What’s New This Year?

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1. Policy Changes

• Admission and Readmission  (GC 21-002: Admission by exception; exceptions to standard graduate admission) 
• General Requirements for Degrees and Certificates  (Editorial revision: Ethics course requirement for all research doctoral degree program curricula)
• Significance of Course Numbers  (Editorial revision: Last sentence regarding thesis and dissertation courses)

2. Program Changes

    a. Approvals for Programs to be Delivered by Distance Education

•      History, MA   (UNC SO: 7/23/2021) New! See Addendum to Catalog  for more information. 

    b. New Programs

         Accelerated Bachelors/Master’s Programs​

• Sociology, BA/Sociology, MA  (GCC: 3/3/2021) New!
• Applied Sociology, BS/Sociology, MA  (GCC: 3/3/2021) New!
• Recreation and Park Management, BS/Recreation Sciences, MS  (GCC: 11/04/2020) New!
• Recreational Therapy, BS/Recreation Sciences, MS  (GCC: 11/04/2020) New!

         Certificates

• Educational Research, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics Certificate  (GCC: 3/17/2021) New!
• Environmental Health Foundations Certificate  (GCC: 1/20/2021)  New!
• Instructional Design in Adult Education Certificate  (GCC: 1/20/2022) New!
• Racial Equity Studies Certificate  (GCC: 11/04/2020) New!
• Science Education Specialist Certificate  (GCC: 2/17/2021) New!

         Master of Science

• Planning and Development, MS  New!

    c. Discontinued Programs

         Certificates

• Assistive Technology (GCC: 2/17/2021)
• Residential Construction Management (GCC: 11/04/2020)

    d. Revised Programs

         Accelerated Bachelors/Master’s Programs

• Industrial Distribution and Logistics, BS/Technology Management, MS  (GCC: 10/7/2020)

        Certificates

• Addictions Prevention and Treatment Studies Certificate  (GCC: 2/3/2021) New title!
• Biofeedback Certificate  (GCC: 11/04/2020)
• Leadership in Organizations Certificate  (GCC: 9/16/2020)
• Military and Civilian Trauma Studies Certificate  (GCC: 2/3/2021) New title!
• Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Certificate  (GCC: 9/2/2020)
• Rehabilitation Studies Certificate  (GCC: 2/3/2021) New title!

         Master’s​

• Chemistry, MS  (GCC: 1/20/2021)
• Clinical Counseling, MS  (GCC: 2/3/2021)
• Communication, MA  (GCC: 10/7/2020) New concentration! 
• Curriculum and Instruction, MAEd  (GCC: 1/20/2021)
• Health Informatics and Information Management, MS  (GCC: 9/16/2020)
• Instructional Technology, MAEd  (GCC: 2/17/2021)
• Mathematics Education, MAEd  (GCC: 2/3/2021)
• Music, MM  (GCC: 11/18/2020)
• Nursing, MSN  (GCC: 9/2/2020); (GCC: 3/3/2021) 
• Physical Education, MAEd  (GCC: 2/17/2021)
• Physician Assistant, MS  (GCC: 10/21/2020)
• Psychology, MA  (GCC: 1/20/2021)
• Rehabilitation and Career Counseling, MS  (GCC: 2/3/2021) New title approved! See Addendum to Catalog  for more information. 
• Science Education, MAEd  (GCC: 2/17/2021)
• Security Studies, MS  (GCC: 2/3/2021)
• Special Education, MAEd  (GCC: 3/24/2021)
• School Psychology, CAS  (GCC: 1/20/2021; UNC SO: 7/23/2021 ) New degree type and title approved! See Addendum to Catalog  for more information. 
• Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality, MS  (GCC: 3/17/2021)

         Doctoral

• Rehabilitation Counseling and Administration, PhD  (GCC: 2/3/2021) New title approved! See Addendum to Catalog   for more information. 
• Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry, PhD  (GCC: 2/17/2021)
• Public Health, DrPH  (GCC: 3/17/2021)​ 

3. Course Changes

    a. Deleted Courses

• COHE 6510 (GCC: 9/16/2020)
• ENED 6500 (GCC: 9/2/2020)
• GEOL 5000, 5001, 6020, 6021, 6040, 6041, 6300, 6301, 6310, 6311, 6400, 6704, 7830 (GCC: 9/2/2020)
• HIST 6222 (GCC: 9/2/2020)
• JUST 6990 (GCC: 3/17/2021)
• LEED 6830 (GCC: 9/2/2020)
• MGMT 6822 (GCC: 9/16/2020)
• OCCT 6701 (GCC: 2/17/2021)
• SPED 6701, SPED 6702, SPED 6703 (GCC: 2/17/2021)  

