Minutes: November 30, 2023

UGC Meeting Minutes

November 30, 2023

Attendees: Eric Abele, Katie Birger, Mia Blackston, Carmen Cain, Lauren Clay, Katharine Cole, Chesne Coombs, Lili Cui, Elizabeth Feeser, Emmanuela Otunga, Emily Passera, Peggy Re, Nicole Seabolt D’Augustine, Richard Sponaugle, John Stolle-Mcallister, Calla Thompson, Jennifer Volpe, Gary Williams

Approved Course and Program Proposals

The Undergraduate Council has approved the course and program changes listed below. Log into Curriculog to view course descriptions.

New Course Request

  • EHS – 230 – Community Lifelines
  • EHS – 231 – Climate, Disasters, and Disparities
  • EHS – 300 – Special Topics in Emergency and Disaster Health
  • EHS – 424 – Disaster Response
  • EHS – 425 – Disaster Recovery
  • EHS – 426 – Health System Resilience
  • EHS – 431 – Leadership, Crisis and Risk Communication
  • EHS – 432 – EDHS Law and Policy
  • UNIV – 301 – Introduction to the University for Transfer Students

Course Change Request

  • EHS – 200 – Introduction to Emergency and Disaster Health Systems
  • EHS -351 – Financial & Personnel Management
  • EHS – 400 – Program Planning: Theory, Implementation, and Evaluation

Program Change

  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor
  • Translational Life Science Technology, B.S.
  • Visual Arts, B.F.A.
  • Writing, Rhetoric, and Technology Minor

Sent Back

  • POLI – 409 – Selected Topics in Political Science

GES YTR: Approved

“The UGC has voted to move the GES YTR forward to the Faculty Senate. However, the committee notes that GES lists tracks on their website that are not listed in the Undergraduate Catalog. The department needs to submit program change proposals to add the tracks to the catalog.”