New for the 2020-2021 Catalog

Changes to General Education

Total credits for General Education now range from 30-35, down from 30-37.
ENGL 2210 , MATH 1031 , and SUU 2220 have been added as new General Education options.
POLS 1100 no longer fulfills the Social & Behavioral Sciences Knowledge Area, but still counts as American Institutions.
The Integrated Knowledge Knowledge Area is now fulfilled only by INFO 1010 . SUU 1000 and SUU 3000 are no longer offered.

New Programs

The Aviation Maintenance Technician (A.A.S.) program is available for students through the College of Aerospace Sciences and Technology .
The Department of Nursing has a new Nursing - Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to BSN Emphasis (B.S.N.) degree.
The Department of Kinesiology and Outdoor Recreation is offering four new Institutional Certificates: Clinical Exercise Science (Certificate) , Pre-Allied Health (Certificate) , Sport Performance (Certificate) , and Wellness/Health Promotion (Certificate) .

New Courses & Course Changes

The College of Aerospace Sciences and Technology updated all its AMTA, AMTG, AMTP, and PILT courses to include a minimum prerequisite grade of “C.” In addition, six new upper-division PILT courses have been added to the offerings.
The Dixie L. Leavitt School of Business has created four new graduate-level courses to support the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) program, as well as two electives at the undergraduate level in the Department of Economics, Marketing, and Analytics and a new required course for senior business majors. A small number of courses were updated with new title, description, prerequisite, and/or semester sequencing information at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
The Beverley Taylor Sorenson College of Education and Human Development has added several new courses at both the undergraduate level (FLHD, PE, ELED) and the graduate/continuing education level (EDPD, EDUC, SCED). A significant portion of the courses in the Department of Kinesiology and Outdoor Recreation have switched from a PE (Physical Education) prefix to a KIN (Kinesiology) prefix to better align with course content and help distinguish between the two programs. All FLHD courses and many others across the college have also been updated with new prerequisite minimum grades, as well as course sequencing. In addition, the college now oversees several former UNIV courses, such as SUU 1020 , SUU 1040 , SUU 1050 , SUU 1053 , SUU 1057 , and SUU 2120 .
In the College of Humanities and Social Sciences , the Department of Communication modified a majority of its courses with new titles, new course numbers, new descriptions, and/or new semester sequencing, as well as four new courses. The Department of English added two new literature courses, the Department of History, Sociology, and Anthropology has four new courses in Anthropology and History, and the Department of Psychology added three new courses. Seven additional courses have been created to support the Interdisciplinary Studies Program . Former ESL courses can now be found under the new ACEN prefix.
In the College of Performing and Visual Arts , nearly all DANC courses have been adjusted in some way, such as an updated title, a new course number, or credit totals. There are also four new DANC courses to support the program. A handful of other classes in Art History (ARTH) and Music (MUED and MUSC) have been added. The majority of courses at the MUSC 6000-level have also been modified in support of changes to the master’s degree in Music Technology.
The Walter Maxwell Gibson College of Sciences updated many of its courses’ prerequisite minimum grades and/or semester sequencing. Three introductory-level Geology courses have been adjusted to share the same co-requisite (optional) lab, and a handful of new courses were added in Construction Management and Engineering to support those programs. Fifteen new courses have been added to the Computer Science and Information Systems offerings, with a few existing courses also undergoing changes. The Department of Nursing updated several courses for the RN to BSN program in addition to adding 23 new courses for the LPN to BSN degree.
A new course on Archives has been added in the Gerald R. Sherratt Library , and several other courses have had credit hours and other particulars adjusted. CONV 2010 is now APEX 2010 .

Degree/Program Changes

The Dixie L. Leavitt School of Business modified their Pre-Business and Business requirements in Accounting (B.A., B.S.) , Finance (B.A., B.S.) , Management (B.A., B.S.) , and Marketing (B.A., B.S.) .
In the Beverley Taylor Sorenson College of Education and Human Development , several updates have been made to the Child and Family Services - Early Childhood Development Emphasis (A.A.S.) , Child and Family Services - Family Services Emphasis (A.A.S.) , Family Life and Human Development - Early Childhood Development Emphasis (B.A., B.S.) , Family Life and Human Development - Family Services Emphasis (B.A., B.S.) , and Family Services (Minor) programs. Kinesiology and Outdoor Recreation added new requirements to their Exercise Science (B.S.) and Physical Education - Teaching/Coaching (B.S.) degrees. The Master of Education (M.Ed.) also decreased in credits to a new total of 33. The Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training has been discontinued.
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences changed requirements in 25 of their programs, including tweaks to the Communication - Messaging & Human Interaction Emphasis (B.A., B.S.) , Communication - Media Studies Emphasis (B.A., B.S.) , Communication - Strategic Communication Emphasis (B.A., B.S.) , English - Literature Emphasis (B.A.) , English - Literature Emphasis (Minor) , English - Secondary Education Emphasis (Minor) , English - Rhetoric and Writing Emphasis (B.A.) , French (B.A.) , Global Studies (Minor) , and Spanish (B.A.) programs. The English - Education Emphasis (B.A.) degree underwent an overhaul and now includes specialization tracks. The Master of Interdisciplinary Studies (M.I.S.) reduced its core requirements and added several new Learning Block options as well. The Criminal Justice - Forensic Science Emphasis is no longer offered.
The College of Performing and Visual Arts ’ Dance program updated their Dance (B.A., B.S.) , Dance (Minor) , and Dance Education (B.A., B.S.) requirements to create a unique experience for students in Utah. Art History (B.A.) , Art History (Minor) , and Studio Arts - Illustration Emphasis (B.F.A.) programs have also been modified, along with minor changes to Master of Music Education (M.M.E.) , Master of Music in Music Technology - Performance Technology Emphasis (M.M.) (Online) , and Master of Music in Music Technology - Studio & Game Audio Technology Emphasis (M.M.) (Online) .
In the Walter Maxwell Gibson College of Sciences , over 15 degrees have been updated to include newly developed courses (such as Engineering (B.S.) , Geology (B.S.) , Geosciences (B.A.) , Mechanical Engineering (B.S.) ) and/or as a result of modifications to common core (such as Computer Science (B.S.) , Information Systems - Cybersecurity Emphasis (B.S.) , Information Systems - Management Information Systems Emphasis (B.S.) , and Information Systems - Network Administration Emphasis (B.S.) ). The Master of Science in Cyber Security and Information Assurance also changed the names of and requirements in each emphasis to better align with student and employer needs: Master of Science in Cyber Security and Information Assurance - Cyber Operations Emphasis (M.S.) (Online) and Master of Science in Cyber Security and Information Assurance - Information Assurance Emphasis (M.S.) (Online) .
The Gerald R. Sherratt Library has taken over administration of many programs under the former School of Integrated and Engaged Learning, including the General Studies (B.A., B.S.) and Interdisciplinary Studies (B.I.S.) , which both have reductions in their core requirements.