The UCC will meet on Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. in 307 Weil Hall. The agenda for this meeting is as follows:

 

1.    Approval of minutes of May 20th, 2014 meeting

2.    Update of Faculty Senate and election of the UCC co-chair. Dr. Mair

3.    Updated status terminology in the approval system. Dr. Mair

4.    Shifting undergraduate Economics courses from Business to CLAS. Dr. Ray

5.    Revised language for residency requirements. Dr. Mair

6.    GEP Changes 2015, 2016. Dr. Mair

7.    Proposed Gen Ed changes to Bachelors of Construction Management curriculum, effective Summer B 2015. Dr. Wehle

8.    Proposed revisions to the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree, effective Summer B 2015. Dr. Wehle

9.    Proposal to change Visual Art Studies from a specialization to a major, effective Summer B 2015. Dr. Schaefer

10.  Proposal to reorganize the College of Nursing, effective Summer B 2015. Dr. Haddad

11.  Notice of items from the Academic Assessment Committee (information only)

·         Undergraduate AAP

·   Anthropology

·   Classics B.A.

·   Dance B.F.A.

·   Elementary Education Certificate

·   English Department

·   Environmental Engineering B.S.

·   Family, Youth and Community Services

·   Geomatics Certificate

·   Health Education and Behavior

·   Interior Design

·   Jewish Studies B.A.

·   Medieval Archeology Certificate

·   Meteorology and Climatology Certificate

·   Music Performance Certificate

·   Nuclear Thermal Systems Certificate

·   Political Science

·   Special Education Certificate

·   Sustainability and the Built Environment

·   Sustainability Studies

·   Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate – Interdisciplinary Studies

·   Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate – Linguistics

12.   Notice of items from the Graduate School (information only)

College of Health and Human Performance to accept GMAT in lieu of GRE scores for applicants to the non-thesis MS in Recreation, Parks and Tourism

Warrington college of Business Administration termination of the Supply Chain Management Certificate

New concentration in Medical Microbiology and Biochemistry for the non-thesis M.S. degree

College of Engineering graduate certificate in Engineering Entrepreneurship

College of Education termination of PhD and EdD in Marriage and Family Counseling

College of Education termination of PhD and EdD in Mental Health Counseling

13.  Notice of new graduate certificates (information only)

·         Engineering Entrepreneurship

14.  Proposed new undergraduate certificates

·         Introduction to the Professions of Medicine

·         Speech and Hearing Sciences

15.  Proposed new professional certificates

      ·         None

16.  Proposed new undergraduate courses

Agricultural and Life Sciences

·         EVS4905 – Individual Study in Environmental Science

·         XXX4932 – Special Topics in __________

Arts

·         ART2XXX – Time Core Studio

Design, Construction and Planning

·         FES3XXX – Ambulance Operations 

·         FES3XXX – Foundations of EMS

·         FES3XXX – Analytical Approaches to Fire Protection

·         FES3XXX – Applications of Fire Research

·         FES3XXX – Community Risk Reduction for Emergency Services

·         FES3XXX – Disaster Policy in Emergency Management

·         FES3XXX – EMS Safety and Risk Management

·         FES3XXX – Political and Legal Foundations of Fire Protection

·         FES3XXX – Public Safety Educator

·         FES4XXX – Analytical Approaches to EMS

·         FES4XXX – Critical Incident Management

·         FES4XXX – Disaster Recovery and Mitigation

·         FES4XXX – EMS Community Risk Reduction

·         FES4XXX – EMS Special Operations

·         FES4XXX – Foundations of Emergency Management

·         FES4XXX – Introduction to Terrorism

·         FES4XXX – Legal, Political, and Regulatory in EMS

·         FES4XXX – Management of Fire Related Human Behavior

·         FES4XXX – Quality Management and Research

Journalism

·         MMC2XXX – Introduction to Media and Sports

·         PUR4XXX – Global Social Change Communication

·         PUR4XXX – Public Interest Communications

·         PUR4XXX – Social Media Management

Medicine

·         BMS4XXX – Human Histology

Nursing

·         NUR3070C – Comprehensive Health Assessment

·         NUR3140 – Pathophysiology and Pharmacology

·         NUR3830 – Professional Nursing in the Evolving Healthcare System

17.  Proposed changes to undergraduate courses

Agricultural and Life Sciences

·         XXX4905 – Individual Study in __________

Design, Construction and Planning

·         FES3153 – Communication and Informational Technology

·         FES3753 – Financial Management

·         FES3815 – Command and Control of Catastrophic Incidents

·         FES4003 – Fire and Emergency Services Administration

·         FES4045 – Personnel Management for Emergency Services

·         FES4055 – Public Information and Community Relations

·         FES4585 – Fire Prevention Organization and Management

·         FES4685 – Fire Investigation and Analysis

·         FES4825 – Disaster Planning and Control

·         FES4835 – Natural Disaster Phenomena

Liberal Arts and Sciences

·         HUM2305 – What is the Good Life?

Public Health and Health Professions

·         ASL1110 – American Sign Language 1

·         ASL1120 – American Sign Language 2

18.  Proposed new professional courses

·         PHA5XXX – Clinical Applications of Genomic Medicine

·         PHA5XXX – Clinical Applications of Pharmacogenomics

·         PHA5XXX – Medicare and Medicaid

·         PHA5XXX – Pendulum of Controlled Substances

·         PHA5XXX – Risk Management and Medication Safety

19.  Proposed changes to professional courses

·         VEM5131 – Veterinary Molecular Biology

20.  Proposed new joint courses

·         None

21.  Proposed changes to joint courses

·         None

22.  Proposed new 5000 level courses

 ·        COP5XXX – Penetration Testing - Ethical Hacking

·         COTXXXX – Complex Networks and Applications

·         SWS5XXX – Communicating in Academia

23.  Proposed changes to 5000 level courses

·         AEC5504 – Critical and Creative Thinking in Problem Solving and Decision Making

·         EML5515 – Gas Turbines and Jet Engine

24.  Notice of new graduate courses (information only)

·         BCN6XXX – Building Integrated Renewable Energy Systems

·         CCE6XXX – Advanced Cost Estimating

·         EEL6785 – Computational Aspects of Cyber-Physical Systems

·         EME6XXX – Computer Interaction and the Learner

·         EME6XXX – Designing Integrated Media Environments 2

·         GMS6XXX – Cells of the Innate Immune System

·         GMS6XXX – Food Addiction, Overeating and Obesity

·         GMS6XXX – Introduction to Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

·         GMS6XXX – Medical Writing in Addiction

·         GMS6XXX – Medical Writing in Psychiatry

·         HSA6194 – Healthcare Data Analytics I

·         HSA6196 – Healthcare Data Analytics II

·         MAE6XXX – Classroom Contexts that Support Self-Regulated Learning and Mathematical Understanding

·         PHA6XXX – Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology

·         PHC6XXX – Community and Partnership

·         PHC7XXX – Introduction to Molecular Epidemiology

·         PHC7XXX – Qualitative Data Analysis

·         PLP6XXX – Frontiers in Plant Biotechnology

·         THE6XXX – Arts in Public Health Graduate Practicum

25.  Notice of changes to graduate courses (information only)

·         ANS6940 – Supervised Teaching in the Animal Sciences

·         CEG6405 – Seepage in Soils

·         CCE6037 – Civil Engineering Operations

·         CGN6940 – Supervised Teaching

·         HSA6196 – Healthcare Data Analytics II

·         ISM6423 – Information Systems and Operations Management

·         PHC6722 – Environmental and Global Health Research Methodologies Rotation

·         PHC7727 – Grant Writing for Population Health Research