The Undergraduate Council will meet on Tuesday, April 15, 2003, during X-Period, 2^nd floor library conference room.  The following items will be considered:  

Action Items:  

1.         FYFS 1320 – First Year Experience:  An Introduction to Higher Learning (new course)

2.         PSYC 3305 – Health Psychology (new course)

3.         3/2 Engineering Articulation Program with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Engineering.

4.         Department of Speech-Language Pathology

            a.         Change in minimum semester credit hours for the major from 42 to 47.
b.         Change following courses from a requirement to an elective:
            1.         SPTH 4110 – Clinical Seminar I
            2.         SPTH 4111 – Clinical Seminar II
            3.         SPTH 4115 – Clinical Practicum I
            4.         SPTH 4116 – Clinical Practicum II
c.         SPTH 4304 – Public School Speech Therapy – (change from elective to required)
d.         SPTH 2306 – Anatomical and Physiological Bases of Communication I (new course)
e.         SPTH 3330 – Clinical Methods for Language Disorders (new course)
f.          Course level change for the following:
            1.         SPTH 3301 – Articulation Disorders to SPTH 4301
            2.         SPTH 3310 – Fundamentals of Audiology to SPTH 4311

5.         Department of Management Information Systems

            a.         MIS 4180 – MIS Project 1 (new course)

            b.         MIS 4280 – MIS Project 2 (new course)

            c.         MIS 4380 – MIS Project 3 (new course)

            d.         Add CSCI 1480 – Computer Science II as an elective for the MIS Programmer/Analyst track

            e.         Proposed new GIS/Spatial Systems Track

6.         Department of Mass Communication and Theatre 
a.         Journalism Emphasis

                        1.         MCOM 3308 – News Editing (new course)

            b.         Television Emphasis

                        1.         MCOM 3373 – Documentary Production (new course)

                        2.         MCOM 3374 – Television Studio Production (new course)

                        3.         MCOM 2302 – Mass Media History to MCOM 3302 (number change)

            c.         Digital Filmmaking Emphasis

                        1.         MCOM 3315 – Classical Film Theory (new course)

                        2.         MCOM 3316 – Film Theory since 1960 (new course)

                        3.         MCOM 3356 – Digital Filmmaking I (new course)

                        4.         MCOM 4356 – Digital Filmmaking II (new course)

                        5.         MCOM 3350 – Cinema History 1895-1945 (new course)

                        6.         MCOM 3351 – Cinema History 1945-Present (new course)

                        7.         MCOM 4392 – Topics in Digital Production (new course)

Information Items:

 1.         Department of Speech-Language Pathology (title changes):

                                     a.         SPTH 2300 – Introduction to Clinical Speech to Introduction to Communication Sciences
                         and Disorders
              b.        SPTH 4301 – Articulation Disorders to Articulation and Phonological Disorders
              c.        SPTH 3306 – Anatomical & Physiological Bases of Communication to Anatomical &
                         Physiological Bases of Communication II
              d.         SPTH 4311 – Fundamentals of Audiology to Audiology
              e.         SPTH 3320 – Language Pathologies in Children to Language Disorders in Children
              f.          SPTH 3321 – Acquisition of Normal Speech and Language to Normal Language Acquisition
              g.         SPTH 3325 – Fundamentals of Clinical Management to Clinical Methods
              h.         SPTH 3326 – Diagnosis of Communication Disorders to Diagnostic Methods
              i.          SPTH 4304 – Public School Speech Therapy to Public School Methods

2.           Department of Management Information Systems
             a.         MIS 4329 – Database Management Systems (prerequisite change)
             b.         MIS 3366 – Web Site Management to Web Site Development (title change)

3.           Department of Economics, Finance, Insurance and Risk Management  
            a.         ECON 4375 – Economics of Developing Nations (designate as an intensive writing course
                        and change bulletin description)
              b.       INSU 3324 – Risk and Insurance (designate as an intensive writing course and change
                        bulletin description)  

4.           Department of Mass Communication and Theatre
              a.        MCOM 1362 – Telecommunication Practices and Processes to Mass Communication
                         Practices and Processes (title change)
              b.        MCOM 1300 – Introduction to Mass Media to Media and Society (title change)
              c.        MCOM 2300 – Beginning Reporting and Editing to Beginning Reporting (title change)
              d.        MCOM 1363 – Audio Production (deletion)
              e.        MCOM 3363 – Advanced Audio Techniques to Audio Production (title and bulletin change)
              f.         MCOM 2366 – Introduction to Television Studio Production to Digital Video Production
                         (title and bulletin change)
              g.        MCOM 3364 – Advanced Video Techniques (deletion)
              h.        MCOM 4315 – Directing and Producing for the Electronic Media to Advanced Television
                         Production (title and bulletin change)  

Subcommittee I is asked to convene and review the proposals from the Department of Mass Communication and Theatre, and give a recommendation.  

Subcommittee II is asked to convene and review FYFS 1320 – First Year Experience:  An Introduction to Higher Learning; PSYC 3305 – Health Psychology; and the 3/2 Engineering Articulation Program with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Engineering, and make a recommendation.  

Subcommittee III is asked to convene and review the proposals for the Department Speech-Language Pathology and Department of Management Information Systems, and make a recommendation.