The April 2026 UAPC meeting will be held in-person in Bascom Hall 260 on Thursday, 16 April 2026, 3:30-5pm. Zoom video participation is an option for members, presenters, and guests, as needed. Please see details below for Zoom access.
Join Zoom Meeting: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/92427377220?pwd=DX034a3X9nt1sHhPYATWCfuxshHwN4.1
Questions can be directed to Karen Mittelstadt; Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research; mittelstadt@wisc.edu
1. Welcome, introductions, and opening announcements
CONSENT AGENDA
2. Minutes of the March 2026 meeting
3. Establish a capstone certificate, Capstone Certificate in Computer Sciences Kickstart Programs for Professionals, Department of Computer Sciences, College of Letters & Science, effective fall 2026. Action pending approval by the Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC), 10 April 2026.
4. Establish Honors in the Major, BS-Nursing, School of Nursing, effective fall 2026.
5. Eliminate School of Nursing Honors, School of Nursing, effective fall 2026.
6. Move five curricular subject listings from within the College of Letters & Science to the Department of Biology, Biology Core Curriculum (BIOCORE 206), Biology (BIOLOGY 205), Botany (BOTANY 208), Molecular Biology (MOL BIOL 650), Zoology (ZOOLOGY 970), effective summer 2027. Action pending approval by the University Curriculum Committee (UCC), 10 April 2026.
APPROVAL ITEMS
7. Establish a new degree/major (Request for Approval to Plan / Notice of Intent, Standard-Track), MS-Business: Marketing, Department of Marketing, School of Business. Action pending approval by GFEC, 10 April 2026. Presenters: Blair Sanford, associate dean; Tarun Kushwaha, professor.
8. Suspend admission to a degree/major program and its associated named option, BS-Engineering Mechanics, Opt: Aerospace Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, effective fall 2027. Presenter(s): TBD.
9. Establish a new named option, BS-Theatre and Drama, Opt: Design and Technology, Department of Theatre and Drama, School of Education, effective fall 2026. Presenter: Dan Lisowkski, professor.
10. Establish a new degree/major (Request for Approval to Plan / Notice of Intent, Standard-Track), BA/BS-Environmental Geoscience, Department of Geoscience, College of Letters & Science. Presenter: Eric Roden, professor.
11. Establish a new undergraduate certificate, Certificate in Geoscience, Department of Geoscience, College of Letters & Science, effective fall 2026. Presenter: Ken Ferrier, associate professor.
12. Establish a new undergraduate certificate, Certificate in Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence, Department of Philosophy, College of Letters & Science, effective fall 2026. Presenters: James Messina, department chair; Clinton Castro, assistant professor.
13. Establish a new center/institute, Center for Botany, Department of Biology, College of Letters & Science, effective summer 2026. Presenter: Anne Pringle, department chair.
14. Establish three new departments in the College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence, Department of Computer Sciences, Department of Statistics, Information School, effective summer 2026. Presenters: Nikki Wiessinger, director of strategic initiatives; Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, CDIS director.