CoBE Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Meeting September 11, 2018

Attendance: Terry Jalbert (Chair), Keisuke Nakao (Vice Chair), Emmeline de Pillis, Andrey Simonov, Hellen Tien, James Czarski, Kim Furumo, Tam Vu (ex officio) Minutes (Approved 09-13-2018)

  1. De-cross-listing of ACC 400 Senior Accounting Internship (3) /BUS 400 Internship (3) courses
    Motion by Czarski
    Seconded by Furumo
    To de-cross-list ACC/BUS400 courses.
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

    1.1 De-cross-listing ACC 400 Senior Accounting Internship (3) from BUS400
    Motion by Czarski
    Seconded by Furumo
    To de-cross-list ACC 400 Senior Accounting Internship (3) from BUS 400 Internship (3) .
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval (via electronic voting)

    1.2 De-cross-listing BUS 400 Internship (3) from ACC 400 Senior Accounting Internship (3)
    Motion by Czarski
    Seconded by Furumo
    To de-cross-list BUS 400 Internship (3) from ACC 400 Senior Accounting Internship (3) .
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval (via electronic voting)

  2. Renumbering of ECON 480 (Previously ECON 380) to ECON 482 Natural Resource Env Eco (3)
    Motion by Czarski
    Seconded by Furumo
    To change the course number of ECON 480 (Previously ECON 380) to ECON 482 Natural Resource Env Eco (3) .
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

    2.1. Modification of the course description of ECON 482 Natural Resource Env Eco (3) (former ECON 380/ECON 480)
    Motion by Simonov Seconded by de Pillis
    To change the course description of ECON 482 Natural Resource Env Eco (3) .

    Course description: An analytical framework for examining the relationships among environmental quality, natural resource use, and economic and political systems; analysis of circumstances that give rise to environmental problems, resource use conflicts, and possible policy solutions to these problems and conflicts. The course will emphasize issues pertaining to Hawaiʻi, especially sustainable development and climate change. Pre: ECON 130 Intro To Microeconomics (3) .

    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

  3. Remove the 50 percent rule from the program description on UH catalog and on CoBE website
    Motion by de Pillis
    Seconded by Furumo
    To Eliminate the 50% Rule from the BBA Program including related modifications to our program documents and website.
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

  4. Same as 3.

  5. Expansion of elective courses in the Health Care Management Track
    Motion by Furumo
    Seconded by de Pillis
    To include the following additional courses as elective courses for the Health Care Management Track.
    NURS 203 General Pharmacology (3) ; BIO 243; BIO 275; NURS 348 Human Pathophysiology (3) ; NURS 375 Applied Human Nutrition (3) .
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

  6. Addition of COM 251 Public Speaking (3) to a part of the Pre-Bus requirements
    Motion by Furumo
    Seconded by Simonov
    To add COM 251 Public Speaking (3) to the group of BUS 100 Intro To Business (3) , BUS 110 Freshmen Business Experience (3) , FIN 220 Personal Finance (3) , and MGT 425 Bus Planning for New Ventures (3) as a part of the Pre-Bus requirement
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

  7. Change of QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) to QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) or Math 121 as a part of the Pre-Bus requirements
    Motion by Simonov
    Seconded by Tien
    To change QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) to QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) or Math 121 as a part of the Pre-Bus requirements.
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

    7.1. Change of QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) to QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) or Math121 as the prerequisite of MGT 300 Mgt, Orgs & Human Behavior (3)
    Motion by de Pillis
    Seconded by Furumo/Tien
    To replace QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) with QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) or Math121 as the prerequisite of MGT 300 Mgt, Orgs & Human Behavior (3)
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

    7.2 Change of QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) to QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) or Math121 as the prerequisite of MKT 319 Market Research (3) Motion by de Pillis
    Seconded by Furumo/Tien
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

    7.3 Change of QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) to QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) or Math 121 as the prerequisite of QBA 300 Operations Management (3)
    Motion by de Pillis
    Seconded by Furumo/Tien
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

  8. Modification of Marketing concentration
    Motion by de Pillis
    Seconded by Simonov
    To modify the Marketing concentration as follows:
    Three MKT upper-division electives
    One MKT or TOUR elective
    Two ACC, BUS, ECON, FIN, MGT, MKT, QBA, TOUR electives.

    Vote: 6-0-1 in favor of approval

  9. Creation of a BBA Concentration in Professional Studies
    The decision is held off.

  10. Addition of a Business option to the STEM Honors program.
    Motion by Simonov
    Seconded by de Pillis
    To add a Business option to the STEM Honors program and make either FIN 320 Prin Bus Finance (3) or MKT 310 Princ of Marketing (3) as a part of its requirements.
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

  11. Emeritus status for Jerry Calton
    Motion by Furumo
    Seconded by de Pillis
    To recommend to the Chancellor the Emeritus status of Jerry Calton.
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

  12. Emeritus status for Kelly Burke
    Motion by Furumo
    Seconded by de Pillis
    To recommend to the Chancellor the Emeritus status of Kelly Burke.
    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

  13. Emeritus status for Krishna Dhir
    Krishna Dhir is not eligible for the Emeritus status due to the lack of sufficient duration of his service as a faculty member.

  14. Addition of BUS 200 Business Internship (3) and ACC 200 Accounting Internship (3) to the lower-level internship courses.
    Motion by Furumo
    Seconded by de Pillis
    To add BUS 200 Business Internship (3) and ACC 200 Accounting Internship (3) to the lower-level internship courses.

    _ ACC 200 Accounting Internship (3) Supervised on-the-job experience in an accounting position in business or government agency or other organization. Comprehensive report by student, meetings with faculty adviser, and performance appraisal from employer required. Pre: pre-approved job placement, internship contract and instructor's consent. _

    _BUS 200 Supervised on-the-job experience in the business community. Comprehensive report by students, meeting with faculty advisor, and performance evaluation from employer required. Pre: pre- approved job placement and internship contract and instructor's consent. _

    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

    14.1. Course descriptions of BUS 400 Internship (3) and ACC 400 Senior Accounting Internship (3)
    Motion by de Pillis
    Seconded by Tien
    To modify the course descriptions of BUS400 and ACC400 (with changes bolded and underlined).

    ACC 400 Senior Accounting Internship (3) Internship in Accounting (3) (other) Supervised on-the-job substantive experience in an accounting position in business or government agency. Comprehensive report by student, meetings with faculty adviser, and performance appraisal from employer required. Pre: ACC 351 Intermediate Acc II (3) ; Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00; compatibility with career interests; pre-approved job placement, internship contract; instructor's consent. (Same as BUS 400 Internship (3) ).

    BUS 400 Internship (3) Internship (3) Supervised on-the-job substantive experience in the business community. Comprehensive report by students, meeting with faculty advisor, and performance evaluation from employer required. Pre: Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00; compatibility with career interests; pre-approved job placement; internship contract; instructor's consent. (Same as ACC 400 Senior Accounting Internship (3) ). (Attributes: ALEX)

    Vote: 7-0-0 in favor of approval

  15. Meeting adjourned.

Minutes 9/11/18 PDF