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
(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 | ||||
|
(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
(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
(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/