December 4, 2023
Agenda and Curriculum Proposals

Time: 10 am to noon
Location: SU 132 and via Zoom

 
1. Call to Order

 
2. Approval of UUPC Minutes from November 6, 2023/Announcements

 
3. Old Business

Course/Program Title Department Credits Action
Science
Program Change

Explanation

Support
BS in Mathematics Mathematical Sciences   Update requirements and add four concentrations to the program

 

4. New Business

Course/Program Title Department Credits Action
University-Wide
         
Admissions
         
Arts and Letters
DIG 4412 Narrative Video Production (New title: Producing and Directing Fiction Film) Communication and Multimedia Studies 4 Change title
SYA 3010 Sociological Theory Sociology 3 Change course description
SYA 3120 Contemporary Social Theory Sociology 3 Change course description and add prereqs.
SYA 3300 Sociological Analysis: A Survey of Methods Sociology 3 Change course description
SYD 3510 Environmental Sociology Sociology 3 Change course description
SYD 3602 The Urban Community (New title: Cities and Society) Sociology 3 Change title and course description
SYD 3700 Race and Ethnic Relations Sociology 3 Change course description
SYD 3792 Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality Sociology 3 Change course description
SYD 3800 Gender and Society Sociology 3 Change course description
SYD 4422 Sociology of Housing Sociology 3 New
SYG 1000 Sociological Perspectives Sociology 3 Change course description
SYG 2010 Social Problems Sociology 3 Change course description
SYG 3244 Sociology of Food Sociology 3 Change course description
SYO 3100 Family and Society Sociology 3 Change course description
SYO 3200 Sociology of Religion Sociology 3 Change course description
SYO 3250 Sociology of Education Sociology 3 Change course description
SYO 3370 Gender and Work Sociology 3 Change course description
SYO 3372 Sociology of Work Sociology 3 Change course description
SYO 3400 Sociology of Health, Illness and Medicine Sociology 3 Change course description
SYO 3410 Sociology of Mental Health Sociology 3 Change course description
SYO 3448 Animals and Society Sociology 3 Change course description
SYO 3534 Poverty and Society Sociology 3 Change course description

SYO 4353

(New number: 3353)

Sociology of the Marketplace (New title: Economy and Society) Sociology 3 Change course level,  description and title

SYO 4570

(New number: 3570)

Organizational Sociology Sociology 3 Change course level, description and prereqs.
SYP 2450 Global Society Sociology 3 Change course description

SYP 3011

Support

Sociology of Emotions Sociology 3 New
SYP 3060 Human Sexuality and Social Change Sociology 3 Change course description
SYP 3110 Self and Society Sociology 3 Change course description
SYP 3112 Microsociology (New title: Sociology of Everyday Life) Sociology 3 Change course title and description
SYP 3400 Social Change Sociology 3 Change course description
SYP 3420 Sociology of Consumption Sociology 3 Change course description
SYP 3550 Drugs and Society Sociology 3 Change course description
SYP 3570 Social Control and Deviance Sociology 3 Change course description
SYP 3630 Sociology of Popular Culture Sociology 3 Change course description
SYP 3650 Sociology of Sport Sociology 3 Change course description
SYP 3714 Sociology of Youth Sociology 3 Change course description
SYP 3740 Sociology of Aging and Dying Sociology 3 Change course description
SYP 3774 Youth Subcultures Sociology 3 Change course description
SYP 4063 The Social Construction of Sexuality (New title: Constructing Sexuality) Sociology 3 Change title and course description
SYP 4453 Global Social Change (New title: Globalization and Inequality) Sociology 3 Change title and course description
SYP 4610 Cultural Sociology (New title: Sociology of Culture) Sociology 3 Change title and course description
Sociology Explanation Explanation for the course changes above Sociology    
Business
ACG 2021 Principles of Accounting 1 Accounting 3 Remove prereqs. 
ACG 3131 Intermediate Theory 1 Accounting 3 Change prereqs.
ACG 3341 Cost Accounting Accounting  3 Change prereqs.
ACG 3842 Accounting Applications of Data Analytics Accounting 3 Change prereqs.
ECO 2013 Macroeconomic Principles Economics 3 Remove prereqs. and change description
ECO 2023 Microeconomic Principles Economics 3 Remove prereqs.
ECO 4421 Introduction to Econometric Methods Economics 3 Change course description and prereqs.

ECO 4447

Support

Economic Analytics and Big Data Economics 3 New
ECO 4504 Economics of Public Sector Economics 3 Change course description
ECO 4917

Consultation
Directed Independent Research Economics 0 New
ECP 3203 Labor Economics Economics 3 Change course description
ECP 4530 Health Care Economics and Policy Economics 3 Change course description, prereqs.
Education
         
Engineering and Computer Science

Program Change

Honors Approval

Honors Program in Engineering Dean's Office   Change program to add flexibility
Honors College

PCB 4054C

RI Approval

Honors Approval

Support

RI: Honors Drosophila Genes and Behavior   3 New

PCB 4832C

RI Approval

Honors Approval

Support

RI: Honors Neurophysiology   3 New

POS 2692

Honors Approval

Consultation

Honors Punishment   3

Remove Writing Across Curriculum (WAC) component

Program Change

Honors Approval

Support

Marine Biology Concentration     Allow additional courses to be counted toward concentration

Program Change

Honors Approval

Support

Psychology Concentration     Add courses to the list of electives and to satisfy various requirements

Program Change

Honors Approval

Support

(postponed)

Spanish Literature Minor (New title: Spanish Minor)     Add Spanish language courses to expand ways to complete the minor; change title of minor

Program Change

Honors Approval

Support

Transdisciplinary Visual Art Minor     Update requirements for the minor to match changes previously made for the Art Concentration
Library
         
Nursing
         
Science
         
Social Work and Criminal Justice
         

5. Next Meeting and Adjournment

The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, January 29, from 10 am to noon, in SU 132 and via Zoom.

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, January 18, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/steering-committee/

UFS Meeting: Monday, January 29, 1 to 3 pm, EE 106, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/calendar/