The UCC will meet on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Via ZOOM.
The link to the meeting will be sent via separate email.

 Welcome

1. Approval of minutes of May 12, 2020 meeting. | Dr. Lindner

2. Election of the Committee Co-Chair. | Dr. Lindner

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

4. Year in View for UCC. | Dr. Lindner

Information Items

5. Proposed New Spring 2021 Schedule | Dr. Lindner

6. UF Online and Microbiology & Cell Science Availability of an Online Microbiology Lab Option for Admits as of Spring 2021

Programs

7. Proposed change of name to the Department of Telecommunication, effective Summer 2021. | Dr. Babanikos

8. Proposed new specialization in Geographical Science and Sustainability for the B.A in Geography, effective Summer 2021. | Dr. Spillane

Academic Assessment Committee 

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

• Approved Advanced Engineering Ceramics Certificate
• Approved Materials Science Metallurgical Engineering Certificate
• Approved Materials Science and Engineering Biomaterials Certificate
• Approved Materials Science and Engineering Polymer Science and Engineering Certificate

Graduate School

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

• Modified the curriculum for the Master of Fine Arts degree with a major in Design and Visual Communications. (14811)

• Renamed the current M.S. with a major in Tourism and Recreation Management (TRM) program to an M.S. with a major in Tourism and Hospitality Management (THM). (14670)

• Created a new interdisciplinary graduate Ph.D. degree program with a major in Plant Breeding. (14426)

• Terminated the Ph.D. degree with a major in Health Services Research. (14636)

Certificates

Graduate

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

• New graduate certificate in Science Communications. (14781)

• New graduate certificate in Curatorial Studies. (14604)

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

• None

Undergraduate

13. Proposed new undergraduate certificates.

• None

14. Proposed changes to undergraduate certificates.

• None

Professional

15. Proposed new professional certificates.

• None

16. Proposed changes to professional certificates.

• None

Courses

Undergraduate

17. Proposed new undergraduate courses.

Agricultural and Life Sciences

• ENY 3XXX Spider Biology
• MCB 4XXXL Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
• PCB 4XXX Human Genomics

Business

• FIN 3124 Introduction to Financial Planning & Wealth Management
• FIN 4128 Financial Plan Development
• FIN 4132 Estate & Tax Planning
• QMB 3XXX Foundations of Business Analytics & Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• RMI 3011 Risk Management and Insurance

Public Health and Health Professions

• PHC 4XXX Climate Change, the Environment, and the Future of Public Health

18. Proposed changes to undergraduate courses.

Agricultural and Life Sciences

• ORH 4804 Annual and Perennial Gardening
• ORH 4804L Annual and Perennial Gardening Lab

Engineering

• CNT 4007 Computer Network Fundamentals
• EAS 4300 Aerospace Propulsion
• EAS 4810C Aerospace Sciences Lab and Design
• EEL 4948 Practical Work in Electrical and Computer Engineering
• EMA 3050 Introduction to Inorganic Materials
• EMA 3066 Introduction to Organic Materials
• EMA 3080C Materials Laboratory I
• EML 3005 Mechanical Engineering Design 1
• EML 3301C Mechanics of Materials Lab
• EML 4410 Combustion Engineering
• ENV 3040C Computational Methods in Environmental Engineering

Health and Human Performance

• APK 3220C Biomechanical Basis of Movement

Journalism and Communications

• JOU 4201 News Center Practicum
• PUR 3463 Sports Communication
• PUR 4100L Public Relations Writing
• PUR 4801C Public Relations Campaigns
• PUR 4932 Special Study
• PUR 4940 Public Relations Internship

Professional

19. Proposed new professional courses.

Law

• LAW 5755 Introduction to Lawyering
• LAW 6XXX Arbitration Law
• LAW 6XXX Complex Civil Litigation
• LAW 6XXX Education Law
• LAW 6XXX Electronic Discovery
• LAW 6XXX Environmental Capstone Colloquium
• LAW 6XXX Florida Constitutional Law
• LAW 6XXX Social Science, Crime and Law
• LAW 6XXX Wetlands and Watershed

20. Proposed changes to professional courses.

Dentistry

• DEN 5405C Preclinical Operative Dentistry 1/Biomaterials
• DEN 6407C Preclinical Operative Dentistry II
• DEN 6408C Preclinical Operative Dentistry III

Joint 

21. Proposed new joint courses.

Agricultural and Life Science

• MCB 4XXX  Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Liberal Arts and Sciences

• LIN 4XXX Introduction to Corpus Linguistics
• LIN 4XXX Introduction to Data-Driven Learning
• LIN 4XXX Methods in Language Documentation

22. Proposed changes to joint courses.

• None

5000-Level

23. Proposed new 5000 level courses.

• None

24. Proposed changes to 5000 level courses.

•  None

Graduate

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

• CCJ 6942 Applied CJ Research Project (14462)
• EEL 5XXX Fundamentals of RF and Power Electronic Devices (13175)
• MCB 5XXX Antimicrobial Resistance (14385)
• BSC 6452 Computational Tools for Research in Biology (14166)
• GMS 6XXX Principles of Forensic Psychology (12925)
• LIN 6XXX Stats for Linguists (14027)
• VME 6XXXC Advanced Small Animal Airway and Thoracic Surgery (14615)
• VME 6XXXL VMS Graduate Journal Club: Mucosal Immunology (14570)

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

• ACG 7885 Accounting Research 1 (14922)
• DIE 6944 Dietetic Internship II (14021)
• EDH 6360 Foundations and Functions of College Student Personnel (14133)
• PHC 7083 Computational Epidemiology in Population Science Modification (14937)