April 1, 2026 – Graduate Curriculum Committee (GCC) – Agenda

Time: Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Timothy O’Brien, 2025-2026 GCC Chair

1. Call to Order
2. Announcements
3. Automatic Consent
   1. Approval of meeting minutes from March 4, 2026
   2. Course Action Requests (table below)
4. New Business
   1. New/Substantially Revised Courses (table below)
5. Program Changes
   1. Proposals Requesting Inactivation of Programs:
      1. Nursing Practice, DNP: Clinical Nurse Specialist: Pediatrics Practicum (GCC Doc. No. 2512)
      2. Public Health, MPH: Biostatistics (GCC Doc. No. 2513)
      3. Public Health, PhD: Biostatistics (GCC Doc. No. 2514)
   2. Proposals Requesting Program Changes:
      1. Administrative Leadership, MS: Adult, Continuing, and Higher Education Administration (GCC Doc. No. 2515)
      2. Athletic Training, MS (GCC Doc. No. 2516)
      3. Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Graduate Certificate (GCC Doc. No. 2517)
      4. Cyber Crime Forensics, Graduate Certificate (GCC Doc. No. 2518)
      5. Nursing, MN (GCC Doc. No. 2519)
      6. Nursing, PhD (GCC Doc. No. 2520)
      7. Nursing Practice, DNP (GCC Doc. No. 2521)
      8. Nursing Practice, DNP Core Requirements for Concentrations (GCC Doc. No. 2522)
      9. Nursing Practice, DNP: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (GCC Doc. No. 2523)
      10. Nursing Practice, DNP: Clinical Nurse Specialist (GCC Doc. No. 2524)
      11. Nursing Practice, DNP: Family Nurse Practitioner (GCC Doc. No. 2525)
      12. Nursing Practice, DNP: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (GCC Doc. No. 2526)
      13. Occupational Therapy, OTD (GCC Doc. No. 2527)
      14. World Languages and Cultures, MA / Library and Information Science, MLIS (GCC Doc. No. 2528)
6. New Degree, Certificate, or Concentration
   1. Water Quality Instrumentation, Graduate Microcredential (GCC Doc. No. 2529)
7. Multidisciplinary Committee-Directed PhD Proposal
   1. Proposal for a Multidisciplinary Committee Directed PhD Program for Graduate Student, Karen Nguyen, Health Psychology Program (GCC Doc. No. 2530)
8. Information Only
   1. Suspension of Admission to Programs:
      1. Business Administration, MBA/Nursing, DNP (GCC Doc. No. 2531)
      2. Business Administration, MBA/Translation and Interpreting Studies, MA (GCC Doc. No. 2532)
      3. Geography, PhD (GCC Doc. No. 2533)
      4. World Languages and Cultures, MA: German Language, Literature, and Culture (GCC Doc. No. 2534)
9. Other Business
10. Adjourn

Course Action Requests

Course	Action	Type of Change
AD LDSP 797	Change	Joint Offering, Course Rules
CIV ENG 708	Change	Title, Description, Prerequisites
COMPLIT 504 (COMPLIT 504G)	Discontinue	Discontinue
COMPLIT 733	Discontinue	Discontinue
COMPSCI 469 (COMPSCI 469G)	Change	Title, Grading Option, Description, Prerequisites
CRM JST 510 (CRM JST 510G)	Change	Course Level, Grade Option, Course Rules, Prerequisites
ENGLISH 754	Change	Title, Re-Takeable for Credit, Description, Course Rules
FRENCH 426 (FRENCH 426G)	Discontinue	Discontinue
FRENCH 520 (FRENCH 520G)	Discontinue	Discontinue
HCA 823	Change	Title, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
HCA 843	Change	Title, Description, Course Rules, Prerequisites
HCA 866	Change	Title, Description, Prerequisites
IND ENG 550 (IND ENG 550G)	Change	Joint Offering, Course Rules
KIN 520 (KIN 520G)	Change	Title, Description
MATLENG 460 (MATLENG 460G / MECHENG 460 / MECHENG 460G)	Change	Joint Offering, Course Rules
NURS 654G	Change	Catalog Number, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 663G	Change	Catalog Number, Course Rules
NURS 672G	Change	Catalog Number, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 673G	Change	Catalog Number, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 674G	Change	Catalog Number, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 675G (NURS 680G)	Change	Catalog Number, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 676G	Changes	Catalog Number, Course Rules
NURS 686G	Change	Catalog Number, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 688G	Change	Catalog Number, Course Rules, Prerequisites
NURS 726	Discontinue	Discontinue
PH 813	Change	Catalog Number, Title, Description, Prerequisite
SOC WRK 991	Change	Credits, Re-Takeable for Credit, Course Rules, Prerequisites
SPANISH 444 (SPANISH 444G)	Discontinue	Discontinue
SPANISH 751	Discontinue	Discontinue
SPANISH 755	Discontinue	Discontinue
SPANISH 763	Discontinue	Discontinue
SPANISH 767	Discontinue	Discontinue
SPANISH 770	Discontinue	Discontinue
SPANISH 791	Discontinue	Discontinue
SPANISH 793	Discontinue	Discontinue

New/Substantially Revised Courses

Course Number	New	Course Title
BME 702	New	Advanced Critical Thinking for Solving Problems
COMPSCI 515	New	Python Programming for Machine Learning
INFOST 580	New	Computing Fundamentals for IT Professionals