December 1, 2025
Agenda and Curriculum Proposals
Time: 10 am to noon
Location: SU 132 and via Zoom
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes from November 3, 2025 Meeting/Announcements
3. New Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University-Wide | ||||
| Admissions | ||||
| Arts and Letters | ||||
| Bachelor's General Statement | Dean's Office | Adding language to encourage students to complete a minor or electives in the college | ||
| News and News Reporting | Communication and Multimedia Studies | 3 | Change prerequisite | |
| U.S. Journalism | Communication and Multimedia Studies | 3 | Change prerequisite | |
| Special Topics | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | New | |
| Special Topics | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | New | |
| Morphology and Syntax | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | Remove prerequisite | |
| Introduction to AI for Language Education: History, Ethics, and Applications |
Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | New | |
| BA in Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature: Spanish Concentration |
Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | Adding SPT 2530 as another 2000-level course option | ||
| Collaborative Piano Performance | Music | 1 | New | |
| Alexander Technique for the Musician |
Music | 1 | Remove prerequisite | |
| Introduction to Comparative Politics | Political Science | 3 | Add course to General Education Curriculum | |
| Business | ||||
| MAN 3600 | International Business | Management Programs | 3 | Change prerequisite and registration controls |
| MAN 4602 | International Business Operations | Management Programs | 3 | Change prerequisites |
| MAN 4720 | Global Strategy and Policy | Management Programs | 3 | Change prerequisites |
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Combined Program Change
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Health Administration Major Combined Program | Management Programs | 150 | Increase number of credits that may be counted for both programs from 9 to 12 |
| Honors in International Business | Management Programs | Update catalog language to clarify admission process | ||
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(Program was postponed.) |
Undergraduate Certificate in Strategic Business Communication | Business Communications | 12 | New |
| Education | ||||
| Engineering and Computer Science | ||||
| EML 4730L | Mechanical Engineering Laboratory | Ocean and Mechanical Engineering | 3 | Change prerequisites and corequisites |
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Engineering Mechanics with Machine Learning | Ocean and Mechanical Engineering | 3 | New |
| Honors College | ||||
| Honors AI Applications in Biology | 3 | New | ||
| Honors Human Nutrition and Health | 3 | New | ||
| Biology Concentration | Add 3 courses to the electives table and change a special topics number for a course getting a permanent number | |||
| Biomedical Science Concentration | Add 2 courses to the list of electives and change a special topics number for a course getting a permanent number | |||
| Data Science Minor | 16-21 | Add an alternative course for COP 2000, add new BSC elective, and replace a special topics number with a new course's permanent number | ||
| Digital Game Development Minor | 16-20 | Add two courses as alternatives for COP 2220 and COP 3014 and another elective | ||
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Interdisciplinary Health Minor | 18 | New | |
| Library | ||||
| Nursing | ||||
| Science | ||||
| Neurobiology of Mental Illness | Psychology | 3 | New | |
| Program Change | BA in Psychology | Psychology | 120 | Add new PSB course to elective table and change the Laboratory requirement to include more course options |
| Program Change | BS in Neuroscience in Behavior | Psychology | 120 | Add new PSB course as elective option |
| Social Work and Criminal Justice | ||||
| CCJ 4940 | Criminal Justice Internship 1 | School of Criminology and Social Justice | 0-4 | Change course description and grading |
| CCJ 4941 | Criminal Justice Internship 2 | School of Criminology and Social Justice | 0-4 | Change course description and grading |
| CJE 4563 | Crisis and Hostage Negotiation | School of Criminology and Social Justice | 3 | New |
4. Next Meeting and Adjournment
The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, January 26, 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 Faculty 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.
Faculty Steering Meeting: Thursday, January 15, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/steering-committee/
University Faculty Senate Meeting: Monday, January 26, 1 to 3 pm, EE 106, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/calendar/