What’s New?

5 New Policies

The following are a list of policies that require updates in the 2023-2024 Academic Catalog. For a full list of policies, visit the Policy Handbook.

30/AS/22/UEPC Leadership Studies Certificate
Approved by the Academic Senate on November 15, 2022
Approved by President Ellen Junn on December 16, 2022

31/AS/22/GC Elevating the Department of English’s Rhetoric and the Teaching of Writing Concentration in the Master of Arts in English to a stand-alone degree Master of Arts in Writing Studies
Approved by the Academic Senate on January 21, 2023
Approved by President Ellen Junn on March 9, 2023

02/AS/23/UEPC Journalism and Professional Writing Concentration in English
Approved by the Academic Senate on March 14, 2023
Approved by President Ellen Junn on April 13, 2023

04/AS/23/GC MBA Digital and Social Media Marketing Concentration
Approved by the Academic Senate on March 28, 2023
Approved by President Ellen Junn on March 29, 2023

08/AS/23/UEPC Theatre Education Concentration
Approved by the Academic Senate on March 28, 2023
Approved by President Ellen Junn on March 29, 2023

5 New Programs

Digital and Social Media Marketing Concentration (offered in OMBA Program)
Leadership Studies Certificate (Extended Education program)
Journalism and Professional Writing Concentration (offered in English B.A.)
Music - SSMP
Theatre Education Concentration (offered in Theatre Arts B.A.)

13 Revised Programs

Accounting Concentration - Business Administration B.S.* (increased units; added additional course to curriculum)
Communication Studies B.A.* (removed JOUR courses; removed two tracks; added core course; increased major units)
Communication Studies Minor (changed course requirements)
Computer Science Minor (removed MATH 1080 from required courses)
Education Specialist: Mild/Moderate Support Needs and Extensive Support Needs
English M.A. (removal of three concentrations)
Interdisciplinary Studies M.A./M.S. (lowered GPA requirement; eliminated GRE; reduced major units from 36 to 30; edited thesis info)
Kinesiology Concentration - Liberal Studies (decreased units, course changes)
Latin American Studies Minor
Social Sciences B.A.* (Degree Completion) (online to hybrid)
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Concentration - Liberal Studies (course changes made)
Theatre Arts B.A. (course title changes; changes made to concentrations)
World History Minor (courses deleted that are no longer offered by department; added new courses)

44 Revised Courses

40 Undergraduate

ART 3000 - Color
ART 3020 - Drawing: Original Form
ART 3210 - Painting from Unconscious I
ART 3830 - Visual Art and Ecology (Satisfies G.E. area UD-C)
ART 4560 - Pre-Columbian Art (Satisfies G.E. area UD-C)
ART 4565 - African Art (Satisfies G.E. area UD-C)
BUS 4901 - Business Professionalism (Prerequisite language changed)
CDEV 3000 - Professional Issues in Child Development
CDEV 3170 - Early Cognitive Development (CDEV/PSYC 3140 Human Development I: Childhood removed as prerequisite)
CDEV 3180 - Early Social and Emotional Development (CDEV/PSYC 3140 Human Development I: Childhood removed as prerequisite)
CDEV 4180 - Developmental Curriculum, Experiences, and Methods
CDEV 4945 - Practicum at Child Development Center as Instructional Aide
CDEV 4946 - Practicum at Child Development Center as Head Teacher
CDEV 4947 - Practicum at Child Development Center as Assistant Administrator
CDEV 4948 - Child Development Senior Internship
CDEV 4960 - Organization and Administration of Early Childhood Programs (CDEV 4180 Developmental Curriculum, Experience and Methods removed as prerequisite)
CDEV 4965 - Child Development Senior Seminar (CDEV 3000 removed from the program; no longer needed as prerequisite)
CJ 4915 - Sex Crimes and Gender Issues in Criminal Justice (Satisfies G.E. area UD-D)
COMM 4160 - Intercultural Communication (Satisfies G.E. area UD-D and Multicultural Requirement)
CS 4520 - Graph and Network Data Analytics
EDSS 4300 - Secondary Education Methods II (unit change; specific level restriction)
EDSS 4400 - Secondary Education Methods III (Deactivated)
EDSS 4550 - Educational Equity, Diversity, and Access in a Global Society (unit change; specific level restriction)
EDSS 4850 - Secondary Educ Fld Practicum I (Must be cleared to student teach by the Office of Field Services; Taken concurrently with EDSS 4100)
EDSS 4855 - Secondary Education Field Practicum II (Must be cleared to student teach from the Field Experiences office and completed EDSS 4850)
EDSS 4870 - Secondary Education Field Practicum I - Interns (Must be cleared to student teach by Office of Field Services; Taken concurrently with EDSS 4100)
GEOG 3020 - Human Ecology (crosslisted with ENVR 3020)
LIBS 1000 - Introduction to Classroom Experiences
LIBS 2000 - Analysis of Classroom Environments
MBIO 2010 - Microbiology for Allied Health (Prerequisites: Successful completion of two of these three courses: CHEM 2100 or equivalent, anatomy and/or physiology, or consent of instructor.
MBIO 3010 - General Microbiology
MBIO 3032 - General Microbiology Lab
MUS 3200 - Music History III: Music in the United States 1945-Present (WP) (Satisfies WP requirement)
MUS 3685 - Instruments for Singers Brass and Woodwinds
NURS 3060 - Cultural Variations in Health Care: A Comparative Analysis of Cultures (Satisfies Multicultural requirement)
NURS 3600 - Transcultural Nursing Care (Satisfies Multicultural requirement)
PHYS 4450 - Introduction to Particle Physics (Prerequisite changed to PHYS 3520 or consent of instructor)
THEA 2510 - Intermediate Acting: Scene Study (course # and title change)
THEA 4020 - Performance for Children (Satisfies G.E. area UD-C)
THEA 4350 - Rehearsal and Performance 2

4 Graduate

ACC 5140 - Advanced Federal Income Tax (change of prerequisites; planned modality)
ACC 5150 - Federal Income Tax Research (change of prerequisites; planned modality)
EDEL 9014 - Applied Qualitative Research II (Reactivate)
FIN 5340 - Financial Markets (grading option change)

38 New Courses

32 Undergraduate

6 Graduate

*Selected Topics are only offered twice at the undergraduate level and once at the graduate level. Subsequently the faculty may select to create a course in the topic.