URBAN AFFAIRS COLLEGE 6/12/70 Urban Studies master's degree proposal approved, subject to recommended changes and additions, for submission to Faculty Council. 7/8/70 Changes and additions to the Urban Affairs Master's degree proposal answered in Dr. Campbell's 6/24/70 report. Proposal to be submitted to Faculty Council. 1/14/81 Approved requiring a complete doctoral proposal including concept, faculty staffing and budgetary resources prior to GC review. 1/27/82 Proposal view procedures to review the Urban Ph.D. proposal as a joint proposal approved. 4/28/82 Urban Studies Ph.D. proposal conditionally approved. 6/2/87 MPA curriculum revisions approved. 10/25/88 Agreed that Urban Affairs College should be represented on GC by one faculty member. By-Laws revision to be approved by faculty vote. 1/24/89 Report that By-Laws revision allowing Urban Affairs representation approved. 3/7/89 Master's of Urban Planning, Design, & Development Degree proposal approved. 5/30/89 Proposed changes in the Urban Ph.D. program proposal approved. 11/21/89 MPA program changes creating two new tracks: Public Works Management and Economic Development approved. 3/13/90 Urban Affairs proposal for a Plus/Minus Grading System tabled. 2/19/91 Urban Studies Ph.D. program curriculum revised: added a new quantative methods course and eliminating qualifying examination for the quantative sequence. 2/19/91 Transfer limit for MUPDD degree increased from 16 to 44 credit hours for students earning both the MUPDD and MSUS or MPA degree (within six years). 2/15/94 Awarded graduate faculty status to University of Akron faculty teaching in the joint UA-CSU Urban Studies Ph.D. program. 2/27/96 Urban Geographic Information System certificate program approved. 4/2/96 Approved giving five Urban Affairs students the option of either receiving a late withdrawal or being granted an extended incomplete deadline to complete a course in either Spring or Fall term, 1996. 5/14/96 Pre-proposal for an M.S. degree program approved. 12/2/97 JD/MUPDD degree program, dual degree program to offered by Urban Affairs & Law College, approved. Not a new degree. 2/24/98 M.S. in Urban Studies/Master's in Urban & Regional Planning dual degree program approved. Program is a collaborative endeavor with Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Korea. 5/8/2000 Graduate Certificate Program in Urban Economic Development approved with the understanding that the proposal will be clarified regarding elective courses and that students who enroll are required to have a baccalaureate degree. 4/28/04 Local Government Management Certificate program approved. 12/12/05 Approved permitting graduate students to double count approved courses to meet both master's degree and graduate certificate requirements for Urban Affair's five certificate programs. 5/8/06 CUA Graduate Faculty Membership Standards approved as amended. 7/31/06 Master of Nonprofit Administration and Leadership degree program proposal approved. 7/31/06 Revision of core course for Urban Studies Ph.D. program approved. 2/16/07 Approved striking criteria Two Years of Successful Experience in Teaching and Clinical Supervision for students in higher education from the CUA Faculty Guidelines. 3/9/07 Communication Track in the Urban Studies & Public Affairs Ph.D. program approved. 4/13/07 Approved 5-year B.A./M.P.A. Program combining a B.A. in Urban Studies and the Master of Public Administration program. 3/4/08 BA/MA proposal for Environmental Studies and Nonprofit Administration & Leadership approved. 4/1/08 Revised proposal for a specialization in Historic Preservation approved. 10/7/08 Revised Graduate Faculty Status requirements for practioners at CUA approved. 1/22/09 Sponsored Research Administration Certificate Program terminated. 5/06/09 Certificate in Nonprofit Management program revised: required courses reduce from 4 to 2 with students selecting 2 elective courses from a list of approved courses. 12/07/09 Approved re-configuring Urban Studies & Public Affairs Ph.D. doctoral program: combined the 3 specializations into one, Urban Policy & Development; UST 810 Economic Development Seminar renamed to Urban Policy and Development Seminar. 5/4/10 Approved changes in Local and Urban Management Certificate Program: Reduce number of courses from 5 to 4; 2 required and 2 electives Reduce credit hours from 17-19 to 13-15 5/4/10 Approved changes in Economic Development Certificate Program: Require PAD/PDD/UST 629 - Economic Developnebt Finance Replace structure of 3 courses and one elective to 2 core courses and 2 electives Accept either UST 300 Economics of Policy Analysis or PAD/PDD/UST 603 Public Finance and Economics, or eqivalent courses as a prerequisite 5/4/10 Approved changes in Public Administration Specialization in the Urban Studies and Public Affairs Ph.D. program UST 704 Organizational Behavior cross-listed with PAD 604 UST 733 Budget Policy and Management cross-listed with UST 633 UST 771 Political Philosophy and Public Administration cross-listed with UST 831 9/7/10 Approved changes to the Economic Development (ED) specialization in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program: removing courses no longer regularly offered from the specialization course list, adding courses that are regularly offered & relevant changing the specialization requirements so that students earning the ED simultaneously earn the Urban Economic Development Certificate (department issued) 9/7/10 Proposed changes to the Economic Development (ED) specialization in the Master of Urban Planning, Design, and Development (MUPDD) program approved: removing courses no longer regularly offered from the specialization course list, adding courses that are regularly offered & relevant changing specialization requirements so that students earning the ED simultaneously earn the Urban Economic Development Certificate (department issued) increasing the number of courses required for the specialization by one. 9/7/10 Approved changes to Economic Development (ED) specialization in the M.S. in Urban Studies program; removing courses no longer regularly offered from the specialization course list, adding courses that are regularly offered & relevant changing the specialization requirements so that students earning the ED simultaneously earn the Urban Economic Development Certificate (department issued) giving students the option of using an exit project or thesis, in place of a capstone. 5/3/11 Updated M.S. program curriculum. i. raised core credits from 16 to 20 by moving UST 689 or UST 699 to the core. ii. reactivated UST 689 Capstone iii. Urban Policy Analysis specialization name changed to Urban and Public Planning. iv. merged Law and Public Policy specialization into the Urban and Public Planning specialization. v. UST/PAD/PDD/NAL 602 name change to Research Design and Program Evaluation from Applied Quantative Reasoning II. vi. New elective courses added to each specialization. 10/11/11 CUA has many academic programs, each one with its its own course prefix; Proposal to change all program prefixes to UST for all courses approved. Course content will not change. 10/11/11 Approved two course number change exceptions to align with the cross-listed undergraduate courses: UST 551 Environmental Finance and Capital Budgeting will change to UST 542, cross-listed with UST 442 and UST 550 Environment and Human Affairs will change to UST 540, cross listed with UST 440. 4/16/2012 Graduate Certificate in Advanced Fund raising proposal approved. 12/13/12 MPA/Local Urban Management Certificate program admissions criteria approved. 12/13/12 UST 642/742 changed to UST 585 UST 643/743 changed to UST 586 UST 644 changed to UST 587 3/5/13 Historic Preservation certificate program approved. 11/06/13 New CUA Graduate Faculty Guidelines approved. 1/16/15 Approved creating an independent Ph.D. in Urban Studies & Public Affairs program separate from Akron University. 12/5/17 Nonprofit Administration & Leadership (MNAL) program revised: UST 671 added to core courses, UST 510 removed as core and added to electives 11/15/18 Masters of Science in Urban Studies program's core credit hours reduced from 20 to 19: UST 603 reduced 4 to 3 credit hours; UST 550 reduced from 4 to 3 credit hours. 11/15/18 Conditionally approved Ph.D. in Urban Education program revisions: program rationale to be revissed to remove reference to the AAUP contract.