May 6, 2026 – Graduate Curriculum Committee (GCC) – Agenda

Time:                  Wednesday, 12:30pm – 2:00pm

Location:         Microsoft Teams  Link here

Timothy O’Brien, 2025-26 GCC chair

1. Call to Order
2. Announcements
3. Automatic Consent-See table below for more information
   1. Approval of minutes from April 22, 2026 meeting.
   2. Course Action Requests
4. New Business-See table below for more information
   1. New Accelerated Graduate Degrees
   2. New Courses
5. Continuing Business
6. Information Only
7. Other business
   1. Election of committee chair for AY 2026-27.
   2. Consider a motion to permit the GCC Chair to conduct urgent business on behalf of the committee related to minor GCC program approvals until the end of the spring contractual period date.
   3. Thank you to committee members for serving this year. For committee members exiting the committee, thank you also for your term served. The Graduate School and this committee cannot do this important work without all of you!
8. Adjourn

Tables for Automatic Consent:

Automatic Consent:  Accelerated Graduate Degrees with updating for GER changes

Anthropology, BA / Anthropology MS (Note: Also removing an inactive course)

Art History, BA / Art History, MA

Biological Sciences, BS / Biological Sciences, MS

Biomedical Sciences, BS: Biomedical Science / Biomedical Sciences, MS

Communication Sci and Disorders, BS / Communications Sci and Disorders, MS

Economics, BA / Economics, MA

Freshwater Sciences, BS: Aquatic Science / Freshwater Sciences, MS: Aquatic Sciences

Freshwater Sciences, BS: Aquatic Science / Freshwater Sciences, MS: Water Policy

Freshwater Sciences, BS: Water Policy / Freshwater Sciences, MS: Aquatic Sciences

Freshwater Sciences, BS: Water Policy / Freshwater Sciences, MS: Water Policy

Industrial Engineering, BSE / Engineering, MS: Industrial and Systems Engineering

Information Science and Technology, BS / Information Science and Technology, MS

Information Science and Technology, BS / Library Information Sciences, MLIS

Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies, BA / Communication, MA

Kinesiology, BS / Athletic Training, MS

Kinesiology, BS / Kinesiology, MS (Note: Also updated course names/sequences and added keywords/aliases)

Kinesiology, BS / Physical Therapy, DPT (Note: Also updated dept and college information and added keywords/aliases)

Mechanical Engineering, BSE / Engineering, MS: Mechanical Engineering (Note: Also increased total credits by 8)

Physics, BS / Physics, MS

Urban Studies, BA / Urban Planning, MUP

Automatic Consent:  Minor course changes

Course number	Course title	Course change
ARCH 801	Special Topics	Remove restriction on course repeats
BUS ADM 763	Marketing Analytics with Generative AI	Course title
BUS ADM 767	Ideas and Applications of AI and Data Science in Different Fields.	Course title
COMPLIT 309 and 309 (G)	Great Works of Modern Literature	Removing 2 undergrad required courses that are not taught regularly.
HI 743	Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning, and AI in Health	Course title

Tables for New Business:

New Accelerated Graduate Degrees

Data Analytics and Applied Artificial Intelligence. BS / Data Science and Applied Artificial Intelligence, MS

New Courses

Course number	Course title
COMPSCI 402	Advanced Python Training
INFOST 581	Software Engineering Principles