December 3, 2021 Curriculum Committee Summary of Actions

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Faculty Action [1]

Courses (new, revisions, deletions, ACE certification and recertification)
Unit Title and Number Type of Action Requested Approved CASNR Curriculum Committee Approved CASNR Faculty
ALEC 305: Presentation strategies to communicate Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Course Change Request: Course Type Change 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
ALEC 341: Podcasting to Increase Science Literacy Course Inactivation Proposal 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
ALEC 421: Agricultural & Environmental Sciences Communication Practicum Course Inactivation Proposal 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
ASCI 200: Animal and Carcass Evaluation Course Change Request: Pre-requisite change; description change 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
ASCI 210: Animal Products Course Change Request: Pre-requisite change, notes change 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
ASCI 250: Animal Management Course Change Request: Pre-requisite change; notes change; description change 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
ASCI 300E: Principles of Horse Evaluation and Judging Course Change Request: Pre-requisite change 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
ASCI 342: Equine Reproduction Course Change Request: Pre-requisite change; notes change 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
ASCI 443/843: Physiology of Animal Cells and Tissues Course Change Request: Pre-requisite change 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
ASCI 806: Animal Science Graduate Seminar Course Change Request: Pre-requisite change 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
STAT 875: Categorical Data Analysis Course Change Request: Pre-requisite change; 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
VMED 511: Foundations of Veterinary Medicine Course Change Request: Pre-requisite change; description change 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
VMED 512: Foundations of Veterinary Medicine II Course Change Request: Description change 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
VMED 513: Foundations of Veterinary Medicine III Course Change Request: Description change 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
VMED 514: Foundations of Veterinary Medicine IV Course Change Request: Description change 12-3-2021 12-21-2021
New degree programs, options, specializations, certificates, minors (undergraduate and graduate) [2]
Unit Title and Number Type of Action Requested Approved CASNR Curriculum Committee Approved CASNR Faculty
N/A N/A N/A N/A
College core requirements and academic policies, name changes for any credentialed academic program, transfer articulation agreements
Unit Title and Number Type of Action Requested Approved CASNR Curriculum Committee Approved CASNR Faculty
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Other action that requires Academic Planning Committee (APC), Board of Regents and/or Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education approval
Unit Title and Number Type of Action Requested Approved CASNR Curriculum Committee Approved CASNR Faculty
N/A N/A N/A N/A
Curriculum Committee Approval Only: substitutions/waivers, student appeals, bulletin copy (format, consistency, accuracy, editorial), operating procedures for the curriculum committee
Type of Action Requested Approved CASNR Curriculum Committee
CASNR Catalog change: Replace existing text under “Catalog to Use”
Complex Biosystems Ph.D.--- Change in Code Request
Nebraska Beef Industry Scholars Minor:-- Minor Modification Proposal
N/A

Information Items

tabled items, calendar of meetings and deadlines, changes in membership, program changes in degree program that do not include the college core, ACE assessment reports

Footnotes

  • 1 If you have specific questions or concerns, please visit with your CASNR Curriculum Committee Representative to discuss the specific agenda item.
    • Any unit or group of at least five (5) faculty may challenge a decision of the Committee that requires faculty action by filing a written objection. The unit administrator will coordinate the written response to the Dean by December 21, 2021. Unless the concerns can be resolved with clarification, revision, and/or withdrawal and re-submission, the matter in question will be brought before the full faculty for discussion, debate and vote. If no written objections are properly filed, the action will be considered approved by the College faculty and either implemented or forwarded to the appropriate University Committee (University Curriculum Committee, Graduate Council and/or Academic Planning Committee) with the faculty recommendation for approval.
  • 2 The CASNR Curriculum Committee serves as the Parent Unit for the following degree programs:
    • B.S. in Applied Science
    • B.S. in Forensic Science
    • B.S. in Integrated, Master of Applied Science, and Doctor of Plant Health