Item 1 Call to Order
Chair Hicks will call the meeting to order.
Item 2 Minutes (December 13, 2006)
Chair Hicks will address the Committee and ask for approval of the minutes from the December 13, 2006 meeting.
Proposed Action: Approval. Motion and second required.
Item 3 Open Comments
Chair Hicks will address the committee and offer the opportunity for open comments.
Open Comments: No motion required.
Item 4 Bachelor of Science in Sign Language Interpreting
The approval of undergraduate and master’s degree programs is vested within the authority of the University of North Florida’s Board of Trustees. In accordance with these procedures, the University is submitting its request to the Educational Policy Committee to add a new academic program. This request is to initiate a new undergraduate degree in Sign Language Interpreting, within the College of Education and Human Services, Department of Exceptional Student and Deaf Education.
Provost Workman will address the committee and ask for approval to add this new undergraduate program.
Proposed Action: Approval. Motion and second required. Item 5 Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Sciences
The termination of undergraduate and master’s degree programs is vested within the authority of the University of North Florida’s Board of Trustees. In accordance with these procedures, the University is submitting its request to the Educational Policy Committee to terminate an academic program. This request is to terminate the undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Sciences, within the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Physics.
Assistant Director Brayton will address the committee and ask for approval to terminate this undergraduate program.
Proposed Action: Approval. Motion and second required.
Item 6 Update on UNF’s Flagship Programs
Provost Workman will update the Educational Policy Committee on UNF’s flagship proposal process and provide a first-year report on the Community Nursing program.
Proposed Action: Discussion. No motion required.
Item 7 Adjournment
Chair Hicks will adjourn the meeting.
