The UCC will meet on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., in the Reitz Union Senate Chambers

November UCC Review Document

Welcome

1. Updates | Dr. Lindner

2. Approval of October Minutes.

3. Faculty Senate Updates | Dr. Baweja

Programs: 

4. Common Prerequisite Revision for the Agricultural Operations Management Program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. | Jonathan Watson | 18961

5.  Modification to the Agricultural Operations Management Course Catalog in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. | Jonathan Watson | 18893

6. Proposed Reinstatement of a Minimum Course Grade Requirement for APK 3110C: Physiology of Training and Exercise in the College of Health and Human Performance. | Anna Gardner | 18934

7. Proposed Modifications to the Model Semester Plan for the B.S. Plant Science in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. | Dina Liebowitz | 18968

8. Proposed Modifications to the Mass Communication Studies Minor in the College of Journalism and Communication. | James Babanikos | 18870

9. Proposed New Minor to Teach English Language Arts at the Secondary Level in the College of Education. | Angela Kohnen | 18990

10. Proposed New Minor to Teach Social Studies at the Secondary Level in the College of Education. | Angela Kohnen | 18991

11. Proposed Creation of the Department of Pharmacy Education and Practice in the College of Pharmacy. | Michelle Farland | 18949

Certificates: 

12. New Undergraduate Certificates: 

• None

13. Changes to Existing Certificates: 

• Proposed Suspension of Enrollment in the Applied Theatre for Health Certificate | Jennifer Setlow | 18886

Course Recommendations: 

14. Proposed New Undergraduate Courses: 

Agricultural and Life Sciences

• PEN 2XXXC- Science Diver

Business Administration

• GEB 3941- Business Externship: Micro-Consulting

Engineering

• CEN 4XXX- Performant Programming

Liberal Arts and Sciences

• CHI 3XXX- Translation Method: Chinese to English
• COM 4XXX- Language & Social Interaction
• ENG 3XXX- Cinema of Environmental Crisis
• EUH 3XXX- Authoritarian Interwar Europe
• JPT 4XXX- Japanese Graduation Essay Workshop
• REL 3XXX- Global Christianity
• REL 3XXX- Religion and the Paranormal
• SYP 4XXX- Sociology of Empathy, Leadership and Civic Engagement

15. Proposed Changes to Undergraduate Courses:

Design, Construction and Planning

• IND 2460C- Computer Applications in 3D Design

Engineering

• CEN 3908C- Computer Engineering Design

Liberal Arts and Sciences

• JPN 3411- Advanced Japanese 2
• JPN 4940- Internship

16. Proposed New Joint Courses:  

Agricultural and Life Sciences

• FOR 3XXX- Introduction to Programming with R for Natural Resources
• MCB 4XXX- Computational Genomics and Epigenomics

Education

• LAE 4XXX- Introduction to Secondary English Language Art Methods
• SSE 4XXX- Introduction to Secondary Social Studies Method

Engineering

• ENU 4XXX- Power Plant Simulation

Liberal Arts and Sciences

• GEO 4XXX- People and Parks
• GLY 4XXX- Cosmochemistry

17. Proposed 5000 Level Courses 

Health and Human Performance

• APK 5XXX- Sports Supplements

Medicine

• BCH 5205- Medical Metabolism

18. Academic Assessment Committee Information Items

• None

19. Graduate School Information Items

GRADUATE CERTIFICATES:

• The College of Medicine seeks to create an online graduate certificate in Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (#18719).
• The College of Medicine seeks to terminate the graduate certificate in Tropical Medicine (#17707).

GRADUATE DEGREES:

• The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences seeks to close the Master of Arts (M.A.) with a major in Classical Studies (#18729).
• The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences seeks to close the Master of Arts (M.A.) with a major in Religion (#18752).