November 3, 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 October 6, 2025 Meeting/Announcements
3. Old Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering and Computer Science | ||||
| Combined Program: BS in Biomedical Engineering to MS in Artificial Intelligence | Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | New | ||
|
(withdrawn) |
Degree Program: BS in Artificial Intelligence with Biology | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Biological Sciences | 120 | New |
| College of Engineering and Computer Science general section revisions | Engineering Dean's Office | Make several adjustments to general requirements and honors program | ||
4. New Business
| Course/Program | Title | Department | Credits | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University-Wide | ||||
| Admissions | ||||
| Arts and Letters | ||||
| FIL 4828 | International Cinema | Communication and Multimedia Studies | 4 | New |
| RI: Senior Seminar (New title: RI: Research Seminar) | History | 3 | Change title | |
| Classical Studies Undergraduate Minor | Interdisciplinary Studies | 15 | New | |
| Classical Studies Undergraduate Certificate | Interdisciplinary Studies | 18 to 15 | Revise course list and reduce total credits required to complete | |
| Undergraduate Certificate in Middle Eastern Studies | Interdisciplinary Studies | 12-13 | New | |
| Undergraduate Minor in Middle Eastern Studies | Interdisciplinary Studies | 12-13 | New | |
| Perspectives on Language (New title: Perspectives on Language and Culture) | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | Change title and description | |
| LIN 4930 | Special Topics | Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature | 3 | Remove prerequisite |
| MUE 4140 | Choral Methods | Music | 3 | Change description |
| Program Change | Bachelor of Arts in Music | Music | 120 | Adjust General Education requirements, update Music core courses, align degree-specific coursework with competencies, and increase flexibility |
| Program Change | Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy | Philosophy | 120 | Add new tracks within the Philosophy major to increase flexibility and student interest |
|
Support
|
Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence with Philosophy | Philosophy and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | 120 | New |
| Business | ||||
| AI for Business Communication | Business Communications | 3 | Remove prerequisite | |
| Business Communications Across Cultures | Business Communications | 3 | Remove prerequisite | |
| Minor/Certificate in Applied Global Business Communications | Business Communications | 17 to 15-17 for Minor and 14 to 12-14 for Certificate |
Change credit requirements due to changes associated with languages | |
| Club Management Certificate | Marketing | 15 | Replace HFT 4503 with HFT 4240 to make curriculum more relevant | |
| Education | ||||
| Engineering and Computer Science | ||||
|
MOU Document
(See Above in Arts and Letters for additional paperwork.) |
Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence with Philosophy | Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Philosophy | 120 | New |
| Computer Applications in ME 2 | Ocean and Mechanical Engineering | 3 | Change prerequisites | |
| Aerospace Engineering and Robotics Engineering Certificates | Ocean and Mechanical Engineering | 15 to 12 | Reduce credits, add elective course, and increase technical elective courses | |
| Honors College | ||||
| Honors Introduction to Comparative Politics | 3 | Add as General Education course in the Social Science Group B area | ||
| Honors Introduction to Neuroscience | 3 | New | ||
| Honors Neurobiology Imaging | 3 | New | ||
| Honors Cellular Neuroscience | 3 | Change prerequisites | ||
| Honors Behavioral Neuroscience | 3 | Change prerequisites | ||
| Neuroscience Minor | 15 | New | ||
| Library | ||||
| Nursing | ||||
| Science | ||||
| Brain Modeling and Simulation | Biological Sciences | 3 | New | |
| Program Change | BS in Biological Sciences | Biological Sciences | Make credit adjustments, add and remove electives, and update faculty list | |
| Program Change | BS in Chemistry: Concentration in Biochemistry | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Revise general mathematics requirements and elective course language | |
| Planning for Hazards/Disasters (New title: RI: Planning for Hazards/Disasters) | Urban and Regional Planning | 3 | Change title and description to include RI designation | |
| Social Work and Criminal Justice | ||||
| CCJ 4940 | Criminal Justice Field Experience 1 (New title: Criminal Justice Internship 1) | Criminology and Criminal Justice | 0-4 | Change title |
| CCJ 4941 | Criminal Justice Field Experience 2 (New title: Criminal Justice Internship 2) | Criminology and Criminal Justice | 0-4 | Change title |
4. Next Meeting and Adjournment
The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, December 1, 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, November 20, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/steering-committee/
University Faculty Senate Meeting: Monday, December 1, 1 to 3 pm, EE 106, https://www.fau.edu/ufsgov/calendar/