Undergraduate Curriculum committeeUGCC

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UGCC)

Committee Charge

The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UGCC) is responsible for reviewing and recommending to the provost the addition of new or the deletion of existing undergraduate curricula.  The UGCC is also responsible for reviewing and recommending proposed modifications to the undergraduate curriculum including the general education curriculum.

Items typically reviewed by this committee include:

• Adding a New Honors Section to an Existing Course (AHS)
• Adding a New Undergraduate Course to the Curriculum (ANC)
• Adding a New Undergraduate Major or Minor to the Curriculum (ANM)
• Adding a New Concentration or Specialization to an Existing Undergraduate Major (ANS)
• Changing Graduation Requirements in an Undergraduate Major/Minor (CGR)
• Changing Restrictions / Credits in an Undergraduate Course (CRC)

Committee Membership

The voting membership of the UCGG is comprised of representatives from the university’s academic units.

2021-2022 Voting Members:

• Chair: Dr. Kenneth Pike, Assistant Professor, School of Arts and Communications
• College of Aeronautics (COA):
  • Dr. Rian Mehta, Assistant Professor & Division Director
• Nathan M. Bisk College of Business (COB):

  • Dr. Michael Slotkin, Professor

  • Dr. Angel Otero, Assistant Professor - COB Online Programs
• College of Engineering and Science (COES):
  
  • Dr. Brian Kish, Associate Professor, Aerospace, Physics & Space Sciences
  • Dr. Csaba Palotai, Associate Professor, Aerospace, Physics & Space Sciences

  • Dr. Norito Takenaka, Associate Professor, Biomedical & Chemical Engineering & Sciences

  • Dr. Toufiq Reza, Assistant Professor, Biomedical & Chemical Engineering & Sciences

  • Dr. Philip Bernhard, Associate Professor & Department Head, Computer Engineering & Sciences

  • Dr. Ryan Stansifer, Associate Professor, Computer Engineering & Sciences

  • Dr. Vladislav Bukshtynov, Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences

  • Dr. Kegang Wang, Mechanical & Civil Engineering

  • Dr. Stephen Wood, Professor, Ocean Engineering & Marine Sciences

  • Dr. Toby Daly-Engel, Assistant Professor, Ocean Engineering & Marine Sciences     

• College of Psychology and Liberal Arts (COPLA):

  • Dr. Darby Proctor, Associate Professor, School of Psychology

  • Dr. Marshall Jones, Assistant Professor - CoPLA Online Programs

  • Dr. Jeffrey Dories, Assistant Professor - Military Science
• Honors College:
  • Dr. Kastro Hamed, Professor, Education & Interdisciplinary Sciences
• Evans Library:

  • Ms. Chelsea Stripling, Assistant Librarian & Head of Library Instruction

Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Members:

• Dr. Marco Carvalho, Executive Vice President and Provost
• Dr. Munevver Mine Subasi, Assistant Provost, Academic Program Assessment
• Dr. Ulreen McKinney-Jones, Dean, College of Aeronautics
• Dr. Theodore Richardson, Dean, Nathan M. Bisk College of Business
• Dr. Daniel Kirk, Interim Dean, College of Engineering and Science
• Dr. Robert Taylor, Interim Dean, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
• Jessica Ickes, Associate VP of Institutional Research and Effectiveness, Accreditation Liaison
• Caroline Johnston, Registrar
• Karin Almasi, Associate Registrar

2021-2022 Meeting Dates

Meeting Schedule 8:00-9:00 AM on	Agenda Items Due
August 27, 2021	August 20, 2021
September 24, 2021	September 17, 2021
October 29, 2021	October 22, 2021
November 19, 2021 Deadline for new undergraduate programs to APAC	November 12, 2021
January 28, 2022 Deadline for 2022-2023 catalog changes	January 21, 2022
February 25, 2022	February 18, 2022
March 25, 2022	March 18, 2022
April 29, 2022	April 22, 2022