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

• Architecture, Architectural Studies Concentration, B.A.  
• Architecture, Practice Concentration, B.A.  
• Architecture, Pre-Professional Concentration, B.A.  
• Global Studies, Global Cultural Studies Concentration, B.A.  
• Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering Concentration, B.S.M.E.  
• Music, Contemporary Practices & Cultural Rhetoric Concentration, B.A.  
• Philosophy, Pre-Law Concentration, B.A.  
• ​Sports Analytics, B.S.  
• Theatre, B.A.  

Minor Programs

• Collaborative Educators in Inclusive Schools, Minor  
• Fire Science, Minor  
• Inclusion, Disability, and Exceptionalities in American Society, Minor  

Early Entry Programs

• Crime Analysis, Graduate Certificate, Early Entry  

Undergraduate Certificate Programs

• Project Management, Undergraduate Certificate  

Program Changes

Major changes to existing undergraduate degree programs include:

Bachelor’s Degrees

• Global Studies, Peace, Conflict, and Identity Concentration, B.A. was renamed to Global Studies, Peace and Conflict Concentration, B.A.  
• Marketing, Marketing Analytics Concentration, B.S.B.A. was renamed to Marketing, Digital/AI Marketing Concentration, B.S.B.A.  
• Music, B.A. was renamed to Music, Applied Music Concentration, B.A.  

Minors

• Diverse Literatures and Cultural Studies, Minor was renamed to Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, Minor  
• International Studies, Minor was renamed to Global Studies, Minor  

Certificates

• The Leadership, Innovation, Technology and Diversity, Undergraduate Certificate was renamed to Innovative Thinking and Problem Solving, Undergraduate Certificate  

Discontinued Programs

Discontinued undergraduate degrees and programs include:

• Architecture, B.A. (non-concentration option)
• Art, Cross-Disciplinary Concentration, B.F.A.
• Global Studies, Asian Studies Concentration, B.A.
• Global Studies, European Studies Concentration, B.A.
• Minor, Russian
• Spanish, Applied Language Concentration, B.A.
• Spanish, Literature and Culture Concentration, B.A.

Additional Changes

• All Languages and Culture Studies Certificates have been renamed to “LANG” and the concentration area (e.g., LANG: Business French, Undergraduate Certificate).
• General Education Revision: Foundations of American Democracy course requirement
• New Course Prefix: Electrical Engineering Technology (ETEL) was changed to Electromechanical Engineering Technology (ETEM).
• New Course Prefix: Languages and Culture Studies (LACS) was changed to Languages, Cultures and Translation (LANG).