University Curriculum Committee – September 18, 2026

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University Curriculum Committee – September 18, 2026

Action Items

  • ARTS 233: Woodworking. Previously taught four times with strong enrollment
  • ARTS 234: Musical Instrument Building. Previously taught five times with strong enrollment
  • MDFL 300: Intercultural Communication across Languages. Provides a shared upper-level course integrating linguistic analysis with the application of professional skills across languages. Supports the redesigned major. Has not been taught previously; required in the redesigned major.
  • MDFL 400: Language Capstone. Required culminating course that prepares students for language assessment. Has not been taught previously
  • SOCG 287: Special Topics in Sociology. Provides an elective option that adds flexibility to the sociology program.
  • SOCG 387: New Topics in Sociology. Expands advanced-topic offerings while providing flexibility within the sociology curriculum.

Program Change Proposal:

  • Art History a. Add a sentence to the footnote clarifying that the 9 elective credits must be taken at the 200-level or above. Add the phrase “with approval of the department chair.”
  • French. Revise the common core (6 courses) and electives to make degree requirements more transparent to students, increase curricular coherence, align the curriculum with departmental goals, and establish a shared 18-credit MDFL core across majors.
  • German. Revise the common core (6 courses) and electives to make degree requirements more transparent to students, increase curricular coherence, align the curriculum with departmental goals, and establish a shared 18-credit MDFL core across majors.
    • Add MDFL 201 courses to introduce students to intercultural inquiry through disciplinary perspectives;
    • MDFL 300 for advanced study of intercultural communication and global contexts; and
    • MDFL 400 as the culminating capstone experience.
  • Leadership and Management Studies (BLS only).
    • Add existing courses from the catalog as elective options to fulfill the ethics and diversity requirements, including the general education requirement in diverse and global perspectives.
    • Add MDFL 201.
  • Sociology Major.
    • Restructure the major and increase the total credits to 35.
    • Allow up to 3 credits of SOCG 499 internship to count toward elective credit, but not toward the 400-level program requirements.
    • Revise the requirement from “15 additional sociology credits at or above the 200-level, excluding internship 499” to “18 additional sociology credits at or above the 200-level.”

Minutes (See Above)

In attendance:

At Large Representatives
  • Dawn Bowen, 2026, Professor, GEOG, CAS, Chair
  • Chris Willis, 2026, Assistant Professor, COB,
  • Teresa Coffman, 2026, Professor, COE, Secretary
  • Suzanne Sumner, 2026, Professor, MATH, COB
Ex-Officio Members
  • Kevin Caffrey, Senior Associate Registrar Registrar’s Office
  • Rita Dunston, Associate Provost and University Registrar

 

 

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