April 24, 2023
Agenda and Curriculum Proposals
Time: 10 am to noon
Location: via Webex
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of UUPC Minutes from March 27, 2023 and Announcements
3. Meeting dates for AY 2023-2024: 9/11, 10/9, 11/6, 12/4, 1/29, 2/26, 3/25, 4/29
4. Old Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science | ||||
|
Program Change
(Withdrawn) |
Physics Minor | Physics | Reducing upper-division credits and increasing lower-division credits; total credits for minor increase from 34 to 37 | |
5. New Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University-Wide | ||||
|
Program Change
Explanation |
Verbiage related to Undergraduate Research Certificate | |||
| Arts and Letters | ||||
|
New Program
Rationale Support |
Environment and Society Minor | Interdisciplinary Studies | 12 | New |
|
ITA 1121
Syllabus |
Beginning Italian Language and Culture 2 | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 4 | Add prerequisite |
|
THE 3952
Syllabus |
Production Hour | Theatre and Dance | 1 (1-2) | Change credits |
|
TPA 2342C (3343C)
Syllabus Support |
Drafting for the Theatre | Theatre and Dance | 3 | Change course level, number and description |
|
TPP 4140
Syllabus |
Acting 4 | Theatre and Dance | 3 | Change course description |
|
TPP 4265
Syllabus |
Acting 5 | Theatre and Dance | 3 | Change course description |
|
TPP 4268C
Syllabus Support |
Acting 6: Advanced Acting for the Camera (New title: Acting for the Camera 1) | Theatre and Dance | 3 | Change title, prerequiste and course description |
|
TPP 4269
Syllabus Support |
Acting 7 (New title: Acting for the Camera 2) | Theatre and Dance | 3 | Change title and prerequisite |
|
Program Change
Catalog Changes |
BFA in Art: Graphic Design Concentration | Visual Arts and Art History | Add new course to elective tables | |
|
GRA 4198C
Syllabus |
Information Design | Visual Arts and Art History | 3 | New |
| Business | ||||
|
GEB 3213
(RI version) |
RI: Introduction to Business Communication | Business Communications Program | 3 | Terminate |
| ISM 3011 | Management Information Systems | Information Technology and Operations Management | 3 | Change course description |
| Education | ||||
| Program Change | BA in English Education (6-12) | Curriculum and Instruction | Put a previously removed course back in as a required course | |
|
EEX 2091
RI Approval IFP Confirmation |
Disability and Society (New title: RI: Disability and Society) | Special Education | 3 | Change title and description; add Research Intensive (RI) component |
| Engineering and Computer Science | ||||
| Experimental Design and Data Analysis (New title: RI: Experimental Design and Data Analysis) | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | 3 | Change title and add Research Intensive (RI) component | |
| Program Change | BSOE in Ocean Engineering | Ocean and Mechanical Engineering | Add a course to the elective table | |
| Honors College | ||||
|
BSC 2085
Honors Approval Support |
Honors Anatomy and Physiology 1 | 3 | New | |
|
BSC 2085L
Honors Approval Support |
Honors Anatomy and Physiology 1 Lab | 1 | New | |
|
BSC 2086
Honors Approval |
Honors Anatomy and Physiology 2 | 3 | Change prerequisites | |
| Library | ||||
| Nursing | ||||
| Science | ||||
|
BCH 4035
RI Approval |
Advanced Biochemistry (New titile: RI: Advanced Biochemistry | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 3 | Change title and description; add Research Intensive (RI) component |
|
CHM 4273
RI Approval |
Introduction to Drug Design (RI: Introduction to Drug Design) | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 3 | Change title, prerequisites and description; add Research Intensive (RI) component |
|
CHM 4350
RI Approval |
Structural Biochemistry (New title: RI: Structural Biochemistry) | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 3 | Change title, prerequisites and description; add Research Intensive (RI) component |
| Social Work and Criminal Justice | ||||
|
CJE 4675
Support |
Advanced Forensic Science | Criminology and Criminal Justice | 3 | New |
| Additional Item | ||||
| Discussion: Criteria for approving courses at the lower level versus upper level | ||||
6. Next Meeting and Adjournment
The UUPC's next meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 11. Reminders will be sent in August.
New programs and program changes approved at today's meeting will be considered by the Steering Committee and Faculty Senate at their first meetings of the fall term. Please have a college representative present for those meetings. If any new courses/course revisions seem controversial, please have a representative present for those courses as well.
Steering Meeting: Thursday, August 31, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room,
http://smwr.fredrimonta.com/ufsgov/steering-committee/
UFS Meeting: Monday, September, 11 to 3 pm, EE 106, http://smwr.fredrimonta.com/ufsgov/calendar/