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January 27, 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 Dec. 2, 2024 Meeting/Announcements
3. New Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University-Wide | ||||
| Discussion | Simple Syllabus Content | Undergraduate Studies | 听 | 听 |
| Course Terminations | Inactive Course Review | Registrar's Office | 听 | 听 |
| Admissions | ||||
| 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| Arts and Letters | ||||
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FRE 3400
Honors Support |
Advanced French Language and Culture 1 | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 4 (3) | Change credits to 3 and change description |
| Program Change | French Minor | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 听 | Clarify minor requiremens and make it more accessible |
| SPN 3500 | Spanish Peninsular Culture and Civilization (New title: Cultures of Spain) | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | Change title and description |
| SPN 3501 | Latin American Culture and Civilization (New title: Cultures of Latin America) | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | Change title and description |
| CPO 4409 | Religion and Politics in the Middle East | Political Science | 3 | Terminate |
| Business | ||||
| 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| Education | ||||
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Program Change
Math Support |
B.A. in Mathematics Education | Curriculum and Instruction | 听 | Replace a course in the requirements; credits do not change |
| Program Change | B.A. and B.A.E. in Exceptional Student Education | Special Education | 听 | Removal of several courses to reduce the total program credits to 120听 |
| Engineering and Computer Science | ||||
| BME 4364 | Neuromechanics | Biomedical Engineering | 3 | New |
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New Program
Support |
Smart Cities and Internet of Things Certificate | Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering | 听 | New |
| Honors College | ||||
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Program Change
Honors Approval |
Humanities Graduation Requirements | 听 | 听 | Add two language course prefixes to the list of allowed course prefixes under the Distinct Humanities Disciplines |
| Library | ||||
| 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| Nursing | ||||
| 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
| Science | ||||
| ZOO 4407 | Biology of Sharks and Rays | Biological Sciences | 3 | New |
| Social Work and Criminal Justice | ||||
| 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 | 听 |
4. Next Meeting and Adjournment
The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, February 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, January 13, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room, /ufsgov/steering-committee/
UFS Meeting: Monday, February 24, 1 to 3 pm, EE 106, /ufsgov/calendar/