University Undergraduate Curriculum Council
Meeting Agenda
Date: Monday, May 20, 2026
Location: Email
On May 14, 2026, an email was sent to all Voting members of the Undergraduate Curriculum Council. Ex-Officio’s, Deans and Faculty representatives from each college who submitted items in CourseLeaf were also cc’d in the email. Voting members were asked to vote on the approval of April minutes and curriculum items listed below. At the end of the week 3 members had voted. Dr. Jator sent a reminder for voting members to send in their vote. Of the 10 voting members votes were received from 3 additional voting members.
Votes received from: Lucy Tsado, Ian Lian, Bradley Mayer, Judson LaGrone, Chun-Wei Yao, and Donna Meeks.
No votes – Xiao Zhang, Millicent Musyoka, Poornima Gunasekaran and Jane Liu(Jane Liu did not receive the email. She was accidentally left off the email list)
Approval of April 2026 minutes – passed with 6 votes.
There was a question from a member regarding the following items:
College of Education and Human Development – If credit hours issues have been resolved, I vote to approve
Program Change Request
BS-EDLR BS in Education 4-8 English, Language, Art, Reading
BS-EDMA BS in Education 4-8 Math
BS-UMSC: BS in Education 4-8 math Science
Course Change Request – Approved if objectives are updated
EDUC 2301: Exceptional Learners
David Short and Andrea sat down and reworked these side by side with Dr. Casey. All the concerns about hours have been addressed and revised.
One comment, “Changes are unclear”, regarding PHYS 2425 University Physics I. This will be addressed by Andrea.
All items below passed with 6 votes to approve.
College of Arts and Sciences
Program Change Request
BS-SOCI: BS in Sociology
Course Change Request
BIOL 4416: Field Parasitology
CRIJ 4340: Criminal Justice Internship
MATH 1350: Math for Elem School Teachers
PHYS 1370: Preparatory Physics
PHYS 2425: University Physics I
PHYS 4370: Solid State Phys
POLS 4362: Special Topics in Political Science
SOCI 1306: Social Problems
SPAN 4320: Latin American Lit II
New Course Proposal
CRIJ 3305 Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections
CRIJ 3360: Homeland Security
CRIJ 3370: Criminal Women
CRIJ 4305: Campus Violence
CRIJ 4334: Digital Forensics
CRIJ 4390: Practicum in Policing
ENGL 0302: Guided Instruction in Reading and Writing
PSYC 4302: Special Topics: Learning and Motivation
SOCI 3322: Medical Cannabis
SOCI 4315: Environment and Community Health
SOCI 4326: Law and Society
SPAN 3325: Spanish for Business I
SPAN 3335: Speakers of Spanish: Communication and Culture II
SPAN 4300 Spanish Phonetics and Phonology
SPAN 4315: Introduction to Spanish Linguistics
SPAN 4325: Spanish for Business II
SPAN 4365: Spanish For the Medical Professions II
SPAN 4375: Mex Cult Survey
SPAN 4386: Language in Society
SPAN 4390: History of the Spanish Language
College of Education and Human Development
Program Change Request
BS-EDLR BS in Education 4-8 English, Language, Art, Reading
BS-EDMA BS in Education 4-8 Math
BS-UMSC: BS in Education 4-8 math Science
Program Inactivation Proposal
BS-UGEN: BS in Interdisciplinary Studies 4-8 Core Subjects
Course Change Request
EDUC 2301: Exceptional Learners
College of Nursing and Health Professions
New Program Proposal
BS-MDLS: BS in Medical Laboratory Science – Biomedical Science
New Course Proposal
CMLS 4434: Molecular Diagnostics
CMLS 4437: Biomedical Science and Med Lab
CMLS 4441: Special Topics