The Council on Academic Affairs reviews proposals at biweekly meetings throughout the academic year. Contact Katie Reed at reed.901@osu.edu with questions.
2026-27 Meeting Schedule
The 2026-27 meetings will be located at 4140 University Square South (USS), from 3 to 5 p.m., unless otherwise noted.
2026
September 2
September 16
October 7
October 21
November 4
November 18
December 2
2027
January 20
February 3
February 17
March 10
March 24
April 7
April 21
Meetings and Proposals
2026-27 CAA Meetings and Proposals
July 23, 2026
- Approval of the minutes of the meetings on April 8, 2026; April 22, 2026; April 27, 2026; May 28, 2026; and June 11, 2026 – Professor Sue Sutherland
- Comments from the Chair – Professor Sue Sutherland
- Comments from the Vice Chair – Professor W. Randy Smith
- ULAC Motions – Associate Dean Meg Daly
- AI Fluency Update – Ms. Shereen Agrawal and Dean Norman Jones
- Informational Items – Dr. Rob Griffiths
- Clarification on Certificate Types for the Navigating Social Identities, Power, and Difference Certificate and the Essential Russlan Language and Culture Skills Certificate -- College of Arts and Sciences
- Update to Economics Embedded Literary Requirement – College of Arts and Sciences
- Update to the K-12 Mild/Moderate Licensure-Only program – College of Education and Human Ecology
- Update to the Environmental Engineering Program Revision – College of Engineering
- Clarification on the Production Agriculture Minor – College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
- Correction to the Animal Production and Management – Dairy specialization – College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
- Update to the BS Pharmaceutical Sciences curriculum – College of Pharmacy
- Modality Clarification for the School Social Work Certificates – College of Social Work
- Creation of the Division of Nursing and Health Science (DNHS) in the College of Nursing – Professor W. Randy Smith
- Update on Criminal Justice Research Center – Professor W. Randy Smith
- Senate Bill 1 Low Enrollment Programs Deactivations and Waivers – Professor W. Randy Smith
- Proposal to deactivate the Composition major leading to the Bachelor of Music – College of Arts and Sciences
- Proposal to deactivate the Health and Wellness major leading to the Bachelor of Science in Health and Wellness Innovation in Healthcare – College of Nursing
- Waiver Submissions
- Earth Sciences major leading to the Bachelor of Arts – College of Arts and Sciences
- Geography major leading to the Bachelor of Science – College of Arts and Sciences
- Jazz Studies major leading to the Bachelor of Music – College of Arts and Sciences
- Music major leading to the Bachelor of Science – College of Arts and Sciences
- Special Major leading to the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Fisher College of Business
- Business Management major leading to the Associate of Applied Science – College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
- Proposal from Subcommittee B – Professors Samantha Herrmann, Gary Gao, and Eugenia Romero; Ms. Ericka Gunn; Mr. Andrew Miles
- Proposal to establish a Biotech Science Major leading to the Bachelor of Science – College of Arts and Sciences
- Proposals from Subcommittee D – Professors Sue Sutherland and W. Randy Smith
- Proposal to revise the German BA – College of Arts and Sciences
- Proposal to revise the Entomology BS AGR – College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
- Proposal to establish a Category 1b Undergraduate Academic Certificate in Environmental Assessment -- College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
- Proposal to revise the Natural Resource Management BS ENR, including a name change to the program – College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
- Proposal to revise the Environmental Policy and Decision Making BS ENR, including a name change to the program – College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
- Proposal to revise the Graduate Student Handbook -- Graduate School
- Adjourn
Minutes
View previous years CAA Meeting and Proposal Archive
Current Proposals
Subcommittee A
Members
Chair: Tom Nelson
Members: Ann Allen, Albert Isaacs, Mykenna Roy, Nathan Snizik
Proposals
No assigned proposals
Subcommittee B
Members
Chair: Samantha Herrmann
Members: Gary Gao, Ericka Gunn, Andrew Miles, Eugenia Romero
Proposals
No assigned proposals
Subcommittee C
Members
Chair: Russell Marzette
Members: Wendy Bowles, Angad Dhillon, Neal Hooker, Andy Vance, Val Williams
Proposals
No assigned proposals
Subcommittee D
Members
Chair: Sue Sutherland
Vice Chair: Randy Smith
Proposals
No assigned proposals
Unassigned
Proposals
- Proposal to establish a Computational Social Science Major leading to the Bachelor of Science - College of Arts and Sciences
- Proposal to establish an online 3a Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Management - College of Pharmacy
- Proposal to revise the Master of Science in Nursing's graduate entry program - College of Nursing
- Proposal to deactivate the Research Methods in Human Resource Development Graduate Minor - College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
- Proposal to revise the History of Art BA - College of Arts and Sciences
- Proposal to revise the Classics Minor - College of Arts and Sciences
- Proposal to rename the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences as well as select programs - College of Arts and Sciences
- Proposal to revise the Master of Arts in Speech Language Pathology - College of Arts and Science
- Proposal to establish a certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution - Moritz College of Law
- Proposal to establish a certificate in Intellectual Property and Technology Law - Moritz College of Law
- Proposal to establish a combined BSMS with Otterbein University - College of Engineering
- Proposal to establish a combined BSMS with Wilberforce University - College of Engineering
- Proposal to establish a combined BAMS with Wilbeforce University - College of Engineering
- Proposal to establish a concentration framework within the Doctor of Pharmacy program - College of Pharmacy
- Proposal to establish a combined Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) and Specialized Master in Business-Finance (SMF) - Fisher College of Business
- Proposal to change the name of the Construction Systems Management major to the Construction Management major -- College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
- Proposal to rename the Consumer and Family Financial Services BS program - College of Education and Human Ecology
- Proposal to revise the Master of Arts in Higher Education and Student Affairs - College of Education and Human Ecology
- Proposal to establish a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering - College of Engineering
- Proposal to establish an undergraduate minor in World Language Education - College of Education and Human Ecology
- Proposal to establish the Foods for Health Institute - Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge