Abilene Undergraduate Academic Council

Abilene Undergraduate Academic Council
May 6, 2026
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Adams Center Classroom

1. Call to Order
2. Prayer
3. Approval of the Minutes from 4/15/2026

Information Items

4. SOCW 491 – Add SOCW 479 Prerequisite

Action Items

5. FIN 316 – New Course – Commercial Real Estate (Previously Tabled)
6. Integrated MAcc Program – Increase to 9 hrs of Graduate Courses for Undergraduate Credit
7. Chemistry Minor – Revise Course Selections
8. PHYS 115 – New Course – Intro to Physics
9. PHYS 116 – New Course – Intro to Physics Lab
10. PHYS 342 – Change Hours from 2 to 3, Change Title, Content, Prerequisites, Terms
11. PHYS 343 – Close Course
12. PHYS-PHET – Remove ENGR 115/116/117, add PHYS 115/116
13. PHYS-PHYC – Remove ENGR 115/116/117, add PHYS 115/116, Add MATH 325, SDS 387 & 479
14. PHYS-PHYM – Remove ENGR 115/116/117 & BIOL 492, add PHYS 115/116, MATH 278, & BIOL 494
15. PHYS-PHYN – Remove ENGR 115/116/117, add PHYS 115/116 & MATH 278
16. PHYS-PHYS – Remove ENGR 115/116/117, add PHYS 115/116 & MATH 278
17. PHMT-PHMT – Remove ENGR 115/116/117, add PHYS 115/116 & MATH 278
18. PHMT-PHCS – Remove ENGR 115/116, add PHYS 115/116 & MATH 278
19. New PHYS Track – Nuclear Engineering
20. COMP – Remove SOCI 416
21. KINE 221 – New Course – Intro to the Profession of Occupational Therapy
22. KNPT – Remove BIOL 492, Add BIOL 494
23. SOCW 456 – New Course – Applied International Social Work
24. BSSW – Revise GPA Requirements

Abilene Undergraduate Academic Council
April 15, 2026
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Adams Center Classroom

1. Call to Order
2. Prayer
3. Approval of the Minutes from 4/1/2026

Information Items

4. CS 316 – Change Course Terms
5. DET 230 – Change Title
6. DET 260 – Change Prerequisites
7. DET 320 – Change Description
8. DET 330 – Change Title, Description, Prerequisites
9. DET 410 – Change Prerequisites
10. ANSC 496 – Change Prerequisites
11. PHP 320 – Change Title & Description
12. KINE 420 – Change Description, Prerequisites, & Content
13. NUTR 328 – Change Course Terms
14. NUTR 421 – Change Course Terms
15. Math 377 – Change Course Terms
16. MKTG 495 – Revise Content
17. PHYS & ENGR – Separate Physics & Engineering into Two Departments

Action Items

18. BS SDS – New Program – Data Science and Statistics
19. MATH 278 – New Course – Computational Mathematics Lab
20. MATH 187 – Close Course
21. MATT – Remove MATH 187, Add MATH 278
22. MATH – Remove MATH 187, Add MATH 278
23. MATH-APMA – Remove MATH 187, Add MATH 278
24. MATH-PURE – Remove MATH 187, Add MATH 278
25. MASC – Remove MATH 187, Add MATH 278
26. Math Minor – Remove MATH 187, Add MATH 278
27. CSMT – Remove MATH 187, Add MATH 278
28. CS-CT – Remove MATH 187, Add MATH 278
29. New Minor – Interdisciplinary Studies in Applied Artificial Intelligence
30. CS 112 – New Course – Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
31. Revise Minor & Change Department – Leadership Studies
32. New Program – BS in Sports Media
33. JMC 339 – New Course – Sports Journalism
34. ACCT 322 – New Course – Ethics and the Accounting Profession
35. ACCT – New Track – Professional Accounting
36. ACCT – General Track – Revise Major
37. ACCT – Analytics Track – Revise Major
38. FIN 316 – New Course – Commercial Real Estate
39. FINA – All Tracks – Revise Finance Core
40. MGMT – All Tracks – Revise Degree Plans
41. MKTG – All Tracks – Revise Degree Plans
42. IS – All Tracks – Revise Degree Plans
43. KINE 406 – New Course – Facility and Event Management (previously tabled)
44. KSRM – Add KINE 406 & Revise PEAC Menus (previously tabled)
45. BMSC (Gen, Pre-Dent, PA, & Pharm Tracks) – Replace BIOL 492 with BIOL 494
46. BMSC – PMED Track – Replace BIOL 492 with BIOL 494
47. BMSC – PVET Track – Add BIOL 494 Option
48. BMSE – All Tracks – Replace BIOL 492 with BIOL 494
49. CMGT 351 – New Course – Construction Safety
50. CMGT 364 – New Course – Mechanical Electrical and Plumbing Construction
51. CMGT 375 – New Course – Construction Law, Accounting and Finance
52. CMGT 499 – New Course – Construction Internship

