December 4, 2023
Agenda and Curriculum Proposals
Time: 10 am to noon
Location: SU 132 and via Zoom
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of UUPC Minutes from November 6, 2023/Announcements
3. Old Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science | ||||
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Program Change
Explanation Support |
BS in Mathematics | Mathematical Sciences | Update requirements and add four concentrations to the program | |
4. New Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University-Wide | ||||
| Admissions | ||||
| Arts and Letters | ||||
| DIG 4412 | Narrative Video Production (New title: Producing and Directing Fiction Film) | Communication and Multimedia Studies | 4 | Change title |
| SYA 3010 | Sociological Theory | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYA 3120 | Contemporary Social Theory | Sociology | 3 | Change course description and add prereqs. |
| SYA 3300 | Sociological Analysis: A Survey of Methods | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYD 3510 | Environmental Sociology | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYD 3602 | The Urban Community (New title: Cities and Society) | Sociology | 3 | Change title and course description |
| SYD 3700 | Race and Ethnic Relations | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYD 3792 | Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYD 3800 | Gender and Society | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYD 4422 | Sociology of Housing | Sociology | 3 | New |
| SYG 1000 | Sociological Perspectives | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYG 2010 | Social Problems | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYG 3244 | Sociology of Food | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYO 3100 | Family and Society | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYO 3200 | Sociology of Religion | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYO 3250 | Sociology of Education | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYO 3370 | Gender and Work | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYO 3372 | Sociology of Work | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYO 3400 | Sociology of Health, Illness and Medicine | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYO 3410 | Sociology of Mental Health | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYO 3448 | Animals and Society | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYO 3534 | Poverty and Society | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
|
(New number: 3353) |
Sociology of the Marketplace (New title: Economy and Society) | Sociology | 3 | Change course level, description and title |
|
(New number: 3570) |
Organizational Sociology | Sociology | 3 | Change course level, description and prereqs. |
| SYP 2450 | Global Society | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| Sociology of Emotions | Sociology | 3 | New | |
| SYP 3060 | Human Sexuality and Social Change | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYP 3110 | Self and Society | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYP 3112 | Microsociology (New title: Sociology of Everyday Life) | Sociology | 3 | Change course title and description |
| SYP 3400 | Social Change | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYP 3420 | Sociology of Consumption | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYP 3550 | Drugs and Society | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYP 3570 | Social Control and Deviance | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYP 3630 | Sociology of Popular Culture | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYP 3650 | Sociology of Sport | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYP 3714 | Sociology of Youth | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYP 3740 | Sociology of Aging and Dying | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYP 3774 | Youth Subcultures | Sociology | 3 | Change course description |
| SYP 4063 | The Social Construction of Sexuality (New title: Constructing Sexuality) | Sociology | 3 | Change title and course description |
| SYP 4453 | Global Social Change (New title: Globalization and Inequality) | Sociology | 3 | Change title and course description |
| SYP 4610 | Cultural Sociology (New title: Sociology of Culture) | Sociology | 3 | Change title and course description |
| Sociology Explanation | Explanation for the course changes above | Sociology | ||
| Business | ||||
| ACG 2021 | Principles of Accounting 1 | Accounting | 3 | Remove prereqs. |
| ACG 3131 | Intermediate Theory 1 | Accounting | 3 | Change prereqs. |
| ACG 3341 | Cost Accounting | Accounting | 3 | Change prereqs. |
| ACG 3842 | Accounting Applications of Data Analytics | Accounting | 3 | Change prereqs. |
| ECO 2013 | Macroeconomic Principles | Economics | 3 | Remove prereqs. and change description |
| ECO 2023 | Microeconomic Principles | Economics | 3 | Remove prereqs. |
| ECO 4421 | Introduction to Econometric Methods | Economics | 3 | Change course description and prereqs. |
| Economic Analytics and Big Data | Economics | 3 | New | |
| ECO 4504 | Economics of Public Sector | Economics | 3 | Change course description |
|
ECO 4917
Consultation |
Directed Independent Research | Economics | 0 | New |
| ECP 3203 | Labor Economics | Economics | 3 | Change course description |
| ECP 4530 | Health Care Economics and Policy | Economics | 3 | Change course description, prereqs. |
| Education | ||||
| Engineering and Computer Science | ||||
| Honors Program in Engineering | Dean's Office | Change program to add flexibility | ||
| Honors College | ||||
| RI: Honors Drosophila Genes and Behavior | 3 | New | ||
| RI: Honors Neurophysiology | 3 | New | ||
| Honors Punishment | 3 |
Remove Writing Across Curriculum (WAC) component |
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| Marine Biology Concentration | Allow additional courses to be counted toward concentration | |||
| Psychology Concentration | Add courses to the list of electives and to satisfy various requirements | |||
|
Support
|
Spanish Literature Minor (New title: Spanish Minor) | Add Spanish language courses to expand ways to complete the minor; change title of minor | ||
| Transdisciplinary Visual Art Minor | Update requirements for the minor to match changes previously made for the Art Concentration | |||
| Library | ||||
| Nursing | ||||
| Science | ||||
| Social Work and Criminal Justice | ||||
5. Next Meeting and Adjournment
The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, January 29, from 10 am to noon, in SU 132 and via Zoom.
New programs and program changes approved at today's meeting will be considered by the Steering Committee and Faculty Senate on the dates noted below. Please have a college representative present for those meetings. If any new courses/course revisions seem controversial, please have a representative present for those courses as well.
Steering Meeting: Thursday, January 18, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/steering-committee/
UFS Meeting: Monday, January 29, 1 to 3 pm, EE 106, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/calendar/