University Committee on Undergraduate Education DRAFT AGENDA Thursday, January 23, 2014 10:15 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Board Room, 4th Floor Administration Building
John Wagner, Associate Dean, Eli Broad College of Business
minutes status: approved approved at the February 6, 2014 meeting UCUE Minutes for meeting held on 1/23/2014 University Committee on Undergraduate Education Minutes Thursday, January 23, 2014 10:15 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Boardroom, 4th Floor, Administration Building Attendees: Henry Beckmeyer, Jan Brady, Jim Dearing, Rita Kiki Edozie, Doug Estry, Mitchell Goheen, Bradley Hammond, Rob LaDuca, Christopher Baldwin, Richard Miksicek, Debra Nails, Renata Opoczynski, Lynmarie Posey, Frederick Rodammer, Evan Schrage, David Schweikhardt, Cynthia Taggart, Christ Melde, Jennifer Rosa, Abraham Wheeler Absent: James Conwell, Laura Dillon, Amanda Holmstrom, Coretta Patterson, Matt Pontifex, Anita Skeen, Veronica Thronson The agenda was approved. The minutes of the January 9, 2014 meeting were approved with the following amendment to page 3, insert the word “as” (non-bold large paragraph….the college dean, “as” opposed to the student). Comments from the Chairperson Chairperson Taggart reminded the committee that a meeting with Acting Provost June Youatt and Associate Provost and Vice President for Academic Human Resources Terry Curry is scheduled for Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 10:15 am in the Boardroom, Administration Building. She estimated the meeting would last one half hour. Chairperson Taggart informed the committee that its representative to the University Liberal Learning Committee (UCLL) is unable to attend the meetings due to a class conflict. David Schweikhardt volunteered to be the UCUE representative to the UCLL. Comments from the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education There were no comments from the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education. Request for a New Bachelor of Arts Degree in Film Studies Gary Hoppenstand, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Letters Pat O’Donnell, Chairperson, Department of English Josh Yumibe, Director, Film Concentration in English, Department of English The committee unanimously granted voice to the representatives from the College of Arts & Letters. Mr. Yumibe stated the Department of English had planned to develop a major in Film Studies when it launched the Film Studies concentration in 2009. The focus of the new program will be film history, theory, and criticism. The new program will also support the specialization in fiction film production and documentary film studies that are collaborative efforts with Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media (TISM) in the College of Communication Arts & Sciences. Students in TISM may take courses in the new program. There will not be an overlap between the programs’ offerings as the Film Studies program takes a critical studies approach to film whereas TISM programs are production oriented. Taking TISM courses will supplement Film Studies students’ knowledge by providing them with hands-on production experience. The College of Arts & Letters representatives responded to committee’s questions regarding employment opportunities for graduates in the new program and enrollment capacity. The Film Studies program graduates most likely will be employed in businesses that support the film industry in areas such as public relations, location management, screen writing, and other administrative work. The program enrollment capacity is approximately 25 students per year. Limited enrollment in a practice-based gateway course, FILM 260, will provide enrollment management in the major. The committee discussed the difficulty in reviewing documentation from UCC and asked Dr. Estry to contact Joy Speas to discuss sending only the information the committee needs in order to consider a proposal. Voice was withdrawn from the representatives from the College of Arts & Letters. Motion as amended passed unanimously. The University Committee on Undergraduate Studies, in its consultative capacity to the Provost, has no concerns about the request for a new Bachelor of Arts Degree in Film Studies. Request to Change the Admission as a Junior in Business Administration to Admission to the College in the Eli Broad College of Business Request to Change the Graduation Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in the Eli Broad College of Business John Wagner, Associate Dean, Eli Broad College of Business The committee unanimously granted voice to Associate Dean John Wagner. Chairperson Taggart suggested that both requests from the Eli Broad College of Business be considered together. Associate Dean Wagner stated that former Provost Wilcox had extended the possibility of admitting students before the junior year to the College of Business. Although 1130 students are admitted to the college each year, approximately 600 students that request a major in business are not admitted. Admitting students to the college before the junior year has the potential to increase the curricular flexibility of those not admitted. He explained that students admitted to the college would not be admitted to the major in which they would graduate. They would instead be admitted to a “pre-business” major as a holding place until they chose a major. This would be beneficial to the students and would not impact the student/faculty ratio required by the Business accrediting agency. The accrediting agency does not recognize students until they are admitted to the major from which they will graduate. Therefore the “pre-business” major students will not count toward the required student/faculty ratio. The college proposes that after achieving 28 credit hours, students would be able to apply to the college. Those admitted would be placed in the “pre-business” major. At the junior level, whether the student is admitted to the requested major would be primarily a grade-point consideration. Students would bid for major. Students admitted after 28 hours (and transfer students) would always have the ability to apply to the college and students in the college could move between majors, the same way it is done now. Once the student is in the business college, they are in the college, every effort would be made to make sure the student graduates in the major of his/her choice. This earlier admission would allow greater retention programming in the college. Currently Eli Broad has a 97% retention rate for admitted students. Students admitted to the college prior to the junior year would be guaranteed admission to a major from which to graduate. Employers would also gain earlier access to students. Roughly 30% of students admitted to Eli Broad have never had a job. Student site visits and internships would be moved up from junior year to sophomore year. Associate Dean Wagner predicted that the earlier the employers connect with students, the more likely students are to have jobs upon graduation. Admission to the college would follow the same basic process for admissions as currently used (holistic approach, consistent GPA, résumé, and statement of purpose). Specific courses to complete prior to admission and origin of grade point statistics would be changed to fit earlier enrollment. Associate Provost Estry pointed out that a similar program was put in place a number of years ago in engineering. The difference is the engineering group is admitted to a program because the engineering standards required by accreditation agencies are different from those in business. Chairperson Taggart suggested that Associate Dean Wagner discuss the next request from the college. Associate Dean Wagner explained that two courses would move to sophomore level from the junior level and a business law and ethics course, and a business communication course would be added as well. These courses would be limited to students admitted to the college. In following up on the success of the change in admission, Associate Dean Wagner said the college would evaluate the success of the changes based on persistence rates, retention rates, employment rates, and quality of courses. Although there is not a systematic measure of student satisfaction, advising would be able to provide input into student satisfaction with the change in admission. Voice was withdrawn from Associate Dean Wagner. Two motions, as amended, passed unanimously. The University Committee on Undergraduate Studies, in its consultative capacity to the Provost, has no concerns about the request to change the admission as a junior in Business Administration to admission to the college in the Eli Broad College of Business. The University Committee on Undergraduate Studies, in its consultative capacity to the Provost, has no concerns about the request to change the graduation requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree in the Eli Broad College of Business. Roundtable There were no Roundtable items. The meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted by Sandra Walther U |
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