Time: 12:30-2:00 PM
Location: Microsoft TEAMS
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/280180300936935?p=w9XnJsFA5oo4TaL2CO
I. Call to order
II. Announcements
III. Automatic consent
A. Approval of the May 2026 and September 2026 meeting minutes.
B. Course Action Requests
1. Course changes
| Course # | Course Title | Course Change |
| NUTR 703 | Culinary Nutrition Interventions | Omitting NUTR 701 Nutrition Counseling as a required prerequisite for this course. Removes barriers to entry for part time and spring start MPH-Nutrition & Dietetics students. Prereq enforcement should be edited accordingly to exclude the NUTR 701 prereq. |
| PH 705 | Principles of Public Health Policy and Administration | Course Title Change – Introduction to Public Health Policy and Advocacy Renaming class and updating description for clarity and to better emphasize competencies covered. |
| PH 706 | Perspectives on Community & Behavioral Health | Course Title Change – Introduction to Community Health Promotion Renaming class and description to better reflect content. |
| PSYCH 502 | Applied Behavior Analysis | Updating dated and inaccurate course description. |
| PSYCH 961 | Seminar in Child-Clinical Psychology | We have been offering this course as a 1 credit course for a few years now to support the training of our Clinical Child and Pediatric Psychology focused graduate students, given course credit guidelines from the Clinical Child and Pediatric Psychology Training Council. We would like to offer a 3 credit course every other year to move through some of the foundational content in a more condensed period of time. This 3 credit option will be offered about every other year. |
IV. New Business
1. Program changes
| Program | Proposed change(s) |
| Health Care Informatics MS | Health Informatics and Analytics, MS This proposal requests approval to rename the current *MS in Health Care Informatics* program as the *MS in Health Informatics & Analytics*. |
| History MA | Streamlining requirements to achieve the following: (1) create a common baseline for History graduate tracks, using 713 as the standard; (2) clarify the language regarding the difference between 700- and 800- level courses (readings-oriented courses at the 800-level; original research-oriented courses at the 900-level), which was not captured in the old terminology (“colloquia vs seminars”). This will align with accompanying changes to 800- and 900-level course titles. |
| History MA: Public History | Streamlining requirements to achieve the following: (1) create a common baseline for History graduate tracks, using 713 as the standard; (2) clarify the language regarding the difference between 700- and 800- level courses (readings-oriented courses at the 800-level; original research-oriented courses at the 900-level), which was not captured in the old terminology (“colloquia vs seminars”). This will align with accompanying changes to 800- and 900-level course titles. |
| History PhD | Streamlining requirements to achieve the following: (1) create a common baseline for History PhD, using 712 as the standard; (2) expand options for second required methods course; (3) clarify ambiguous language regarding electives. |
| Psychology MS | Adding reason statement, Updating the informational paragraph on the degree program |
| Social Work DSW | This request is to change and update the new DSW Program Admission Policies and Procedures. |
| Art History MA | Names changes to the four distribution areas for MA degree requirements. Removal of the language requirement. |
2. New Accelerated Graduate Degrees
No Accelerated Graduate Degrees
3. New Courses
| Course # | New Course Title |
| ARCH 808 | Architecture Internship Adding an architecture specific course number for this already existing class |
| WLC 720 | Multilingual Translation Workshop To advance departmental initiatives in WLC: enhancing alignment of language programs, expanding options for interdisciplinary graduate studies in WLC, and promoting career-readiness curriculum across language programs. |
V. Other Business as Needed
1. Informational only
| Program | Proposed change(s) |
| Organizational Learning and Leadership, EdD | Notice of Intent |