Meeting date: 01/29/2026
Attendees: Shifa Ahmed, Katie Birger, Mia Blackston, Carmen Cain, Chesne Coombs, Erik Crowe, Elizabeth Feeser, Felipe Filomeno, Gavin Gilliland, Cody Goolsby-Cole, Quareebat Okanlawon, Richard Sponaugle, Susanne Sutton, Jennifer Volpe, Gary Williams, Jae Yang
Approved Course and Program Proposals
The Undergraduate Council has approved the course and program changes listed below. Log in to Curriculog to view course descriptions.
New Course Requests
- ANTH 324 – The Anthropology of Performance
- CMSC 412 – Neurosymbolic Text Generation
- ENGL 219 – Journalists on Screen: Heroes, Villains and Iconoclasts
- FREN 329 – French for Professional Purposes
- PHYS 104 – A World of Light and Color
- THTR 301 – Applied Acting Studio
- THTR 302 – Applied Vocal Studio
- THTR 303 – Applied Movement Studio
Program Change Requests
- Gender and Women’s Studies Certificate
- Mechanical Engineering, B.S.
Course Change Requests
- AGNG 430 – Legal and Ethical Issues in Aging Services
- AMST 300 – Approaches in American Studies
- AMST 323 – Baltimore in Film
- AMST 358 – Special Topics in American Signs
- AMST 375 – Studies in Asian American Culture
- AMST 376 – Capitalism and American Society
- AMST 413 – Policing and Prisons in U.S. Society
- AMST 422 – Preserving Places, Making Spaces in Baltimore
- AMST 464 – Narratives of Contemporary U.S. Immigration
- ENGL 401 – Methods of Interpretation
- ENGL 405 – Seminar in Literary History
- ENGL 410 – Seminar in Genre Studies
- ENGL 413 – Advanced Topics in Medieval and Early Modern Literature
- ENGL 416 – Advanced Topics in Literature and Other Arts
- ENGL 417 – Seminar in Literature and Other Arts
- ENGL 419 – Seminar in Literature and the Science
- ENGL 431 – Seminar in Contemporary British and American Literature
- ENGL 448 – Seminar in Literature and Culture
- ENGL 449 – Seminar in Genre Analysis
- ENGL 451 – Seminar in Major Writers
- ENGL 461 – Seminar in Minority Literature
- ENGL 469 – Advanced Topics in Race and Ethnicity
- ENGL 490 – Advanced Topics in the English Language
- ENGL 491 – Seminar in Topics in the English Language
New Minor Requests
- Global Studies Minor
- Visual Arts, Photography and Cinema Minor
Hold for Next Meeting
- Computer Science, B.S.
Sent Back
- AMST 324 – The Road Movie in America and Abroad
- CMSC 489 – Active Cyber Defense
- ENGL 334 – Medieval Literature
- ENGL 336 – Medieval and Early Modern Drama
- ENGL 339 – Early Modern Literature
- ENGL 351 – Studies in Shakespeare
- ENGL 464 – Advanced Topics in Women and Literature
- Financial Economics, B.S.
- HIST 311 – American Entrepreneurs: From Pirates to Tech Billionaires
- HIST 382 – Pacific Crossings: Race, War, and Gender in Asian Migrations
- MCS 480 – Producing a Media Campaign
- PSYC 395 – Psychology Writing Fellows Program
- PSYC 396 – Psychology Peer Mentor Programs
Academic Program Reviews
- Approved: Biological Sciences (BIOL)