UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, December 14th, 2016, 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
I. Call to Order
II. Announcements/Discussion
III. New Business
PROPOSALS FROM THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Contact Person: Ellen Rodgers, Associate Dean, Student and Academic Affairs
3-2034 erodger1@gmu.edu
Modified or Inactivated Courses (ANNOUNCEMENT):
- ATEP 120 First Aid and Emergency Care
- EDSE 422 Augmentative Communication
- EDSE 429 Secondary Curriculum and Strategies for Mild Disabilities
- EDSE 442 Characteristics of Students with Mental Retardation
- EDSE 490 Internship in Applied Behavior Analysis
Modified Programs (ANNOUNCEMENT):
New Course (ACTION ITEM):
- EDEP 350 Perspectives on Achievement Motivation
PROPOSALS FROM THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Contact Person: Cathy Tompkins, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies,
3-2838, ctompkin@gmu.edu
Modified Course (ANNOUNCEMENT):
- GCH 332 Health and Disease
New Course (ACTION ITEM):
- GCH 491 Study Abroad in Public Health
Modified Programs (ANNOUNCEMENT):
New Programs (ACTION ITEMS):
PROPOSALS FROM THE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Contact Person: Vita Vock, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Academic Affairs
3-1060 vvock@gmu.edu
Modified Course (ANNOUNCEMENT):
- ENGH 373 Film and Video Forms
- ENGH 380 Introduction to Writing and Rhetoric
- ENGH 418 Cultural Constructions of Sexualities
- PSYC 321 Clinical Psychology
New Courses (ACTION ITEM):
- ARAB 300 Advanced Arabic
- INTS 291 Living Learning Community
- INTS 292 Leadership for Sustainability
- INTS 406 Global Leadership
- INTS 437 Critical Race Studies
- INTS 438 Representations of Race
- KORE 320 Korean Popular Culture in a Global World
- KORE 321 Korean Proficiency Through Visual Culture
New Programs (ACTION ITEMS):
Modified Programs (ANNOUNCEMENT):
- BA Foreign Languages – Concentration in Chinese
- Minor in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- BA Integrative Studies, Concentration in Social Justice and Human Rights
- BS Integrative Studies, Concentration in Life Sciences
- BA/BS Psychology
- BA/BS Psychology – Concentration in Education Psychology
- BA/BS Psychology – Concentration in Forensic Psychology
- BA/BS Psychology – Concentration in Work and Organizational Psychology
- Minor in Social Justice
PROPOSALS FROM THE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Contact Person: Dr. Kevin Curtin, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
3-4243, curtin@gmu.edu
Modified Course (ANNOUNCEMENT):
- BIOL 330 Biodiversity Lab and Recitation
- CONS 404 Biodiversity Monitoring
- CONS 491 Conservation Management Planning
- PHYS 407 Senior Laboratory in Modern Physics
New Courses (ACTION ITEM):
- CONS 400 Conservation Seminar
- CONS 405 Landscape and Macrosystems Ecology
- CONS 406 Small Population Management
- CONS 499 Research in Conservation
Modified Programs (ANNOUNCEMENT):
- Minor in Forensic Science
- Concentration in Health Geography
- Concentration in Environmental Geography
PROPOSALS FROM THE COLLEGE OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
Contact Person: Nicole Springer, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs
3-5232 nspringe@gmu.edu
Modified Course (ANNOUNCEMENT):
- AVT 252 Darkroom Photography I
- AVT 253 Digital Photography I
- AVT 313 Editorial Design
- AVT 353Darkroom Photography II
- AVT 354 Digital Photography II
- AVT 359 Photography Seminar
- AVT 412 Advanced Photography
- AVT 454 Advanced Photo Processes
- THR 196 Performance or Design Practicum
- THR 197 Stage or Literary Practicum
- THR 333 Scenic Design
- THR 340 Advanced Studies in Directing
Modified Programs (ANNOUNCEMENT):
- BA Dance
- BFA Dance
- Minor in Dance Appreciation
- Minor in Photography
- BA Theater
- BFA Theater
- Minor in Audio Production
- Minor in Event Theater Production
- Minor in Theater
PROPOSALS FROM THE SCHAR SCHOOL OF POLICY AND GOVERNMENT
Contact Person: Jennifer Victor, Associate Professor, Political Science
3-3202, jvictor3@gmu.edu
Modified Programs (ANNOUNCEMENT):
PROPOSALS FROM THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Contact Person: Patrick Soleymani, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs
3-5137 psoleyma@gmu.edu
Modified Courses (ANNOUNCEMENT):
- MKTG 313 Advertising and Marketing Communications
- MKTG 315 Digital Marketing
- MKTG 351 Marketing Research
- MKTG 407 Global Marketing
New Courses (ACTION ITEM):
- MGMT 454 Social Impact and Entrepreneurship
PROPOSALS FROM THE SCHOOL OF CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION
Contact Person: Mara Schoeny, Associate Professor
Director, Undergraduate Program
3-9191, mschoeny@gmu.edu
New Programs (ACTION ITEMS):
PROPOSALS FROM THE VOLGENEAU SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
Contact Person: Pelin Kurtay, Associate Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering
3-7606 paksoy@gmu.edu
Modified or Inactivated Courses (ANNOUNCEMENT):
- BENG 301 Bioengineering Elements
- BENG 304 Modeling and Control of Physiological Systems
- BENG 322 Health Data Challenges
- CS 262 Introduction to Low-Level Programming
- CS 367 Computer Systems and Engineering
- ECE 201 Introductions to Signals and Systems
- ECE 220 Continuous-Time Signals and Systems
- ECE 280 Circuit Analysis
- ECE 433 Linear Electronics II
- ECE 437 Principles of Microelectronic Device Fab
- ECE 469 Microwave Circuit Lab
- ECE 492 Senior Advanced Design Project I
- IT 343 IT Project Management
- ME 368 Manufacturing
- ME 443Mechanical Design I
- ME 499 Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering
- STAT 474 Introduction to Survey Sampling
- SWE 432 Design and Implementation of Software for the Web
- SYST 469 Human Computer Interaction
New Courses (ACTION ITEM):
- BENG 421 Introduction to Tissue Engineering
- BENG 437 Medical Image Processing
- CEIE 414 Structural Modeling for Engineers
- CEIE 444 Water Resources Planning and Design
- CS 110 Essentials of Computer Science
- ECE 350 Embedded Systems and Hardware Interfaces
- ECE 370 Robot Design
- SYST 468 Applied Predictive Analytics
Modified Programs (ANNOUNCEMENT):
- BS Applied Computer Science
- BS Bioengineering, Concentration in BMSS and BHI
- BS Computer Engineering
- BS Computer Science
- BS Electrical Engineering, Concentration in Control Systems, Computer Engineering
- BS Information Technology
- BS Systems Engineering
- Minor in Computer Science
- Minor in Data Analysis
- Minor in Systems Engineering and Operations Research
- Undergraduate Certificate in Computer Science
IV. Adjournment