University Curriculum Committee - Agenda: May 16, 2023
The UCC will meet on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., in the LVV room in Criser Hall
CA/R Items previously seen by UCC
Welcome
1. Approval of April minutes. | Dr. Lindner
2. Update from the Faculty Senate. | Dr. Baweja
Bulk Prerequisite Requests:
3. Bulk Request of Prerequisite for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 3/4000-Level Course | Joel Brendemuhl | 18534
4. Bulk Request of Prerequisite for the College of the Arts 3/4000-Level Courses | Jennifer Setlow | 18522
5. Bulk Request of Prerequisite for the College of Design Construction and Planning 3/4000-Level Courses | Nancy Clark | 18525
6. Bulk Request of Prerequisite for the College of Health and Human Performance 3/4000-Level Courses | Chistopher Janelle | 18524
7. Bulk Request of Prerequisite for the College of Journalism and Communications 3/4000-Level Courses | James Babanikos | 18507
8. Bulk Request of Prerequisite for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 3/4000-Level Courses | Gillian Lord-Ward | 18494
9. Bulk Request of Prerequisite for the College of Public Health and Health Professions 3/4000-Level Courses | Kendra Hamilton | 18509
10. Bulk Request of Prerequisite for the College of Education 3/4000-Level Courses | Tina Bonaue-Smith | 18558
11. Bulk Request of Prerequisite for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering 3/4000-Level Courses | Curtius Taylor | 18564
Programs:
12. Modification of the BA to the Economics Major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | David Knight | 18437
13. Proposed Combination Degree Between the BA/BS and the MA Major in Anthropology | Kenneth Sassaman | 17438
Certificates:
14. New Undergraduate Certificates:
- None
15. Changes to Existing Certificates:
- Proposed Modifications to the Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems Certificate (CALS) | Kara Casy | 18054
Courses:
16. Proposed New Undergraduate Courses:
Liberal Arts and Sciences
- CRW 4XXX- Creative Nonfiction
- EUS 493X- JMCE Seminar: EU in Practice
- GEO 3XXX- International Wildlife Policy: Lessons from Africa
- IHS 2XXX- Pre-Health Post-Bac (PHPB) Professional Development
- IHS 4XXX- Pre-Health Post-Bac (PHPB) Professional Development Capstone
- REL 2XXX- Indigenous Religions of the World
17. Proposed Changes to Undergraduate Courses:
Agricultural and Life Sciences
Engineering
- ECH 4323L- Chemical Engineering Laboratory 5
- ECH 4934- Professional Seminar
- EGM 3401- Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics
Liberal Arts and Sciences
- ARA 4930- Special Topics
- EUS 4932- Jean Monnet Special Seminar: the EU Today
- GEO 4700- Transportation Geography
- GIS 3001C- Spatial Maps and Graphs
- IDS 1XXX- The Anatomy of a Story
- IDS 1XXX- Time, Culture, and Identity
- STA 3310- Programming with Data in R
18. Proposed New Joint Courses
Agricultural and Life Sciences
- MCB 4XXX- Analysis, Interpretation, and Visualization of Microbiological Data
- MCB 4XXX- Careers for Impact in Microbiology and Cell Science
- MCB 4XXX- Innovation Project Management for Life Sciences
Engineering
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Health and Human Performance
19. Proposed 5000 Level Courses
Health and Human Performance
20. Information Items from the Academic Assessment Committee:
- Veterinary Business Management Certificate - Assessment Plan Update Approved
- Update Program Goal for GAN Grad Cert Approved
- Update Program Goal for FHR Grad Cert Approved
- Update Program Goal for AFH Grad Cert Approved
- Modify SPM Certificate AAP Approved
- MAcc SLO #3 - Write Clearly and Concisely - Remove SLO Approved
- Update Program Goal for EDC Grad Cert Approved
- Update Program Goal for UAU Undergrad Cert Approved
- Modification of SLOs and PGs for Applied Pharmacoeconomics Graduate Certificate Approved
- MAcc SLO#5 Solve Complex Accounting Problems - Modify Assessment Method Approved
- Update Program Goal for GMT Undergrad Cert Approved
- Update Program Goal for NRP Grad Cert Approved
- Microbiome and Health Certificate Program Approved
- Update Program Goal for UAS Grad Cert Approved
- Update Program Goal for QFS Grad Cert Approved
- Update Program Goal for ECR Grad Cert Approved
21. Information Items from the Graduate School:
CERTIFICATES:
- The College of Engineering seeks to create a graduate certificate in Artificial Intelligence (#17877).
- The College of Engineering seeks to create a graduate certificate in Civil Infrastructure Assessment (#17940).
- The College of Engineering seeks to create a graduate certificate in Coastal Engineering and Management (#17930).
- The College of Engineering seeks to create a graduate certificate in Coastal Resilience Engineering (#17943).
- The College of Engineering seeks to create a graduate certificate in Fundamental Computer Science (#17786).
- The College of Medicine seeks to modify the curriculum for the graduate certificate in Medical Microbiology (#18347).
MAJORS:
- The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences seeks to modify the curriculum for the Master of Science (M.S.) with a major in Interdisciplinary Ecology (non-thesis) (#18183).
- The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences seeks to modify the curriculum for the Master of Science (M.S.) with a major in Interdisciplinary Ecology (thesis) (#18215).
- The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences seeks to modify the curriculum for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) with a major in Interdisciplinary Ecology (#18207).
- The College of Agricultural and Life Science seeks to modify the title of the major for the Master of Science (M.S.) degree from a major in “Soil and Water Sciences” to a major in “Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences” (#18074).
- The College of Agricultural and Life Science seeks to modify the title of the major for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from a major in “Soil and Water Sciences” to a major in “Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences” (#18075).
DEGREE:
- The College of Medicine seeks to create a graduate degree for the Master of Science (M.S.) with a major in Genetics and Genomics (#18061).
COMBINATION DEGREES:
- The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences seeks to create a combination degree program between the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree with a major in Anthropology and the Master of Arts (M.A.) degree with a major in Anthropology (#17438).
- The College of Health and Human Performance and the Levin College of Law seeks to create a combination degree program between the Master of Science (M.S.) with a major in Sport Management and the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree (#17244).