Abilene Undergraduate Academic Council
April 1, 2026
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Adams Center Classroom

1. Call to Order
2. Prayer
3. Approval of the Minutes from 3/18/2026

Information Items

4. COMM 241 – Change Description
5. COMM 322, 483, 499 – Change Course Terms
6. COMM 415 – Change Title
7. COMM 450 – Change Title
8. COMM 492– Change Title
9. ENGR 116 – Change Title
10. ENGR 117 – Change Title & Description

Action Items

11. COMM 136 – Change Credit Hours to Variable 0-1, Change Description
12. COMM 315 – New Course – Human Connection in Social Media
13. COMM 463 – New Course – Nonprofit Communication and Management
14. COMM 493 – New Course – Rhetoric of Social Movements
15. COMS Minor – Add COMM 315, 463, 493
16. BA COMS – Add COMM 430 to Communication Core, Revise Tracks
17. BS COMS – Add COMM 430 to Communication Core, Revise Tracks
18. SOCI 445 – New Course – Sports & Society
19. SOCI 477 – Reopen Course
20. SOCI Minor – Add SOCI 445 & Restore SOCI 477
21. PLAW 301 – Change Number to PLAW 201, Reduce Hours from 2 to 1
22. PLAW 410 – New Course – Legal Studies Launch
23. Legal Studies Minor – Revise & Expand Menus
24. SDS 387 – New Course – Data Visualization in R and Python
25. SDS 396 – New Course – Statistics and Data Science Seminar
26. SDS 475 – New Course – Sports Analytics
27. SDS 479 – New Course – Multivariate Analysis
28. SDS 483 – New Course – Biostatistics
29. BIOL 483 – Crosslist with SDS 483, Change Description, Prerequisites, Course Terms
30. SDS 496 – New Course – Statistics and Data Science Capstone
31. New Minor – Statistics and Data Science
32. ENGR 115 – Change to 2 Credit Hours; Revise Title, Description, and Content
33. ENGR 306 – Add Junior Standing Restriction, Remove Prerequisite, Change Course Terms
34. All Engineering Programs – Remove ENGR 317, Increase Hours for ENGR 115
35. CMGT 215 – New Course – Plans and Estimation
36. CMGT 315 – New Course – Advanced Estimating
37. CMGT 344 – New Course – Virtual Design and Construction
38. Construction Management (CMGT) – New Program

Abilene Undergraduate Academic Council
March 18, 2026
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Adams Center Classroom

1. Call to Order
2. Prayer
3. Approval of the Minutes from 3/4/2026

Information Items

4. KINE 206 – Change Course Terms
5. KINE 291 – Change Course Terms
6. KINE 311 – Change Course Terms
7. KINE 342 – Change Course Terms
8. KINE 476 – Change Course Terms
9. KINE 492 – Change Course Terms
10. NUTR 327 – Change Prerequisites

