University Planning Advisory Council

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Proposal #36

 

Proposal Title:   Reduction of Colleges and Departments

 

Anticipated Savings/Revenue:  Approximately $5 million annually

 

Units Affected:  All

 

Brief Description: 

Reduce by one college.  Eliminate programs that are not a part of the mission, extremely small in terms of the number of students served, or are of poor quality.

Flow chart image of proposed College of Arts and Letters encompassing schools of Creative Arts (Art, Design/Industry, Music/Dance, Theatre, BECA, Cinema, Journalism & Speech/Comm) and Language, Linguistics & Philosophy (Classics, English Lit./Linguistics, Foreign Languages, World & Comparative Lit., Philosophy, Technical/Professional Writing, American Studies & Creative Writing)

 

 

Consider elimination
 Consider reduction of MAs and lower division language development courses.

 

 

Flow chart image of proposed new College of Behavioral and Social Sciences encompasing the schools of Social Sciences (Anthro., Econ., Hist./Cal. Studies and Sociology) and Policy Studies (Criminal Justice, PoliSci/Intnl. Rel./special studies, Public Admin. and Labor/Urban Studies)

 

 

 

Combine Departments/Programs
*Critical Social Thought; European Studies; Global Peace, Human Rights, and Justice Studies; Middle East and Islamic Studies; Latin American Studies; Pacific Asian Studies; South Asian Studies; World Development Studies . Consider elimination

 

 

Flow chart image of proposed College of Education and Human Services encompassing the schools of Education (Admin., Ed.D., Ed. Tech., Elem./Secondary/Post-Secondary Education and Special Education), Human Development (CAD, Family Studies, Kinesiology, Psych., and Sexuality/LGBT Studies) and Human Services (Counseling, Health Ed., Nursing, Phys. Therapy/Clinical Lab. Science, Recreation/Parks/Tourism and Social Work/Gerontology)

 

 

Consider elimination
 Combine departments/ Programs
Reduce by elimination of off-site Masters programs and impact the UG pre-major

 

Flow chart image of proposed College of Ethnic and Culture Studies encompassing Ethnic Studies (Am. Indian Studies, Africana Studies, Asian-Am. Studies, Ehtnic Studies & Raza Studies) and Culture Studies (Humanities/Liberal Studies, Jewish Studies, Museum Studies, Religious Studies & Women's Studies)

 

 

Consider elimination
 Reduce by elimination of Masters
Combine Departments

 

Flow chart image of proposed College of Science and Engineering encompassing Life Sciences (Botany, Cell/Molecular Bio., Chem./Biochem., Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Phisiology/Zoology), Physical Sciences (Comp. Eng., Comp. Sci., Electrical Eng., Math and Physics/Astronomy) and Environmental Sciences (Civil Eng., Env. Studies, Geography, Geology/Meteorology and Marine Bio./Limnology)

 

Reduce by elimination of Masters

Flow chart image of proposed College of Business containing Accounting, Decision/Information Science, Finance, Hospitality/Tourism, Management/Intnl. Business and Marketing

Combine Departments


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