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

• Africana Studies, Popular Culture and Digital Media Concentration, B.A.  
• Africana Studies, Social Justice and the Law Concentration, B.A.  
• Environmental Engineering, B.S.  
• Interdisciplinary Studies, Film & Media Production Concentration, B.A.  
• Interdisciplinary Studies, Gerontology Concentration, B.A.  
• Mechanical Engineering, Precision Engineering and Metrology Concentration, B.S.M.E.  

Undergraduate Certificates

• Clinical Research Management, Undergraduate Certificate   
• Nutrition, Undergraduate Certificate   

Minor Programs

• Mechanical Engineering, Minor  

Program Changes

Major changes to existing undergraduate degree programs include:

Bachelor’s Degrees

• Communication Studies, B.A. now includes a generalist option that allows students to major in Communication Studies without a concentration.
• Communication Studies, Communications and Public Advocacy Concentration, B.A., renamed to Communication Studies, Rhetoric, Culture and Social Change Concentration, B.A.
• Communication Studies, Mass Media, B.A., renamed to Communication Studies, Media & Technology Studies Concentration, B.A.
• History, History and Social Studies Teacher Licensure, B.A., renamed to History, Comprehensive Secondary Social Studies Teacher Licensure, B.A.

Minors

• Earth Sciences, Minor was renamed to Earth and Environmental Sciences, Minor

Early Entry Programs

• Applied Energy and Electromechanical Systems, M.S., Early Entry was renamed Applied Energy and Electromechanical Engineering, M.S., Early Entry.

Discontinued Programs

Discontinued undergraduate degrees and programs include:

• Architecture, M.Arch., Early Entry
• Africana Studies, Graduate Certificate, Early Entry
• Earth and Environmental Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences Concentration, B.S.
• Earth and Environmental Sciences, Environmental Sciences Concentration, B.S.
• Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hydrological Sciences Concentration, B.S.
• Geography, GIScience and Technology Concentration, B.S.
• Geography, Urban and Regional Planning Concentration, B.S.
• Geography, Urban, Social, and Economic (USE) Geography Concentration, B.S.
• Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science, B.S.

Additional Changes

• Transfer Credit and Advanced Academic Standing   - Transient Study Policy: Provision #4 updated to include College of Liberal Arts and Sciences students only.
• The Office of Adult Student and Evening Services has been renamed to The Office of Adult Student and Extended Services.
• The Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management was renamed to the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
• The Student Orientation and Academic Resources (SOAR) program was renamed to New Student Orientation (NSO).