    b. New Courses

• ADRE 6376  (GCC: 2/3/2021)
• ART 6899  (GCC: 2/3/2021)
• COAD 6417 , COAD 6418 , COAD 6419 , COAD 6420 , COAD 6421  (GCC: 3/3/2021) 
• COHE 6615  (GCC: 9/16/2020)
• COMM 6310 , COMM 6312  (GCC: 10/7/2020)
• EDUC 6400 , EDUC 6500   (GCC: 11/04/2020)
• HIED 6511  (GCC: 1/20/2021)
• HIST 5800 , HIST 5810 , HIST 5830 , HIST 5840 , HIST 6170  (GCC: 2/17/2021) 
• KINE 6211  (GCC: 1/20/2021)
• MGMT 6842  (GCC: 9/16/2020)
• NURS 7503  ​(GCC: 9/2/2020); NURS 6988  (GCC: 3/3/2021); NURS 7900 , NURS 7910 , NURS 7920 , NURS 7930  (GCC: 3/24/2021)  
• PADP 6001 , PADP 6002 , PADP 6003 , PADP 6325 , PADP 6326 , PADP 6335 , PADP 6336 , PADP 6501 , PADP 6502 , PADP 6990  (GCC: 10/21/2020)
• PSYC 7443  (GCC: 1/20/2021)
• RCTX 6004 , RCTX 6100  (GCC: 11/04/2020)
• SAFT 6002 , SAFT 6250 , SAFT 6310 , SAFT 6402 , SAFT 6410 , SAFT 6805  (GCC: 3/24/2021)     

    c. Revised Courses

• ADRE 6375  (GCC: 2/3/2021)
• BIOL 5270  (GCC: 3/24/2021)
• COAD 6400 , COAD 6401 , COAD 6402 , COAD 6404 , COAD 6405 , COAD 6406 , COAD 6407 , COAD 6409 , COAD 6411 , COAD 6412 , COAD 6414 , COAD 6415 , COAD 6482 , COAD 6991 , COAD 6992 , COAD 7408 , COAD 7480  (GCC: 3/3/2021)
• COHE 6971  (GCC: 3/3/2021)
• GEOG 6340  (GCC: 11/18/2020)
• HLTH 6110 , HLTH 6650  (GCC: 3/24/2021)
• ICS 8000 , ICS 8001  (GCC: 3/24/2021)  
• ITEC 7000  (GCC: 9/2/2020) 
• KINE 6209  (GCC: 1/20/2021); KINE 6101 , KINE 6108 , KINE 6109 , KINE 6110  (GCC: 2/17/2021)
• LIBS 6828  (GCC: 11/04/2020); LIBS 6991 , LIBS 6992  (GCC: 2/17/2021) 
• MATH 5774  (GCC: 2/3/2021)
• MUSC 5897 , MUSC 6316 , MUSC 6356  (GCC: 11/18/2020)  
• NURS 7501  (GCC: 9/2/2020); NURS 6109 , NURS 6110 , NURS 6112 , NURS 6113 , NURS 6115 , NURS 6116 , NURS 6117 , NURS 6118 , NURS 6119  (GCC: 10/7/2020); NURS 6971 , NURS 6973 , NURS 6974 , NURS 6977 , NURS 6978 , NURS 6983  (GCC: 3/3/2021)
• PADM 6400  (GCC: 3/3/2021)   
• PADP 6040  (GCC: 10/21/2020)
• PSYC 7431 , PSYC 7442 , PSYC 7950 , PSYC 7951 , PSYC 7992  (GCC: 1/20/2021)
• PUBH 8025 , PUBH 8245 , PUBH 8352 , PUBH 8460  (GCC: 3/17/2021)    
• RCTX 6001 , RCTX 6002  (GCC: 11/04/2020)
• SCIE 6020 , SCIE 6310 , SCIE 6320  (GCC: 2/17/2021) 
• SECS 6330  (GCC: 2/3/2021)
• SPED 6012 , SPED 6014 , SPED 6015 , SPED 6020 , SPED 6021 , SPED 6022 , SPED 6023 , SPED 6025 , SPED 6027 , SPED 6030 , SPED 6031 , SPED 6994 , SPED 7002  (GCC: 3/24/2021)  

4. Other Changes

    a. Courses moved to a new academic home (Department of Interdisciplinary Professions (IDP) to the Department of Mathematics, Science and Instructional Technology Education (MSITE):  BITE 5200. BITE 5205, BITE 5388, BITE 5389, BITE 5390, BITE 5500, BITE 5503, BITE 6024, BITE 6100, BITE 6103, BITE 6400, BITE 6410, BITE 6420, BITE 6422. BITE 6423, BITE 6424, BITE 6426, BITE 6428, BITE 6430, BITE 6435, BITE 6450, BITE 6700, BITE 6750, BITE 7000, BITE 7001 (GCC: 11/18/2020)

    b. Courses deleted due to not being offered in 10 or more years: GEOL 5000, GEOL 5001, GEOL 5400, GEOL 5401, GEOL 6020, GEOL 6021, GEOL 6040, GEOL 6041, GEOL 6300, GEOL 6301, GEOL 6310, GEOL 6311, GEOL 6400, GEOL 6704, GEOL 7830 (GCC: 11/18/2020)