

Charlotte Cone was present to discuss the University College. She led discussions of materials that had previously been distributed to the COD.

The COD minutes of February 2 were approved as circulated.

McNiece presented the Graduate Council minutes of February 17.

McNiece moved to recommend approval of the following new course:

BIOL 5440 Entomology

Following a second by Toll, the motion passed unanimously.

McNiece moved to recommend approval of the following new courses:

SPED 6310 Laboratory Practices in Early Childhood Special Education (Birth to Three Years of Age)

SPED 6311 Laboratory Practices in Early Childhood Special Education (Three to Five Years of Age)

Following a second by Atkins, the motion passed unanimously.

McNiece moved to recommend approval of the following new course:

SPAN 5360 Spanish for Medical Professions

Following a second by Lee, the motion passed unanimously.

McNiece presented the following information items:

The Graduate Council has accepted the Biology Graduate Program Review.

Course Title Change:

BIOL 5470 Anatomy/Morphology of Gymnosperms and Angiosperms TO

BIOL 5470 Biology of Seed Plants

Roden presented items from the January 18 minutes of the Undergraduate Council that had been tabled at a previous COD meeting.

Roden moved to remove from the table items previously reviewed by the COD. Following a second by Everding and unanimous vote, the following items were brought forward for consideration.

UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL MINUTES -- ITEM #3

The addition that all Sociology majors be required to pass SOC 1300 - Principles of Sociology with at least a "C" grade to continue their major.

Deletion of PSCI 3313 - Research Design as a requirement for the Political Science major.

Reduction for the Political Science major from 36 hours to 33 hours.

Changes to the Accounting major:

• To increase the number of hours for the Accounting major from 15 hours to 24 hours.

Students to be required to take ACCT 4304 - Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Organizations, ACCT 4312 - Advanced Accounting, and ACCT 4316 - Advanced Income Tax.

• Move ACCT 3311 - Intermediate Accounting I from the Business Core to the Accounting major.
• ACCT 4304 - Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Organizations, to be identified as an intensive writing course.
• ACCT 4315 - Advanced Cost Accounting, to be identified as a computer applications course.

Changes to major in Information Systems:

• Increase number of hours for track in End-User Support from 15 hours to 27 hours.
• Increase number of hours for track in Programmer/Analyst from 15 hours to 28 hours.

New courses:

• INFO 3304 - Programming with Visual Basic
• INFO 3312 - End-User Systems Planning and Design
• INFO 3320 - Web Site Management
• INFO 3330 - Business Telecommunications

Course deletions:

• INFO 2320 - Administrative Support Practices to be replaced with

INFO 3320 - Web Site Management.

• INFO 3305 - Introduction to CICS to be replaced with

INFO 3304 - Programming in Visual Basic.

Course level changes:

• Course level change from INFO 2322 - Introduction to Mini Computers to INFO 3322.
• Course level change from INFO 2328 - Problem Solving with COBOL to INFO 3325 and change from an elective to a required course.
• Course level change from INFO 3310 - File Processing Applications with COBOL to INFO 4310.

Change INFO 3328 - Systems Analysis and Design from an elective to a required course.

Changes in the BBA International Trade major:

• Increase the number of hours in the major from 15 to 24.
• Students can take either ECON 4333 - Intermediate Microeconomics or FINA 3340 - Money, Banking, and Financial Markets in lieu of ECON 4370 - Intermediate Macreconomics.
• Change ECON 4335 - International Trade from an elective to a required course.
• ECON 4380 - Seminar in Economics becomes a required course.
• An additional 6 hours of upper-division business electives now required.

Changes in the BBA in Business Administration degree:

• Increase the number of hours from 15 to 24.
• Students must take classes in at least three different teaching areas as opposed to two.
• Students must complete at least one "writing-intensive" and one "computer applications" course.

UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL MINUTES -- ITEM #4 (Partial Item: BS in Economics remains tabled)

Changes for the BA International Trade degree:

• Delete ECON 1310 - Modern Political Economy
• Add ECON 4380 - Seminar in Economics as a required course

Changes in the BBA International Trade major:

• Increase the number of hours in the major from 15 to 24.
• Students can take either ECON 4333 - Intermediate Microeconomics or FINA 3340 - Money, Banking, and Financial Markets in lieu of ECON 4370 - Intermediate Macreconomics.
• Change ECON 4335 - International Trade from an elective to a required course.
• ECON 4380 - Seminar in Economics becomes a required course.
• An additional 6 hours of upper-division business electives now required.

Changes in Business Administration minor

Increase the number of hours required for the BBA in Business Administration minor from 21 to 24 and delete ECON 1310 - Modern Political Economy as a minor requirement and add both ECON 2320 - Principles of Macreconomics and ECON 2321 - Principles of Microeconomics as required courses.

UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL MINUTES -- ITEM #5

Changes in the General Marketing major:

New course: MKTG 4340 Services Marketing

a. Increase number of hours from 15 to 24.

• Increase number of required hours from 9 to 15.
• Increase number of elective hours from 6 to 9.
• MKTG 4370 - Fundamentals of Direct Marketing identified as a "computer technology" course.
• MKTG 4355 - Marketing Management identified as a "writing intensive skills" course.

UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL MINUTES -- ITEM #6

The following information items were presented (no action required):

1. Prerequisite change for INFO 3325 - Problem Solving with COBOL to add CSCI 1370 - Computer Science I as a prerequisite and to change MATH 1393 - Applied Mathematics for Business to MATH 1395 - Applied Calculus for Business and Economics as a prerequisite.

2. Prerequisite change for INFO 3328 - Systems Analysis and Design to add INFO 3325 - Problem Solving with COBOL as a prerequisite.

