The November 2023 UAPC meeting will be held in-person in Bascom Hall 260 on Thursday, 16 November 2023, 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/93854806130?pwd=b2l2cHNaRnR6aEdra0dkS1RQcFlYUT09
Questions can be directed to Karen Mittelstadt; Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research, mittelstadt@wisc.edu
1. Welcome, introductions, opening announcements
CONSENT AGENDA
2. Minutes of the September 2023 meeting
3. Minutes of October 2023 action
4. Suspend and subsequently discontinue a graduate/professional certificate, Certificate of Specialist in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, School of Education. Admission will be suspended effective Spring 2024, with the program being discontinued effective Fall 2024. Action pending approval at the 10 November 2024 Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC) meeting.
5. Suspend and subsequently discontinue a named option, M.Eng-Engineering, Opt: Engine Systems, College of Engineering. Admission will be suspended effective Summer 2024, with the program being discontinued effective Fall 2026. Action pending approval at the 10 November 2024 GFEC meeting.
6. Suspend and discontinue a capstone certificate, Capstone Certificate in Engine Design, College of Engineering. Admission will be suspended and the certificate will be discontinued effective Fall 2024. Action pending approval at the 10 November 2024 GFEC meeting.
7. Establish a new curricular subject listing, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES (BIOMDSCI), School of Medicine and Public Health Administration, School of Medicine and Public Health, effective Summer 2025. Action approved by the University Curriculum Committee, 22 September 2023.
8. Change the academic/administrative home of a curricular subject listing, APPLIED BIOTECHNOLOGY (ABT), from the Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology to the School of Medicine and Public Health Administration, School of Medicine and Public Health, effective Summer 2025. Action approved by the University Curriculum Committee, 22 September 2023.
9. Rename a curricular subject listing long subject name, from AFRO-AMERICAN STUDIES to AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES, Department of African American Studies, College of Letters & Science, effective Summer 2025. Action approved by the University Curriculum Committee, 13 October 2023.
APPROVAL ITEMS
10. Establish a new degree/major (Request for Authorization to Implement); BS-Design, Innovation, and Society; Department of Design Studies; School of Human Ecology. Presenters: Jung-hye Shin, department chair; Marina Moskowitz, professor. Also attending: Annette McDaniel, associate dean; Jonathan Henkel, director of academic planning and assessment.
11. Suspend and subsequently discontinue a degree/major, BA/BS-Classics, Department of Classic and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, College of Letters & Science. Admission will be suspended effective Fall 2024, with the program being discontinued effective Fall 2028. Presenter: Alex Dressler, professor and chair. Also attending: Elaine Klein, associate dean.
12. Suspend and subsequently discontinue a degree/major, BA/BS-Latin, Department of Classic and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, College of Letters & Science. Admission will be suspended effective Fall 2024, with the program being discontinued effective Fall 2028. Presenter: Alex Dressler, professor and chair. Also attending: Elaine Klein, associate dean.
13. Establish a new degree/major (Approval to Plan / Notice of Intent, Standard-Track Process), BA/BS-Korean Language and Culture, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, College of Letters & Science. Presenters: Charo D’Etcheverry, professor and chair; Byung-Jin Lim, associate professor. Also attending: Elaine Klein, associate dean.
14. Establish a new degree/major (Approval to Plan / Notice of Intent, Fast-Track Process), MSW-Social Work Advanced Standing, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, College of Letters & Science. Action pending approval at the 10 November 2024 Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC) meeting. Presenters: Stephanie Robert, professor and director; Russ Portier, administrative associate director. Also attending: Greg Downey, associate dean; Elaine Klein, associate dean.
15. Revised policy, Policy on Credit by Exam. Presenter: Allison La Tarte; Vice Provost; Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research.