February 28, 2022
Agenda and Curriculum Proposals
Time: 10 am to noon
Location: via Webex
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of UUPC Minutes from January 31, 2022
3. Announcements
4. Old Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Letters | ||||
| Program Change | BA in Interdisciplinary Studies | Dean's Office | Adding new SLS course to curriculum | |
| Science | ||||
| New Combined Program |
BA in Psychology/MA in Psychology |
Psychology | New | |
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New Combined Program
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BS in Neuroscience and Behavior/MA in Psychology |
Psychology | New | |
| Provost's Office approval for combined programs above | ||||
5. New Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University-Wide | ||||
|
New Program
and Endorsements State Forms Appendices |
Bachelor of Professional Studies | Undergraduate Studies | 120 | New |
|
Program Change
URCC support |
Undergraduate Research Certificate | Undergraduate Studies | Add two IFP courses; make some editorial updates | |
| Arts and Letters | ||||
|
LIT 2018
IFP approval WAC approval |
Special Topics in Literature | English | 3 | New, Intellectual Foundations Program and Writing Across Curriculum |
| Program Change | BA/MA in History | History | Eliminate language requirement | |
|
New Minor
Support |
Museum, Archives and Public History | Interdisciplinary Studies | 18 | New |
|
POS 4231
Support |
The Politics of Music | Political Science | 3 | New |
| SYP 4630 (3630) | Sociology of Popular Culture | Sociology | 3 | Change course level to 3000; remove prereqs. |
| Business | ||||
|
New Combined Program and Program Change
|
Honors Program in Accounting with option for combined BBA/MAC | Accounting | New combined option and updates to Honors Program verbiage | |
| Education | ||||
| Engineering and Computer Science | ||||
|
New Combined Program
Provost's Office approval Honors support (Sent to Graduate Programs Committee for review/approval.) |
BA or BS in Biological and Physical Sciences in Honors College/Second Bachelor's Civil, Environmental or Geomatics Engineering/MS in Civil Engineering | Honors College with Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering | New | |
| New Combined Program | BSCE in Computer Engineering/PHD in Computer Engineering | Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering | New | |
| New Combined Program | BSCS in Computer Science/PHD in Computer Science | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | New | |
| New Combined Program | BSEE in Electrical Engineering/PHD in Electrical Engineering | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | New | |
| Provost's Office approval for three combined programs above | ||||
| BME 4512 | Introduction to BioImaging | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | 3 | New |
| BME 4523 | Introduction to Biosignal Processing | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | 3 | New |
| BME 4574 | Introduction to Nanobiotechnology | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | 3 | New |
| CAP 4514 | Computational Genomics | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | 3 | New |
| CAP 4543 | Algorithms for Bioinformatics | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | 3 | New |
| EOC 3123 | Ocean Engineering Fluid Mechanics | Ocean and Mechanical Engineering | 4 | Change prereqs. |
| Honors College | ||||
| New Combined Program | See first entry above in College of Engineering and Computer Science | |||
| Library | ||||
| Nursing | ||||
| Science | ||||
| Program Change | BS in Chemistry (ACS-Approved Program) | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Add two courses to electives | |
| Social Work and Criminal Justice | ||||
|
SOW 1130
IFP approval |
Race and Cultural Inclusion in Social Work | Social Work | 3 | New and Intellectual Foundations Program |
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Policy Change
Supporting document |
Policy on Undergraduate Enrollment in Graduate Courses | Registrar's Office | Revising language to make policy more in line with standard practice | |
7. Next Meeting and Adjournment
The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, March 28, 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 invitations for the meetings below, please reach out to Michael Turtz,
mturtz@fau.edu.
Steering Meeting: Thursday, March 17, 2 to 4 pm, http://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/steering-committee/
UFS Meeting: Monday, March 28, 1 to 3 pm, http://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/calendar/