Final Report SPBC Goal #1: Review the current academic program array.

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1 SPBC Goal #1: Program Array Report, PROGRAMS AND LEARNING 1. Review the current academic program array (undergraduate and graduate), adjusting program size and creating new academic programs that align with the university mission, resources, evolving workforce, institutional plans for growth, and projected state, regional, and national needs. a. Measure: Did each academic college review its program array? YES 1) Reporting: Listing of programs to a) Maintain b) Increase c) Decrease d) Eliminate e) Add b. Suggested responsible parties: i. Associate Vice Chancellor (G. Cook) ii. Deans (Clements, Heyning, Travis, McPhail, Stone) Final Report SPBC Goal #1: Review the current academic program array. 1. Goal leaders: Greg Cook, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Chris Clements, Dean, College of Business & Economics Katy Heyning, Dean, College of Education & Professional Studies David Travis, Dean, College of Letters & Sciences Mark McPhail, Dean, College of Arts & Communication John Stone, Dean, Graduate Studies & Continuing Education Participants: College assistant and associate deans, department chairs, department faculty and staff. Goal leaders discussed the project at many of the bi-weekly meetings of the Deans Council. Engagement of other participants is described under each college below. 2. Executive summary: From Fall 2012 through Spring 2014, discussions were held within each academic college to review the current campus array of academic programs. Enrollment data for the last ten years were available for each major, emphasis, minor, and graduate program, and these data were reviewed within academic departments and considered in relation to our campus mission, student demand, market analyses, regional needs and other available information. Summaries from each college are provided

2 Program Array Report, below. Overall, the largest areas for potential growth are in health-related fields (health science, health management, and health education), and the trends indicate further development and growth of academic programs that are interdisciplinary in nature and/or relate to global or international issues. 3. College reports: College of Business & Economics: a. Maintain all BBA majors (except, perhaps General Management) M.B.A. (Business Administration) M.P.A. (Accounting) b. Increase Water Business D.B.A. (Doctorate of Business Administration) new for Fall 2014 M.S. Applied Economics new for Fall 2014 M.S. Environmental Safety & Health c. Decrease None d. Eliminate We are still considering merging our General Business and General Management Majors. If so, we may build-in some of the suggested management-related areas referred to below as emphases e. Add Health Care Management Not-for-Profit Management Business Analytics (possibly) The Finance Department is evaluating its curriculum against Certified Financial Planning (CFP) certification to identify gaps in the curriculum, with a plan to develop curriculum to close the gaps. Explore: M.S. Finance Increased integration of creativity and innovation into our curriculum, perhaps as a joint effort with some of the Arts faculty COBE: Program array discussions were held Fall 2012 to Spring 2014, including discussions in a fall college retreat, the Strategic Advisory Group (students, tenured and untenured faculty, academic staff, community members, advisory board members and non-college members of the UW-W community), academic departments, an Academic Affairs retreat, another college retreat, a fall college meeting, and in several meetings of the Administrative Council (one with the Dean of Graduate Studies).

3 Program Array Report, Prominent interests emerged in health care management, social entrepreneurship, and not-for-profit business. A focus was developing programs that would attract more female and under-represented minority students. In addition to developing new programs, it should be noted that current academic programs are constantly evolving and improving in response to new knowledge in the disciplines, changes in the business environment, and accreditation demands. Another important consideration is that the MBA market (nationally) is not expected to grow, and enrollments are generally down in most MBA programs due to the increasing number of available programs. Strategic development and expansion of other graduate programs will be important. College of Education & Professional Studies: a) Maintain UWSSLEC (library media program) Secondary education programs All current programs in HPERC PE Major with Licensure Athletic Coaching Education minor MSE-PD with Health, PE and Coaching Emphasis All programs in special education M.S. Counseling M.S.E. Special Education b) Increase All cohort licensure programs such as Gifted and Talented program (graduate), Standards and Assessment (certificate), International Study Abroad (travel study linked to igem), Urban Education (currently module, would like minor) Early Childhood Education area of need in the U.S. PE Major with HHPR emphasis Health promotion minor Recreation and Leisure Studies Minor MSE-PD with an emphasis in HHPR BSE in CC:LD/EBD and BSE in CC:CD (Special Education due to high need in the state and nationally M.S. Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis M.S.E. School Business Management M.S. Communicative Sciences and Disorders c) Decrease Elementary education: steer students into other majors of high demand d) Eliminate M.S.E. Business & Marketing Education