Action Items

11. PSYC 493 – Add Course Restriction
12. PSYC Minor – General – Revise Degree Plan
13. PSYC Minor – Child Emphasis – Close Minor
14. PSYC Minor – Counseling Emphasis – Close Minor
15. PSYC Minor – Research Emphasis – Close Minor
16. NUTR 422 – Change from 2 Hours to 3 Hours
17. NDPD – Revise Degree Plan for NUTR 422 Increased Hours
18. KINE 406 – New Course – Facility and Event Management
19. KINE 365 – Close Course
20. KINE 366 – Close Course
21. KINE 475 – Close Course
22. KINE 477 – Close Course
23. NUTR 222 – Close Course
24. PEAC 210 – Close Course
25. PEAC 212 – Close Course
26. PEAC 217 – Close Course
27. PEAC 224 – Close Course
28. PEAC 226 – Close Course
29. PEAC 227 – Close Course
30. PEAC 237 – Close Course
31. PEAC 239 – Close Course
32. PEAC 352 – Close Course
33. KSRM – Add KINE 406, Revise PEAC Requirements
34. FAM 455 – Close Course
35. GERO 448 – Close Course
36. Aging Studies Minor – Revise Course Selection
37. CS 112 – New Course – Foundations of Artificial Intelligence

Abilene Undergraduate Academic Council
March 4, 2026
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Adams Center Classroom

1. Call to Order
2. Prayer
3. Approval of the Minutes from 1/21/2026

Information Items

4. FAM 443 – Change Course Terms
5. GLST 212 – Change Description 
6. ECON 260 – Change Prerequisites
7. ECON 261 – Change Prerequisites
8. ENTR 412 – Change Description & Course Terms
9. FIN 310 – Change Prerequisites
10. FIN 311 – Change Prerequisites
11. IS 222 – Change Prerequisites
12. IT 263 – Change Prerequisites

Action Items

13. MUSC 218 – Close Course
14. MUSE 335 – New Course – Choral Literature (previously tabled)
15. MTIA – Revise Program
16. MTVA – Revise Program
17. GOVD-GVED – Replace ECON 463 with ECON Menu
18. Public Service Minor – Remove SOCI 415 & 416
19. BA CJ – Replace SOCI 355 with CRIM 355 & Remove SOCI 415
20. BS CJ – Replace SOCI 355 with CRIM 355 & Remove SOCI 41
21. AA Architecture – Add HIST 131 Option
22. INAD-IBUS – Remove MKTG 344
23. FIN 414 – Close Course
24. FIN 434 – Close Course
25. MGMT 345 – Close Course
26. MGMT 375 – Close Course
27. MGMT 434 – Close Course
28. MGMT 450 – Close Course
29. MKTG 319 – Close Course
30. MKTG 344 – Close Course
31. ECON 463 – Close Course
32. BUSA 120 – Add Zero-Credit Lab
33. All BBA Programs – Remove MKTG 319 from Business Foundations
34. All BBA Programs – Revise Admissions Requirements
35. MKTG – General & Digital Marketing Tracks – Remove JMC 348
36. JMC 348 – Close Course
37. ENGL 241 – New Course – Crime Fiction
38. ENGL 242 – New Course – Serial Killers
39. ENGL 245 – New Course – Genre-Based Literature
40. FAM 455 – Close Course
41. GERO 448 – Close Course
42. Aging Studies Minor – Revise Course Selection

Abilene Undergraduate Academic Council
January 21, 2026
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Adams Center Classroom

1. Call to Order
2. Prayer
3. Approval of the Minutes from 12/3/2025

Information Items

4. MUSE 116 – Change Title & Content
5. MUSE 332 – Change Title
6. MUSE 333 – Change Title
7. MUST 111 – Change Title & Course Number (within the hundred)
8. MUST 131 – Change Title & Course Number (within the hundred)
9. MUST 211 – Change Title & Course Number (within the hundred)
10. MUST 231 – Change Title & Course Number (within the hundred)
11. MUST 331 – Change Prerequisites
12. MUST 333 – Change Prerequisites
13. MUSM 431 – Change Prerequisites
14. MUSM 432 – Change Prerequisites

Action Items

15. GLST 101 – New Course – Introduction to Oxford
16. GLST 102 – New Course – Introduction to Leipzig
17. GLST 103 – New Course – Introduction to Valencia

Music Program Restructure

Overview Document

Course Changes

18. MUST 112 – Change Title & Course Number (beyond the hundred)
19. MUST 132 – Change Title & Course Number (beyond the hundred)
20. MUSM 131 – Change Content & Credit Hours (from 2 to 3)
21. MUSE 334 – Change Credit Hours (from 2 to 3) Syllabus
22. MUSC 217 – Change Title, Content, & Credit Hours (from 1 to 2)

