What’s New This Year?

New Programs

New undergraduate degrees and programs that appear for the first time in this Catalog include:

Bachelor’s Degrees

• Data Science, B.S.  
• Graphic Design, B.F.A.  
• Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies, B.A.   

Bachelor’s Degrees with new Concentrations

• Dance, Applied Dance Concentration, B.A.  
• Electrical Engineering Technology, Electromechanical Systems Concentration, B.S.E.T.  
• Mechanical Engineering Technology, Electromechanical Systems Concentration, B.S.E.T.  
• Political Science, Security and Intelligence Studies Concentration, B.A.  

Minors

• Security and Intelligence Studies, Minor  

Graduate Early Entry Programs

• Foreign Language Education, M.A.T. or Graduate Certificate, Early Entry  
• Gerontology, Graduate Certificate, Early Entry  
• Languages and Culture Studies: Business Language, Graduate Certificate, Early Entry  
• Reading Education, M.Ed., Early Entry   
• Respiratory Care, M.S., Early Entry  

Program Changes

Major changes to existing undergraduate degree programs include:

• B.S.B.A. in Marketing with Concentration in Marketing and Innovation shortened to B.S.B.A. in Marketing with Concentration in Marketing  
• B.S.B.A. in Marketing with Concentration in Marketing Analytics and Intelligence shortened to B.S.B.A. in Marketing with Concentration in Marketing Analytics  

Discontinued Programs

Discontinued undergraduate degrees and programs include:

• Minor in Applied Anthropology
• Early Entry Program for Ph.D. in Health Psychology

Additional Changes

• The Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies  was established (formerly University Writing Program)
• The School of Data Science  was established
• DTSC prefix / Data Science courses  added
• Summer Terms renamed:
  • Extended Summer => Summer Full Term
  • Summer I => Summer First Half
  • Summer II => Summer Second Half
• The Tuition Surcharge imposed on students who take more than 140 credit hours to complete a 4-year program or more than 110% of the hours necessary to complete a 5-year program was repealed by the State of North Carolina