Attending:  Kristan Traxler, Jon Gray, David Short, Brynn Trove, Andrea Stephenson, Vivienne McClendon, Ruthie Robinson, John McCullough, Connie Howard, Neil Faulk, Thinesh Selveratnam, Mehmet Akkurt,

 

Old Business:

Approval of Minutes #503

 

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Management, Marketing and General Business

Course Prefix & Number	Course Title	Action	Effective Semester
MGMT 5385	Corporate Governance	Course Addition	Fall 2026

In the November meeting, the council voted to table these items and return them to the department for correction. The  syllabus did not adhere to Blooms Higher Taxonomy. The student level outcomes and course objectives should be rewritten to suggest graduate level rigor.

The department has sent new, updated syllabi.

Motion to Approve: 1 Connie Howard; 2 John McCullough

 

Information Systems

Course Prefix & Number	Course Title	Action	Effective Semester
MISY 5306	AI in Enterprise	Course Addition	Fall 2026
MISY 5315	AI-Driven Programming for Business	Course Change	Fall 2026
MISY 5330	Healthcare Analytics	Course Change	Fall 2026
MISY 5340	Intelligent Enterprise Systems	Course Change	Fall 2026
MISY 5360	Business Intelligence and AI	Course Change	Fall 2026

In the November meeting, the council voted to send back all items for correction, except for MISY 5395. For items MISY 5306, MISY 5315, and MISY 5360, they mentioned AI in the titles of the courses, but did not mention AI in the syllabi student learning outcomes, course objectives, or course descriptions. Also, MISY 5360, MISY 5330, and MISY 5340 neededmore explicit outcomes and course objectives that meet graduate level rigor.

The department has sent new, updated syllabi.

Motion to Approve: 1 John McCullough; 2 Neil Faulk

 

 

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS & COMMUNICATION

Speech & Hearing Science

Course Prefix & Number	Course Title	Action	Effective Semester
SPHS 5346	Acquired Cognitive-Communication Disorders	Course Addition	Fall 2025

In the November meeting, the council voted to send this item back to the department for correction. The course objectives should be rewritten as they are currently written as a course description. The course objective and student learning outcomes were low level rigor and needed to be revised to match graduate level rigor. The council also made the recommendation to limit the number of course learning objectives use the ones that best highlighted the important takeaways from the course. Also, the syllabus should be in LU template and content in the syllabus should match the content in courseleaf.

The department did not send new, updated syllabi. The council will table this item and if updates are not sent by the January meeting, we will send the item back through courseleaf to the department.

Motion to Table ; 1:Neil Faulk; 2: Connie Howard

 

New Business:

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

School of Accounting, Finance, and Economics

Course Prefix & Number	Course Title	Action	Effective Semester
ACCT 5355	Accounting and Data Analytics	Course Change	Fall 2026

 

Motion to approve: 1 Neil Faulk; 2 Connie Howard

 

Information Systems

Program	Action	Effective Semester	Additional Info
MS-CAAI :Master of Science in Cybersecurity and Analytics & Artificial Intelligence (MS-CAAI)	New ProgramProposal	2026 - 2027	It is designed to be flexible: students complete a core foundation (21 credits) and then choose 3 electives (9 credits) either across areas or within one of two structured tracks: Cybersecurity, and Analytics & Artificial Intelligence.Only three new courses, focused on artificial intelligence and analytics, will need to be created, while the existing analytics courses are being updated to reflect advances in the discipline.

The Council voted to approve the item, noting that artificial intelligence is a rapidly evolving area and that its role and impact within the academic environment may continue to change.

Motion to Approve: 1 Neil Faulk; 2 John McCullough

 

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Mechanical Engineering

Course Prefix & Number	Course Title	Action	Effective Semester
MEEN 5387	Fracture & Fatigue of Solids	Course Addition	Fall 2026

 

The council voted to approve this item but noted one inconsistency that needs to be addressed by the department. This course has two undergraduate courses as pre-requisites.

Motion to Approve: 1 Thinesh Selvaratnam; 2: Neil Faulk

 

COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS

School of Nursing

Course Prefix & Number	Course Title	Action	Effective Semester
NURS 5205	Innovations in Health Information and Technology	Course Addition	Fall 2026
NURS 5301	Research Foundations for Evidence-Based Nursing	Course Addition	Fall 2026
NURS 5302	Evidence-Based Practice and Implementation in Nursing	Course Addition	Fall 2026
NURS 5304	Advanced Nursing Roles	Course Addition	Fall 2026

 

The council voted to approve this item, but the department needs to verify that the NURS 5205 course should be worth two credits and not three.

Motion to Approve: 1 Neil Faulk; 2 Connie Howard