3. Title change for INFO 3364 from Advanced Information Processing to Desktop Publishing and an editorial change to read:

Advanced information processing skills, layout, and design techniques. Prerequisite: INFO 2315.

4. Title change for INFO 3365 from Information and Records Management to Database Applications and an editorial change to read:

Creating, maintaining, interrogating, and using PC-based relational database software to manage business data and information. Prerequisite: INFO 3321, Fall, on demand.

5. Prerequisite change for INFO 4329 - Data Base Management Systems from INFO 2328, 3321 to INFO 3328 - Systems Analysis and Design.

6. INFO 3322 replaces INFO 2322.

7. INFO 2328 add both INFO 2315 and CSCI 1370 as a prerequisite and change MATH 1393 to MATH 1395 as a prerequisite.

8. INFO 4326 prerequisite change to INFO 3328

9. Delete INFO 3305 - Intro to CICS.

10. Delete INFO 2320 - Administrative Support Practices.

11. ACCT 4317 prerequisite change from ACCT 4317 to ACCT 3312.

12. Revised bulletin descriptions:

Criminology Concentration to read:

> Criminology concentration requirements (9 hours), SOC 3370, 3371, 4355. Sociology electives (3 hours minimum) selected with advisor consultation and approval.

> Interdisciplinary electives (6 hours maximum), PSCI 3375, PSCI 4300, PSCI 4301, HED 4312, PSY 4391.

Medical Concentration to read:

> Medical concentration requirements (9 hours), SOC 4334, 4343, 4335. Sociology electives (3 hours minimum) selected with advisor consultation and approval.

> Interdisciplinary electives (6 hours maximum), HED 4300, HED 4331, HED 4312, MGT 4360, PSYC 4320.

13. Revised bulletin description for Religious Studies majors to read:

Majors may take PHIL 1320 to satisfy their general education requirement in World Cultural Traditions

14. HIST 3304 - Eastern Civilization II title change to Asian Civilization II

15. HIST 3303 - Eastern Civilization I title change to Asian Civilization I

16. Title change for MKTG 3350 - Managing Customers and Markets to Principles of Marketing and an editorial change to read:

This course provides the basic foundations of marketing. It includes the study of theory, practical knowledge, and applications of the marketing system and its key components. These key components include marketing planning, customer service, mass communications, sales, marketing information, buyer behavior, product development, pricing and promotion, distribution channels and logistics. Prerequisite: ACCT 2310, 2311; ECON 2320, 2321, 2330. Fall, Spring.

17. Title change for MKTG 4352 - Retailing to Retail Management and an editorial change to read:

Organization and management of retail establishments; store location, buying, receiving, nonstore retailing; E-Commerce; store policies. Prerequisite: MKTG 3350, Fall, Spring.

18. Editorial change for MKTG 4353 - Marketing Research to read:

Application of research methodology to marketing and management problems. Includes research design, questionnaire construction, sample design, and quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Particular emphasis on the management and analysis of primary and secondary databases via the use of SPSSW statistical and database management software. Group project required. Prerequisite: MKTG 3350 and ECON 2330. Fall, Spring, Summer.

19. Title change for MKTG - Consumer Behavior to Customer Behavior.

20. Title change for MKTG 4356 - Fashion Merchandising to Fashion Merchandising and E-Commerce and an editorial change to read:

Marketing fundamentals, retailing, and salesmanship as applied to the merchandising of fashion goods. Considerable emphasis on the E-Commerce and field trips to market. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Spring.

21. Title change for MKTG 4370 - Fundamentals of Direct Marketing to Fundamentals of Direct Marketing and E-Commerce and an editorial change to read:

Study the processes and technologies of direct response marketing and e-commerce. Examine the fundamental principles and application of principles of direct marketing and e-commerce including the key elements of marketing, business considerations, uses of interactive technical based media including the world-wide web. Prerequisite: MKTG 3350. Fall, Spring.

Following discussion, Roden presented an amendment to her original motion to recommend action items 3 through 5 of the January 18 Undergraduate Council minutes. The amended motion called for a vote to recommend items 3 and 5 with the BS in Economics changes from item 4 returning to the table. Toll seconded the amended motion, which passed unanimously.

Mosbo called for discussion of a draft program for Welcome Week. Roden will take feedback from the COD to the planning committee.

Mosbo asked the deans to consider the possibility of the granting of honorary degrees.

Roden presented recommendations from the Honors Council.

Roden moved to recommend adoption of the following grade point averages for honors designations of thesis and non-thesis students:

Summa Cum Laude 4.0 - 3.9

Magna Cum Laude 3.89 - 3.8

Cum Laude 3.79 - 3.7

Toll seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.

Dean Reports

Horton reported that Dr. Pat Cantrell received an AACSB grant for study in Japan.

Lee announced that the History Department and Mary Landreth had received a letter of commendation from the Arkansas History Teachers Association for their work in hosting History Day.

McNiece (1) asked for nominees for the Sylvia Meriweather PEO School Awards for Women in Graduate Studies; (2) distributed packets for promotional grants, which will be discussed at the next COD meeting; (3) reminded deans of a recognition reception for faculty who had applied for grants.

Roden distributed a list of students with undeclared majors.

Mosbo (1) asked deans to remind their chairs that the department should be identified in return addresses to aid distribution of returned mail; (2) a review of the promotion and tenure process will occur at the next focused meeting; (3) visitors from Maastricht will be on campus April 18-20; (4) the Philippine ambassador will be in Conway on March 10; (5) the university advancement division is working on a marketing plan to provide consistency in public relations information.

Following a motion by Horton and second by Hattlestad, the meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.

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