What’s New for 2023-2024

Items approved for the 2023-2024 academic year are listed below.

New Academic Programs

Certificates

• Geospatial Intelligence Certificate  

Academic Programs with Title Changes

• Community Development (M.S.)  (was Sociology (M.S.) - Community Development Specialization)

Accelerated Graduate Programs

• English (M.A.)  
• Human Sciences (M.S.) - Developmental Sciences Specialization  
• Mass Communication (M.M.C.)   

Discontinued Programs

• Human Sciences (M.S.) - Merchandising Specialization
• Merchandising Certificate
• Systems Management Certificate 

New Courses

• EDFN 580 - Leadership Development in Youth Organizations Credits: 3  
• ENGL 571 - Academic Editing and Publishing Credits: 3  
• ENGL 572 - Film Criticism (COM) Credits: 3  
• ENGL 573 - Creative Writing: Screenwriting (COM) Credits: 3  
• ENGL 575 - Creative Writing: Non-Fiction (COM) Credits: 3  
• ENGL 576 - Creative Writing: Fiction (COM) Credits: 3  
• ENGL 578 - Creative Writing: Poetry (COM) Credits: 3  
• ENGL 585 - Writing Center Tutoring Credits: 3  
• GEOG 750 - Agricultural Remote Sensing Credits: 3  
• GERO 520 - Grief and Loss Credits: 3  
• HMGT 581 - Travel Studies Credits: 1-5  
• MCOM 620 - Writing for Media Audiences Credits: 3  
• RECR 586 - Sport Law Credits: 3  
• STAT 732 - Statistical Genomics Credits: 3  
• VET 608 - Rural Veterinary Practice I Credits: 1  
• VET 632 - Rural Veterinary Practice II Credits: 1  
• VET 651 - Rural Veterinary Practice III Credits: 1  
• VET 672 - Professional Development IV Credits: 1  
• VET 673 - Rural Veterinary Practice IV Credits: 1   

Department Updates

• The Operations Management (M.S.)  and Management Foundations Certificate  are now aligned with the Ness School of Management & Economics  in the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences  and Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering .
• The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Physics combined into the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry & Physics .