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Academic Program Changes Approved by the UAPC, July 2007 through June 2008

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

Undergraduate major: Environmental Studies, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (and additional partner schools and colleges to be established in the planning stage)

Authorization to Implement

MS-Clinical Investigations, Institute of Clinical and Translational Research, School of Medicine and Public Health (final Board of Regent approval pending)

Joint Reviews Completed

MA-Russian, East European, Central Asian Studies, College of Letters and Science

BS-Computer Engineering, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering

BBA in Business:International Business, School of Business

Phased-out

Discontinue three majors offered at the master’s level, (692) Music Theory, (691) Music History, (696) Music Ethnomusicology. All three majors are associated with the School of Music, College of Letters and Science

Renamed/Restructured

MS and PhD in Metallurgical Engineering renamed to Materials Engineering, College of Engineering

MS and PhD in Land Resources renamed Environment and Resources, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Extend the Master of Arts-Music degree to the major (687) Music, associated with the School of Music, College of Letters and Science.

Discontinue the association of the Master of Arts-Music degree with the major (688) Music:Performance, in the School of Music, College of Letters and Science

Discontinue the association of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree with the major (687) Music, in the School of Music, College of Letters and Science.

Rename the undergraduate major “History and History of Science” to “History and History of Science, Medicine, and Technology”, College of Letters and Science.

Rename the undergraduate and graduate major “History of Science” to “History of Science, Medicine, and Technology”, College of Letters and Science. The degree associated with the MA-level program is also renamed.

Admissions Suspended/Reopened

Admissions suspended, undergraduate major in Medical Sciences, College of Letters and Science

Admissions re-opened, PhD Comparative Literature, College of Letters and Science

Options and Honors Programs

New

Evolutionary Biology option, within the Biology major, College of Letters and Science and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Architectural History option, within the PhD in Art History, Department of Art History, College of Letters and Science

Executive MLI (China) option, within the Master of Legal Institutions (major Legal Institutions), East Asia Legal Studies Center, Law School

Biostatistics option, within the PhD in Statistics, Department of Statistics, College of Letters and Science

Renamed/Restructured

MBA-Finance and Investment Banking, Option: Applied Corporate Finance renamed to Option: Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, School of Business.

Phased-out

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Certificates

Established

Certificate in Women's Studies at the Graduate Level, Department of Gender and Women's Studies, College of Letters and Science

Certificate in Physics, at the undergraduate level, Department of Physics, College of Letters and Science

Certificate in Math, offered at the undergraduate level, Department of Math, College of Letters and Science

Certificate in Introductory Studies in Dance/Movement Therapy, offered at the undergraduate level, Dance Program, School of Education

Certificate in Culture, History, and Environment, offered at the graduate level, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

Certificate in Consumer Health Advocacy, offered at the graduate level, and for professional students in the Law School, School of Medicine and Public Health, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, housed in the Center for Patient Partnerships, Law School

Certificate in Global Perspectives, for undergraduates in the School of Education, School of Education

Certificate in Business, Environment, and Social Responsibility, offered at the graduate level, School of Business

Renamed/Restructured

Administrative home of the Capstone Certificate in the Fundamentals of Clinical Research transfered from the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics to the Center for Clinical and Translational Research, School of Medicine and Public Health

Phased-out/Admissions Suspended

Admission suspended to the Capstone and Graduate Certificates in Clinical Investigation in advance of an anticipated elimination, School of Medicine and Public Health

Academic Departments

Established

Gender and Women's Studies (a restructuring of the Women's Studies Program), College of Letters and Science

Department of Urology, formerly a division of the Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Public Health

Renamed/Restructured

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Phased-out

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Timetable Departments/Listings

Established

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Renamed/Restructured

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Phased-out

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Centers and Institutes

Established

Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, Graduate School

Visual Culture Center, College of Letters and Science

Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center, School of Medicine and Public Health

UW-Madison International Center for Accelerated Medical Imaging, School of Medicine and Public Health

Center for Sleep Medicine and Sleep Research, School of Medicine and Public Health

IceCube Center, Graduate School

Center for Nonprofits, School of Human Ecology

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Renamed/Restructured

Nicholas Center for Applied Corporate Finance renamed Nicholas Center for Corporate Finance and Investment Banking, School of Business

Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) renamed The John R. Commons Center, College of Letters and Science

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Phased Out

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