Sarah Aikman

The meeting covered curricular items concerning the College of Business and the School of the Arts. For the College of Business, a course change for BUS 101 and a new course proposal for BUS 301 were addressed. The School of the Arts agenda included proposals for a new minor in Music Audio Production, a new track for Music Composition BM, the deletion/teach-out of a track in Music BA, and a schema update for another Music BA track. Several course details were also adjusted, including prerequisite/corequisite changes for MUSM 312, a term change for MUSE 324, and description changes for MUSA 496 and MUSA 496S, along with a title change for MUSM 380. All listed curricular items were approved.

The meeting addressed several curricular items, including numerous course revisions and additions across various departments (HIN, ACC, EDU, ART, ARTD, ARTV, DAN, EGT, FRE, GER, JPN, JUS, MUSM), as well as the approval of an A.A.S. in Pre-Business Studies and a Chinese Studies Minor, Criminal Justice B.A., and Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology, B.S. The Chair reported issues with the Curriculog/Acalog mapping system, noting that two pilot general education courses would be discussed at the next General Education Committee meeting. Old business involved a proposal for a minimum standard of 18 credit hours for minors, which currently affects two minors and may be voted upon at the subsequent meeting. New business centered on a proposal from COAS CC regarding cross-college curricular items, which the UCC decided should be modified from a memorandum of support to a memorandum of awareness.

The meeting focused primarily on curricular items, with all proposed changes passing unanimously. Key modifications included changing prerequisites for specific courses (EDS 561 and 570) from sophomore standing to junior standing. A wide array of curriculum proposals were approved, covering departments such as Accounting and Business Law, Educational Leadership and Advanced Studies (including several M.A.T. specializations), Political Science, Criminal Justice, and Organizational Leadership (including certificate programs and deletions of specific course numbers), Computing and Analytics, Kinesiology, Counseling and Rehabilitative Sciences, Nursing (including MSN course sequence and requirement changes), Media and Communication, and Social Work.

The meeting focused heavily on curricular items across several colleges. The College of Arts and Sciences saw the approval of numerous English course descriptions, prerequisites, and content changes, as well as the approval of several Music courses and process changes. The Physics and Geology section approved multiple Engineering Technology and Physics courses, along with updates to a major and a certificate program. The College of Education and Human Services approved changes to an EDD course and admission status criteria, contingent on Grad Council review. The College of Health Professions approved numerous revisions related to Advanced Nursing courses (MSN) and Allied Health courses. The College of Informatics approved a new Pop Culture Minor and revisions to an introductory course. In Old Business, the committee approved reserving a study abroad course number (X98) for future determination in the Fall.

The meeting focused primarily on curricular items across various colleges. Approvals were granted for changes to Physics and Geology courses, several Counseling, Social Work, and Leadership courses (including a new track for Education Specialist Supervisor), and various Allied Health courses related to Respiratory Care, including a full program proposal for a Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care. The Communication area saw approvals for a Journalism Major and a Pop Culture Minor. In Computer Science, prerequisites for specific courses were approved. The committee postponed action on new general education courses pending further response regarding social and behavioral sciences. Under Old Business, the subcommittee chair for graduation requirements was selected, and the policy allowing certain repeatability changes (x9x courses) to bypass the curriculum process was amended. New Business involved forming a subcommittee to define a university credit hour policy to satisfy a SACS requirement.