Status Report on
Review of Academic Program and Unit Proposals

Approved actions effective July 1, 1998

College of Engineering

• Disestablish Department of Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering.
  Approved 11/25/97.
  
  
• Establish new graduate degree program in Ocean Engineering (M.S., M.Engineering, Ph.D., and D.Engineering), which replaces existing program in Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering.
  Approved 8/19/98.
  
  
• Establish Department of Bioengineering.
  Approved 8/25/98.
  
  

Interdisciplinary Studies

• Establish Designated Emphasis in Film Studies, administered by new graduate group.
  Approved 10/13/97.

College of Letters & Science: Biological Sciences

• Change name of MCB's Division of Genetics to Genetics and Development.
  Approved 8/11/98.

College of Letters & Science: Physical Sciences

• Change name of graduate program (Ph.D.) in Astronomy to Astrophysics.
  Approved 4/10/98.
  
  
• Add M.S. degree to existing degree program (A.B., M.A., Ph.D.) in Geophysics.
  Approved 11/3/98

College of Natural Resources

• Establish Environmental Sciences B.S. degree program.
  Approved 3/4/98.
  
  
• Discontinue existing undergraduate majors in Bioresource Sciences, Entomology, and Soil Environment.
  Approved 5/9/98.