March 27, 2023
Agenda and Curriculum Proposals
Time: 10 am to noon
Location: via Webex
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of UUPC Minutes from February 27, 2023
3. Announcements
4. Old Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Letters | ||||
| Explanation for all SPN course changes below | ||||
| SPN 2161 | Spanish for Careers | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | Change prereqs. |
| SPN 2220 | Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture 1 | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 4 | Change prereqs. |
| SPN 2221 | Intermediate Spanish Language and Culture 2 | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 4 | Change prereqs. |
| SPN 2240 | Intermediate Spanish Conversation | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | Change prereqs. |
| SPN 2341 | Intermediate Spanish for Heritage Learners | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 4 | Change prereqs. |
| SPN 3343 | Advanced Spanish for Heritage Learners | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 4 | Change prereqs. |
| SPN 3400 | Advanced Spanish: Conversation (New title: Advanced Spanish |
Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 4 | Change title and prereqs. |
| SPN 3410 | Advanced Spanish: Conversation | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | Change prereqs. |
| SPN 3440 | Commercial Spanish 1 | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | Change prereqs. |
5. New Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University-Wide | ||||
|
IDS 4894
RI approval |
Professional Capstone (New title: RI: Professional Capstone) | Undergraduate Studies | 1-4 | Change title and add Research Intensive component to course |
| Arts and Letters | ||||
|
ANT 4464
Support |
Global Health and Culture | Anthropology | 3 | New |
|
ANT 4492
Support |
Systems and Institutions in Anthropological Perspective | Anthropology | 3 | New |
|
ANT 4532
Support |
Epidemics: Culture, Science and Policy | Anthropology | 3 | New |
| Program Change | BA in Anthropology | Anthropology | Add new courses above to electives | |
|
Program Change
Explanation |
BA in History | History | Revise upper-division coursework to increase History major courses; program remains at 120 total credits | |
|
Program Change
Explanation Support |
Ethics, Law and Society Certificate | Interdisciplinary Studies | Add flexibility to requirements and add new courses to elective choices | |
|
POS 3270
Support |
Political Marketing | Political Science | 3 | New |
| WST 2101 | Women and Gender in the Global South (New title: Women, Gender and Power in the Global South) | Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies | 3 | Change title |
| WST 3325 | Gender-Based Violence and Resistance (New title: Gender-Based Violence and Social Movements) | Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies | 3 | Change title and description |
| WST 4113 | Women's International Human Rights (New title: Gender and Human Rights) | Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies | 3 | Change title and description |
| WST 4404 | Women of Color in the U.S. (New title: Intersectional Feminist Politics in the U.S.) | Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies | 3 | Change title and description |
| Business | ||||
| Education | ||||
| Program Change | BA in Mathematics Education (6-12) | Curriculum and Instruction | Move one course from electives to requirements and reduce electives from 15 to 12; program remains at 120 total credits | |
| Engineering and Computer Science | ||||
| Honors College | ||||
|
Program Change
Honors approval |
Environmental Science and Envrionmental Studies concentrations and minors | Honors College | Update language, delete old courses from requirements, add new courses | |
| Honors Immunology | Honors College | 3 |
New |
|
|
PHY 2048L
Honors approval |
Honors General Physics Lab 1 | Honors College | 1 |
Change prereqs. and coreqs. |
| Honors General Physics Lab 2 | Honors College | 1 |
Change prereqs. and coreqs. |
|
| Honors College Physics 1 | Honors College | 4 |
New |
|
| Honors College Physics 2 | Honors College | 4 |
New |
|
| Library | ||||
| Nursing | ||||
| Program Change | BSN Tracks | Nursing | Revision of BSN tracks for alignment with Nursing's accrediting body and industry trends | |
| NUR 3026C | Fundamentals of Nursing Practice 1 | Nursing | 2 | Change prereqs. |
| NUR 3065 | Health Assessment in Nursing Situations | Nursing | 2 | Change prereqs. |
| NUR 3065L | Health Assessment in Nursing Situations Lab | Nursing | 1 | Change prereqs. |
| NUR 3262 | Chronic Care Nursing Situations for Adults and Aging Populations | Nursing | 3 | Change coreqs. |
| NUR 3262L | Chronic Care Nursing Situations for Adults and Aging Populations in Practice | Nursing | 2 | Change coreqs. |
| NUR 3358 | Nursing Care of Children: Nursing Situations | Nursing | 3 | Change prereqs. and coreqs. |
| NUR 3358L | Nursing Care of Children: Nursing Situations in Practice | Nursing | 1 | Change prereqs. and coreqs. |
| NUR 3455 | Maternal Newborn: Nursing Situations | Nursing | 3 | Change prereqs. |
| NUR 3455L | Maternal Newborn: Nursing Situations in Practice | Nursing | 1 | Change prereqs. and coreqs. |
| NUR 4079 | Systems, Quality and Information Technology | Nursing | 3 | Change prereqs. |
| NUR 4638 | Population Health: Nursing Situations | Nursing | 3 | Change coreqs. |
| NUR 4937 | RI: Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice | Nursing | 3 | Change prereqs. and description |
| Science | ||||
|
New Program
Provost approval (Approved and sent to University Graduate Council for review/approval.) |
BS/MS in Chemistry Combined Program | Chemistry and Biochemistry | New | |
| PHY 3101C | Survey of Modern Physics | Physics | 4 (3) | Change credits |
| PHY 3221 | Classical Mechanics | Physics | 4 (3) | Change credits |
| PHY 3323 | Electromagnetism 1 | Physics | 4 (3) | Change credits |
| PHY 3722C | Physical Electronics | Physics | 4 (3) | Change credits |
| PHY 4523 | Statistical Physics | Physics | 4 (3) | Change credits |
| PHY 4604 | Quantum Mechanics 1 | Physics | 4 (3) | Change credits and coreq. |
| PHZ 3151C | Computational Physics | Physics | 4 (3) | Change credits |
| PHZ 4113 | Mathematics Methods for Physics | Physics | 4 (3) | Change credits |
| Program Change | BA in Physics | Physics | Reducing upper-division credit requirements to be in line with peers; program remains at 120 total credits | |
| Program Change | BS in Physics | Physics | Reducing upper-division credit requirements to be in line with peers; program remains at 120 total credits | |
|
Program Change
(Postponed until next meeting.) |
Physics Minor | Physics | Reducing upper-division credits and increasing lower-division credits to be in line with peers; total credits for major increase from 34 to 37 | |
| CLP 4390 | Forensic Psychology | Psychology | 3 | New |
| PSB 4842 | Neurscience of Sleep | Psychology | 3 | New |
| PSY 3070 | Careers in Psychology | Psychology | 1 (3) | Change credits, prereqs. and coreqs. |
|
SOP 4612
Support |
Industrial Organizational Psychology | Psychology | 3 | New |
| SOP 4762 | Police Psychology | Psychology | 3 | New |
| Program Change | BA in Psychology | Psychology | Add new courses to elective table and correct credits on course with a credit change | |
|
Program Change
Support |
BS in Neuroscience and Behavior | Psychology | Add new course to elective table | |
|
Program Change
Support |
Applied Mental Health Services Certificate | Psychology | Add new courses to elective table | |
| Social Work and Criminal Justice | ||||
6. Next Meeting and Adjournment
The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, April 24, from 10 am to noon, via Webex.
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, April 13, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room,
https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/steering-committee/
UFS Meeting: Monday, April 24, 1 to 3 pm, EE 106, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/calendar/