November 8, 2021
Agenda and Curriculum Proposals

Time: 10 am to noon
Location: via Webex

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of UUPC Minutes from October 11, 2021

3. Announcements

 

4. Old Business

Course/Program Title Department Credits Action
Arts and Letters
ART 2501C

Course termination is withdrawn.
Painting 2 Visual Arts and Art History 3 Terminate
GRA 3435C Technology Intensive Visual Arts and Art History 1-4 Terminate


5. New Business

Course/Program Title Department Credits Action
University-Wide
         
Arts and Letters
New Minor Political Communication Shared by Communication and Multimedia Studies and Political Science   New
New Minor
Support
Sport Studies Shared by Communication and Multimedia Studies and various other depts./schools    
Program Change

BA programs in Communication and Multimedia Studies Communication and Multimedia Studies   Remove the requirement of 12-credits of Arts and Letters upper-division courses
FIL 4647 Production Management for Film & TV Communication and Multimedia Studies 3 New
JOU 3313 Sports Journalism Communication and Multimedia Studies 3 New
PUR 3463 Sports Communication Communication and Multimedia Studies 3 New
RTV 3332C Documentary Video Production
(New title: Producing and Directing Documentary Film)
Communication and Multimedia Studies 4 Change title
SPN 2161 Spanish for Careers Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature 3 Change course description and prereqs.
Program Change All Music programs: BA, BM-Commercial, BM: Performance conc., BME Music   Change name of degree title and update courses in degree requirements
Program Change Peace, Justice and Human Rights Certificate
(add a Minor)
Peace, Justice and Human Rights Initiative   Make this certificate a minor as well, reduce credits, remove and add courses
WST 2956 Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Study Abroad Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies 1-4 New
Business
         
Education
SLS 2202 Emotional and Behavioral Control Exceptional Student Education 2 New
SLS 2212 Self-Monitoring of Performance and Attention Exceptional Student Education 2 New
SLS 2227 Planning and Prioritizing Exceptional Student Education 2 New
Support for new courses        
Program Change Academy for Community Inclusion (ACI) Certificates Exceptional Student Education   Add the three new SLS courses to the ACI certificates
Engineering and Computer Science
EOC 4124 Ship Hydrodynamics Ocean & Mechanical Engineering 3 Change prereqs.
EOC 4193 Ocean Thermal Systems Ocean & Mechanical Engneering 3 Change prereqs., coreqs.
Program Changes BSOE in Ocean Engineering  Ocean & Mechanical Engneering   Revise list of courses in flight plan
Honors College
Program Change
UHC approval
Support
Neuroscience Concentration     Replace existing honors thesis courses with IDS 4970 and revise course offerings
Library
         
Nursing
         
Science
Program Change BS in Chemistry Chemistry & Biochemistry   Add course to list of electives
Program Change BS in Exercise Science and Health Promotion Exercise Science and Health Promotion   Create two new concentrations
Program Change BS in Geosciences: Geology Focus Geociences   Change in requirements
Social Work and Criminal Justice
         

6. Next Meeting and Adjournment

     The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, December 6, from 10 am to noon via Webex.

     New programs and program changes approved at today's meeting will be considered by the Steering Committee and
     Faculty Senate on the dates noted below. Please have a college representative present for those meetings.
     If any new courses/course revisions seem controversial, please have a representative present as well. To receive Webex
     meeting invitations for the meetings below, please reach to Michael Turtz, mturtz@fau.edu.

     Steering Meeting: Monday, November 22, 2 to 4 pm, http://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/steering-committee.php
     UFS Meeting: Monday, December 6, 1 to 3 pm, http://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/calendar.php