The September 2025 UAPC meeting will be held in-person in Bascom Hall 260 on Thursday, 18 September 2025, 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, opening announcements
2. UAPC Orientation. Presenter: Allison La Tarte; Vice Provost; Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research
CONSENT AGENDA
3. Minutes of the May 2025 meeting
4. University Academic Planning Council Annual Report 2024-25
5. University of Wisconsin-Madison Program Review Annual Report 2024-25
6. Suspend and subsequently discontinue a certificate, Capstone Certificate in Powertrain Electrification, College of Engineering. Admission will be suspended effective Spring 2027 with the discontinuation effective Fall 2027. Action pending approval by the Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC), 12 September 2025.
7. Suspend and subsequently discontinue a named option, MS-Physics, Opt: Quantum Computing, Department of Physics, College of Letters & Science. Admission will be suspended effective Fall 2026 with the discontinuation effective Fall 2029. Action pending approval by GFEC, 12 September 2025.
8. Suspend and subsequently discontinue a named option, MA-Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Opt: Classics, Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, College of Letters & Science. Admission will be suspended effective Fall 2026 with the discontinuation effective Fall 2028. Action pending approval by GFEC, 12 September 2025.
9. Suspend and subsequently discontinue a named option, PhD-Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Opt: Classics, Department of Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, College of Letters & Science. Admission will be suspended effective Fall 2026 with the discontinuation effective Fall 2031. Action pending approval by GFEC, 12 September 2025.
10. Establish a new curricular subject listing, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine and Public Health, effective Summer 2026. Action pending approval by the University Curriculum Committee, 12 September 2025.
APPROVAL ITEMS
11. Establish a new degree/major (Request for Authorization to Implement), MS-Applied and Computational Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, College of Letters & Science. Action pending approval by GFEC, 12 September 2025. Presenters: Sebastien Roch, professor; Jean-Luc Thiffeault, chair.
12. Approve an updated policy, Policy on Digital Badges. Presenters: Sarah Korpi, director of organizational development, Division of Continuing Studies; Aphra Mednick, associate dean, Division of Continuing Studies.
13. Establish a new academic department (from the Departments of Botany and Integrative Biology), College of Letters & Science, effective Summer 2026.
DISCUSSION ITEM
14. University General Education Committee Annual Report 2023-24. Presenters: Sara McKinnon, associate professor, Communication Arts; Wren Singer, executive associate vice provost for teaching and learning, Division for Teaching and Learning.