The UCC will meet on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. via teleconferencing.

Welcome

1. Approval of minutes of February 16, 2021 meeting. | Dr. Lindner

2. Update from the Faculty Senate. | Dr. Haddad

Requested Semester Plans including Quest 1 & Quest 2 Courses

3. Quest 2 | Informational and Voting Items

• Courses

Programs

4. Proposed Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, effective Summer 2021. |

5. Proposed changes to the Accounting major curriculum, effective Summer 2021. | Dr. Laibson

6. Proposed changes to the Advertising Agency track in the Advertisement major, effective Summer 2021. | Dr. Babanikos

7. Proposed changes to the Persuasive Messaging track in the Advertising major, effective Summer 2021. | Dr. Babanikos

8. Proposed changes to the Russian major critical tracking, effective Summer 2021. | Dr. Spillane

9. Proposed changes to Arabic specialization in the Foreign Languages and Literature major, effective Summer 2021. | Dr. Spillane

10. Proposed changes to the Arabic Language and Literature minor, effective Summer 2021. | Dr. Spillane

11. Proposed changes to the Innovation minor in Artificial Intelligence, effective Summer 2021. | Dr. Spillane

12. Proposed Social Justice and Policy minor, effective Summer 2021. | Dr. Spillane

13. Proposed changes to the Finance major curriculum, effective Summer 2021. | Dr. Sevilla

Academic Assessment Committee 

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

• Nursing Certificate – Approved

• Nursing Sciences – Approved

• Modify SLOs for Doctor of Pharmacy – Approved

• New Combination Degree – MSBA Marketing Concentration and BABA- General Studies – Approved

• New Combination Degree – MSBA Marketing Concentration and BSBA- General Studies – Approved

• New Combination Degree – MSBA Marketing Concentration and BSBA- in Finance – Approved

• New Combination Degree – MSBA Marketing Concentration and BABA- in Information Systems – Approved

• Anatomical Sciences Education – Approved

• Occupational Safety Engineering Certificate – Approved

• Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate – Recycled

Graduate School

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

• The proposal from the College of Design, Construction and Planning for a new graduate certificate in Urban Analytics was approved. | 14936

• The proposal from the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering for a new graduate certificate in Machine Learning was approved. | 14917

• The proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to participate in the Clinical Translational Science concentration for the Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Sociology was approved. | 15348

• The proposal from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to participate in the Clinical Translational Science concentration for the Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Mathematics was approved. | 15349

Certificates

Graduate

16. Notice of new graduate certificates (information only).

• None

17. Notice of changes to graduate certificates (information only).

• None

Undergraduate

18. Proposed new undergraduate certificates.

• None

19. Proposed changes to undergraduate certificates.

Engineering

• AI Fundamentals and Applications

Professional

20. Proposed new professional certificates.

• None

21. Proposed changes to professional certificates.

• None

Courses

Undergraduate

22. Proposed new undergraduate courses.

Arts

• ARH 4XXX Colonialism and Collecting
• ARH 4XXX Artistic Exchange from Baghdad to Toled, 632-1453

Engineering

• EML 4XXX Li-ion Next Generation Batteries
• EEL 4XXX Programming for EE 2

Liberal Arts and Sciences

• GEO 3XXX Extreme Droughts
• IDS 3XXX  Human Dimensions in Health
• PCB 3XXX Disease Ecology and Evolution
• POW 4XXX Crime Fiction in Brazil
• POW 4XXX Deep Brazil: North and Northeast
• POW 4XXX Dystopian Narrative in Brazil
• SPN 1XXX Accelerated Spanish Review for Heritage Speakers of Spanish
• SPN 3XXX Creative Writing in Spanish
• SPN 3XXX Spanish First Language Acquisition
• SPN 4XXX Developing and Assessing Second Language Fluency

23. Proposed changes to undergraduate courses.

Business

• BUL 4310 The Legal Environment of Business

Engineering

• BME 3101 Biomedical Materials
• BME 4621 Biomolecular Thermodynamics
• COP 2274 C++ Programming for Engineers

Health and Human Performance

• SPM 3012 Sport and Society
• SPM 4104 Sport Facility Design and Management

Liberal Arts and Sciences

• ARA 4420 Arabic through the Texts
• CCJ 3701 Research Methods in Criminology
• CCJ 4014 Criminological Theory
• FRE 3300 Grammar and Composition
• INR 4931 Special Topics in International Relations
• MET 4531 Mesoscale Meteorology
• STA 4210 Regression Analysis

Public Health and Health Professions

• PHC 3603 Critical Issues in Public Health

Professional

24. Proposed new professional courses.

Medicine

• BCH 2XXX Science for Life

Nursing

• NGR 6XXX Assessment and Evaluation in Nursing Education
• NGR 6XXX Curriculum Design and Program Evaluation
• NGR 6XXX Instructional Theories and Learning Strategies in Nursing Education

25. Proposed changes to professional courses.

• None

Joint 

26. Proposed new joint courses.

Health and Human Performance

• HFT 4XXX GIS and Spatial Analysis for Tourism and Social Data
• HFT 4XXX Smart Cities, Attractions, and Theme Parks
• HFT 4XXX Artificial Intelligence Revolutions and Applications in Tourism, Hospitality and Events

27. Proposed changes to joint courses.

• None

5000-Level

28. Proposed new 5000 level courses.

• None

29. Proposed changes to 5000 level courses.

• None

Graduate

30. Notice of new graduate courses (information only).

• None

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

• None