4 Program Array Report, Possible elimination of higher education emphasis in Counselor Education (now that we have HELEAD emphasis in MSE-PD program) e) Add Digital Media and Learning major (interdisciplinary) Create a School of Allied Health Professions (interdisciplinary, cross campus) Pre-health general education science major with introduction to clinical practice that entails some pre-professional rotations (Communication Disorders and others) Speech Assistant major Add STEM or STEAM emphasis in secondary and elementary, perhaps a new minor Computer science education minor for some areas leading to licensure Strength and Conditioning minor, certificate and emphasis Gerontology emphasis Exercise Science, Sport Management and Personal Training emphases, minors or certificates Board Certified Behavior Analyst program at the Master s Level (Special Education) M.S.E. Digital Learning Certificates or emphases in Counselor Education in LGBT, trauma, grief, aging populations Web-based counseling program emphasis Explore: Ed.D. Counseling AuD program in Communication Disorders (shortage area) EdD in Higher Education with tracks in Sports Administration and Student Services COEPS: From Fall 2012 through Spring 2014, program array discussions were held in several Administrative Council meetings, in meetings of the college Strategic Planning & Budget Committee (represents 8 COEPS departments and includes student representatives), and in the academic departments. Strategic Priority A in the College is Update and revise programs and curricula on all levels to better ensure that graduates are professionals and lifelong learners, creators of knowledge and leaders of character and integrity in their community. Must be nimble and adapt to changing state and federal regulations. Must balance the tension between market demands and the desires of students (many of whom seek licensure in lower-demand areas). Many of the educational futurists suggest that we will be offering fully online teacher education programs with flexible and transferrable credits, and programs leading to PK12 online teaching certification. They also anticipate moving more programs INTO the PK12 schools with parents, teachers and administrators being the instructor of record for students who are residents/interns in the school over a full year period. There s an increasing need for dual licensure (with one license being content specific and the other being special education specific) in all majors and minors.

5 Program Array Report, College of Letters & Sciences a) Maintain The College of Letters & Sciences plans to provide resources to maintain all the programs not listed below as increasing, decreasing, or eliminating. There are too many to list here. However, it is important to note that many of the programs have become or are planning to become more interdisciplinary. If continued growth is expected, this will result in the need for a willingness of higher administration to invest additional resources in shared programs rather than individual units with a clearly defined budget line. This would represent a paradigm shift on this campus. b) Increase The following programs in COLS are anticipated to increase the most over the next decade: Engineering (Physics) Legal Studies (Political Science) Asian and Japanese Studies (Sociology, Geography, Foreign Languages) Environmental Science (Geography, Biology) Computer Sciences (Computer Science) Public History Emphasis (History) Liberal Studies (Philosophy & Religious Studies) Geographic Information Science Emphasis and Certificate (Geography & Geology) Geology Emphasis (Geography & Geology) Professional Writing Emphasis (Languages & Literatures) Film Studies Minor (Languages & Literatures) Family Health Studies Minor (Sociology) Race & Ethnic Studies Minor (Women s Studies/Race & Ethnic Studies) Philosophy Minor (Philosophy & Religious Studies) Integrated Science & Business (Interdisciplinary) c) Decrease The following programs in COLS are anticipated to decrease the most over the next decade: Physical/Environmental Track in Geography (due to Environmental Science Major) Anthropology Forensics Creative Writing/Literature Public History Certificate (replacing Public History Minor) French and German Majors (lack of student interest; national trends) d) Eliminate (potentially)

6 Program Array Report, Physical/Environmental Emphasis in Geography English Writing Education (Languages & Literatures) Gender and Ethnic Studies Certificate (Women s Studies) Forensics Minor (Sociology, Criminology, and Anthropology) Psychological Sciences Emphasis in Psychology Public History minor (History) Ecology Emphasis in Biological Sciences Applied Math (Mathematics) e) Add (potentially) Behavioral Health Emphasis (Psychology, Interdisciplinary) Health Studies/Sciences Major or Minor (Sociology, Interdisciplinary) Water Science Major or Minor (Biology, Chemistry, Geography & Geology, Interdisciplinary) Linguistics Emphasis (Languages & Literatures) Chinese Studies Minor (Sociology; Languages & Literatures) Professional Spanish minor (Languages & Literatures) Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Emphasis (Biological Sciences) Nanotechnology Major (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) Applied Statistics and/or Actuarial Math Emphasis (Mathematics) Biomedical Engineering Major (Physicals, Biology, Chemistry) Green Chemistry Emphasis (Chemistry) Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Emphasis (Chemistry) M.S.W. (Master of Social Work) M.S. Computer Science Explore: M.S. Applied Science (or Nanotechnology) Explore: Psy.D. Psychology COLS: From Fall 2012 through Spring 2014, discussions were held in multiple meetings of the college Administrative Council. Discussions and program review also occurred in the academic departments. All departments recognized their programs as being relevant and commented specifically on how they have continued to modify their goals, learning objectives, and curriculum to best meet the needs of today s students as they graduate and enter the job market. In most cases where programs were not considered robust, this was attributed to a lack of necessary resources and/or excessive demands on faculty workload not allowing them to focus sufficiently on all programs. Many programs are now aligned with the LEAP goals and embedded within the fundaments of high quality liberal education. Three L&S programs are accredited (Chemistry, Social Work, and the graduate program in School Psychology), and programs within those departments are designed to balance fulfilling the mission of

