Committee Report Faculty Assembly Academic Standing Committee FAASC

Committee Report Faculty Assembly Academic Standing Committee (FAASC) April 13, 2021 Kate Brown, Ph. D. Department of Business, Management and Accounting 1

Elimination of the EPE § Elimination of the EPE – ENGL 001: English Proficiency Exam (EPE) is a zero-credit assessment that was implemented in 1998 to make certain that students who completed at UMES or transferred into UMES the single composition course were proficient in writing. We want to eliminate it as an assessment course that is also a graduation requirement effective immediately for both current and future UMES students because it is no longer necessary. We propose replacing it with a process-based writing assessment that is already a part of our ENGL 102: Principles of Composition II course-- the research argumentation essay. This essay will not only count as an assignment in the course but also as a General Education assessment of writing proficiency. It will be a component of the ENGL 102 course, but it will not have a separate listing in Hawk. Web or be a graduation requirement. 2

Built Environment § Move BUAD 242 from Business Electives to Required Supportive Courses category § Add four courses: BUAD 306, BUAD 420, BUAD 430, MKTG 308 to catalog as Business Elective Courses 3

English and Modern Languages § Change course titles: – CHIN 101: Beginning Chinese to Fundamentals of Chinese I – CHIN 102: Intermediate Chinese to Fundamentals of Chinese II – FREN 301: Conversation and Composition to French Conversation and Composition – FREN 302: Translation to French Translation – JAPN 101: Introduction to Japanese I to Fundamentals of Japanese I – JAPN 102: Introduction to Japanese II to Fundamentals of Japanese II – JAPN 301: Advanced Japanese I to Japanese Conversation and Composition I – JAPN 302: Advanced Japanese II to. Japanese Conversation and Composition II § Create ENGL 388 D Afrofuturism (which will satisfy the diversity gen ed requirement) 4

Kinesiology § § § 5 Course Description changes for EXSC 100, EXSC 111, EXSC 200, EXSC 202, EXSC 252, EXSC 265, EXSC 302, EXSC 332, EXSC 355, EXSC 411, EXSC 445, EXSC 455, EXSC 464, EXSC 475, EXSC 490 Course Prerequisite changes for EXSC 355 Course Prerequisite change and name change for EXSC 490 Course Number change from EXSC 311 to EXSC 411 New Course added EXSC 471 General Education Updates: – Remove 3 credits from Gen Ed Area I, add those 3 credits to ‘Free Electives’ – Update Gen Ed Area II to any 2 courses in Social and Behavioral Sciences – Remove EXSC 265 (3 credits) from Gen Ed Area VI (Institutional Specific), add Signature Course in Diversity (3 credits)

Physical Therapy § Changes to course titles and descriptions to reflect accreditor expectations: – – – – 6 PHYT 651 Integrated Clinical Experience I (1 credit) PHYT 652 Integrated Clinical Experience II (1 credit) PHYT 653 Integrated Clinical Experience III (1 credit) PHYT 660 Full Time Clinical Experience I (3 credits) PHYT 661 Full Time Clinical Experience II (4 credits) PHYT 662 Full Time Clinical Experience III (4 credits) PHYT 663 Full Time Clinical Experience IV (4 credits)

Hospitality and Tourism Management § 1. Move TMGT 130 from the major core to the major elective – tourism content is being integrated into HMGT 101 to align with feeder institutions, but the course will still be offered for non-majors - move the 3 credits to major elective. § 2. Consolidate the 5 credits of Professional Development classes into a more meaningful 3 credit class (currently consists of six (6) half credit classes and two (2) 1 credit classes) - Move the remaining 2 credits to major electives § 3. Combine FMGT 301 & 371 into one class (Hospitality Cost Control & Purchasing) to align with feeder institutions - move 3 credits to major electives. § 4. Move FMGT 212 and 350 from the major core to major electives - move 6 credits to major electives 7

Natural Sciences § Create new course: DNSC 299 Introduction to Scientific Research (1 credit) Can be repeated for up to 3 credits. Will be classified as free electives with no implications for resources. § Create new 3 credut course CHEM 437/637 Chemical Kinetics. Add to undergrad and grad programs respectively. 8

CITOL § Create the experimental course DTLE 099: Introduction to Digital Learning. § This would be a non-credit, non-required course offered to all newly enrolled students. Students would be enrolled automatically into the course in lieu of their current manual enrollment in the New Student Organization in Blackboard upon registration with UMES. § This course is designed to equip students with the technological skills, theoretical concepts, and effective practices needed to pursue their learning through the modalities of online, hybrid, and hyflex learning. § There are no prerequisites. There are no co-requisites as the course’s unique run time and repetitions require that it be maintained as a standalone course. 9

Plan for modifying documentation to be completed by fall 2021 § 1. The FAASC Chair, the Chair of the FA, the Provost and the Registrar will work together to finalize the documentation that will be required for all curriculum changes in time to present to the FA in August of 2021. § 2. Standardize degree audit format. § 2. The modified process will include a feedback mechanism to ensure that the approved changes are implemented. 10

Approved lists of curriculum actions from March 12, 2020 § § § § § 11 Actions requiring approval by: Department, Chair, Dean (including Honors Program, Graduate School, and General Education Committee if applicable), FAASC, FA and Provost: Establishing a new academic degree program (including those established as part of a dual degree program) Establishing a distance education program (both off-site and online) Substantial modification to a degree, concentration, or minor Establishing a minor or concentration Establishing certificate programs Adding/deleting courses in the general education program Changing course credit hours if the change impacts another program Actions requiring approval by: Department, Chair, Dean only, (including Honors Program, Graduate School, and General Education Committee if applicable), followed by transmission through the FAASC to the Provost: Modifying course descriptions or course titles Offering experimental courses Modifying course fees Reactivating dormant courses Suspending or discontinuing a program or concentration Adding or modifying prerequisites for existing courses Course renumbering Adding/deleting courses in a curriculum to be reflected on Audit lists with before and after Changes required by accrediting bodies. Name change for department

Thank You! Full Time Clinical Experience 12