What’s New This Year?

1. Policy Changes

• Academic Regulations, Residence and Graduation Requirements, Continuous Enrollment or Registration (GC 19-6)

2. Program Changes

    a. New Programs

         Accelerated Bachelors/Master’s Programs​

• Accelerated Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages and Literatures/Master of Arts in Hispanic Studies   
• Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology/Master of Science in Network Technology  

         Certificates

• Biostatistics Certificate  
• Digital Learning for Educational Leaders   

    b. Discontinued Programs

         Accelerated Bachelors/Doctoral Programs

• Exercise Physiology, BS/Physical Therapy, DPT 

         Certificates

• Vocational Evaluation 

         Master’s 

• Music Education, MM

    c. Revised Programs

         Accelerated Bachelors/Master’s Programs

• Accelerated Bachelor/Master of Arts in Mathematics  
• Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Information and Computer Technology/Master of Science in Network Technology  

        Certificates

• Criminal Justice Education Certificate  
• Development and Environmental Planning Certificate  
• Geographic Information Science and Technology Certificate  
• Health Information Management Certificate  
• Multicultural and Transnational Literatures Certificate   
• Public Management and Leadership Certificate     

         Master’s

• Biology, MS  
• Biomedical Sciences, MS   
• Communication, MA  
• Data Science, MS  
• English, MA   
• Health Informatics and Information Management, MS   
• Human Development and Family Science, MS  
• Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Biology, Biomedicine, and Chemistry, PhD  
• Kinesiology, MS  
• Library Science, MLS  
• Mechanical Engineering, MS  
• Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, MS    
• Music, MM  
• Physical Education, MAEd  
• Public Health, MPH     

         Doctoral

• Biomedical Sciences, PhD  
• Public Health, DrPH   
• Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication, PhD ​

        Other 

• Educational Administration and Supervision, EdS  

3. Course Changes

    a. Banked Courses

• ENGL 6450
• GERO 6022, 6100, 6222, 6600
• MPH 6003, 6006, 6023, 6025, 6200, 7205
• SOCW 5600, SOCW 6022

    b. Course Designations Added, Removed, or Changed

SL (Service Learning) was added to 

• COMM 6216 - Community Engagement and Health Communication   

    c. Deleted Courses

• BIOL 5260, 5261
• COHE 6490, 7000
• ENGL 5780, 7710, 7716, 7730, 7785
• HIST 5450, 5555, 5970
• JUST 6202, 6211
• MENG 6340
• SOCW 5400
• Active Courses Not Taught in 10 or More Years and Courses Banked for 5 or More Years, and approved for deletion by the GCC (See 4/1/2020 GCC Agenda Item III. Old Business; GCC minutes approved on 4/20/2020)  

    d. New Courses​

• ART 6501 - Glass I   
• ART 6502 - Glass II   
• ART 6503 - Glass III  
• ART 6504 - Glass IV  
• ART 6990  
• BIME 5410 - Biomimetics  
• BIOL 6560 - Microbial Ecology  
• BIOL 6881  
• BIOL 7100  
• BIOL 7101 - Laboratory Methods in Biochemistry, Genetics and Cell Biology  
• BIOS 7600 - Advanced Statistical Modeling  
• BMSC 7002  
• BMSC 7003 - Foundations in Biomedical Sciences II  
• CHEM 6240 - Research Methods for Chemistry Education  
• COHE 6590 - Health Data Analytics  
• COMM 6999 - Applied Communication Capstone  
• EDTC 7100 - Technology for Educational Leaders  
• ENGL 6475 - Multicultural Women’s Literatures  
• ENGL 6480 - LGBTQ+ Theories and Literatures  
• ENGL 6485 - Disability Studies Theories and Literatures  
• ENGL 6490 - Multicultural and Transnational Poetry  
• ENGL 6495 - Transnational Sinophone Cinema  
• ENGL 7735 - Cultural Issues in Technical Communication   
• ENGL 7755 - Health and Medical Rhetorics  
• ENGL 7770 - New Media and Digital Literacies  
• ENGL 7775 - User Experience (UX) Design  
• GEOG 6401 - Geographic Information Systems  
• GERO 6300 - Seminar in Aging Studies  
• GERO 6500 - Issues in Service Provision to Older Adults  
• HIST 6832 - African and Caribbean Maritime Archaeology and History  
• HIST 6881 - History and Archaeology of Small Watercraft  
• ITEC 6407 - Smart Manufacturing  
• JUST 6605 - Hate Crime  
• JUST 6610 - Victimology  
• JUST 6615 - Criminal Justice and Society  
• JUST 6620 - Transnational Crime  
• JUST 6625 - Ethics in Criminal Justice  
• MENG 5100 - Numerical Methods in Engineering  
• MENG 5600 - Experimental Methods in Mechanical Engineering  
• NURS 7638 - Statistical Reasoning in Nursing  
• PLAN 6032 - Administrative and Legislative Aspects of Planning  
• PLAN 6110 - Research Design in Planning  (Same as GEOG 6110
• PLAN 6150 - Quantitative Methods in Planning  (Same as GEOG 6150)
• PSYC 7800 - Advanced Practicum in Teaching Psychology I  

