November 4, 2024
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 October 7, 2024
3. Announcements
4. New Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University-Wide | ||||
| Policy Change | Academic Actions for Freshmen | Undergraduate Studies | Update language | |
| Fundamentals of Undergraduate Research 1 | Undergraduate Studies | 0 | New | |
| Fundamentals of Undergraduate Research 2 | Undergraduate Studies | 0 | New | |
| Discussion | Order of content in Simple Syllabus | Provost's Office/Under-graduate Studies | ||
| Admissions | ||||
| Arts and Letters | ||||
| SPC 3542 | Rhetorical Theories and Persuasion (New title: Persuasion) | Communication and Multimedia Studies | 3 | Change title |
| SPC 4273 | Rhetorical Analysis of Democracy (New title: Analyzing Civic Discourse) | Communication and Multimedia Studies | 3 | Change title and description |
| Program Change | BA in Communication Studies | Communication and Multimedia Studies | Shift degree requirements to keep program relevant; credits do not change | |
| Caribbean and Latin American Studies Minor | Interdisciplinary Studies | New | ||
| JPT 4514 | Japanese Tea Ceremony: The Way of Chanoyu | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | New |
| POS 3182 | Florida Government | Political Science | 3 | New |
| PAD 4894 | Diversity and Social Vulnerability in Public Safety Admin. (New title: Vulnerabilities and Resiliency in Public Safety Admin.) | Public Administration | 3 | Change title |
| TPA 3512 | Advanced Film Project | Theatre and Dance | 1 | New |
| Acting for the Camera Minor | Theatre and Dance | New | ||
| Business | ||||
| Education | ||||
| Effective Teaching Practices 1 and Music: Elementary School 1 | Curriculum and Instruction | 2 | Terminate | |
| Engineering and Computer Science | ||||
| EML 4500 | Machine Design | Ocean and Mechanical Engineering | 3 | Change description |
| Honors College | ||||
| Honors Interdisciplinary Capstone Research | 1 | New | ||
| Honors Women, the Workplace, and the Law | 3 | New | ||
| Law and Society Concentration | Add new course as elective | |||
| Mathematics Concentration | Add a course to electives table | |||
| Political Science Concentration | Add two coures to electives table | |||
| Women's Studies Concentration and Minor | Replace an elective with a new elective | |||
| Library | ||||
| Nursing | ||||
| Science | ||||
| BCH 3033 | Biochemistry 1 | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 3 | Change description |
| BCH 3103L | Biochemistry Lab | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 3 | Change description |
| CHM 2046 | General Chemistry 2 | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 3 | Change description |
| CHM 2046L | General Chemistry 2 Lab | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 1 | Change description |
| CHM 2211 | Organic Chemistry 2 | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 3 | Change description |
| CHM 3400 | Introduction to Physical Chemistry | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 3 | Change description |
| CHM 3411L | Physical Chemistry 2 Lab | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2 | Change description |
| CHM 3609 | Inorganic Chemistry | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 3 | Change description |
| CHM 4230C | Organic Spectroscopy | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 3 | Change description |
| Program Change | BS in Chemistry and BS in Chemistry: Biochemistry Concentration | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Add a course to the list of electives | |
| Social Work and Criminal Justice | ||||
5. Next Meeting and Adjournment
The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, December 2, 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, November 21, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/steering-committee/
UFS Meeting: Monday, December 2, 1 to 3 pm, EE 106, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/calendar/