University Curriculum Committee – Agenda: June 18, 2024

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June UCC Review Document

Welcome

Updates | Dr. Tobin Shorey

Approval of May Minutes

Faculty Senate Updates | Dr. van Oostrom

Information Item - Academic Assessment Committee Update | Dr. Leite

Programs:

Arts

•  BFA Acting Model Plan Modification
•  Jazz - Minor - New World School of the Arts                 

Liberal Arts and Sciences

• English - EH? - Major Update   
• Sustainability Studies - SST - Major Update            
• Health Disparities in Society - HDS - Minor Update

Public Health and Health Professions

• Remove 60 Credit Upper Division Coursework Requirement

Certificates: 

New Undergraduate Certificates 

• None

Changes to Existing Certificates 

• None

Proposed New Undergraduate Courses: 

Liberal Arts and Sciences

• AFA 3XXX - African Diaspora, Women, and Medicine

• CLA 3XXX: Slavery in the Ancient World

Changes to Undergraduate Courses: 

Health and Human Performance

• APK 4103c - Kinetic Anatomy - Prerequisites Update

Journalism and Communication

• MMC 1009 - Introduction to Media and Communications - Prerequisites Update
• MMC 2740 - Introduction to Media and Sports - Description
• MMC 4302 - World Communication Systems - Description
• RTV 2100 - Writing for Electronic Media - Description
• RTV 3001 - Introduction to Media Industries and Professions - Description
• RTV 3002 - Understanding Audiences - Course Title Update
• RTV 3101 - Fiction/Nonfiction Screenwriting - Description
• RTV 3320 - Single-Camera Production - Course Title and Description Update
• RTV 3432 - Ethics and Problems in Media - Description
• RTV 3511 - Fundamentals of Production - Prerequisite and Description Updates
• RTV 3945 - Media Immersion Experience - Course Title Update
• RTV 4420 - New Media Systems - Description
• RTV 4500 - Content Acquisition, Distribution, and Strategy - Description
• RTV 4506 - Applied Media Research - Course Title and Description Update
• RTV 4700 - Media Law and Policy - Description
• RTV 4800 - Media Management and Strategy - Description
• RTV 4905 - Individual Projects in Media - Description
• RTV 4940 - Media Internship - Description

Liberal Arts and Sciences

• GLY 3042 - Planetary Geology - Course Leve Update
• DEM3390 - Change Course Prefix

Proposed 5000 Level Courses: 

• None

Updates from the Graduate School

Certificates:

The College of Design, Construction and Planning seeks to create a graduate certificate in AI in Architecture (#19843).

The College of Design, Construction and Planning seeks to create a graduate certificate in Healthcare Design Integration (#19815).

Concentrations

The College of Dentistry seeks to add the project in lieu of thesis as an option to the concentrations in Periodontics and Operative and Esthetic Dentistry for the Master of Science (M.S.) degree with a major in Dental Sciences (#19757).

The College of Journalism and Communications seeks to modify the curriculum for the graduate concentration in Web Design and Online Communication for the Master of Arts in Mass Communication (M.A.M.C.) with a major in Mass Communication (#19778).

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences seeks to close the concentration in Quantitative Finance for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) with a major in Mathematics (#19561).

Major

The College of Medicine seeks to reduce the amount of credit for the Master of Science (M.S.) with a major in Genetics and Genomics (#19840).

Degree

The College of Public Health and Health Professions seeks to modify the curriculum and reduce the amount of credit for the Master of Health Administration (M.H.A.) degree. (#19867).

Online Modalities

The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering seeks to offer various levels of online modality for the following existing Ph.D. majors: Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Nuclear Engineering Sciences. (#19991).