Status Report on
Review of Academic Program and Unit Proposals

Last updated November 27, 2001.
Please direct any comments or questions to Sandy Ellison.

Approved actions effective July 1, 2001

Interdisciplinary Studies

• Change name of Ph.D. in Dramatic Art to Performance Studies.
  Approved 5/7/01.

College of Letters & Science: Arts and Humanities

• Change name of Department of Dramatic Art/Center for Theater Arts to Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies.
  Approved 5/7/01.

• Change name of A.B. degree in Dramatic Art to Theater and Performance Studies.
  Approved 5/7/01.

• Change name of A.B. degree in Dance to Dance and Performance Studies.
  Approved 5/7/01.

College of Letters & Science: Physical Sciences

• Change name of graduate degree programs (M.A., M.S., and Ph.D.) in Geology and Geophysics to Earth and Planetary Science.
  Approved 3/27/01.

• Consolidate A.B. degree programs in Geology, Geophysics, and Earth Science into one new program leading to the A.B. degree in Earth and Planetary Science.
  Approved 1/4/01.

College of Natural Resources

• Establish B.S. in Microbial Biology in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
  Approved 5/21/01.