October 10, 2022
agenda and curriculum proposals

Time: 10 am to noon
Location: via Webex

1. Call to Order

2. Approval of UUPC Minutes from September 12, 2022

3. Announcements

 

4. Old Business

Course/Program Title Department Credits Action
Education
Program Change Secondary English Education Program Curriculum and Instruction   Add Reading Endorsement; adjust credits to remain at 120
Engineering and Computer Science
COP 3530

(withdrawn)
Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 3 Change corequisite

 

5. New Business

Course/Program Title Department Credits Action
University-Wide
Program Change

(sent to Graduate Council for review)
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
Discussion Change of approval order for combined programs      
Arts and Letters
EUH 3324 Modern Eastern Europe History 3 New
New Program Political Science major adding new concentration in Pre-Law Political Science   New concentration for Political Science
Business
Program Change Finance major Finance   Reduce core by one and increase elective choices; credits remain the same
New Program Investment Management minor and certificate Finance   New
FIN 4162 Crowdfunding Finance  3 New
FIN 4560 Student-Managed Investmet Fund Finance 3 New
FIN 4633 Global Capital Markets Finance 3 New
REE 3043 Principles of Real Estate Finance 3 Change prerequisite
REE 4204 Real Estate Finance Finance 3 Change prerequisite
REE 4303 Real Estate Investment Finance 3 Change prerequisite
New Program

Honors Approval

Support
Honors Program in International Business  Management Programs   New
Education
         
Engineering and Computer Science
New Program

State forms

Support
Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering (BSBME) Dean's Office   New
COP 3035 Introduction to Programming in Python Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 3 New
COP 2034 Introduction to Programming in Python Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 3 Terminate
Program Changes:
AI certificate
AI minor
CS minor
BACS
BSDSA & support

Catalog Changes for all above

Programs affected by COP 2034 to COP 3035 level/number change: AI certificate, AI minor, CS minor, BA in Computer Science (BACS), BS in Data Science and Analytics (BSDSA) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   Replace COP 2034 with COP 3035
BME 4503C Biomedical Instrumentation and
Measurements
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 3 New
Honors College
Program Change

Honors Confirmation
Psychology concentration     Add a course to the electives
Program Change

Honors Approval
Psychology minor      Remove several courses, change electives, and reduce credits to 16
INR 3502

Honors Approval
Honors International Organization   3 New
Library
         
Nursing
         
Science
PSB 4931 Honors Special Topics in Neuroscience Biology, Psychology and Honors College 1 (change to 1-3) Change credits
Program Change Chemistry BS programs Chemistry & Biochemistry   Add DIR courses to elective lists of BS in Chemistry programs and update catalog language
URP 4730 Capital Facilities Planning Urban and Regional Planning 3 Add prerequisites
URP 4910 Directed Independent Research Urban and Regional Planning 3 (change to 1-3) Change credits
URP 4916 Directed Independent Research Urban and Regional Planning 0 New
URP 4920 Urban Design Studio 1 Urban and Regional Planning 3 Add prerequisites and a corequisite
URP 4922 Urban Design Studio 2 Urban and Regional Planning 3 Add a prerequisite
URP 4923

RI Approval
Urban Design Capstone (add RI to the title) Urban and Regional Planning 3 Add Research Intensive (RI) component, change title, and update description
URP 4979 RI: Planning Capstone Urban and Regional Planning 3 Add prerequisites
Social Work and Criminal Justice
Program Change Social Justice and Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice certificate Social Work   Change title and adjust program description
SOW 4346 Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice (New title: Inclusive Social Work Practice Social Work 3 Change title and description
SOW 4957

ASL Approval
Social Work Study Abroad Social Work 1-3 New and Academic Service Learning (ASL) component


6. Next Meeting and Adjournment

The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, November 7, 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: Thursday, October 27, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room,
https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/steering-committee/

UFS Meeting: Monday, November 7, 1 to 3 pm, EE 106, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/calendar/