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