    e. Renumbered Courses

• BIME 5400 - Biomaterials  (Formerly BIME 6400)
• ENGL 6470 - Literary Theory  (Formerly ENGL 7070)
• ENGL 6575 - Special Topics in Literature  (Formerly ENGL 7165) 
• KINE 6303 - Physical Activity Programs for Individuals with Developmental, Emotional, and Learning Disabilities  (Formerly KINE 5303) 
• KINE 6903 - Physical Activity Programs for Individuals with Orthopedic, Neurologic, and Sensory Impairments  (Formerly KINE 5903)
• KINE 6904 - Methods in Adaptive Aquatics  (Formerly KINE 5904)

    f. Revised Courses

• BIOL 6220 - Evolution: Topics for Advanced Students  
• COHE 6430 - Health Data Management  
• ENGL 6700 - Information Design and Production  
• ENGL 6715 - Foundations of Technical and Professional Communication  
• ENGL 6721 - Technical Editing   
• ENGL 8300 - Seminar in Professional Development  
• ENGL 9000 - Dissertation  
• FINA 6204 - Analysis of the Business Economic Environment  
• GEOG 6410 - Advanced Cartography  
• GEOG 6430 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems  
• HUMS 7004 - Ethics and Research  
• LEED 7408 - Public School Administration  
• LEED 7410 - Staff Personnel Problems  
• LEED 7429 - Problems in Educational Supervision  
• LEED 7470 - School Business Management  
• LEED 7483 - Advanced School Law and Policy  
• LEED 7520 - Special Topics Seminar in Educational Leadership  
• LEED 7991 - Educational Leadership Internship Level I  
• LEED 7993 - Educational Leadership Internship Level II  
• MPH 6002 - Ethics and Law in Public Health  
• MPH 6021 - Epidemiology of Chronic Disease  
• MPH 6022 - Epidemiology of Infectious Disease  
• MPH 6027 - Mixed-Methods Research  
• MPH 6040 - Long Term Care Administration  
• MPH 6050 - Independent Study  
• MPH 6051 - Independent Study  
• MPH 6052 - Independent Study  
• MPH 6670 - Public Health Perspectives on Maternal and Child Health  
• MPH 6904 - Introduction to Field Placement  
• MPH 7010 - Human Resource Management and Leadership for Health Administration  
• MPH 7031 - Topics in Public Health  
• MPH 7200 - Principles of Public Health Surveillance  
• MPH 7201 - Introduction to Survey Methodology  
• MPH 7202 - Introduction to Public Health Data Analysis  
• MUSC 5456 - Introduction to Ethnomusicology  
• MUSC 5466 - Folk and Indigenous Music of the Americas  
• MUSC 5476 - African Music  
• MUSC 6993 - Graduate Recital  
• NURS 8200 - Grant Writing  
• NURS 8205 - Nursing Scholarship and Discovery I  
• NURS 8206 - Nursing Scholarship and Discovery II  
• NURS 8225 - Theory Analysis and Application in Nursing Science  
• NURS 8240 - Quantitative Methods  
• NURS 8250 - Research Practicum  
• NURS 8260 - State of Nursing Science  
• PLAN 6009 - Research in Urban and Community Planning  
• PLAN 6019 - Research in Rural and Regional Planning  
• PLAN 6029 - Research in Coastal and Environmental Planning  
• PLAN 6301 - Computer Applications for Planning and Development  
• PSYC 7800 - Advanced Practicum in Teaching Psychology I  
• PTHE 8104 - Human Physiology and Pathophysiology  
• RCSC 6110 - Research Methods in Recreation Sciences  
• RCSC 6140 - Administrative Aspects of Recreation Sciences  
• RCSC 6150 - Scholarship of Recreation Sciences  
• RCSC 6601 - Research Colloquium in Recreation Sciences  
• RCSC 6801 - Special Topics in Recreation Sciences  
• RCSC 6802 - Special Topics in Recreation Sciences  
• RCSC 6803 - Special Topics in Recreation Sciences  
• SOCI 5400 - Seminar in Gender  
• SOCI 6992 - Practicum  

4. Prefix Change for an Entire Course List

• RCLS (Recreation and Leisure Studies) to RCSC (Recreation Sciences)

5. Other Changes

• Master of Music, MM approved for delivery online