7 Program Array Report, the university and college while also fulfilling the requirements of their respective external accrediting agencies. From reviewing the reports submitted it is clear the COLS appears to be moving towards five distinct areas of anticipated program growth and development during the next 10 to 20 years. These are: (1) Programs with more of an applied emphasis (Applied Statistics, Biomedical Engineering), including application towards local interests (Legal Studies, Public Policy). (2) Programs with more of a skills-based emphasis to better prepare students for jobs in highskilled positions immediately following graduation (Nanoscience, Computer Science, Linguistics). (3) Programs with a pre-professional and pre-graduate school emphasis which prepare students for being as competitive as possible in getting admitted to medical or graduate schools (Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Emphasis in Chemistry, Professional Spanish). (4) Programs that are interdisciplinary in nature to prepare students for positions that require a wide range of knowledge and ability to work as part of a large team with a broad range of expertise. (5) Programs with an environmental and resource sustainability focus (Green Chemistry, Environmental Science; Water Science). College of Arts & Communication: a) Maintain all programs b) Increase Media Arts & Game Development Art & Design Graphic Design Dance International Journalism Music Education c) Decrease None d) Eliminate - None e) Add Creative Enterprise Sports Communication & Production Interdisciplinary MSE in Digital Media & Game Development Revise the graduate program in Communication

8 Program Array Report, From Fall 2013 through Spring 2014, discussions were led by the Dean, Associate Dean, and Coordinator of Assessment and included all academic departments in the college. Each department engaged in discussions guided by enrollment data, accountability reports, the university s mission, anticipated resource needs and existing allocations, and institutional and regional growth agendas. Departments were also encouraged to provide peer and aspirational data to support their conclusions and recommendations. Although enrollments in the college have remained static for the past decade despite increases in FTE, the college has made significant contributions to support increasing enrollments across the university at large. Both GENED 110: World of the Arts (with a 44% expansion of available seats over the period of review) and COMM 110: Introduction to Human Communication (with a 22% expansion of available seats) have grown in response to increasing demands on the university s general education curriculum. The Music Department has also contributed significantly by providing the Marching Band as a service to athletics programs and as a GP course. School of Graduate Studies: The Dean of the School of Graduate Studies consulted with the Deans, Associate/Assistant Deans, and Department Chairs in all four of the academic colleges. Recommendations related to graduate programs are included in the college lists provided above. Over the next years, the most successful graduate programs will target themselves professionally at addressing: societal evolutions (e.g., geriatric population); job sector growth in areas related to service industries that that cannot be exported, including hospitality services, construction, car repair, social services, and healthcare; and (most significantly) job sector growth in areas related knowledge industries that use knowledge and innovation to create tangible and intangible values, particularly in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, new media, and education. Planning for the future of master s-level programs at UW-Whitewater, in particular, should be reconceived to address these principles: programs designed to be market responsive addressing a need and dissolving perhaps as quickly as they are created; designed for short-term (7-10 year academic life spans); keyed to the entrepreneurial nature (most likely of a single faculty member); funded exclusively through self-supporting tuition revenue models; and will require a rethinking of what it means to be a graduate faculty member (and what are the skills we look for when we hire a graduate faculty member). 4. Overall themes and looking forward: Overall themes across the colleges:

9 Program Array Report, More interdisciplinary programs. Add programs related to health: health science, health management, health education. More global, international emphasis. Other issues to address in developing the UW-Whitewater program array: Regional needs and student demand Achievement gap Average credits to degree Baccalaureate (LEAP) learning outcomes High-impact educational practices Next or further steps: Develop a process for ongoing review and improvement of the academic program array Engage campus representatives to develop an academic plan to guide future development