October 9, 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 September 11, 2023/Announcements
3. New Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University-Wide | ||||
| Policy Change | Academic Probation | Undergraduate Studies | Update policy for greater clarity and to provide resource for improvement of student success | |
| Arts and Letters | ||||
| Program Change | BA in English: Writing and Rhetoric Concentration (New name: Professional and Creative Writing Concentration) | English | Change concentration name and requirements; update faculty | |
| SPN 2241 | Spanish for Healthcare Professions | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | New |
| Program Change | BFA in Theatre: Music Theatre Concentration | Theatre and Dance | Reduce concentration credits from 124 to 120 by removing some elective credits | |
| WST 2351 | Gender and Climate Change | Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies | 3 | Change description |
| WST 2608 | Introduction to Sexuality and Gender Studies | Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies | 3 | Change description |
| Business | ||||
| ACG 2021 | Principles of Accounting 1 | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| ACG 2071 | Principles of Accounting 2 | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| ACG 3131 | Intermediate Theory 1 | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| ACG 3141 | Intermediate Theory 2 | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| ACG 3341 | Cost Accounting | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| ACG 3842 | Accounting Applications of Data Analytics | Accounting | 3 | Change description and prereqs. |
| ACG 4401 | Accounting Information Systems 1 | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| ACG 4501 | Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| ACG 4651 | Auditing and Assurance Services 1 | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| BUL 4421 | Business Law 1 | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| BUL 4422 | Business Law 2 | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| BUL 4443 | Ethics in Business | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| BUL 4514 | Intellectual Property Law | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| BUL 4540 | Employment Law | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| BUL 4622 | Entertainment Law | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| TAX 4001 | Federal Taxation 1 | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
| TAX 4011 | Federal Taxation 2 | Accounting | 3 | Change description |
|
Provost's Office Approval
|
BBA or BS in MIS to MS ITM Combined Program | Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM) | Update graduate course substitution for upper-division courses and clarify that ISM 4133 must be taken | |
| Education | ||||
| Engineering and Computer Science | ||||
| RI: Data-Driven Civil Infrastructure | Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering | 3 | New and research-intensive (RI) course | |
| EML 4551 | RI: Design Project | Ocean and Mechanical Engineering | 3 | Change prereq. |
| Honors College | ||||
| Interdisciplinary Ethics Minor | Remove old courses and add replacements | |||
|
Program Change
|
Philosophy Concentration and Interdisciplinary Philosophy Concentration |
Remove old courses, add replacements, add flexibility for majors | ||
| Philosophy Minor | Revise requirements to add more flexibility | |||
| Honors Philosophy of the Mind | 3 | New and Writing Across Curriculum (WAC) | ||
| Honors Philosophy of Science | 3 | New | ||
| Library | ||||
| Nursing | ||||
| Science | ||||
| RI: Drosophila Genes and Behavior | Biological Sciences | 3 | New and research-intensive (RI) course | |
| GLY 4451 | Solid Earth Geophysics | Geosciences | 3 | Remove prereqs. |
| Discrete Mathematical Structures | Mathematical Sciences | 3 | New | |
| Post-Quantum Cryptography | Mathematical Sciences | 3 | New | |
| Cryptography of Blockchain | Mathematical Sciences | 3 | New | |
| Social Work and Criminal Justice | ||||
| Human Behavior and Social Environment 2 | Social Work | 3 | Add Academic Service Learning (ASL) component | |
4. Next Meeting and Adjournment
The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, November 6, from 10 am to noon, 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, October 26, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room,
https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/steering-committee/
UFS Meeting: Monday, November 6, 1 to 3 pm, EE 106, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/calendar/