November 4, 2024
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 October 7, 2024

3. Announcements


4. New Business

Course/Program Title Department Credits Action
University-Wide
Policy Change Academic Actions for Freshmen Undergraduate Studies   Update language

IDS 2911

Support

Fundamentals of Undergraduate Research 1 Undergraduate Studies 0 New

IDS 3913

Support

Fundamentals of Undergraduate Research 2 Undergraduate Studies 0 New
Discussion Order of content in Simple Syllabus Provost's Office/Under-graduate Studies    
Admissions
         
Arts and Letters
SPC 3542 Rhetorical Theories and Persuasion (New title: Persuasion) Communication and Multimedia Studies 3 Change title
SPC 4273 Rhetorical Analysis of Democracy (New title: Analyzing Civic Discourse) Communication and Multimedia Studies 3 Change title and description
Program Change BA in Communication Studies Communication and Multimedia Studies   Shift degree requirements to keep program relevant; credits do not change

New Program

Support

Caribbean and Latin American Studies Minor Interdisciplinary Studies   New
JPT 4514 Japanese Tea Ceremony: The Way of Chanoyu Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature 3 New
POS 3182 Florida Government Political Science 3 New
PAD 4894 Diversity and Social Vulnerability in Public Safety Admin. (New title: Vulnerabilities and Resiliency in Public Safety Admin.) Public Administration 3 Change title
TPA 3512 Advanced Film Project Theatre and Dance 1 New

New Program

Support

Acting for the Camera Minor Theatre and Dance   New
Business
         
Education

EDG 3323 and MUE 4012

Music Support

Effective Teaching Practices 1 and Music: Elementary School 1 Curriculum and Instruction 2 Terminate
Engineering and Computer Science
EML 4500 Machine Design Ocean and Mechanical Engineering 3 Change description
Honors College

IDS 4897

Honors Approval

Honors Interdisciplinary Capstone Research   1 New

POS 4693

Honors Approval

Support

Honors Women, the Workplace, and the Law   3 New

Program Change

Honors Approval

Law and Society Concentration     Add new course as elective

Program Change

Honors Approval

Mathematics Concentration     Add a course to  electives table

Program Change

Honors Approval

Support

Political Science Concentration     Add two coures to electives table

Program Change

Honors Approval

Women's Studies Concentration and Minor     Replace an elective with a new elective
Library
         
Nursing
         
Science
BCH 3033 Biochemistry 1 Chemistry and Biochemistry 3 Change description
BCH 3103L Biochemistry Lab Chemistry and Biochemistry 3 Change description
CHM 2046 General Chemistry 2 Chemistry and Biochemistry 3 Change description
CHM 2046L General Chemistry 2 Lab Chemistry and Biochemistry 1 Change description
CHM 2211 Organic Chemistry 2 Chemistry and Biochemistry 3 Change description
CHM 3400 Introduction to Physical Chemistry Chemistry and Biochemistry 3 Change description
CHM 3411L Physical Chemistry 2 Lab Chemistry and Biochemistry 2 Change description
CHM 3609 Inorganic Chemistry Chemistry and Biochemistry 3 Change description
CHM 4230C Organic Spectroscopy Chemistry and Biochemistry 3 Change description
Program Change BS in Chemistry and BS in Chemistry: Biochemistry Concentration Chemistry and Biochemistry   Add a course to the list of electives
Social Work and Criminal Justice
         

5. Next Meeting and Adjournment

The UUPC's next meeting is Monday, December 2, 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, November 21, 2 to 4 pm, Board of Trustees Room, http://03p5.aihuanjia.com/ufsgov/steering-committee/

UFS Meeting: Monday, December 2, 1 to 3 pm, EE 106, http://03p5.aihuanjia.com/ufsgov/calendar/