Course Closures

23. MUST 212 – Close Course
24. MUST 232 – Close Course
25. MUST 233 – Close Course
26. MUSM 132 – Close Course

New Courses

27. MUSM 101 – New Course – Foundations of Music Listening
28. MUSC 101 – New Course – Foundations of Musicianship
29. MUST 101 – New Course – Foundations of Music Theory
30. MUSE 335 – New Course – Choral Literature
31. MUSM 236 – New Course – Music in Leipzig

Program Revisions

32. Music Minor – Revise Minor Requirements
33. BA:MUSI Major – Revise Degree Requirements
34. BM:VOCP Major – Revise Degree Requirements

Abilene Undergraduate Academic Council
December 3, 2025
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Adams Center Classroom

1. Call to Order
2. Prayer
3. Approval of the Minutes from 11/5/2025

Information Items

4. NURS 320 – Change Title, Description & Outcomes
5. NURS 326 – Change Description & Outcomes
6. NURS 330 – Change Description & Outcomes
7. NURS 337 – Change Term, Description & Outcomes
8. NURS 345 – Change Description & Outcomes
9. NURS 350 – Change Description & Outcomes
10. NURS 351 – Change Description & Outcomes
11. NURS 352 – Change Title, Description & Outcomes
12. NURS 360 – Change Description & Outcomes
13. NURS 361 – Change Title, Description & Outcomes
14. NURS 380 – Change Description & Outcomes
15. NURS 430 – Change Description & Outcomes
16. NURS 431 – Change Title, Description & Outcomes
17. NURS 450 – Change Description & Outcomes
18. NURS 453 – Change Title, Description & Outcomes
19. NURS 464 – Change Description & Outcomes
20. NURS 475 – Change Description & Outcomes
21. NURS 476 – Change Title, Description & Outcomes
22. NURS 477 – Change Title, Description & Outcomes
23. NURS 498 – Change Title, Description & Outcomes
24. BIOL 495 – Change Prerequisites
25. BIOL 498 – Change Course Terms
26. ART 112 – Change Course Terms
27. ART 213 – Change Course Terms
28. ART 341 – Change Course Terms
29. ART 342 – Change Course Terms
30. ART 353 – Change Course Terms
31. ART 358 – Change Prerequisites
32. ART 443 – Change Course Terms
33. ART 444 – Change Course Terms
34. ART 445 – Change Prerequisites
35. ART 456 – Change Prerequisites
36. ART 454 – Change Course Terms

Action Items

37. NURO-POST – Close RN to BSN Track
38. BIOL 494 – New Course – Human Physiology
39. BIOL-BICM – Add BIOL 494 Option
40. BIOL-BIOH – Add BIOL 494 Option
41. BIOL-BIOV – Add BIOL 494 Option
42. ART 425 – Close Course
43. ART 496 – Close Course
44. ARTD-AV – Replace JMC 348 with JMC 349

Abilene Undergraduate Academic Council
November 5, 2025
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Adams Center Classroom

1. Call to Order
2. Prayer
3. Approval of the Minutes from 5/7/2025

Information Items

4. IS 432 – Remove SOCI 416 Prerequisite
5. MKTG 432 – Remove SOCI 416 Prerequisite
6. ENTR 414 – Change Course Terms
7. FAM 335 – Change Course Terms
8. FAM 365 – Change Course Terms
9. FAM 452 – Change Course Terms
10. FAM 454 – Change Course Terms
11. ENGL 301 – Change Prerequisites
12. KINE 485 – Change Title

Action Items

13. JAPR – Remove SOCI 415
14. AENV 353 – Plant & Animal Genetics – New Course Application
15. AHPC – Add AENV 353, Remove BIOL 351/352, Add MATH 123 Option
16. ANSC-LP – Add AENV 353, Remove BIOL 351/352, CHEM 112
17. ANSC-PVH – Add AENV 353, Remove BIOL 351/352, Add MATH 123 Option
18. CFS Minor – Add FAM 335, 385, 443 to Menu
19. HSCI – Add Psyc 233 & SOCW 245 as Menu Options
20. Coaching Minor – Add KINE 352 & PSYC 388 as Menu Options

Abilene Undergraduate Academic Council
May 7, 2025
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Adams Center Classroom

