April 24, 2023
Agenda and Curriculum Proposals

Time: 10 am to noon
Location: via Webex


1. Call to Order
 
2. Approval of UUPC Minutes from March 27, 2023 and Announcements
 
3. Meeting dates for AY 2023-2024: 9/11, 10/9, 11/6, 12/4, 1/29, 2/26, 3/25, 4/29 

 
4. Old Business

Course/Program Title Department Credits Action
Science
Program Change

(Withdrawn)
Physics Minor Physics   Reducing upper-division credits and increasing lower-division credits; total credits for minor increase from 34 to 37

5. New Business

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

Explanation
Verbiage related to Undergraduate Research Certificate      
Arts and Letters
New Program

Rationale

Support
Environment and Society Minor Interdisciplinary Studies 12 New
ITA 1121

Syllabus
Beginning Italian Language and Culture 2 Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature 4 Add prerequisite
THE 3952

Syllabus
Production Hour Theatre and Dance 1 (1-2) Change credits
TPA 2342C (3343C)

Syllabus

Support
Drafting for the Theatre Theatre and Dance 3 Change course level, number and description
TPP 4140

Syllabus
Acting 4 Theatre and Dance 3 Change course description
TPP 4265

Syllabus
Acting 5 Theatre and Dance 3 Change course description
TPP 4268C

Syllabus

Support
Acting 6: Advanced Acting for the Camera (New title: Acting for the Camera 1) Theatre and Dance 3 Change title, prerequiste and course description
TPP 4269

Syllabus

Support
Acting 7 (New title: Acting for the Camera 2) Theatre and Dance 3 Change title and prerequisite
Program Change

Catalog Changes
BFA in Art: Graphic Design Concentration Visual Arts and Art History   Add new course to elective tables 
GRA 4198C

Syllabus
Information Design Visual Arts and Art History 3 New
Business
GEB 3213
(RI version)
RI: Introduction to Business Communication Business Communications Program 3 Terminate
ISM 3011 Management Information Systems Information Technology and Operations Management 3 Change course description
Education
Program Change BA in English Education (6-12) Curriculum and Instruction   Put a previously removed course back in as a required course
EEX 2091

RI Approval

IFP Confirmation
Disability and Society (New title: RI: Disability and Society) Special Education 3 Change title and description; add Research Intensive (RI) component
Engineering and Computer Science

CAP 2753

RI Approval

Experimental Design and Data Analysis (New title: RI: Experimental Design and Data Analysis) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 3 Change title and add Research Intensive (RI) component
Program Change BSOE in Ocean Engineering Ocean and Mechanical Engineering   Add a course to the elective table
Honors College
BSC 2085

Honors Approval

Support
Honors Anatomy and Physiology 1   3 New
BSC 2085L

Honors Approval

Support
Honors Anatomy and Physiology 1 Lab   1 New
BSC 2086

Honors Approval
Honors Anatomy and Physiology 2   3 Change prerequisites
Library
         
Nursing
         
Science
BCH 4035

RI Approval
Advanced Biochemistry (New titile: RI: Advanced Biochemistry Chemistry and Biochemistry 3 Change title and description; add Research Intensive (RI) component
CHM 4273

RI Approval
Introduction to Drug Design (RI: Introduction to Drug Design)  Chemistry and Biochemistry 3 Change title, prerequisites and  description; add Research Intensive (RI) component
CHM 4350

RI Approval
Structural Biochemistry (New title: RI: Structural Biochemistry) Chemistry and Biochemistry 3 Change title, prerequisites and  description; add Research Intensive (RI) component
Social Work and Criminal Justice
CJE 4675

Support
Advanced Forensic Science Criminology and Criminal Justice 3 New
Additional Item
Discussion: Criteria for approving courses at the lower level versus upper level


6. Next Meeting and Adjournment

The UUPC's next meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 11. Reminders will be sent in August.

New programs and program changes approved at today's meeting will be considered by the Steering Committee and Faculty Senate at their first meetings of the fall term. 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, August 31, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room,
https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/steering-committee/

UFS Meeting: Monday, September, 11 to 3 pm, EE 106, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/calendar/