Academic Program Changes Approved by the UAPC, July 2006 through June 2007

The University Academic Planning Council considered and recommended these formal academic actions and changes related to academic programs:

Majors and Degrees

Preliminary Entitlement to Plan

MS/PhD in Clinical Investigation, School of Medicine and Public Health, School of Nursing, School of Pharmcy, School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Engineering

Doctor of Nursing Practice, School of Nursing

Master of Physician Assistant Studies, School of Medicine and Public Health

Authorization to Implement 

Doctor of Physical Therapy, School of Medicine and Public Health (approved by Board of Regents, May 2007)        

Joint Reviews Completed

Master of Professional French Studies, College of Letters and Science      

Phased-out

Undergraduate degree and major in Family and Consumer Journalism, School of Human Ecology

Undergraduate major in Human Ecology, School of Human Ecology

Renamed/Restructured

Undergraduate major in Bacteriology renamed Microbiology, Department of Bacteriology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. This undergraduate major is available to students in both CALS and the College of Letters and Science.

The MS/PhD in Biomolecular Chemistry, School of Medicine and Public Health, and the MS/PhD in Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, merged to the MS/PhD in Biochemistry, which will now be available to students in both SMPH and CALS.

The undergraduate degree BS-Consumer Science and the associated Consumer Science major are renamed degree BS-Consumer Affairs, major Consumer Affairs, School of Human Ecology.

The undergraduate degree BS-Consumer Science associated with the major Retailing is renamed BS-Retailing, School of Human Ecology.

The undergraduate degree BS-Environment, Textiles and Design associated with the major Interior Design is renamed BS-Interior Design, School of Human Ecology.

The undergraduate degree BS-Environment, Textiles and Design associated with the major Textile and Apparel Design is renamed BS-Textiles and Apparel Design, School of Human Ecology.

The degree home of the MS/PhD program in Endocrinology/Reproductive Physiology was extended to include the School of Medicine and Public Health in addition to the College of Agricultural and Life Science and the College of Letters and Science.

Admissions Suspended

MA/PhD in Comparative Literature, College of Letters and Science

Undergraduate major Recreation Resources Management, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Options and Honors Programs

New        

...

Renamed/Restructured

Child Development and Preschool Teaching option within the Human Development and Family Studies major renamed Child Development, School of Human Ecology

Phased-out

...

Certificates

Established

Graduate-level Certificate on Humans and the Global Environment (CHANGE), Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Renamed/Restructured

Phased-out         

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Dual Degrees

Established

Master of Public Health/Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)

Master of Public Health/Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Master of Public Heath/Master of Public Affairs

Master of Public Health/Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)

Renamed/Restructured

Phased-out         

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Academic Departments 

Established

Renamed/Restructured    

Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences merged into the Department of Pathobiological Sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine

Department of Forest Ecology and Management and Department of Wildlife Ecology merged into Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Phased-out    

Department of Food Microbiology and Toxicology

Timetable Departments/Listings

Established

Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies (LACIS), College of Letters and Science

Renamed/Restructured

Bacteriology renamed Microbiology, Department of Bacteriology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Forest Ecology and Management and Wildlife Ecology merged into a single listing, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Environment, Textiles and Design renamed Design Studies, School of Human Ecology

Phased-out

School or College

Centers and Institutes

Established

Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, School of Medicine and Public Health

Center for Structurally Integrated Micro/Nano Systems (SIMSNS), College of Engineering

Center for Early Modern Studies, College of Letters and Science

Center of Rapid Evolution, College of Letters and Science

Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Global Legal Studies Center, Law School

Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE), Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Renamed/Restructured

Comprehensive Cancer Center renamed Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine and Public Health

Land Tenure Center moved to Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Phased Out

Biophysics Training Progarm (program continues but it is not a center-like unit and is removed from the list), Graduate School

 

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