1. Call to Order
2. Prayer
3. Approval of the Minutes from 4/16/2025

Information Items

4. BIOL 312 – Change Description & Prerequisites
5. BIOL 351 – Change Course Terms & Prerequisites
6. COMM 461 – Change Prerequisites
7. CSD 319 – Change Prerequisites
8. CSD 352 – Change Prerequisites
9. CSD 356 – Change Prerequisites
10. CSD 357 – Change Description & Prerequisites
11. CSD 371 – Change Prerequisites
12. CSD 380 – Change Prerequisites
13. CSD 471 – Change Prerequisites
14. CSD 493 – Change Prerequisites
15. CSD 494 – Change Prerequisites
16. KINE 360 – Change Prerequisites
17. ENGR 434 – Change Prerequisites

Action Items

18. BS COMP – Revise Admissions & Graduation Requirements
19. Human Rights & Justice Minor – Remove SOCI 380 & 438
20. KINE-KCOA – Add KINE 291, Create KINE 342/480 Menu
21. KINE-KGEN – Create KINE 342/480 Menu
22. PHP Courses – Change Department of Record
23. Health Humanities Minor – Replace SOCI 350 with GERO 350 & Move to New Pre-Health Professions Department
24. Math Minor – Replace MATH 334 & 432 with MATH 371 & 473
25. BIOL 313 – Close Course
26. BIOL 352 – New Course – Genetics Laboratory
27. BIOL-BICM – Remove BIOL 313, Add BIOL 352
28. BIOL-BIOG – Add BIOL 352
29. BIOL-BIOH – Add BIOL 352
30. BIOL-BIOO – Add BIOL 352
31. BIOL-BIOV – Add BIOL 352
32. BIOL-BIOW – Add BIOL 352 & 312
33. BA BIOL – Add BIOL 352
34. HPCO-BIOL – Add BIOL 352
35. BIOT-BIOT – Add BIOL 352
36. BIOT-BTCS – Add BIOL 352
37. BCH-BCHV – Add BIOL 352
38. BCH-BCBS – Add BIOL 352 & CHEM 362
39. ANSC-LP – Add BIOL 352, Designate ABRG 261as Gen Ed
40. ANSC-PVH – Add BIOL 352, Designate AGRB 261 as Gen Ed
41. ANHP – Add BIOL 352, Designate AGRB 261 as Gen Ed
42. IDSC – Revise History Requirements
43. MSED-MSSO – Revise History Requirements
44. MSED-MSSC – Remove BIOL 351, Add BIOL 362
45. SPED 311 – New Course – Intermediate American Sign Language III
46. SPED 312 – New Course – Intermediate American Sign Language IV
47. New Minor – Sign Language

Abilene Undergraduate Academic Council
April 16, 2025
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Adams Center Classroom

1. Call to Order
2. Prayer
3. Approval of the Minutes from 4/2/2025

Information Items

4. ENTR 419 – Change Description & Prerequisites
5. FIN 311 – Change Prerequisites
6. AENV 371 – Change Course Terms
7. ENVR 341 – Change Course Terms
8. SPAN 301 – Change Title
9. SPAN 360 – Change Prerequisites
10. SPAN 361 – Change Prerequisites

Action Items

11. BS MATT – Drop MATH 334 & 483, Add MATH 371 & 473
12. SPAN 305 – Close Course
13. SPAN 345 – Close Course
14. SPAN 365 – Close Course
15. SPAN 444 – Close Course
16. BA SPAN – Revise Degree Plan
17. BA SPNT – Revise Degree Plan
18. Spanish Minor – Revise Degree Plan
19. FIN 120 – New Course – Introduction to Finance
20. FIN 489 – New Course – Advanced Financial Management
21. BBA FINA (All Tracks) – Add FIN 120 & 489, Remove MGMT 439
22. BS KINE – Add Coaching Education Track
23. BFA ART – Close Painting and Sculpture Tracks
24. BFA ART – Add Studio Art Track
25. BS INAD – Add Engineering Track
26. PHP 305 – New Course – Medical Missions Seminar
27. PHP 310 – New Course – Clinical Healthcare Internship
28. BS CHEM – Add ACS Nuclear Chemistry Track
29. BS Biomedical Sciences – New Program
30. BA Biomedical Sciences – New Program