The March 2025 UAPC meeting will be held in-person in Bascom Hall 260 on Thursday, 20 March 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/91856142457?pwd=MXUySm0zWW1oR0IxUTBMUXpNOXBLdz09
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 February 2025 meeting
3. Suspend and subsequently discontinue a graduate/professional certificate program, Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Department of English, College of Letters & Science. Admission will be suspended effective Spring 2026 with the discontinuation effective Fall 2030. Action pending approval by the Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC), 14 March 2025.
4. Suspend admission to a graduate/professional certificate program, Certificate in Prevention and Intervention Science, Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education, effective Fall 2025. Action pending approval by GFEC, 14 March 2025.
5. Rename a curricular subject listing long subject name, from Human Oncology (H ONCOL) to Radiation Medicine, Department of Human Oncology, School of Medicine and Public Health, effective Summer 2026. Action approved by the University Curriculum Committee, 28 February 2025.
6. Rename a curricular subject listing long subject name, from Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies (CHICLA) to Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies, Department of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, College of Letters & Science, effective Summer 2026. Action approved by the University Curriculum Committee, 24 January 2025.
7. Rename a curricular subject listing long subject name, from Rehabilitation Medicine (RHAB MED) to Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, effective Summer 2026. Action approved by the University Curriculum Committee, 28 February 2025.
APPROVAL ITEMS
8. Establish a new undergraduate certificate, Certificate in Genetics in a Modern World, Department of Genetics, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, effective Fall 2025. Presenters: Patrick Masson, Katie Vermillion Kalmon.
9. Establish a new degree/major (Request for Authorization to Implement), MS-Business: Financial Management and Accounting, Department of Accounting and Information Systems, School of Business, effective Fall 2026. Action pending approval by GFEC, 14 March 2025. Presenters: Dani Bauer, Emily Griffith.
10. Suspend and subsequently discontinue an undergraduate certificate program, Summer Certificate in Business Fundamentals, School of Business. Admission would be suspended effective Fall 2025 with the discontinuation effective Fall 2029. Presenters: Dani Bauer, Jim Franzone.
11. Establish a new undergraduate certificate, Certificate in Six Sigma, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, College of Engineering, effective Fall 2025. Presenter: Amanda Smith.
12. Discontinue a named option, BS-Civil Engineering, Opt: Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, effective Fall 2025. Presenter: Kelvin Santiago-Chaparro.
13. Establish a new named option, BS-Human Development and Family Studies, Opt: Child Development, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, School of Human Ecology, effective Fall 2025. Presenter: Heather Kirkorian.
14. Rename a department, Department of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies to Department of Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies, College of Letters & Science, effective Summer 2026. Presenters: Peter Haney, Mike Light.
15. Rename an undergraduate degree/major, from BA/BS-Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies to BA/BS-Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies, Department of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, College of Letters & Science, effective Fall 2025. Presenters: Peter Haney, Mike Light.
16. Establish a new named option, BA/BS-Music, Opt: Composition, Mead Witter School of Music, College of Letters & Science, effective Fall 2025. Presenters: Dan Cavanaugh, Todd Reck.
17. Establish a new named option, BA/BS-International Studies, Opt: Human Rights and Humanitarianism, Institute for Regional and International Studies, College of Letters & Science, effective Fall 2025. Presenters: Molly Donellan, Erica S. Simmons.
18. Establish a new undergraduate certificate, Certificate in Aging Studies, Sandra Rosenbaum School of Social Work, College of Letters & Science, effective Fall 2025. Presenters: Jaime Goldberg, Russell Portier.
19. Establish a new undergraduate certificate, Certificate in Applied Social Research, Department of Sociology, College of Letters & Science, effective Fall 2025. Presenters: Eric Grodsky, Lyn Macgregor.
20. Establish a new undergraduate certificate, Certificate in Business Spanish, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Letters & Science, effective Fall 2025. Presenter: Grant Armstrong, Fernando Tejedro.
21. Suspend and subsequently discontinue an undergraduate certificate program, Certificate in Spanish Studies for Business Students, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Letters & Science. Admission will be suspended effective Fall 2025 with the discontinuation effective Fall 2029. Presenters: Grant Armstrong, Fernando Tejedro.
22. Establish a new undergraduate certificate, Certificate in Geospatial Data Science, Department of Geography, College of Letters & Science, effective Fall 2025. Presenters: Joel Gruley, Bill Limpisathian.
23. Rename a department, Department of Human Oncology to Department of Radiation Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, effective Summer 2026. Presenter: Zachary Morris.
24. Approve an updated policy, Policy on Named Options for Academic Degree/Major Programs. Presenter: Michelle Young, Interim Associate Vice Provost for Academic Planning.