Agenda: October 15, 2015

1. Approve minutes from October 1, 2015 meeting.

2. Revised Postings

ART 339 – Design Thinking for the Social Entrepreneur (New) – Revised

BIOL 490 – Chemical Communication and Brain Disorders (New) – Revised

BTEC 300 – Biotechnology Survey: Legal, Ethical, Regulatory & Biosafety Issues (New) – Revised

BTEC 350 – Statistics for Translational Life Science (New) – Revised

MATH 365 – Financial Mathematics for Actuaries – (New) – Revised

STAT 365 – Financial Mathematics for Actuaries – (New) – Revised

MATH 390 – Special Topics in Mathematics – (Change: Max. Total Credits & Description) – Revised

MATH 490 – Special Topics in Mathematics – (Change: Max. Total Credits & Description) – Revised

STAT 490 – Special Topics in Statistics – (Change: Max. Total Credits & Description) – Revised

POLI 468 – Disaster Politics (New) – Revised

3. Current Posting

ECON 263 – Sports Economics – (Change: Course Number, Formal Title, Transcript Title, Recommended Course Preparation, Prerequisite, Description)

ANCS 305 – Warfare in the Ancient World (New)

ANCS 375 – Ancient Medicine (New)

ARCH 100 – Introduction to Archaeology (Change: Formal Title, Transcript Title & Description)

ARCH 200 – Archaeology and Art of Greece (Change: Course Number & Description)

ARCH 330 – Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece (Change: Course Number, Formal Title, Transcript Title & Description)

CMPE 450 – Capstone I (Change: Prerequisite)

Computer Engineering Gateway (Change: Prerequisite)

PHIL 399 – Topics in Philosophy (Change: Prerequisite & Description)

PHIL 399b – Topics in Philosophy (Change: Course Number, Prerequisite & Description)

PHIL 420 – Advanced Topics in 19th and 20th Century European Philosophy (Change: Recommended Course Preparation, Prerequisite & Description)

PHIL 452 – Advanced Topics in Ethics (Change: Recommended Course Preparation & Description)

PHIL 454 – Animals and the Environment: Moral Theory and its Application (Change: Course Number, Formal Title, Prerequisite & Description)

PHIL 471 – Freedom, Determinism and Responsibility (Change:Formal Title, Recommended Course Preparation & Prerequisite)

PHIL 472 – Advanced Topics in the Philosophy of Science (Change: Recommended Course Preparation, Prerequisite & Description)

PHIL 481 – Ancient Philosophy (Change: Title, Recommended Course Preparation, Prerequisite & Description)

PHIL 498 – Advanced Topics in Philosophy (Change: Recommended Course Preparation, Prerequisite & Description)

PHIL 499 – Advanced Topics in Philosophy (Change: Recommended Course Preparation, Prerequisite & Description)

ART 329 – Topics in Art History & Visual Culture (Change: Max. Total Credits & Description)

ART 424 – Topics in Contemporary Art (Change: Formal Title, Transcript Title, Prerequisite & Description)

Art History and Museum Studies Minor Requirements (Program Change)

Art History course offerings in the Visual Arts Core for Art History & Museum Studies Majors (Program Change)

Art History course offerings in the Visual Arts Core for all Studio Concentration Majors (Program Change)

4. Assignment of APR & YTR

Guidelines for APR & Format for UGC Reports

Africana Studies – APR

Ancient Studies – APR

Media and Communication Studies – APR

Sociology & Anthropology – APR

History – YTR

Interdisciplinary Studies – YTR

5. Tabled Postings

POLI 372 – Understanding Transitioning Nations: Study Abroad in Poland (New) – The UGC requested that the department updated the course proposal and receive support from the Study Aboard Program.

POLI 476 – State and Societal Transition in Post-Communist Europe: Study Abroad in Poland (New)