Undergraduate Catalog 2019-2020 – What’s New

All newly approved undergraduate curriculum items for the academic year 2019-2020 are listed below. The curriculum items were approved during the current curriculum cycle (March 2, 2018 – March 1, 2019)

NOTE: Curriculum items approved after March 1, 2019, will be published in the 2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog.

Last Updated: June 26, 2019

Report Errors and/or Omissions: Was your program or course fully approved between the March 2, 2018, and March 1, 2019 cycle? Don’t See Your approved course or program? Report errors or omissions at ualr.edu/provost/catalog-error-reporting.

New Programs

Bachelor Degree

• Dance, B.A.

New Online Programs

Bachelor Degrees

• Marketing, B.B.A.
• Business Analytics, B.B.A.

Certificates

• Business Analytics Certificate of Proficiency

Revised Programs

Bachelor Degrees

• Biology, B.S.
• Business Analytics, B.B.A.
• Business Information Systems, B.B.A.
• Communication Sciences & Disorders, B.S.
• Construction Management, B.S.
• Dance, B.F.A.
• E-Commerce, B.S.
• Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, B.S.
• Elementary Education, B.S.E.
• English, B.A.
• English, Creative Writing, B.A.
• English, Secondary Education, B.A.
• Environmental Engineering, B.S.
• Finance: Real Estate, B.B.A.
• Geology, B.S.
• Geology, Environmental Geology Concentration, B.S.
• International Studies, B.A.
• Mathematics (Secondary Education), B.A.
• Mathematics (Secondary Education), B.S.
• Mechanical Systems Engineering, B.S.
• Mechanical Systems Engineering, B.S.

Associate Degrees

• Computer Programming, A.S.
• Nursing, A.A.S.

Certificates

• Business Analytics Certificate of Proficiency

Minors

• English Minor or Secondary Concentration
• Gender Studies Minor
• Human Services Minor
• Linguistics Minor
• Mathematics Minor

Early Entry Bachelor to Graduate Certificate

• Bachelor’s Degree to Applied Statistics, Graduate Certificate

Early Entry Bachelor to Master Degree

• Bachelor’s Degree to Applied Communication, M.A.

Early Entry Programs (Catalog Updates Only)

The following programs have not been changed or revised. They have been added to the programs section of the catalog in order to make it easier for students to access the information about Early Entry programs. These programs should be reviewed for accuracy and adherence to Faculty Senate legislation:

• Construction Management, B.S. to M.S.
• Information Science, B.S. to M.S.
• Information Science, B.S. to Information Quality, M.S.
• Mathematics, B.A. to M.S.
• Mathematics, B.S. to M.S.
• Bachelor’s Degree to Public Administration, M.P.A.

Administrative Changes

New Administrative Unit

• Office of Institutional Research and Analytics

Organizational Unit Name Change

• Justice Research and Policy Center

Courses