The November 2024 UAPC meeting will be held in-person in Bascom Hall 260 on Thursday, 21 November 2024, 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 October 2024 meeting
3. Establish a new curricular subject listing, Urology, School of Medicine and Public Health Academic Affairs, School of Medicine and Public Health, effective Summer 2025. Action approved by the University Curriculum Committee, 27 September 2024.
4. Establish a new certificate program, Capstone Certificate in Pediatric Primary Care Nursing, School of Nursing, effective Fall 2025. Action approved by the Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC), 8 November 2024.
5. Establish a new certificate program, Capstone Certificate in Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nursing, School of Nursing, effective Fall 2025. Action approved by GFEC, 8 November 2024.
6. Suspend and subsequently discontinue a degree/major, MS-Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, Opt: Cooperative Program with UW-Whitewater. Admission will be suspended effective Fall 2025 with the discontinuation effective Fall 2027. Action approved by GFEC, 8 November 2024.
APPROVAL ITEMS
7. Establish a new academic department, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine and Public Health, effective Summer 2025. Presenter: Sandra Lin, chair.
8. Establish a new center/institute, Center for Innovations in Parent-Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Public Health, effective Spring 2025. Presenters: Roseanne Clark, professor; Kathleen Hipke, assistant professor.
9. Establish a new degree/major (Request for Authorization to Plan / Notice of Intent, Fast Track), MS-Quantum Computing, Department of Physics, College of Letters & Science. Action approved by GFEC, 8 November 2024. Presenters: Deniz Yavuz, program director; Mark Eriksson, professor; Katerina Moloni, associate director.
10. Establish a new degree/major (Request for Authorization to Implement), MFA-Dance, Department of Dance, School of Education, effective Fall 2026. Action approved by GFEC, 8 November 2024. Presenters: Jin-Wen Yu, chair; Chris Walker, professor.
11. Establish two new named options; MFA-Dance, Opt: Screendance, Opt: Creative Research, Culture, and Practice; Department of Dance, School of Education, effective Fall 2026. Action approved by GFEC, 8 November 2024; pending approval of the MFA-Dance authorization by the UW Board of Regents at its February 2025 meeting. Presenters: Jin-Wen Yu, chair; Chris Walker, professor.
12. Establish a new degree/major (Request for Authorization to Implement), BS-Plant Science and Technology, Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, effective Fall 2025. Presenters: Bill Tracy, professor; Tom Bryan, teaching faculty.
13. Suspend and subsequently discontinue a degree/major, BS-Agronomy, Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Admission will be suspended effective Summer 2026 with the discontinuation effective Summer 2030. Presenters: Bill Tracy, professor; Tom Bryan, teaching faculty.
14. Suspend and subsequently discontinue a degree/major, BS-Horticulture, Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Admission will be suspended effective Summer 2026 with the discontinuation effective Summer 2030. Presenters: Bill Tracy, professor; Tom Bryan, teaching faculty.
15. Establish a new policy, Policy on Credit by Portfolio Review. Presenter: Allison La Tarte; Vice Provost; Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research.
FOR INFORMATIION ONLY