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February 24, 2025
Agenda and Curriculum Proposals
Time: 10 am to noon
Location: SU 132 and via Zoom
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1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes from January 27, 2025 Meeting/Announcements
3. New Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
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| University-Wide | ||||
| General Education curriculum in Boca | Undergraduate Studies and Arts and Letters | Ìý | Addition of Gen Ed courses for Arts and Letters and to the Boca Gen Ed curriculum | |
| General Education curriculum at the Honors College | Undergraduate Studies and Honors College | Ìý | Addition of Gen Ed courses for Honors College and to the Honors College Gen Ed curriculum | |
| Admissions | ||||
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| Arts and Letters | ||||
| Health Communication | Communication and Multimedia Studies | 3 | New | |
| MediaLab | Communication and Multimedia Studies | 3 | New | |
| Social Media Strategies | Communication and Multimedia Studies | 3 | New | |
| Germany Since Hitler | History | 3 | New | |
| Program Change | B.A. in History | History | Ìý | Add new EUH course to electives table |
| RI: Morphology and Syntax | LLCL | 3 | New and research intensive | |
| Advanced Spanish for Heritage Learners | LLCL | 4 to 3 | Change credits | |
| Advanced Spanish | LLCL | 4 to 3 | Change credits | |
| B.A. in Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | LLCL | Ìý | Extensive changes, including allowing students to complete the major without a concentration | |
| B.M.E. in Music Education | Music | Ìý | Reduce credits to 128 to meet state mandate; adjust requirements | |
| Business | ||||
| ACG 3141 | Intermediate Theory 2 | Accounting | 3 | Change prerequisites and corequisites |
| ACG 4401 | Accounting Information Systems 1 | Accounting | 3 | Change prerequisites and corequisites |
| BUL 4330 | Business Law for Accountants | Accounting | 3 | New |
| BUL 4421 | Business Law 1 | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| BUL 4422 | Business Law 2 | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| TAX 4001 | Federal Taxation 1 | Accounting | 3 | Remove prerequisites and corequisites |
| Program Change | Accounting B.B.A.Ìý | Accounting | Ìý | Revise Business Law requirement for Accounting majors |
| Accounting B.B.A. | Accounting | Ìý | Revise Economics requirement for Accounting majors | |
| Business Communications Across Cultures | Business Communications | 3 | New | |
| FIN 4772 | FinTech: Digital Disruption | Finance | 3 | New |
| QMB 3600 | Quantitative Methods in Administration | ITOM | 3 | Change prerequisites |
| HSA 4012 | Issues and Trends in Public Health | Management Programs | 3 | New |
| HSA 4109 | Managed Care | Management Programs | 3 | Change prerequisites |
| HSA 4124 | International Healthcare Systems | Management Programs | 3 | Change prerequisites |
| HSA 4383 | Health Care Quality Management | Management Programs | 3 | Change prerequisites |
| HSA 4511 | Practice Management | Management Programs | 3 | Change prerequisites |
| Health Administration Major | Management Programs | Ìý | Addition of two courses to elective choices and language to attract students to certificates | |
| Healthcare Finance Minor and Certificate | Management Programs | Ìý | New | |
| Public Health Minor and Certificate | Management Programs | Ìý | New | |
| Principles of Food & Beverage Management | Marketing | 3 | Change course title to Food & Beverage Management | |
| Events Management | Marketing | 3 | Change title to Event Management and update description | |
| Internship in Hospitality and Tourism Mgmt | Marketing | 0 | Change title to Hospitality Industry Experience | |
| Casino and Gaming Industry Management Certificate | Marketing | Ìý | Replace one required course with an existing course | |
| Events Management Certificate | Marketing | Ìý | Change title to Event Management | |
| Education | ||||
| Community Climate Resilience Outreach | Curriculum and Instruction | 3 | New | |
| Engineering and Computer Science | ||||
| BME 4930 | Special Topics | Biomedical Engineering | 1-4 | New |
| EOC 4422 | Ocean Wave Mechanics | Ocean and Mechanical Engineering | 3 | Change prerequisites |
| EOC 4631C | Ocean and Environmental Data Analysis | Ocean and Mechanical Engineering | 3 | Change prerequisites |
| RI: Ocean Engineering Systems Control and Design | Ocean and Mechanical Engineering | 3 | Change prerequisites and corequisites | |
| Honors College | ||||
| Honors Major American Writers: 20th Century | Ìý | 3 | New | |
| Honors Advanced French Language and Culture 1 | Ìý | 4 to 3 | Changes credits | |
| American Studies Concentration | Ìý | Ìý | Add two new courses to elective choices | |
| English Literature Concentration | Ìý | Ìý | Add one course to the list of elective choices | |
| French Minor | Ìý | Ìý | Reduce total credits for the minor since one of the required courses is moving from 4 to 3 credits | |
| Neuroscience Concentration | Ìý | Ìý | Allow course options for two of the requirements; add special topics courses as elective choices | |
| Library | ||||
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| Nursing | ||||
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| Science | ||||
| CHM 4671 | Introduction to Bioinorganic Chemistry | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 3 | New |
| CHS 4403 | Introduction to Cosmetic Science | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 3 | New |
| MET 2010 | Weather, Climate and Climate Change (New title: Weather and Climate) | Geosciences | 3 | Change title and description |
| MET 4142 | Climate Data Applications | Geosciences | 3 | Change prerequisites |
| Program Change | B.A. in Geosciences: Concentrations in Geography and Geology | Geosciences | Ìý | Change a number of requirements to enhance program |
| Program Change | B.S. in Geosciences: Concentrations in Climate Change, Geography and Geology | Geosciences | Ìý | Change a number of requirements to enhance program |
| Program Change | Geographic Information Systems Certificate and Advanced Geographic Information Systems Certificate (change titles to replace "Systems" with "Science") | Geosciences | Ìý | Change certificate titles replacing systems with science |
| Social Work and Criminal Justice | ||||
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| Additional Items | ||||
| Discussion | Consent vs. action agenda guidelinesÌý for UFS Steering Committee |
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4. Next Meeting and Adjournment
The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, March 24, 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 Faculty 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.
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Faculty Steering Meeting: Thursday, March 13, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room, /ufsgov/steering-committee/
University Faculty Senate Meeting: Monday, March 24, 1 to 3 pm, EE 106, /ufsgov/calendar/