November 7, 2022
Agenda and Curriculum Proposals

Time: 10 am to noon
Location: via Webex

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of UUPC Minutes from October 10, 2022

3. Announcements


4. New Business

Course/Program Title Department Credits Action
University-Wide

Informational Item

(Approved by UUPC 10/10 and UGPC 11/2)

(Sent to UGC for next review/approval)

Honors in the Major and including graduate courses     Add Honors in the Major statement in catalog and include statement allowing approved graduate courses to count
IDS 4895 Professional Capstone Undergraduate Studies 1-4 New
SLS 3372 Foundations for Personal Academic and Professional Development Undergraduate Studies 3 New
Program Change Bachelor of Professional Studies Undergraduate Studies   Modify the capstone requirement and add a course for transfer students
Arts and Letters
Program Change BA in Communication Studies Communication and Multimedia Studies   Change title of a header within the degree requirements
COM 4703 Storytelling
(New title: Storytelling in Popular Culture)
Communication and Multimedia Studies 3 Change course title and description
FIL 4379 Digital Documentary Communication and Multimedia Studies 3 New
MMC 4301 International Communication Communication and Multimedia Studies 3 Change course description
Program Change BA in English English   Terminate four of the five concentrations: American Literature, British Literature, Multicultural and Gender Studies, and World Literature
ENL 4210 Medieval Literature English 3 Change course description
Business
         
Education
         
Engineering and Computer Science

Combined Program Change

(Approved by UGPC 11/2 and UUPC 11/7)

(Sent to UGC for next review/approval)

BSEE to MS in Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   Revise technical electives and semi-core courses for the undergraduate portion of the program

Combined Program Change

(Also listed below with Nursing)

(Approved by UGPC 11/2 and UUPC 11/7)

(Sent to UGC for next review/approval)

BSN to MS in Biomedical Engineering Shared by Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Nursing   Removal of one couse from list of requirements and department name update
EML 3523C Experimental Methodology Ocean and Mechanical Engineering 3 Change prerequisites and corequisites
EML 3701 Fluid Mechanics Ocean and Mechanical Engineering 3 Change prerequisites and corequisites
EML 4142 Heat Transfer Ocean and Mechanical Engineering 3 Change prerequisites
EML 4730L Mechanical Engineering Lab Ocean and Mechanical Engineering 3 Change prerequisites
Honors College
Program Change

Honors Approval
FAU Max Planck Honors Program Shared by Honors College and Science   Expand program eligibility to include BS in Medical Biology majors 
PSB 4114

Honors Approval
Honors Advanced Life Science Technologies Shared by Honors College and Science 1 New
Library
         
Nursing

Combined Program Change

(Also listed above with Engineering and Computer Science)

(Approved by UGPC 11/2 and UUPC 11/7)

(Sent to UGC for next review/approval)

BSN to MS in Biomedical Engineering Shared by Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Nursing   Removal of one couse from list of requirements and department name update
Science
BSC 1013 Introduction to Biology at FAU Biological Sciences 0 New
Program Change BA in Biological Sciences Biological Sciences   Add new course options to the core requirement
Program Change BS in Biological Sciences Biological Sciences   Add new course options to the core requirement
Social Work and Criminal Justice
         

5. Next Meeting and Adjournment

The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, December 5, 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 for those courses as well.
                                   
Steering Meeting: Monday, November 21, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room,
https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/steering-committee/

UFS Meeting: Monday, December 5, 1 to 3 pm, EE 106, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/calendar/