January 28, 2022 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
ASCI 330 : Animal Breeding and Genetics Course Change Request: Pre-requisite change 1-28-2022 2-15-2022
ASCI 340: Animal Physiological Systems. Course change request: Pre-requisite change 1-28-2022 2-15-2022
ASCI 400A : Advanced Meat Grading and Evaluation Course change request: Credit hour change; Notes change; Addition of repeatability. 1-28-2022 2-15-2022
ASCI 410/810 : Processed Meats Course Change Request: Pre-requisite change, notes change; Description change 1-28-2022 2-15-2022
ASCI 450 : Horse Management Course Change Request: Pre-requisite change; notes change 1-28-2022 2-15-2022
NRES 425/VBMS 425 : Wildlife Health New Course Proposal 1-28-2022 2-15-2022
PLAS 261 : Floral Design I Credit Hour Change 1-28-2022 2-15-2022
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
New Undergraduate Minor Minor in Remote Sensing 1-28-2022 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
Specialization Modification (Teaching & Extension Education) – Leadership Education M.S. degree 1-28-2022

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

  • Tabled: ASCI 400E: Advanced Horse Evaluation and Judging
  • Tabled: FDST 907: Computational Genomics for Food and Nutritional Sciences

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 February 15, 2022. 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