October 9, 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 September 11, 2023/Announcements

 

3. New Business

Course/Program Title Department Credits Action
University-Wide
Policy Change Academic Probation Undergraduate Studies   Update policy for greater clarity and to provide resource for improvement of  student success 
Arts and Letters
Program Change BA in English: Writing and Rhetoric Concentration (New name: Professional and Creative Writing Concentration) English   Change concentration name and requirements; update faculty
SPN 2241 Spanish for Healthcare Professions Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature 3 New
Program Change BFA in Theatre: Music Theatre Concentration  Theatre and Dance   Reduce concentration credits from 124 to 120 by removing some elective credits
WST 2351 Gender and Climate Change Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies 3 Change description
WST 2608 Introduction to Sexuality and Gender Studies Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies 3 Change description
Business
ACG 2021 Principles of Accounting 1 Accounting 3 Change description
ACG 2071 Principles of Accounting 2 Accounting 3 Change description
ACG 3131 Intermediate Theory 1 Accounting 3 Change description
ACG 3141 Intermediate Theory 2 Accounting 3 Change description
ACG 3341 Cost Accounting Accounting 3 Change description
ACG 3842 Accounting Applications of Data Analytics Accounting 3 Change description and prereqs.
ACG 4401 Accounting Information Systems 1 Accounting 3 Change description
ACG 4501 Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting Accounting 3 Change description
ACG 4651 Auditing and Assurance Services 1 Accounting 3 Change description
BUL 4421 Business Law 1 Accounting 3 Change description
BUL 4422 Business Law 2 Accounting 3 Change description
BUL 4443 Ethics in Business Accounting 3 Change description
BUL 4514 Intellectual Property Law Accounting 3 Change description
BUL 4540 Employment Law Accounting 3 Change description
BUL 4622 Entertainment Law Accounting 3 Change description
TAX 4001 Federal Taxation 1 Accounting 3 Change description
TAX 4011 Federal Taxation 2 Accounting 3 Change description

Program Change

Provost's Office Approval

Sent to University Graduate Council for next approval.

BBA or BS in MIS to MS ITM Combined Program Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)   Update graduate course substitution for upper-division courses and clarify that ISM 4133 must be taken
Education
         
Engineering and Computer Science

CGN 4332

RI Approval

RI: Data-Driven Civil Infrastructure Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering 3 New and research-intensive (RI) course
EML 4551 RI: Design Project Ocean and Mechanical Engineering 3 Change prereq.
Honors College

Program Change

Honors Approval

Interdisciplinary Ethics Minor     Remove old courses and add replacements

Program Change
Honors Approval

Program Change
Honors Approval

Curriculum Changes (for both concentrations)

Philosophy Concentration and

Interdisciplinary Philosophy Concentration

    Remove old courses, add replacements, add flexibility for majors

Program Change

Honors Approval

Philosophy Minor     Revise requirements to add more flexibility

PHI 3320

Honors Approval

WAC Approval

Honors Philosophy of the Mind   3 New and Writing Across Curriculum (WAC)

PHI 4400

Honors Approval

Honors Philosophy of Science   3 New
Library
         
Nursing
         
Science

PCB 4054C

RI Approval

RI: Drosophila Genes and Behavior Biological Sciences 3 New and research-intensive (RI) course
GLY 4451 Solid Earth Geophysics Geosciences 3 Remove prereqs.

MAD 3106

Support

Discrete Mathematical Structures Mathematical Sciences 3 New

MAD 4475

Support

Post-Quantum Cryptography Mathematical Sciences 3 New

MAD 4476

Support

Cryptography of Blockchain Mathematical Sciences 3 New
Social Work and Criminal Justice

SOW 4102

ASL Approval

Human Behavior and Social Environment 2 Social Work 3 Add Academic Service Learning (ASL) component

4. Next Meeting and Adjournment

The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, November 6, from 10 am to noon, 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, October 26, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room,
https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/steering-committee/

UFS Meeting: Monday, November 6, 1 to 3 pm, EE 106, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/calendar/